Exam 1: An Introduction to Sociology in the Global Age

A wave of personal bankruptcies that lead to bank failures is an example of what aspect of the sociological imagination?

The postindustrial age began around the middle of the twentieth century but transitioned into the ______ at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Despite the recession, excessive consumption has continued at a steady pace, making it unlikely that we will soon enter a "postconsumption age."

George Ritzer shows that as a college student, the choices in obtaining your education are affected by which main sociological issue(s)?

In his text, George Ritzer defines globalization as an increased flow of people, products, and processes around the world. Consider the way that globalization affects your experience of college education. Describe how one product or process has changed the experience of college education for you through the effects of globalization. Give concrete factors describing why the product or process you describe is part of globalization.

In his theory of violence, contemporary sociologist Randall Collins includes both individuals who must have skills to carry out violent interactions and the materials and resources that an organization must equip themselves with in order to carry out violence. His theory includes both ______ and ______ components.

U.S. consumption greatly increased at the end of the twentieth century, but since the recession, there are some indications that we may be entering a postconsumption age. What would a postconsumption age mean for our society? Provide an example of how you would be personally affected by the postconsumption age.

Many people now consider work and production less important than consumption.

Anthropology examines communications across the globe, with the internet of focal concern in the contemporary world.

If a researcher who studies crime within a specific community chooses to interview residents to gain some insight into the problem, he/she would be using ______ analysis.

Starting in the 1950s, developed countries with capitalist economies began to shift from ______ to ______.

In the global age, borders between European countries increased, while borders between countries in other parts of the world relaxed.

Human trafficking benefits from globalization, but is illegal worldwide.

The mass introduction of high-speed internet has allowed people around the world to obtain information faster than ever before. It has influenced many factors around the globe, including how people meet through networks and how often people can communicate. Sociology would point to high-speed internet as an example of ______.

There are negative types of globalization, such as terrorism and sex trafficking.

The growth of the service sector and white-collar work in the mid-twentieth century gave rise to what age?

An example of mediated interaction would be communicating over the internet in a chat room.

Scholars of ______ study nation-states, especially the ways in which they relate to one another around the world.

One of the four defining characteristics of McDonaldization is predictability. What does this predictability refer to?

In the transition to an information economy, more people of both genders perform labor for free.