Question 1

Sociologists note that consumer consumption is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  based on one's personality 
B)  an individual process 
C)  a social process 
D)  focused on needs over wants 
A)  based on one's personality 
B)  an individual process 
C)  a social process 
D)  focused on needs over wants

Question 2

Discuss overshoot as it relates to footprint analysis.

Accepted Answer

Footprint analysis is a measur

Question 3

What is the relationship between climate change and developing countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Developing countries are not concerned with climate change. 
B)  Developed countries are protecting developing countries from the effects of climate change. 
C)  Developing countries contribute the most to climate change and are the least impacted by it. 
D)  Developing countries contribute the least to climate change and are the most impacted by it. 
A)  Developing countries are not concerned with climate change. 
B)  Developed countries are protecting developing countries from the effects of climate change. 
C)  Developing countries contribute the most to climate change and are the least impacted by it. 
D)  Developing countries contribute the least to climate change and are the most impacted by it.

Question 4

Conflict theory posits that ______ is the ultimate cause of the climate and environmental crises we are experiencing.

Accepted Answer

A)  nonsustainability 
B)  capitalism 
C)  politics 
D)  human indifference 
A)  nonsustainability 
B)  capitalism 
C)  politics 
D)  human indifference

Question 5

Discuss externalities and their impact on the sustainability of an economic system.

Accepted Answer

Externalities are all the side effects-t

Question 6

Why do Americans allow companies to dump their electronic waste products in developing countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  The high costs of end-of-life treatment of electronic products are invisible to consumers in the developed nations. 
B)  U.S. companies do not have a choice; there is no place to dump them in the United States. 
C)  People know about the risks but they don't care about developing nations. 
D)  The developing countries pay U.S. companies a lot of money to recycle these products with little risk to them. 
A)  The high costs of end-of-life treatment of electronic products are invisible to consumers in the developed nations. 
B)  U.S. companies do not have a choice; there is no place to dump them in the United States. 
C)  People know about the risks but they don't care about developing nations. 
D)  The developing countries pay U.S. companies a lot of money to recycle these products with little risk to them.

Question 7

How would a sociologist determine that actions by a municipality are based on environmental racism?

Accepted Answer

A)  If the actions clean up an environmental hazard in a poor neighborhood, but do not pay damages. 
B)  If the municipality makes a law that limits where minorities can live in a city. 
C)  If the issues the minority city members face are taken care of slowly. 
D)  If the minority citizens face a problem that is not taken care of while wealthier citizens see a resolution to the same problem. 
A)  If the actions clean up an environmental hazard in a poor neighborhood, but do not pay damages. 
B)  If the municipality makes a law that limits where minorities can live in a city. 
C)  If the issues the minority city members face are taken care of slowly. 
D)  If the minority citizens face a problem that is not taken care of while wealthier citizens see a resolution to the same problem.

Question 8

Which action demonstrates sustainable development?

Accepted Answer

A)  using necessary resources for comfortable living 
B)  clearing forestland for farmland 
C)  cultivating food sources that are easily renewed 
D)  hunting for new caches of fossil fuel 
A)  using necessary resources for comfortable living 
B)  clearing forestland for farmland 
C)  cultivating food sources that are easily renewed 
D)  hunting for new caches of fossil fuel

Question 9

In the 1950s, Chinese ruler Mao Zedong viewed humans and nature as two separate entities and encouraged "man" to conquer nature, leading to large-scale environmental damage. This period was known as the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultural Revolution 
B)  Communist Manifesto 
C)  Great Leap Forward 
D)  Red Wave 
A)  Cultural Revolution 
B)  Communist Manifesto 
C)  Great Leap Forward 
D)  Red Wave

Question 10

A recent college graduate is interested in working in a profession that focuses on social and environmental interaction. Which field would she likely consider?

Accepted Answer

A)  geology 
B)  environmental sociology 
C)  climatology 
D)  environmental history 
A)  geology 
B)  environmental sociology 
C)  climatology 
D)  environmental history

Question 11

An environmental activist is working diligently to preserve the nesting habitat of a particular bird species without assessing how it might affect the human population in the surrounding environment. How would the environmental justice movement clash with this activist?

Accepted Answer

A)  The activist needs to donate money as well as his time. 
B)  The activist is too vocal and is losing the sympathy of others. 
C)  The activist does not understand what the specie needs and is pushing for something that could be harmful. 
D)  The activist has not recognized that residents of the area rely on the land where the birds nest for subsistence. 
A)  The activist needs to donate money as well as his time. 
B)  The activist is too vocal and is losing the sympathy of others. 
C)  The activist does not understand what the specie needs and is pushing for something that could be harmful. 
D)  The activist has not recognized that residents of the area rely on the land where the birds nest for subsistence.

Question 12

Discuss the paradigm shift in environmental attitudes from human exemptionalist paradigm to the new environmental paradigm.

Accepted Answer

The former reflects an anthropocentric,

Question 13

Things that people fail to incorporate into their decision making are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  externalities 
B)  constructivism 
C)  an attitude-behavior split 
D)  overshoot 
A)  externalities 
B)  constructivism 
C)  an attitude-behavior split 
D)  overshoot

Question 14

A manufacturing company releases a public relations campaign highlighting how it uses recycled water in its factories and runs them on solar power to demonstrate its environmentally friendly practices, yet it has been fined for dumping hazardous waste in the local streams. This is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  ecolabeling 
B)  green consumption 
C)  environmental stewardship 
D)  greenwashing 
A)  ecolabeling 
B)  green consumption 
C)  environmental stewardship 
D)  greenwashing

Question 15

What are the dangers of inverted quarantine?

