Patricia Harrah

question What famous sociologist referred to personal problems as the “personal troubles of milieu”? answer C. Wright Mills question A sociological theory that focuses on social systems and how their interdependent parts maintain order is called _______. answer structural functionalism question A sociological theory that focuses on the interaction between individuals, the individual’s perception of […]

question Which of the following is NOT a basic part of a neuron? answer synapse question Increasing age interferes with the brain’s ability to recover from injury because answer the brain repairs itself best in childhood and adolescence question Higher-order, complex processes are often called answer executive functioning question Several times a day, Leilani, age […]

question Social Concerns in Health Care & Nursing / 6 areas of health care: answer Nursing has an active & ending leadership role in public & political determination about 6 areas of health care: 1. organization, delivery and financing 2. provision for the public’s health 3. Expansion of nursing & healthcare knowledge 4. Expansion of […]

question The average families wealth in the U.S. is a number greater than the average income. T or F answer True question In 2009, the median family income in the U.S. was $60,088. T or F answer True question The richest 20% of U.s. families earn 48% of all income, while the bottom 20% earn […]

question Social institution answer An established and structured pattern of behaviour or relationships that are accepted as a fundamental part of culture question 5 basic institu answer -family -economic -political -educational -religious question Families answer -helps society’s members replace themselves -provide protection for the next generations -socialize the young question Economic answer -helps society’s members […]

question What is culture? answer Helps us connect, comes from nature and cultivation Derivation: -Agriculture -Refinement -Symbolic expression (realm of ideas, belief) 2 Definitions= Symbolic Definition Conflict Definition question Symbolic Definition answer Systems of shared meaning question Conflict definition answer ..The patterns of ideas, values, and beliefs common to a particular group of people question […]

question amae answer Japanese for a nurturing concern for and dependence on another question collectivism answer a dimension of culture; refers to interdependence, groupness, and social cohesion question Confucian work dynamism answer a dimension of culture; persistence, commitment, and organizational identity and loyalty; relabeled by Hofstede as long-term versus short-term orientation Countries high in Confucian […]

question Achievement concerns the development of motives, capabilities, interests, and behavior that relate to ______________ in evaluative situations. A) performance B) outcomes C) scores D) none of the above answer A) performance question The extent to which an individual strives for success is referred to as: A) mood composition. B) need for achievement. C) personality […]

question Schools play a major role in socialization with an unintended influence. answer F question In the United States, the primary agents of socialization include answer * Family and peer groups. * Mass media * The school question Total institutions are primarily concerned with resocializing their members to help them learn new values and norms. […]

question America’s return to a peacetime economy in 1920 and 1921 was marked by answer a 20 percent unemployment rate, the highest to date. question In its effort to create prosperity at home, the Harding administration supported answer high tariffs to protect American business. question President Harding’s administration was characterized by answer scandals that touches […]

question Texas Natives answer Caddo, Coahuiltecans, Karankawas question Caddo answer Built the first buildings in Texas question Coahuiltecans answer Nomadic trappers and hunters question Karankawas answer Created dugout canoes and small ships question Lipan, Apache and Comanche answer Buffalo hunters who tamed wild mustangs question Pueblo answer Built elaborate homes and cites question Reasons for […]

question In which society did trading centers first develop that turned into cities? answer agricultural society question What is an organization that solicits contributions from many donors and then uses the money to influence legislation? answer political action committee question What system is designed to eliminate competition by selling goods at predetermined prices regardless of […]

question Status answer A socially defined position in a group or society question Social Differentiation answer The process by which different statuses develop in any group, organization, or society question Social Stratification answer A system of structured social inequality question Estate System answer The ownership of property and the exercise of power are monopolized by […]

question the scientific study of how people’s thoughts and feelings influence their behavior toward others and how the behavior of others influences people’s own thoughts, feelings, and behavior answer social psychology question the mental processes associated with the ways in which people perceive and react to other individuals and groups answer social cognition question how […]

question Freud believed the mind was divided into three parts: the ________, the ________, and the preconscious. answer unconscious; conscious question The ________ consists of 20 black and white pictures of people in ambiguous situations. answer Thematic Apperception Test question IQ is assumed to be normally distributed with a mean IQ of 100 and a […]

question According to self-determination theory, people are most fulfilled when they satisfy which three fundamental needs? answer Competence, autonomy, and relatedness. question Four-year-old Jennifer mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive an Elmo doll for Christmas. This best illustrates Piaget’s concept of _____. answer Egocentrism. question Marilyn is depressed a great deal of […]

question social control answer consists of the forces and processes that encourage conformity, including: self control, informal and formal control question self control answer we police ourselves; internalization occurs when individuals accept the norms and values of their group and make conformity to these norms part of their self concept question informal control answer self […]

question What were the social bases for the flourishing democracy of the early mid-nineteenth century? answer -Property requirements for voting were eliminated -90% of adult white males could vote -Women and AA still couldn’t vote -Citizen became synonym for the right to vote -Reduction in the price of printing cost led to more newspapers question […]

question Karl Marx defined ________ as the investment of resources for future profit. answer Capital question Businesses can use social media to promote social issues; when this results in profit for the business, this process is called _________________. answer Cause Marketing question is data about relationships. answer Connection data question is user-generated content and the […]

question The attack by Massachusetts colonists on the home of lieutenant governor and chief justice Thomas Hutchinson: answer resulted in him and his family barely escaping before the crowd broke down the front door. question What major event first led the British government to seek ways to make the colonies bear part of the cost […]

question Trait answer Characteristic that is inherited; can be either dominant or recessive. question P Generation answer The true-breeding (homozygous) parent individuals from which F1 hybrid offspring are derived in studies of inheritance; P stands for \”parental.\” question F1 generation answer The first filial, hybrid (heterozygous) offspring arising from a parental (P generation) cross. First […]

question When fruits or vegetables are imported into the U.S. from a foreign country, they are always very closely inspected for insects, even though the vast majority of insects are not really harmful. Why is the inspection done? answer If an insect not native to the U.S. were carried into the country through foreign fruits […]