Soc 252 Final Exam Review

The belief that some racial groups are inherently inferior to others:

The proportion of young adults remaining single has _____.

The meaning of being male or female in a particular society is called:

The ____ gave officials peacetime authority to nullify the constitutional rights of citizens.

The process of transferring the setting for psychological treatment from state to community is:

Which of the following are true about married people vs. unmarried people?

The group with whom one has intimate, face to face interaction on recurring basis is called ___

The number of single-parent families has increased strikingly because of _____.

Which of following has the highest divorce rates?

What is the correlation between education and income?

Focuses on social systems and how their interdependent parts maintain order and function:

Political Action Committees (PACs):

Public schools are funded by:

A craving for unnatural substances, such as dirt or clay is called ______.

_____ diseases cause more deaths worldwide than heart disease and cancer combined.

A state in which income is insufficient to provide the basic necessities of food and shelter:

A war is defined as a major armed conflict that _____.

Living together without the benefit of getting married is called _____.

Causes of indoor air pollution include _____.

The cause of a disease is its _____.

The use of force to kill, injure, or abuse others is defined as: 

Children from divorced families tend to _____.

A chemical used to kill insects defined as pest is called _____.

Those who cohabitate before marriage _____.

A problem that can be explained in terms of the qualities of the individual is called a(n) ___.

The interrelationships between living things and their environment comprise a(n) _____.

A chemical used to kill plant life, particularly weeds is called _____.

Politically motivated violence against citizens of different political beliefs:

An individual's biological identity is referred to as a person's:

Among the veterans of the Vietnam War, which type of soldier was most likely to experience PTSD

The people most likely to benefit from education are those in the: 

An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events, such as nightmares:

An important environmental problem caused by the emission of sulfur and nitrogen oxides is ___.

The process by which oxygen and organic materials are produced from sunlight is known as ____.

The seventh type of pollutant is:

AIDS is a devastating illness that _____.

Model that power is concentrated in a small group of political and economic leaders:

The study of factors that affect the incidence, prevalence, and distribution of illness is?

Focuses on inequalities between social groups:

Which of the following has (have) been tried as alternatives to the traditional nuclear family?

The trauma induced by terrorist acts includes _____.

War is a complex phenomenon that some people believe is an outgrowth of the human need for __?

Diseases that are of long duration are called ______ diseases.

This weapon kills or maims more than 25,000 people every year:

Focuses on the interaction between individuals:

The over fertilization of water with excess nutrients is known as _____.

A _____ is a group united by marriage, blood, or adoption to satisfy intimacy needs.

Severe air pollution can cause or contribute to _____.

The maldistribution of doctors means that ______.

People who have a shared historical and cultural background:

Detrimental periodic or chronic use of alcohol or drugs is called _____.

Compared to married couples, cohabiting couples have _____.

Globalization has led to: 

A group of people distinguished from other groups on the basis of biological characteristics:

If global warming were to occur fully, the earth's temperature could rise by _____ or more.

Refers to the invisible barrier that limits a woman's advancement in an organization:

A disorder involving fluctuation between emotional extremes is called ______. 

War, like aggression and violence, is linked with cultural _____.

A family formed by marriage that includes one or more children from previous family is called?

The number of new cases of an illness that occur during a period of time is called _____.

The number of cases of a disease that exist at any specific time are referred to as its _____.

Economic system in which there is private, rather than state, ownership:

The degradation of air, land, water, aesthetic environment, and sound environment is:

The bloodiest wars in recent times tend to be _____.

An organization in which there are specific areas of authority and responsibility:

____ have been the most common form of terrorism.

Who are the largest consumers of energy in the world?

The use of force or the threat of force to take something of value from a person is called: 

The most consistent effect of war in the postwar years is an increased rate of _____.

Women who become stepmothers tend to expect themselves to _____.

Dehumanizing acts during war are committed by _____.

Arrangement of society into groups that are unequal in wealth, power, and prestige:

The term _____ refers to the average number of years a newborn can expect to live.

Most air pollution is caused by _____.