Accepted Answer

Varies but should include: Focusing our

Question 16

Using the environmental modernization theory, discuss the thought process that leads to ecological rationality.

Accepted Answer

Ecological rationality is decision makin

Question 17

How does the concept of climate justice highlight the issue of inequality?

Accepted Answer

Countries have made vastly different con

Question 18

Explain this phrase: Environmental problems are intertwined with social inequality.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary, but should mention ho

Question 19

One flaw in the Malthusian catastrophe was ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  it assumed technology would make the problem even worse 
B)  linking famine to food supply was too complicated 
C)  the problem lies in the availability of food, not the access to it 
D)  people in poverty tend to have more children, not fewer 
A)  it assumed technology would make the problem even worse 
B)  linking famine to food supply was too complicated 
C)  the problem lies in the availability of food, not the access to it 
D)  people in poverty tend to have more children, not fewer

Question 20

Researchers have developed a program that measures how many planet Earths are needed to provide the resources humanity is using. This ecological yardstick is called the ecological ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  planet 
B)  footprint 
C)  graph 
D)  scale 
A)  planet 
B)  footprint 
C)  graph 
D)  scale

Sociologists note that consumer consumption is ______.

Discuss overshoot as it relates to footprint analysis.

What is the relationship between climate change and developing countries?

Conflict theory posits that ______ is the ultimate cause of the climate and environmental crises we are experiencing.

Discuss externalities and their impact on the sustainability of an economic system.

Why do Americans allow companies to dump their electronic waste products in developing countries?

How would a sociologist determine that actions by a municipality are based on environmental racism?

Which action demonstrates sustainable development?

In the 1950s, Chinese ruler Mao Zedong viewed humans and nature as two separate entities and encouraged "man" to conquer nature, leading to large-scale environmental damage. This period was known as the ______.

A recent college graduate is interested in working in a profession that focuses on social and environmental interaction. Which field would she likely consider?

An environmental activist is working diligently to preserve the nesting habitat of a particular bird species without assessing how it might affect the human population in the surrounding environment. How would the environmental justice movement clash with this activist?

Discuss the paradigm shift in environmental attitudes from human exemptionalist paradigm to the new environmental paradigm.

Things that people fail to incorporate into their decision making are ______.

What are the dangers of inverted quarantine?

Using the environmental modernization theory, discuss the thought process that leads to ecological rationality.

How does the concept of climate justice highlight the issue of inequality?

Explain this phrase: Environmental problems are intertwined with social inequality.

One flaw in the Malthusian catastrophe was ______.

Researchers have developed a program that measures how many planet Earths are needed to provide the resources humanity is using. This ecological yardstick is called the ecological ______.

Training Your Sociological Eye

Understanding Theory

Using Research Methods

Recognizing Culture

Understanding Socialization

Identifying Deviant Behavior

Confronting Economic Inequality

Constructing Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Recognizing the Importance of Race

Understanding Institutions: Politics and the Economy

Understanding Institutions: Family

Understanding Institutions: Education

Experiencing Health, Illness, and Medical Care

Understanding Institutions: Religion

Changing Society Through Social Movements

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Exam 15: Saving the Environment

Sociologists note that consumer consumption is ______.

Discuss overshoot as it relates to footprint analysis.

What is the relationship between climate change and developing countries?

Conflict theory posits that ______ is the ultimate cause of the climate and environmental crises we are experiencing.

Discuss externalities and their impact on the sustainability of an economic system.

Why do Americans allow companies to dump their electronic waste products in developing countries?

How would a sociologist determine that actions by a municipality are based on environmental racism?

Which action demonstrates sustainable development?

In the 1950s, Chinese ruler Mao Zedong viewed humans and nature as two separate entities and encouraged "man" to conquer nature, leading to large-scale environmental damage. This period was known as the ______.

A recent college graduate is interested in working in a profession that focuses on social and environmental interaction. Which field would she likely consider?

An environmental activist is working diligently to preserve the nesting habitat of a particular bird species without assessing how it might affect the human population in the surrounding environment. How would the environmental justice movement clash with this activist?

Discuss the paradigm shift in environmental attitudes from human exemptionalist paradigm to the new environmental paradigm.

Things that people fail to incorporate into their decision making are ______.

What are the dangers of inverted quarantine?

Using the environmental modernization theory, discuss the thought process that leads to ecological rationality.

How does the concept of climate justice highlight the issue of inequality?

Explain this phrase: Environmental problems are intertwined with social inequality.

One flaw in the Malthusian catastrophe was ______.

Researchers have developed a program that measures how many planet Earths are needed to provide the resources humanity is using. This ecological yardstick is called the ecological ______.

Training Your Sociological Eye

Understanding Theory

Using Research Methods

Recognizing Culture

Understanding Socialization

Identifying Deviant Behavior

Confronting Economic Inequality

Constructing Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Recognizing the Importance of Race

Understanding Institutions: Politics and the Economy

Understanding Institutions: Family

Understanding Institutions: Education

Experiencing Health, Illness, and Medical Care

Understanding Institutions: Religion

Changing Society Through Social Movements

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