SOCIAL PROBLEMS CONTINUITY AND
CHANGE BARKAN COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ 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 BARKAN COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ 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
