Race & Ethnicity
Biological traits considered important by a society.
What is "race"?
The post-industrial economy is defined by this type of work.
What is "service work largely based on computer technology"?
A concept defined as people living together who are linked by birth, marriage, or adoption.
What is "family?"
The study of the distribution of health and illness in a population.
What is "social epidemiology"?
The study of the human population.
What is "demography"?
Describing everyone in some category in the same way.
This concept is defined as economic activity that moves across national borders.
What is "global economy"?
This sociological theory states that the responsibilities of the family include socialization of the young, regulation of sexual activity, and social placement.
What is "structural-functional"?
This term is defined as assisting in the death of a person suffering from a terminal illness.
The environmental racism thesis falls within this theoretical approach.
What is "the social-conflict approach"?
This concept refers to the physical and social separation of categories of people.
What is "segregation?"
This economic system encourages private ownership of property.
What is "capitalism"?
According to Emile Durkheim, these are the ordinary elements of everyday life.
What is "profane"?
According to this theorist, society responds to illness by using the "sick role" to relieve ill people of many daily responsibilities.
Who is "Talcott Parsons"?
This concept refers to changes in social patterns brought on by the industrial revolution.
What is "modernity"?
This sociological theory states that prejudice is a tool used by powerful people to oppress others.
What is "conflict theory"?
This economic system encourages collective control of production.
What is "socialism"?
Beliefs and practices concerning what is sacred and set apart from the profane.
What is "religion"?
An approach to healthcare that emphasizes prevention of illness and takes into account a person’s entire physical and social environment.
What is "holistic medicine"?
This trend has led to an expansion of suburbs, development of vast urban regions, and the growth of edge cities.
What is "urban decentralization"?
This concept refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct, but have more or less equal social standing
What is "pluralism"?
This individual defined power as "the ability to achieve desired ends, despite resistance."
Who is "Max Weber"?
A social institution by which society provides people with important knowledge including job skills, basic facts, and cultural norms/values.
What is "education"?
This sociological theory focuses on unequal distribution of health and medical care.
What is "social-conflict approach"?
This thesis states that people can solve environmental problems as they arise.
What is "the Logic of Growth Thesis"?