Exam 1: Introduction to Experiencing Cities

Briefly explain Hutter's approach to understanding cities, as described in chapter 1.

In developing his view of city life, Robert Park was influenced by Simmel's emphasis on the importance of…

A symbolic interactionist would understand cities and urban life by focusing on…

One basic theme of the symbolic interactionist approach to cities is the search for "meaningful" identity in the urban context.

Discuss how you see the "making strangers invisible" strategy occurring on your campus or in another urban area.Why or why not is this a problem for society?

What does Hutter mean by treating the visible as an invisible nonperson?

Which of the following refers to the social psychological consequences of urban living?

W.I.Thomas is best known for his concept of the…

After discussing the first and second urban revolutions, Hutter suggests that a third urban revolution is going on now.This third urban revolution is related to…

Predictions are that by the year 2030 urban areas are expected to have about ________ percent of the world's population.

In Hutter's neighborhood when he was growing up, many parents preferred that their children, when they were not in the park, play in the streets by their homes because there were always…

In their research on urban imagery, Wohl and Strauss describe how the spatial complexity and social diversity of a city often becomes integrated through the use of…

Lofland argues that in the public spaces of parks, plazas, and streets,…

In chapter 1, Hutter discusses important contributions that four scholars have made to symbolic interactionist urban analyses.Describe the work of one of the four important symbolic interactionist scholars discussed in the chapter.

Lyn Lofland uses the idea of the city as a "world of strangers" to argue that cities are inherently dangerous places to be avoided.

In addition to the "place approach" and the "urban people approach," which of the following is another suggested approach for urban interactionists?

The growth of cities has long been tied to human progress and to equating cities with…

Mark Hutter grew up in Brooklyn, on the North Atlantic island of Long Island.The two major ethnic groups in his neighborhood-Italians and Jews-lived side-by-side but with parallel institutions taht they did not share with each other.This neighborhood was…

For Anselm Strauss, "urban imagery" refers to the…

If you are interested in the rate at which an urban population grows over a period of time relative to its initial size, you would focus on…