Deck 2: What Is Sociological About the Environment

Question 1

Which theorist emphasized the distinction of the social from the natural world?

A) Peter Dickens
B) Émile Durkheim
C) John Hannigan
D) Karl Marx

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which perspective views humans as separate from, and more important than, the rest of nature?

A) Anthropocentric
B) Humanist
C) Humancentric
D) Nurture over nature

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Environmental sociology argues that:

A) Human societies have no influence over physical environments
B) Physical environments can influence and be influenced by human societies and behaviours
C) The behaviour of humans has no influence over physical environments
D) The environment has a determining impact on human behaviour

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which theorist explored how the ways in which humans work on and change nature also affects humans, using bovine spongiform encephalopathy as an example?

A) Émile Durkheim
B) John Hannigan
C) John Urry
D) Peter Dickens

Question 5

'Green social theory' and 'Environmental Sociology' are categorized under which perspective?

A) Social constructionist
B) Functionalist
C) Realist
D) Marxist

Question 6

Which approach to environmental problems focus on exploring how and why issues come to be classified as natural, considered problematic, and rise to societal attention?

A) Marxist
B) Realist
C) Social constructionist
D) Feminist

Question 7

Which theorist outlines six factors for the successful construction of environmental problems?

A) John Hannigan
B) Peter Dickens
C) Émile Durkheim
D) John Urry

Question 8

The term capitalocene draws attention to:

A) The impact of the global environment shaping capitalist economies
B) The impact of human activity in shaping global environmental change
C) The impact of capitalist economies in shaping global environmental change
D) The impact of industrialization in shaping global environmental change

Question 9

Which elements do the concept of sustainability encompass?

A) Environmental
B) Economic
C) Social
D) All of the above

Question 10

Signatories of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change report on which of the following emissions:

A) All emissions of carbon dioxide from industry, government, households, and transport within a country
B) International emissions associated with aviation and shipping
C) Emissions associated with making goods which are imported from outside the country
D) All of the above