Sarah Adrian

question literacy answer the ability to read and write question aguste comte answer father of sociology question charles darwin answer English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) question natural selection answer a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment question herbert spencer answer […]

question the array of beliefs and attitudes that people hold about political and related affairs answer public opinion question public opinion that fluctuates considerably in response to social, political, and economic events answer dynamic public opinion question a preference that is more likely to influence what people think about political candidates and how that person […]

question Tsu answer Families with common ancestry unite question Major social problem affecting most Asian immigrants up through the 1940s answer Shortage of Asian women question Traditional Asian values emphasize answer appropriate behavior, strict control of aggressive or assertive impulses, and a self-conscious concern for conduct in the presence of others question Chinese were allowed […]

question Who helped early settlers survive the hard winter by teachig them the native methods of planting corn, squash, and pumpkins? answer Squanto (an Algonquian) question Who was a liaison to John Smith’s Jamestown colony in 1607? answer Pocahontas question Who was a Shoshone Indian who played a vital role in the Lewis and Clark […]

question During the last half of the 1800s the dramatic industrial growth of the united states was caused by all of the following except answer low tariffs on imports question the steel industry emerged in answer western Pennsylvania and eastern ohio question the shipping of iron ore was made easier by answer the invention of […]

question Social process theories answer Theories that suggest that criminal behavior is learned in interaction with others and that socialization and learning processes occur as the result of gorup membership and relationships question Social development theories answer An integrated view of human development that examines multiple leves of maturation simultaneously , including the psychological, biological, […]

question One becomes eligible for Social Security disability benefits after having been disabled for 3 months 5 months 6 months 12 months answer 5 months question All of these are considered to be a benefit under Social Security EXCEPT for survivorship unemployment disability retirement answer unemployment question To be eligible for Social Security disability benefits, […]

question simultaneous processing of information on many parallel tracks answer unconscious mental activity question Staying up especially late on weekends answer the circadian rhythm question Sleepwalking is most likely to be associated with ___ sleep answer Stage 4 question greatest proportion of our sleep time answer Stage 2 question recurring sleep stage during which most […]

question Types of Social Institutions answer Government Education Family Religion Culture Economy question Types of Demographics answer Age Fertility Ethnicity Education question Functionalism answer Oldest sociological theory “living organism” – many parts Different purposes & contributions question Types of Social mobility answer 1. Upward mobility 2. Downward mobility 3. Intergenerational mobility 4. Intragenerational mobility 5. […]

question Wellness answer An expanded idea of health. The ability to live life to the fullest. Refers to the choices you make in regards to your lifestyle. Can be separated into 6 dimensions. question physical wellness answer Your optimal physical health question examples of physical wellness answer Eating well, excercising, avoiding harmful habits, making responsible […]

question 1. ARPAnet enabled military and academic researchers to communicate on a _____ network system. answer c. distributed question 2. Which of the following are characteristic of the Internet? answer b. It is a distributed network. c. It does not get clogged at a single point. d. It has no central power switch. e. It […]

question The SSTF gets its money from dedicated taxes and interest paid on the fund’s own investments (the SSTF has invested some of its income into the Treasury, and the interest paid on that investment contributes to the program’s income). It is predicted that in about 20 years the income of the SSTF will fall […]

question According to conflict theories, who benefits from family structures where women stay home and men work for pay? answer men & employers question According to recent feminist family theorists, which statement is true? A) Family types are biologically determined and rarely change B) What is good for some women is good for all women […]

question Who was Anne Hutchinson? answer a religious dissenter who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony question As of 2008, a majority of Americans identified as answer Christian question Although religious diversity has steadily increased throughout US history, the nation answer still struggles with religious intolerance. question Which of the following best explains why […]

question Defining social problems answer -Obectivist definition -locates a condition -attempts to measure (count) -Questions objectivists ask -Is it harmful -how many people -how serious question Problems with the objectivist definition answer -Not everyone may agree why a condition is harmful -The objectivist definition can be criticized for being so broad that it is vague […]

question In the United States, men have a higher suicide rate than women. answer A) True B) False A question An apparent, although false, association between two variables that is caused by a third variable is called a(n) _________ correlation. answer A) unreliable B) spurious C) invalid D) unproven B question Durkheim documented that categories […]

question Which of the following statements concerning stepfamilies is correct? answer Children raised by stepmothers are likely to have less health care, education, and money spent on their food than children raised by biological mothers. question In 2008, what was the median age for a woman in the U.S. at the time of her first […]

question Stress answer the physical arousal or negative emotional state that results when we perceive events as taxing our resources or our ability to cope. question Stressors answer events that are perceived as harmful, threatening, or challenging. question Sources of Stress_ Life Changes answer life events that require some adjustment in behavior or lifestyle (death, […]

question What was the general social structure in European society in the sixteenth century? answer Hierarchical question In the early 1500s, what percentage of Europe’s population consisted of peasants? answer Between 70 and 80% question How did the Puritans want to reform the Church of England? answer They wanted to purify it of Roman Catholic […]

question 1) ________ is the use of information technology to support the sharing of content among networks of users. answer Social media question 2) A ________ is an information system that supports the sharing of content among networks of users. answer social media information system (SMIS) question 3) SM communities differ from communities in the […]

question affective computing answer A type of computing that relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion. question augmented reality answer A combination of our normal senses of the objects around us with an overlay of information displayed question autonomy answer The freedom to work with out constant direction and control question collaborative consumption […]

question When do you familiarize yourself with the subject of a research project answer Beginning question Defines the purpose of your research answer Problem statement question Newspapers and periodicals our sources of… answer Secondary information question A recent survey of your companies top clients, Notes from my conversation recently had with the local government official, […]