Test 3 Dr. White ULM

What are the functions of schooling?

Socialization
Social Integration

What is a latent function of schooling? (Manifest)

It provides child care
keeps older kids off the streets

How does the social conflict paradigm explain schooling?

thinks schools pacifies people, teaches them submissiveness, and teaches them the status quo

Tracking

the education plan for life

Education

is the way knowledge is transmitted to the members of society

Schooling

the formal instruction from trained teachers

How id public K-12 education paid for?

property taxes

How does one answer "unanswerable" questions?

faith

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EACH RELIGION OF THE WORLD...
1. Christians?
2. Islamics?
3. Hindus?
4. Buddhists?
5. Confucianism?
6. Jews?

1. 2 billion
2. 1.2 billion
3. 800 million
4. 350 million
5. 150 million
6. 15 million

Religion

set of beliefs and practices, the focus is on sacred things severs to create a community of worshipers

Sacred

anything thought to be superior in power, set apart from practical and ordinary and creates a sense of awe

Secularization

process by which religion losses influence within groups or society

What are the four functions of religion?

1. Social control
2. Social Cohesion
3. Social Change
4. Comprehensible

What are the current trends in religion of America?

Mainstream tends to get smaller
Catholic and Conservative Protestant ate growing

Health

state of physical, mental, and social well being

Social Epidemiology

study of how health and disease are distributed throughout societies population

Medicine

something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Holistic Medicine

an approach to health care that emphasizes the prevention of illness and takes into account a person's entire physical and social environment

Euthanasia

The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing

Sick Role

A socially recognized set of rights and obligations linked with illness

Physicians Role

Signed medication orders are provided by physician, which direct PN in medication administration

What are the four ways that society shapes health?

1. Cultural Patterns Define health
2. Cultural Standards of health changes over time
3. Societies technology effects people health
4. Social inequality effects peoples health

How does age and gender affect peoples health?

1. Girls are less likely to die
2. African Americans and the poor have poor health

What is the most preventable health hazard in the United States?

smoking

Eating disorder

involves intense dieting or unhealthy methods of weight control driven by the desire to be thin

2 examples of eating disorders

1. Anorexia- distorted body image thin thin
2. Nerueusa or Bulimia- binge eating then vomiting

How many adult American's are overweight?

63%

How many adult American's are clinically obese?

43%

Is obesity and poverty correlated?

yes

The___ has the best health care in the world, but only for those who can___.

United States, afford it

What do people over 65 typically die from?

Chronic illnesses

NURSING STATS
1. How many?
2. How many unfilled positions?
3.What percent is a minority?
4. What percent are men?

1. 3.1 million
2. 100,000
3. 17%
4. 7%

The census bureau defines rural as a rural area or city with less than ___ people.

2,500

Demography

study people in general

What characteristics is a demographer interested in?

age, gender, race, where you are from, where you are going

What is quantitative and what question does it answer?

is demography
Where are people from and where are they going

What is qualitative and what questions does it answer?

is sitting down and talking with someone using indepth detail
ASk why

Fertility

incidence of child baring in a society's population

Crud Birth Rate (CBR)

number of live births in a year per 1,000 people

Mortality

incidence of death in society's population

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Number of deaths per 1,000 people

Infant Mortality

number of children who are born alive, but die before reaching 1 per 1,000 people

Immigration

in migration (move somewhere)

Emigration

moving away from somewhere

Double time

amount of time it takes for societies population to double

How long is the worlds double time

61 years

What is the world sex ratio?

101 women : 100 men

What is the world's population

7.1 billion

What is the population of Australia

23 million

What is the population of the United States

313 million

What percent of Americans are involved in agriculture?

2% (5 million)

What where Thomas Malthus's three positive checks?

1. Famine - not enough food
2. Disease - people die
3. War - people kill people

Demographic Transition Theory

pg 456

What are 4 ways to limit population growth?

1. Laws
2. education
3. economics
4. empowerment of women

Which two ways of limiting population growth works the best?

1. laws
2. economics

Urbanization

concentration of humanities into cities

Megalopolis

one big urban area

What led to the boom in both population growth and urbanization?

industry

Describe the 4 different stages of urbanization in American

1. Colonial settlement 180d- small settlement east
2. Urban Expansion- people moved west but stayed near railroad
3. Metropolitan Era- start of population growth/ increase industry
4. Urban decentralation- move from cities to suburbs

What are the three main reasons people moved to suburbs?

transportation, money, race (mainly white)

What is the current migration pattern in the US happening and what are the consequences.

moving from the snow belt to the sun belt because jobs are going away in the snow belt and consequences are negative

What were Louis Wirth's three factors, which define urbanism?

1. Large Population
2. Dense settlement
3. Social Diversity

What is the population of Tokyo?

37 million

Collective Behavior

spontaneous activity involving large numbers of people don't conform to establish norms

Social Movements

organized activity that encourages social change

Collectivity (localized and dispersed)

large number of people who interact little in the absent of norms (local is who we interact with and dis is who we don't interact with because of distance

Crowd

temporary gathering of people who share a common interest and member influence one another

Mob

Violent crowd usually have a purpose LYNCH

Riot

violent crowd with no specific purpose

Rumor

ambiguous changeable and hard to stop

Gossip

related to rumors but tend to be about a person's personal affairs

Fashion

change style

Fads

things go and come

What are the 3 explanations or theories of crowd behavior

1. Contagion Theory- crowds have a shipnotic effect : collective mind
2. Convergence Theory- tension is ther
3.Emergent Norm Theory- norms arise from a situation on it

What are the 4 types of social movements?

1. alternative
2. redemptive
3. reformative
4. revolutionary

What type of change does each social movement promote?

1. alternative - limited
2. redemptive - radical
3. reformative - limited
4. revolutionary - radical

Who does each social movement target?

1. alternative - specific
2. redemptive - specific
3. reformative - entire society
4. revolutionary - entire society

How does Deprivation Theory describe social movements?

some people feel deprived of what they feel they deserve

How does Mass society theory describe social movements?

outcast or socially isolated are recruited for social movement

How does resource mobilization theory describe social movements?

it takes the necessary resources and propaganda to survive

How does new social movements describe social movements?

you should work though the system

What are the four stages of social movements

1. emergence -get ticked so you don't
2. coalescence - define goals
3. bureaucratization - develop staff and info structure
4. decline -you meet or quit

Does the power elite understand social movements?

yes