SOC-220 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
sociological momentum - Answers -The idea that it is harder to change ones habits the
longer they use it
Environmental Sociology - Answers -The study of community in the largest sense
possible
Power access - Answers -The historical patterns of oppression
Cultural Pluralism - Answers -Seeing things from a different perspective
Social Constructivism - Answers -An approach that focuses entirely on the sociology
dependent knowledge of a phenomenon, rather than on any inherent qualities that the
thing possesses itsself
What are personal problems transformed into? - Answers -Public issues
Adaptation (climate change) - Answers -refers to the actions taken to adjust
socioecological systems in response to existing or predicted climate effects in order to
reduce harmful effects
Mitigation stratagies - Answers -making reductions in the concentration of greenhouse
gases by reducing their sources, increasing sink capacity, or both. (lessening our
greenhouse gas footprint)
Pragmatic - Answers -dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is
based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
Downshifting - Answers -Buying less things and using less to help the enviroment
Sociological Imagination - Answers -The ability to see the relationship between the
individual and the larger society.
"Many of our particular problems (& our successes as well) are not unique to us but are
the result of larger social trends."
Technological Momentum - Answers -The more you use electronics the more you
become dependent on them and the harder it is to not use them
Social Structures - Answers -Social, economic, political, legal, technological
Myth of Infinite economical growth - Answers -that our economy is still growing
sociological momentum - Answers -The idea that it is harder to change ones habits the
longer they use it
Environmental Sociology - Answers -The study of community in the largest sense
possible
Power access - Answers -The historical patterns of oppression
Cultural Pluralism - Answers -Seeing things from a different perspective
Social Constructivism - Answers -An approach that focuses entirely on the sociology
dependent knowledge of a phenomenon, rather than on any inherent qualities that the
thing possesses itsself
What are personal problems transformed into? - Answers -Public issues
Adaptation (climate change) - Answers -refers to the actions taken to adjust
socioecological systems in response to existing or predicted climate effects in order to
reduce harmful effects
Mitigation stratagies - Answers -making reductions in the concentration of greenhouse
gases by reducing their sources, increasing sink capacity, or both. (lessening our
greenhouse gas footprint)
Pragmatic - Answers -dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is
based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
Downshifting - Answers -Buying less things and using less to help the enviroment
Sociological Imagination - Answers -The ability to see the relationship between the
individual and the larger society.
"Many of our particular problems (& our successes as well) are not unique to us but are
the result of larger social trends."
Technological Momentum - Answers -The more you use electronics the more you
become dependent on them and the harder it is to not use them
Social Structures - Answers -Social, economic, political, legal, technological
Myth of Infinite economical growth - Answers -that our economy is still growing
