Mcdonaldization Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

SOC 134 Final Exam 2022 Schweingruber Iowa State;with complete solution Rationality Sociologists view rationality as a social construction What is rational isn't constant Different communities have different standards of rationality A rational behavior or statement is one that makes sense in community Formal Rationality Involves cost-benefit analysis (instrumentality, calculability) "Is it more efficient?" "Can it save us money?" "Can it save us time?" Value Rationality Involv...

Global City - ANS A city that has economic significance in the world, large cities classified according to their economic status in the global market, headquarters, as of now based on economic status. London, New York, Tokyo, etc. W.E.B Dubois - ANS Author of The Philadelphia Megro, describes the 7th ward as a city within a city, saw low levels of formal training and education from recent legacy of slavery Gated Communities - ANS A community to make insiders feel...

Structural Functionalism correct answers theory that attempts to explain why society functions the way it does by focusing on the relationships between the various social institutions that make up society (e.g., government, law, education, religion, etc) Symbolic Interactionism correct answers theory that focuses on the relationships among individuals within a society. Communication—the exchange of meaning through language and symbols—is believed to be the way in which people make sense...

Chapter 03 Culture     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. Anthropologist Horace Miner's description of the body ritual among the Nacirema is used to show 
A. cultural differences in what is considered "beautiful."
B. the effects of media on a person's body image.
C. the ability to learn something new about society.
D. how cultural sociology has evolved over the years.   
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the s...

SOCA 101 Exam 1 WVU-song GP A wave of personal bankruptcies that lead to bank failures is an example of what aspect of sociological imagination? - Answer- private troubles and public issues the growth of the service sector and white collar work in the mid-20th century gave us rise to what age? - Answer- the postindustrial age In the united states, manufacturing ________ since the middle of the 20th century, signaling a move on the ____________ age - Answer- decreased, industrial the ...

Openstax sociology Chapter 6 questions and answers A+ content aggregate a collection of people who exist in the same place at the same time, but who don't interact or share a sense of identity formal organization a large secondary group organized to achieve its goals efficiently; large impersonal Generalizability the amount that information from a specific example can be generalized to apply to the overall population group any collection of at least two people who int...

How could the critique of humanist qualitative methodologies and of positivism promote the researcher’s freedom to make a different world possible, according to St Pierre (2014)? Question 3 Brinkman (2018) labels a number of problematical aspects of interviewing as “McDonaldization”. How does he understand this phenomenon and how could such problematical aspects be addressed by the attentive interviewer

Chapter 03 - Culture Multiple Choice Questions 1. Anthropologist Horace Miner's description of the body ritual among the Nacirema is used to show A. cultural differences in what is considered "beautiful." B. the effects of media on a person's body image. C. the ability to learn something new about society. D. how cultural sociology has evolved over the years. Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Learning Objective: Explain the sociological meaning of culture and soci...

RNAS C Practice Test Review 437 Questions with Verified Answers A capacitor and resisitor in parallel - CORRECT ANSWER will have same voltage across since in parallel. if in series, voltage drops would occur they can be treated together If the absolute pressure of a gas is increased from 3 atm to 4 atm at constant volume, then the absolute temperature of the gas will increase by: A. 25%. B. 33%. C. 67%. D. 75% - CORRECT ANSWER B. Assuming the validity of the Ideal-Gas law, PV = n...

Credentialism - ANSWER An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field. Crime - ANSWER A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority. Cult - ANSWER Due to the stereotyping, this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements. Cultural relativism - ANSWER The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture. Cultural transmission - ANSWER A school of criminolo...