SOCIO Final 1 – Flashcards
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When Joan Hayes argued that the abortion issue was about the right of pregnant women to choose whether or not to have a baby, this represented which stage of natural development of social problems:
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First : Define
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When proabortion groups started to promote the development of abortion clinics around the country this reflected which stage of natural development of a social problem?
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Third: React
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Antiabortionists who forward emails to their friends, run newspaper ads, and post blogs are known as
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Moderates
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Ami wants to gain in depth information about how women experience abortion, Ami should use?
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Case Studies
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Jason is conducting a study on the elder population. He allows each participant in his study to talk in-depth about their expereinces with the elderly. Jason is using _________ to collect information
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Unstructured Interviews
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In the US a person convicted of a felony drug charege is ineligable to receive federal financial aid to attend college. Becasue of this law, exconvicts taht are releadsed from prison have limited access to higher education and high paying jobs. Many return to a life of crime. This is an example of:
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Latent Dysfunction
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Marco is looking for a freamerwork for organing the facts that he has leraned about academic success and parental income. Marco is pursing a :
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Theory
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Which theory suggest that nursing homes were devleped to replace care that occurred in the home especially as more women went intot he work force and were unable to care for their aging family members.
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Functionalist
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In the US, firefighting building construction, and engineering are typically associated with men while nursing, teaching, and hair styling are typically associated with women. This illustrates work that
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is Sex-Typed
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Conflict theory was developed to explain events that occured during:
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The Industrial Revolution
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The elderly became a political force when they were organized into a collective group by:
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Dr. Francis Townsend
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The Human resources officer denied Mrs. Merkel employement because she believes that at 62 years of age, Mrs. Merkel is too old to start a new career. This is an example of.
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Ageism
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Smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer. This reflects.
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Objective Condition
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Many parents worried that tobacco advertisments that use cartoon characters will encourage young people to smoke. This reflects
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Subjective Concern
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US citizens are demanding that the government do something about the increasing number of methampetamine labs set-up in rural, urban and suburban areas. This reflects.
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A social problem
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Many people lose their jobs, their homes and their families because of alcohol. This reflects alcohols:
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Dysfunction
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To cope with the grief of losing their husband, Mary's physician offered her a prescription for Valium. This illustrates:
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The Medicalization of Human Problems
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Of all the drugs abuse problems, the most expensive is:
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Alcohol
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Megan believs that in an analysis of the harm of illegal drugs in America, a researcher should consider whether or not drugs interfere with people reaching their goals. Megan's ideas are in line with:
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Functionalist
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John is an alcoholic and wants to enroll in a treatment program, He is like to enroll in:
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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T/F Social location determines a persons actions
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False
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T/F A social problem for some is often a solution for others.
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True
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In the case of WEbster v. Reproductive services the court concluded that the states do not have an obligation to finance abortions
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True
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Theer are 3 stages in the natural history of social problems
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False
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Sociology provides a basis for making value decisions
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false
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The percent of elderly who are poor his higher today than in 1970
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False
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Americans have always placed a low value on the elderly.
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False
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What people consider to be a social problem changes from one historical period to another.
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True
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What qualifies as drug abuse depends on social norms.
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true
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In the 1950s, doctors recommended cigarettes for one's health.
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True
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The concept of sociological imagination was developed by
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C. Wright Mills
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The phenomena in which large scale events of history bring difficulty into people's lives is called
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Personal Troubles
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The social context that involves historical events is called
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Broad Social Context
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An aspect of society that can be measured or experienced is called a
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Objective Condition
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The unintended consequences of peoples actions that disrupt a system equilibrium are called
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Latent Dysfunction
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A shared belief about whether something is good or bad is a
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value
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Case, studies, surveys experiements and field studies are
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Research design
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In an experiment, those people who are exposed to a particular experience are called the
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Experimental Group
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_____is a successful drug program whose principle have been applied to other addiction treatment programs
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AA
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_____paved the way for the black market cocaine
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The Harrison Act
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