Area of sociology devoted to study of human population
What is Demography?
100
States that population patterns (birth rates / death rates) are tied to the level of technological development.
What is the Demographic Transition Theory?
100
A temporary gathering of people in close proximity to interact
What is a crowd?
100
Initial stirrings of a movement; admits there is a problem
What is Agitation?
100
The process by which a society’s social institutions become increasingly complex as the society moves toward industrialization
What is Modernization?
200
When the people move or return from the suburbs and country to city
What is Urbanization?
200
Also known as stage 2 of DTT - marked by high birth rate low death rate
What is indutrial stage?
200
A group that temporarily gathers and erupts into destructive acts of vandalism and violence
What is a riot?
200
The movement viewed as more respectable; and may be acknowledged by the governement
What is Legitimization?
200
The sociological perspective which would say that religion promotes social unity and integration as well as a sense of purpose.
What is the Functionalist Perspective?
300
The average number of years that a person born in a particular year can expect to live
What is life expectancy?
300
Urban pattern model where growth occurs in wedge shaped areas; may follow transportation routes such as trains and subways
What is the sector model?
300
An unconventional object, action or idea that people are attached to for a very short period of time. Less predictable and less enduring than fashions
What is a fad?
300
This social movement trys to protect prevailing values from what are seen as threats to those values; (e.g. Religious fundamentalism trying to ban MTV)
What is the Conservative Movement?
300
The sociological perspective which would say that the chances for prosecution for deviant acts decrease as one’s socioeconomic level increases
What is a Conflict perspective?
400
The process in which young professional couples buy older homes in the inner city and fix them up
What is gentrification or regentrification?
400
Urban pattern model: a typical city spreads outward from center; usually moves from lower class to middle class to upper class on the outside
What is concentric zone model ?
400
An unfounded anxiety shared by people who can be scattered over a wide geographic area, often unwittingly fueled by the media (e.g., Puritan witch hunts of the 1600s; “Red Scare” fear of communist infiltration in 20th century)
What is Mass hysteria?
400
This type of social movement trys to prevent a type of social change and return society to a past way of being; often uses fear and violence; “turn back the clock” (e.g. Ku Klux Klan)
What is a Reactionary movement?
400
Poorly planned development on edge of towns and cities, consumes lots of land
What is Urban Sprawl?
500
The best way to view population composition in a society; can reflect changes in demographic composition between pre-industrial and post-industrial societies
What is a population pyramid?
500
Multiple nuclei model - City does not develop around one central core, but several activity centers. These are densely populated areas containing 2 or more cities and suburbs (e.g. DFW)
What is a megalopolis?
500
Hypnotic state of suggestibility, which is usually emotional, and the power of a crowd encourages people to give up identity/individuality; Conventional norms get ignored as emotion sweeps through a crowd
What is the Social Contagion Theory?
500
The stages a social movement in order:
What are Agitaiton, Legitimization, Bureaucratization, and Institutionalization?
500
This theory of social change beginning in infancy, reaching its prime, and then declining with age; Can be viewed in waves