Exam 1: How Sociologists View Social Problems: The Abortion Dilemma

Rosita works as a counselor at a crisis pregnancy center. Her job is to __________.

Antiabortionists who forward e-mails to their friends, run newspaper ads, and post blogs are known as __________.

In Webster v. Reproductive Services, the Supreme Court ruled that __________.

In an effort to express their opposition to abortion, members of a group burned and bombed abortion clinics around their state. These members are __________.

Monica believes that a fetus has the potential to become a human being. Monica is __________.

The sociological imagination is also called __________.

What are the aspects of society that can be measured or experienced?

Which of the following Supreme Court rulings legalized abortion in the United States?

A team of sociologists at Florida State University is gathering information on the number of homeless people in the southern region of the United States. These researchers are __________.

Professor Fuentes encourages her students to consider how laws, education, religion, and the media influence how people think, feel, and act. As such, she wants her students to use __________.

Yoshimi wants to know how watching a video on racial relations impacts attitudes toward Asian Americans. She takes a group of students who have expressed prejudice toward Asian Americans and divides them into two groups. She shows Group A the video on racial relations, while Group B does not view the video. Afterward, she measures each group's level of prejudice toward Asian Americans. The group that viewed the video on racial relations is called the __________.

Outline the four stages in the natural history of a social problem. Apply these stages to one social problem in particular and provide examples.

A significant number of people worry about the conditions of public schools in urban areas. Such unease illustrates the __________ associated with a social problem.

Crafting an official response occurs during which stage in the natural history of social problems?

Although sociology does not necessarily entail taking sides on social issues, sometimes it is inescapable for us as human beings. What social issue would cause you to take a side and how would you apply what you have learned in this chapter to help you in a study?

The emergence of leaders occurs during which stage in the natural history of social problems?

In the United States, who/what hold(s) the power to decide whether abortion is legal?

The ways of doing research are known as __________.

Yoshimi wants to know how watching a video on racial relations impacts attitudes toward Asian Americans. She takes a group of students who have expressed prejudice toward Asian Americans and divides them into two groups. She shows Group A the video on racial relations, while Group B does not view the video. Afterward, she measures each group's levels of prejudice toward Asian Americans. The group that did not view the video on racial relations is called the __________.

Whether or not marijuana is legal, who obtains it and under what circumstances it is obtained are examples of the __________ associated with a social problem.