FINAL EXAM REVIEW SOCI-1301

Question 1

The awareness between the immediate, personal social settings and the remote, impersonal social world is____

Accepted Answer

sociological imagination

Question 2

What are the ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money, political influence, access to the media?

Accepted Answer

resource mobilization

Question 3

What are the two types of economic systems that are seen in contemporary societies?

Accepted Answer

capitalism and socialism

Question 4

The sociological perspective that would study the dramatic differences in infant mortality rates globally?

Accepted Answer

interactionists

Question 5

The medicalization of society refers to the__________

Accepted Answer

medicine as a form of social control

Question 6

Organized collective activities that address values ,social identities and improvements in quality of life are___

Accepted Answer

new social movements

Question 7

Laissez-faire refers to a form of ______ involving minimal government involvement.

Accepted Answer

capitalism

Question 8

The body of knowledge obtained by using methods based on systematic observation is called a(n)____

Accepted Answer

science

Question 9

False consciousness is___________

Accepted Answer

attitudes that do not reflect objective reality

Question 10

An individual determines whether or not he or she is healthy based on______

Accepted Answer

family, friends, and medical practictioners

Question 11

A key element in the sociological imagination is the ability to view one's own society from _________

Accepted Answer

an outsider

Question 12

Which type of society relies chiefly on mechanization for the production of its economic goods and services?

Accepted Answer

industrial

Question 13

Which sociological perspective stresses how social movements sharpen the awareness of the oppressed peoples?

Accepted Answer

conflict

Question 14

Talcott Parsons believed physicians function as ______ .

Accepted Answer

gatekeepers

Question 15

The concept of the sick role is associated with which perspective?

Accepted Answer

functionalist

Question 16

For many years, there was only one long-distance telephone company in the United States—what is this concept?

Accepted Answer

monopoly

Question 17

Sociologists argue that, unlike scientific knowledge, commonsense conclusions are not__________

Accepted Answer

reliable

Question 18

Which sociological perspective study the new social roles assumed by activists within a social movement?

Accepted Answer

interactionists

Question 19

An economic system where laissez-faire philosophy rejected and the central government plays a central role?

Accepted Answer

socialism

Question 20

Which sociological perspective would most likely suggest that competition is far less restrictive?

Accepted Answer

conflict

Question 21

What is the process of medical experts becoming influential in proposing and assessing relevant public policies?

Accepted Answer

medical model

Question 22

What is a conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities?

Accepted Answer

relative deprivation

Question 23

Which sociological perspective would study labels attached to activists associated with social movements?

Accepted Answer

labeling

Question 24

What are organized collective activities aimed at bringing about fundamental changes?

Accepted Answer

social movements

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