Work
Durkheim described this as a form of social cohesion that comes from sharing similar work, education, and religion, as might be found in simpler societies
What is Mechanical Solidarity?
This 19th Century theorist was instrumental in the development of socialism.
Who is Karl Marx?
According to the U.S. Census, two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption is known as, what?
What is a Family?
This is the study of the size, composition, distribution, and change in human populations.
What is Demography?
This is known as a form of government wherein citizens elect officials to represent their interests.
What is Representative Democracy?
Melinda used to work for an IT company in Baltimore, but lost their job when their company decided to use workers in New Delhi instead. This is an example of:
What is Outsourcing?
Economic systems characterized by individual or private ownership, profit-seeking, and market-based competition.
What is Capitalism?
A two-parent family structure is know as, what?
What is a Nuclear Family?
This theory of Demography suggests optimism about our future as humans will always find ways to overcome problems with population growth or decline.
What is Cornucopian?
According to Max Weber, this is the ability to exercise one’s will over others.
What is Power?
The process of integrating governments, cultures, and financial markets through international trade into a single world market is best described as:
What is Globalization?
During what time period (or revolutionary age) did economies begin to develop globally?
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
Which sociological perspective views family as one of the institutions that keeps society running by producing and socializing children, economic production, instrumental and emotional support, and sexual control.
The recognition that Minoritized Groups and Poor Communities are harmed the most by environmental pollution.
What is Environmental Injustice?
With regard to Education as an Institution, Sociologists refer to this as a type of nonacademic knowledge that one learns through informal learning and cultural transmission.
What is the Hidden Curriculum?
Professional work that offers the highest median wages and growth opportunities requires significant amount of what?
What is Education and Training?
This is the ease of movement of capital, culture, ideas, goods, and services between nations, regardless of physical borders and geography.
What is Globalization?
According to conclusions from the National Marriage Project at UVA, this is the most important foundation for successful marriages.
What is Finances or Financial Security?
A community's organized effort to stop a company from exploring for shale gas might be labeled as this type of social movement.
What is Resistance?
This sociological perspective focuses on Teacher Expectations and the ways labels may impact educational experiences.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
The nature of work in this type of economy is characterized by the production of Knowledge and Service.
What is Post-Industrial or Information?
For the United States, Canada, and Mexico, what was the significance of NAFTA?
What is expanded Free Trade?
A family into which a person is born is know as, what?
What is a Family of Orientation?
This term was coined by Louis Wirth to suggest the social characteristics and ideals of city life are not confined to the physical limits of the city.
What is Urbanism?
Robert has just moved to a new city. He does not know anyone but he wants to find a mosque where he can practice Islam. This theory suggests Robert will, either consciously or subconsciously, weigh the costs and benefits to make a decision.
What is Rational Choice Theory?