Misty Porter

question Ethnography is A. the firsthand, personal study of local settings. B. the process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations. C. the study of interrelationships among all living things in an environment. D. a policy aimed at removing groups that are culturally different from a country. E. the cross-cultural comparison of cultural […]

question According to the textbook, a key feature of _____ is that it refers to the taken-for-granted notions, rules, moralities, and behaviors within a social group that feel natural. answer Culture question Even though anthropologists use parts of the scientific method, some don’t see what they do as science because answer the complexity of social […]

question Louis Armstrong answer jazz musician from New Orleans who revolutionized music(revolutionary) question Buddy Bolden answer (revolutionary) Original jazz musician who combined European instruments and African rhythms to create a modern sound Sig. Demonstrates revolutionary music created during the 1920’s promoting dancing and promiscuity. Challenges Old Traditions. question Jelly Roll Morton answer (rev) Original jazz […]

question Expansion, War, and Sectional Crisis, 1844-1860 answer The idea of American expansion was popular, yet the creation of a continental republic was far from inevitable; it required a transportation revolution-canals and railways-that would connect far-flung regions, a growing land-hungry population, and a dynamic economy. By the 1840s, all of those factors were in place. […]

question Define the term stress answer The reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands question What is perception? Explain how stress is related to perception answer The act of becoming aware through the senses question What is a stressor? answer Anything that causes stress question Identify 5 general categories of stressors. […]

question Explain why the correlation between authoratative parenting and social competence does not necessarily reveal cause and effect. In other words, what are some other explanations (besides the possibility that parenting style causes social competence)? answer Kids that are easy-going (and thus socially competent as adults) cause parents to become authoritative. Self-confident “gene” are passed […]

question Content that is distributed through social interactions is referred to as answer social media question Which of the following accurately depicts the activities included in the 4E framework for social media? answer Excite, Educate, Experience, and Engage question Through its Facebook page, a major restaurant chain is offering its customers a Groupon coupon for […]

question capacity to think systematically about how many things that we experience as personal problems are really social issues that are widely shared by others born in a similar time and social location as us answer sociological imagination question People in our society tend to think of themselves in terms of their individuality, but we […]

question Large amounts of data stored in electronic form are ________ than the same data in manual form. answer more question Statements ranking information risks and identifying security goals are included in a(n) answer security policy. question In which method of encryption is a single encryption key sent to the receiver so both sender and […]

question Social regulation differs from industrial regulation in that: answer social regulation applies to virtually all industries, while industrial regulation applies to a restricted number. question The regulation of natural monopolies has been criticized because it creates a tendency for regulated firms to use too much labor and too little capital in the production process: […]

question Conformity answer Occurs when people change their behavior due to the real (or imagined) influence of others. There are two main reasons people conform: informational and normative social influences. question How does informational social influence motivate people to conform?: Informational Social Influence answer The Need to Know What’s “Right” Informational social influence occurs when […]

question Two legal drugs, alcohol and tobacco, annually kill at least __ times as many Americans as do all illegal drugs combined. answer 60 question Sociologists generally assume that if some marijuana smokers later use heroin or cocaine, the cause usually lies in their answer involvement with friends who use heroin or cocaine. question Which […]

question Describe, using examples, the three different sector classifications of organisations answer Outputs (agriculture sector & manufacturing & services), Ownership (private, public and community), motivation (for profit, not for profit and both) question Discuss, using examples, effective and efficient organisation performance answer Performance: The organisation’s ability to attain its goals by using resources in an […]

question Which personal characteristic of an individual would a sociologist be most likely to address when trying to determine the cause of an individual’s deviant behavior? answer their social class question Al Capone, \”Lucky\” Luciano, John Gotti, and other heads of organized crime fall under which mode of adaptation? answer innovator question Based on Merton’s […]

question A reasonably stable pattern of emotions, motives, and behavior define what psychologists call_________. answer Personality question Sigmund Freud was the first to develop a________theory of personality. answer Psychodynamic question According to Freud,the three levels of consciousness are conscious,__________, unconsciousness. answer Preconscious question The removal of anxiety-provoking ideas from awareness is called________. answer Repression question […]

question Social groups (poor/wealthy), social institutions (schools), the arrangements of society (rich people run things), and social roles all provide the proper focus for criminological study according to the ________ _______ ______ _______ of ______. answer major social structure principle, social question Group dynamics, group organization, and subgroup relationships form the causal nexus out of […]

question Social Institutions answer One kind of social structure made up of a number of relationships (that is stable patterns of meaningful orientations to one another) people use institutions to achieve their intended goals, as students use schools or as patients use hospitals (Ravelli) question Social structure answer Any enduring predictable pattern of social relations […]

question the civil rights act of 1964 answer declares that is is illegal for businesses, hotels, restaurants, and public transportation to deny citizens service based on their race question events that shaped the modern criminal justice system answer -rioting and fear of crime -civil rights and war protests -the war on crime -omnibus crime control […]

question Definition of family – legal and US Census Bureau answer Traditionally, both law and social science have specified that the family consists of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption. The U.S. Census Bureau defines a family as \”a group of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption and residing together […]

question James Oglethorpe answer credited with founding Georgia; one of the original 21 trustees in charge of establishing the colony. Also, he went with the original colonists and lived in Georgia for 10 years. question Charter of 1732 answer business plan for the colony of Georgia. Included permission from King George II and included the […]

question One independent variable was ‘motive’. Explain the two levels of the ‘motive’ variable answer Good motive (positive intention): This boy was playing with a ball; his friend did not have anything to play with. He wanted to throw the ball to his friend so they could play catch together with the ball. Bad motive […]

question A comprehensive study on political advertisements found that the largest number emphasized answer voters fear question After party caucuses when national nominating conventions dominated, the real power, in selecting presidential nominees, was wielded by answer local party leaders question A government official might leave her position and join a corporation to which she previously […]