Criminal Justice
This group of people listens to the evidence in a trial and decides whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty.
Jury
This sea, bordered by Jordan and Israel, is so salty that people can easily float on its surface.
The Dead Sea
Nature refers to heredity. What refers to environmental influences?
Nurture
Sociology is a study that encompasses both intimate, person-to-person basis relationships as well as their broader impact on society. (True or False)
True
These are natural, mineralized copies of bone. The word roots in Latin, meaning “having been dug up.”
Fossils
This term refers to a court ordered document that law enforcement needs to obtain in order to search a specific location for evidence of a crime.
Search warrant
This river, stretching over 4,000 miles, is the longest in South America.
The Amazon River
What is the name of the response to a stressor that involves real or imagined danger?
Fight or flight response
The interactionist perspective in sociology centers around –
A) The viewing of society as a complex system where parts work to maintain stability.
B) The idea that society is characterized by inequality and competition for resources which drives conflict and social change.
C) The creation of meaning through social interaction and its societal impact.
D) The creation of meaning and understanding through shared language and symbols.
C) The creation of meaning through social interaction and its societal impact.
Scientific study of primates.
Primatology
This legal concept requires that law enforcement have a valid reason to search a person's property or make an arrest.
Probable cause
Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is located in this mountain range.
The Himalayas
What is the name of the 24-hour bodily cycle?
Circadian Rhythm
This German-born sociologist is acknowledged as one of the fathers of sociology but is better known for the creation of the Communist Manifesto.
Karl Marx
An object made, and used by humans.
Artifacts
This term refers to the formal decision made by a judge or jury in a trial.
This country has the southernmost permanently inhabited settlement in the world.
A) Argentina
B) Chile
C) New Zealand
D) South Africa
B) Chile
By directly experiencing a thunderstorm, we learn that a flash of lightning signals an impending crash of thunder. This is an example of:
A) Operant conditioning
B) The law of effect
C) Classical conditioning
D) Generalization
C) Classical conditioning
_______ theory is the sociological idea that social behavior is learned through the observation and imitation of others.
Social learning
The ‘father” of anthropology.
Franz Boaz
This legal concept refers to the principle that a defendant cannot be tried twice for the same offense after being acquitted or convicted.
Double Jeopardy
Which of the following countries has the most time zones, including overseas territories?
A) Russia
B) United States
C) France
D) Australia
C) France
What is the disorder where one individual has two or more different personality states, with distinct behavior, memory, and cognition?
Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder)
Sociologists believe that human behavior will act in accordance to an individual’s calculation of costs and benefits to maximize personal gain. This is referred to as _____ choice theory.
Rational
Savagery, Barbarism, and civilization are the three stages of cultural anthropology theory?
Social evolution