General Terms
A society's definition of the meanings of categories such as race or gender
What is "social construction"?
An experience of surprise when experiencing something different when traveling to a different society
What is culture shock?
He predicted that population growth would outnumber food supply, leading to chaos
Who was Malthus?
Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras
This is the general type of research method where you sit down with an individual and interview them.
What is qualitative?
the learning of a society's rules and expectations as one matures
what is socialization?
What is a counterculture?
One example is when cars were invented before the roads were ready. Another is when smart phones were in use before privacy laws were in place.
What is cultural lag?
The youth in the book are applying for this status under US immigration law.
What is asylum?
Working 9 to 5, then working at home from 5 to 9
What is the second shift?
large, stable social structures such as the economy, politics, the media, and the family
What are social institutions?
The hijra in India is an example of this?
What is a third gender?
This pandemic is responsible for more deaths than COVID.
What is HIV/AIDS?
Nickname for individuals who guide the youth from their countries across the border.
Who are coyotes?
Inequalities across school districts are partly due to this way that they are funded
What are property taxes?
Breaking the norms of society
What is deviance?
The example of Jewish basketball teams in the film "Race: The Power of an Illusion" illustrated this.
What is the social construction of race?
A group of people organized to forward or resist social change
What is a social movement?
What is symbolic interactionism?
Rosa Parks's refusal to give up a seat on the bus is an example of this.
What is positive deviance?
an informal norm such as a handshake
What is a folkway?
This is where the Nacirema culture is located.
This group organized to address concerns like nuclear power plants, oil exploration, etc. in the 1960s
What is the modern environmental movement?
Youth in Central America are often targetted by gangs who know that they have family in the United States because those families do this.
What is send remittances to their families back home?
This type of group consists of people you are closest to.
What is a primary group?