Test Bank for Essentials of Sociology 3/E Ritzer
Test Bank for Essentials of Sociology, 3rd Edition, George Ritzer, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy, ISBN: 9781506388946, ISBN: 9781506388953, ISBN: 9781544328904, ISBN: 9781544346441
Table of Contents
Letter from the Authors
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1 AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY IN THE GLOBAL AGE
The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
Central Concerns for a Twenty- First-Century Sociology
Sociology: Continuity and Change
The Social Construction of Reality
Sociology’s Purpose: Science or Social Reform?
Sociology, the Other Social Sciences, and Common Sense
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
2 THINKING ABOUT AND RESEARCHING THE SOCIAL WORLD
Theorizing the Social World
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Researching the Social World
Issues in Social Research
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
3 CULTURE
A Definition of Culture
The Basic Elements of Culture
Cultural Differences 70 Ideal and Real Culture
Global Culture
Emerging Issues in Culture
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
4 SOCIALIZATION AND INTERACTION
The Individual and the Self
The Individual as Performer
Socialization
Interaction
Superordinate-Subordinate Interactions
Micro-Level Social Structures
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
5 ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES, AND GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS
Organizations
Contemporary Organizational Realities
Societies
Global Relationships
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
6 DEVIANCE AND CRIME
Deviance
Theories of Deviance
Crime
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
7 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND GLOBALLY
Dimensions of Social Stratification
Economic Inequality
Social Mobility
Theories of Social Stratification
Consumption and Social Stratification
Global Stratification
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
8 RACE AND ETHNICITY
The Concepts of Race and Ethnicity
Majority–Minority Relations
Racism
Race and Ethnicity in a Global Context
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
9 GENDER AND SEXUALITY
Gender and Sex
The Sociology of Sexuality
Sexuality, Gender, and Globalization
Global Flows Related to Gender
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
10 FAMILIES
Family, Marriage, and Intimate Relationships
Broad Changes in Marriage and the Family
Theorizing the Family
Problems in the Family
Global Families
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
11 EDUCATION AND RELIGION
Education
Inequality in Education
Globalization and Education
Religion
Components of Religion
Types of Religious Institutions
Religion and Globalization
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
12 POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY
Politics: Democracy or Dictatorship
Who Rules the United States?
Global Politics
The U.S. Economy: From Industrialization to Deindustrialization
Work, Consumption, and Leisure
Globalization and the Economy
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
13 THE BODY, MEDICINE, HEALTH, AND HEALTH CARE
The Body
The Sociology of Health and Medicine
Globalization and Health
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
14 POPULATION, URBANIZATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Population
Urbanization
Cities and Globalization
The Environment
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
15 SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
Social Movements
Collective Action
Social Change: Globalization, Consumption, and the Internet
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
Glossary
References: Chapter-Opening Vignettes
References: Comprehensive List
Index
