Classical Soc
Which American city became the center of an influential early school of sociology emphasizing empirical research and urban environments?
Chicago
What does the acronym RUCC stand for?
Rural-Urban Continuum Codes
What historical practice systematically denied mortgage financing and other services to residents of predominantly minority neighborhoods?
Redlining
A rural county builds new bridges, installs broadband internet, and expands its water system. Which community capital is being strengthened?
Built
What does the environmental acronym NIMBY stand for?
Not In My Back Yard
a psychological term describing a mismatch between a person's emotional expression and their stated feelings or the emotional demands of a situation.
Incongruent affect
Which sociologist coined the concept of the sociological imagination, connecting personal biography with broader historical forces?
C. Wright Mills
How many categories comprise the USDA's Rural-Urban Continuum Codes?
9
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A rural community invests in vocational training, adult education, and healthcare to improve residents' skills and capabilities. Which community capital is being developed?
Human capital
A rural community attracts tourists because of its scenic mountains, rivers, and forests. What term describes these desirable environmental features?
Natural amenities
“the sociohistorical process by which racial identities are created, lived out, transformed, and destroyed” defines what concept introduced by Omi and Winant 2014?
Racial Formation
In sociology, what two concepts describe the tension between individual capacity to act and the institutional forces constraining that action?
Agency and structure
What demographic phenomenon describes educated young adults leaving rural communities and not returning?
Brain drain
What sociological concept describes the unpaid domestic labor women often perform after completing their paid employment?
The second shift
The women of Gee's Bend transformed generations of quilting traditions into collective organization, artistic recognition, and income. What type of capital provided the foundation for this development?
Cultural capital
A community objects to a proposed landfill because it could decrease property values and threaten public health. What term describes this undesirable environmental land use?
LULU (Locally Unwanted Land Use)
A pattern or model of scientific understanding is a __________________; as emphasized by Thomas Kuhn (1962) in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
Paradigm
DAILY DOUBLE -- Who is the french scholar who coined the term sociology (aka social physics) to describe the scientific laws governing human behavior?
Auguste Comte
The Frontier and Remote Area classification incorporates population characteristics and what measure of accessibility?
Travel time to urban areas
A Black woman experiences workplace discrimination that cannot be fully explained by racism or sexism independently. What sociological concept explains this overlapping disadvantage?
Intersectionality
West Virginia coal miners organized strikes and pressured lawmakers to recognize black lung disease and establish workplace protections. Which community capital enabled them to influence government decisions?
Political capital
A rapidly growing population increases demand for food and natural resources, eventually outpacing the capacity of agricultural production. Which classical scholar argued that population growth could exceed available subsistence resources? (Hint: Thanos)
Thomas Malthus
The AU Creed states "I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with my fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all."
This reflects Max VVeber's concept of _________________ which translates to "meaningfully understand".
Verstehen
Which classical sociologist is most closely associated with structural functionalism and the study of social facts?
Émile Durkheim
What demographic term describes the increasing proportion of older residents in rural communities, often accelerated by the outmigration of younger generations?
Greying populations
A man enters the field of nursing and is rapidly promoted into management, while equally qualified women remain in lower-level positions. What sociological phenomenon does this illustrate?
Glass escalator
A rural community attracts a major factory, increasing employment and tax revenue. However, its operations pollute waterways, damage local fisheries, and worsen residents' health. Name the three community capitals most directly affected.
Financial capital (increases), natural capital (decreases), and human capital (decreases).
A community experiences decades of toxic exposure, producing illnesses that emerge gradually rather than through a single catastrophic event. What concept describes this delayed and often invisible form of harm?
Slow Violence
A portmanteau emphasizing the role development plays in laying waste to cultural and physical ecosystems. The idea transcends the materialist idealist divide to describe the acts of those who self-identify as "developers" entering communities to bulldoze the native and indigenous cultural landscapes.
DESTRUCTIONMENT