SOC 309C EXAM 1 REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. 3 E's
Answer:
- Environment: every resource we have comes from the environment
- Equity: we rely on others to sustain ourselves
- Economy: ability to sustain at a higher level because we have more money
Question:
2. When people recognize the negative effects their actions have on the environment, what do they do
about them?
Answer:
nothing
Question:
3. Will individual action produce the same level of impact as a group?
Answer:
no
Question:
4. What happens when we are too focused on individual changes?
Answer:
blind spots are created and we miss big picture issues
Question:
5. what has to happen in order for people to chose a "greener" option?
Answer:
these options have to be available
Question:
6. Who is the most affected by yet less responsible for global warming?
Answer:
poor people
Question:
7. Just because something is possible does that mean we should do it?
Answer:
No, just because something is possible does not mean it is socially, economically, or politically
probable
Question:
8. social constructivism
Answer:
An approach that focuses entirely on the Sociologically dependent knowledge of a phenomenon,
rather than on any inherent qualities that the thing possesses itself.
, Question:
9. context
Answer:
environmental controversies are never just about one thing. keep in mind how they change over time
Question:
10. sociological momentum
Answer:
as society forms a certain way of doing something it is harder to change how it is done
Question:
11. technological momentum
Answer:
as technology becomes more imbedded in our society, it becomes harder to change
Question:
12. ecological complexity
Answer:
field of research that borrows tools from disciplines of complex systems of science (physics, math) as
a means of studying the environment
Question:
13. Environmental sociology
Answer:
interactions between societies and their natural environment
Question:
14. treadmill of production
Answer:
a theory of economic exchange that argues that rapid economic development and growth after World
War II led to a huge demand for natural resources and new technologies required more and more
energy use. economic growth is privileged, yet the environmental destruction that follows disrupts the
systems ability to ensure long term economic expansion
Question:
15. metabolic rift
Answer:
Disruption in the exchange of social systems and natural systems can lead to an ecological crisis. The
relationship between humans and nature is metabolic, with flows of resources, energy, and waste
moving between the two systems. The movement toward sustainability is a movement to lessen this
rift.
Question:
16. privileging world view
Answer:
religion and the environment. peoples religious views affect how they perceive the environment
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. 3 E's
Answer:
- Environment: every resource we have comes from the environment
- Equity: we rely on others to sustain ourselves
- Economy: ability to sustain at a higher level because we have more money
Question:
2. When people recognize the negative effects their actions have on the environment, what do they do
about them?
Answer:
nothing
Question:
3. Will individual action produce the same level of impact as a group?
Answer:
no
Question:
4. What happens when we are too focused on individual changes?
Answer:
blind spots are created and we miss big picture issues
Question:
5. what has to happen in order for people to chose a "greener" option?
Answer:
these options have to be available
Question:
6. Who is the most affected by yet less responsible for global warming?
Answer:
poor people
Question:
7. Just because something is possible does that mean we should do it?
Answer:
No, just because something is possible does not mean it is socially, economically, or politically
probable
Question:
8. social constructivism
Answer:
An approach that focuses entirely on the Sociologically dependent knowledge of a phenomenon,
rather than on any inherent qualities that the thing possesses itself.
, Question:
9. context
Answer:
environmental controversies are never just about one thing. keep in mind how they change over time
Question:
10. sociological momentum
Answer:
as society forms a certain way of doing something it is harder to change how it is done
Question:
11. technological momentum
Answer:
as technology becomes more imbedded in our society, it becomes harder to change
Question:
12. ecological complexity
Answer:
field of research that borrows tools from disciplines of complex systems of science (physics, math) as
a means of studying the environment
Question:
13. Environmental sociology
Answer:
interactions between societies and their natural environment
Question:
14. treadmill of production
Answer:
a theory of economic exchange that argues that rapid economic development and growth after World
War II led to a huge demand for natural resources and new technologies required more and more
energy use. economic growth is privileged, yet the environmental destruction that follows disrupts the
systems ability to ensure long term economic expansion
Question:
15. metabolic rift
Answer:
Disruption in the exchange of social systems and natural systems can lead to an ecological crisis. The
relationship between humans and nature is metabolic, with flows of resources, energy, and waste
moving between the two systems. The movement toward sustainability is a movement to lessen this
rift.
Question:
16. privileging world view
Answer:
religion and the environment. peoples religious views affect how they perceive the environment
