Family & Religion
Health & Science
Politics, Authority, and the State
Social Movements
Other Review
100
This is the difference between a church and a sect.
What is: Church- religious body with a low state of tension who's beliefs safe according to mainstream beliefs and values Sect- religious body in a high state of tension with mainstream beliefs and values. Tend to splinter off from larger churches
100
This is mortality.
What is the death rate per 1000 individuals?
100
This is the difference between power and domination.
What is: Power is the ability of a social actor to impose their will over another even in the face of opposition. Domination is more general, the probability that a command will be obeyed.
100
This is how you define a social movement
What collective action which is disruptive of norms or routines, but it is organized, purposeful, and institutionalized. It is ongoing
100
These are the two types of social institutions that we talked about in class.
What are STRUCTURAL (this is about social positions and relations that perform particular social roles. Example: Criminal justice system) and CULTURAL (this is typically a narrative embedded in a network about how society meets its needs. Example: museums, the print media etc.)
200
This is the distinction between the sacred and the profane.
What is: Sacred- consecrated, part of religion Profane- everyday stuff not marked as part of religion
200
This is morbidity
What is sickness or ill health?
200
This is authority
What is Legitimate domination? When citizens grant leaders the right to exert power.
200
This is McAdam's model of recruitment into high-risk/cost activism.
What is: 1. Receptive attitudes 2. Contact with activists 3. Biographical availability
200
These are the two types of mobility we discussed in class.
What is EXCHANGE mobility (the distribution of jobs is fixed and individuals trade jobs in a balanced way) and STRUCTURAL mobility (due to changes in the economy certain job positions disappear, example: the decline in farmwork because of technology)
300
These are the definitions of theism, ethicalism, and animism.
What is: Theism- The worship of gods Ethicalism- About moral principles Anamism- Involves spirits and totems
300
This is SES.
What is Socioeconomic-status? A summary of an individual's status in society using income, education and occupational prestige.
300
This is the tragedy of the commons.
What is the difficulty in getting individuals to give up some of their freedom and resources for the betterment of the whole society?
300
This is the prisoner's dilemma
What is an example of the free rider problem, when individual interests and collective interests are at odds?
300
These are the three major types of suicide and their levels of integration and regulation.
What is: ALTRUISTIC: high integration, high regulation (Japanese hari kari or sepuku) ANOMIE: high integration, low regulation (slavery) EGOISTIC: low integration, low regulation (outcasts)
400
This is Durkheim's definition of religion.
What is a system of beliefs and practices regarding sacred things?
400
This is Thomas Khun's "scientific revolution"
What is the gradual shift of new knowledge when paradigms (or ways of seeing) shift.
400
This is the way Conley defines a political ideology
What is a system of concepts and relationships which involve an understanding of cause and effect. A connected sets of beliefs about how the world works, based on a few general and abstract principles.
400
These are the four types of social movements and an example of each
What is: Alterative (limited change directed at individuals) MADD Redemptive (radical change directed at individuals) Covenant house Reformative (limited change directed at society) Critical Mass Revolutionary (radical change directed at society) Weather Underground
500
This is the secularization thesis.
What is: the belief that as societies "progress", particularly through modernization and rationalization, religion loses its authority in all aspects of social life. Is it true? What did we learn in lecture? Religion is still very important to Americans even if they do not practice.
500
This is the difference between intended and unintended consequences. Give an example of an unintended consequence and explain why they are important.
What is: Intended: the consequences we want and expect Unintended: the consequences we don't expect but come out of the same actions
500
These are Weber's three types of authority and an example of each.
What is: Traditional (hereditary monarchies) Legal-Rational (constitutional democracies) Charismatic (Ghandi)
500
These are the three types of frames utilized by SMOs
What is: Interest and Identity frames: giving us a way to find common interests and identities Issue frames: giving us the common sense for what issues that matter Action frames: common sense of the right solutions or steps to take
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