SOCIAL PROBLEMS CONTINUITY AND
CHANGE 2ND EDITION BARKAN
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS UPDATED STUDY RESOURCE
◉ Populist Movement
Answer: emphasize "the people" rather than the "government
elite" and their political parties, tend to be conservative, right to
far-right leaning, anti-immigrant, nationalistic, and anti-globalist.
◉ globalization
Answer: the growing economic, cultural, and technological
interdependence between countries and regions.
◉ objective element of a social problem
Answer: awareness of social conditions through one's own life
experiences, through the media, and through education.
◉ subjective element of a social problem
Answer: The belief that a particular social condition is harmful to
society, or to a segment of society, and that it should and can be
changed.
, ◉ social problem
Answer: a social condition that a segment of society views as
harmful to members of society and in need of remedy
◉ structure
Answer: the way society is organized including institutions, social
groups, statuses, and roles
◉ institution
Answer: an established and enduring pattern of social
relationships (family, religion, politics, economics, and education)
◉ social group
Answer: two or more people who have a common identity,
interact, and form a social relationship.
◉ primary groups
Answer: usually small numbers of individuals characterized by
intimate and informal interaction (family /friends)
◉ secondary groups
Answer: involving small or large numbers of individuals, groups
that are task-oriented and are characterized by impersonal and
formal interaction
CHANGE 2ND EDITION BARKAN
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS UPDATED STUDY RESOURCE
◉ Populist Movement
Answer: emphasize "the people" rather than the "government
elite" and their political parties, tend to be conservative, right to
far-right leaning, anti-immigrant, nationalistic, and anti-globalist.
◉ globalization
Answer: the growing economic, cultural, and technological
interdependence between countries and regions.
◉ objective element of a social problem
Answer: awareness of social conditions through one's own life
experiences, through the media, and through education.
◉ subjective element of a social problem
Answer: The belief that a particular social condition is harmful to
society, or to a segment of society, and that it should and can be
changed.
, ◉ social problem
Answer: a social condition that a segment of society views as
harmful to members of society and in need of remedy
◉ structure
Answer: the way society is organized including institutions, social
groups, statuses, and roles
◉ institution
Answer: an established and enduring pattern of social
relationships (family, religion, politics, economics, and education)
◉ social group
Answer: two or more people who have a common identity,
interact, and form a social relationship.
◉ primary groups
Answer: usually small numbers of individuals characterized by
intimate and informal interaction (family /friends)
◉ secondary groups
Answer: involving small or large numbers of individuals, groups
that are task-oriented and are characterized by impersonal and
formal interaction
