Jose Escobar

question Globalization answer The extent to which trade and investments, information, ideas, and political cooperation flow between countries question Global mindset answer The ability to appreciate and influence individuals, groups, organizations, and systems that represent different social, cultural, political, institutional, intellectual, and psychological characteristics question MNCs answer Typically receives more than 25% of its revenue […]

question Rome was established in the first millennium B.C.E. on the answer plain of Latium. question After the Latin revolt (440-338 B.C.E.) Rome answer enrolled the Latin cities as military allies. question The Struggle of the Orders answer was a peaceful struggle which resulted in political compromise. question Which of the following statements about Roman […]

question Consciousness of Self (Individuals) answer If they know them-self, more effective leader, recognize flaws, emotions, strengths, solid views of yourself question Congruence (Individuals) answer People who are congruent are leaders, consistence with place, action, building strength question Commitment (Individuals) answer Important to exam to your commitment interest, good outcome. question Collaboration (Groups) answer Leadership […]

question Health answer State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. question Sick role answer Functionalist – Talcott Parsons. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill. – Exempted from their normal, day-to-day responsibilities and generally do not suffer blame […]

question 1) The new black immigrants come from areas where __________. A) their race is the majority B) a bipartite color system prevails C) color is a primary factor in group life D) Africans are partially assimilated and socially restricted answer A question 3) Racism emerged as an ideology __________. A) after slavery began in […]

question In the nineteenth century, women’s talents were encouraged on the opera stage. answer True question Of the following, which was NOT a major theme of Romantic writers? answer idealized heroes of Greece and Rome question The nineteenth century saw the rise of a new social order shaped by: answer the technological advances of the […]

question Sociological Imagination answer a framework of thought that looks at the broad social context that shapes people’s experiences; this perspective helps people transcend personal experiences and emotions in order to see the larger picture that affects their situation; also Sociological Perspective question Personal Trouble answer an individual’s own experience of a social problem question […]

question gender answer the personal traits and life chances that a society links to being male or female question sex answer the biological distinction between females and males question gender stratification answer the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privelige question patriarchy answer a social pattern in which males dominate females question matriarchy answer a […]

question major spheres of social life, or societal subsystems, are organized to meet a basic human need. sociologists call these subsystems answer social institutions question claims and counterclaims about what should and should not be defined as a social problem is a good way of describing answer politics question an organized effort to encourage or […]

question A major function of sociology is to identify the ______ that affects us so greatly. A. social factors B. social relationships C. social classes D. social forces answer d. Social forces question ______ is the study of forces outside us that shape our lives. A. biology B. psychology C. positivism D. sociology answer D. […]

question General answer Social learning theory explains how gender-role behaviours are learnt; it says that we acquire new behaviours through observing what other people do and then imitating this behaviour. This can be through: parents, peers, teachers and the media. . question Operant conditioning answer Leaning by reinforcement i.e. if a gender-specific behaviour is positively […]

question The changing nature of middle age can be accounted for by the fact that answer A) average life expectancy has increased dramatically in the past 100 years. B) people today are more active and productive at later ages. C) medical discoveries have improved health in adulthood. All of these question Regarding physical changes in […]

question How do Erikson’s stages for school-age children and for preschool children differ? answer Industrious- competent, productive Inferior- Incompetent, useless question Why is social comparison particularly powerful during middle childhood? answer 2) Self-concept becomes more specific and logical and less optimistic question Why do cultures differ in how they value pride or modesty? answer 3) […]

question Joan Roughgarden answer … question Sexual reproduction answer producing offspring by mixing gametes by two different parents, reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete question Asexual reproduction answer process by which a single parent reproduces by itself, like cloning question Male gamete answer small gamete called “sperm” question […]

question What was the rationale for the payment of a “marriage portions” to sons and daughters who reached their twenties among well-to-do farm families in colonial New England? answer They were meant to serve as repayment for past labor. question Which was the largest group of new migrants to British North America in the mid-eighteenth […]

question Just as the reconquest of Spain from the Moors established patterns that would be repeated in Spanish New World colonization, the methods used in which one of the following countries anticipated policies England would undertake in America? answer Ireland. question Why did the Pilgrims flee the Netherlands? answer They felt that the surrounding culture […]

question Paradigms answer Belief system that represents a particular worldview question Theory answer A set of statements that explain a particular phenomenon question Methods answer The specific ways that scholars collect and analyze data which they then use to prove or disprove their theories question Rhetoricians answer Scholars who study the art of public speaking […]

question Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) answer Formed to fill an urgent need for a national business alliance that fosters socially responsible corporate policies. question Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) answer Seriously considering the impact of a company’s actions on society. Requires the individual to consider his or her acts in terms of a whole social […]

question Stress answer internal processes that occur as people try to adjust to events and situations, especially those that they perceive to be beyond their coping capacity process question Stressors answer events or situations to which people must adjust the actual physical events or situations question Stress Reaction answer physical, psychological, and behavioral responses that […]

question After Facebook and Twitter, ________ is the 3rd most popular social networking site. answer Pinterest question Are most of the Pinterest users men or women? answer Women question Eleven percent of Pinterest pins are in the _________ category. answer Food & Drink question Credited with creating “Instagram” answer Kevin Systrom question One of the […]

question -prejudice, answer a beliefs out an individual or group that is not subject to change on the basis of evidence. – question stereotype, answer generalizing a set of characteristics to all members of the group question -Individual discrimination: answer Overt and intentional unequal treatment, often based on prejudicial beliefs. question -Institutionalized discrimination: answer Unequal […]

question How does the respiratory system help build social relationships? The respiratory system helps create sound that enables humans to communicate with each another. The respiratory system helps prevent the spread of disease so humans are able to live in communities together. The respiratory system helps humans have feelings and base decisions on those feelings. […]