Demography and Population Studies: Terms and Concepts, Quizzes of Introduction to Sociology

Download Demography and Population Studies: Terms and Concepts and more Quizzes Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Demography DEFINITION 1 the study of the human population TERM 2 fertility DEFINITION 2 actual number of children born TERM 3 crude birth rate DEFINITION 3 the number of live births per 1,000 people per year TERM 4 rate of natural increase DEFINITION 4 is the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate TERM 5 migration DEFINITION 5 permanent change of residence TERM 6 Primary reason for low population in the 1750's DEFINITION 6 High death rates TERM 7 Thomas Malthus Population growth DEFINITION 7 passion between sexes and limited food supplies TERM 8 How pop. growth should be checked DEFINITION 8 starvation, war, and disease TERM 9 Who said that technology could be harnessed to produce a sufficient amount of food for a growing population DEFINITION 9 Karl Marx TERM 10 Demographic transition DEFINITION 10 Changing patterns of births and deaths due to industrialization TERM 21 Main problem that are facing cities DEFINITION 21 economic decline TERM 22 reducing crime DEFINITION 22 lobbies constant surveillance lighting neighbor hood watch small units that share an entry way TERM 23 Collective behavior vs. institutionalized behavior DEFINITION 23 spontaneous behavior brought because conventional behavior is inappropriate TERM 24 generalized belief DEFINITION 24 ideas people have about the source of their strain they are experiencing and what can be done to alleviate it TERM 25 preconditions of collective behavior DEFINITION 25 precipitating factors structural strain structural condusiveness generalized belief mobilization social control TERM 26 precipitating factors DEFINITION 26 incidents that make frustration immediate and intense and that serve as a trigger to outbursts of collective behavior TERM 27 social control DEFINITION 27 negotiations to prevent riots TERM 28 rumors (31) DEFINITION 28 unauthenticated messages, not necessarily false TERM 29 collective transitions DEFINITION 29 emphasize their role as group efforts to develop a shared definition of some situation TERM 30 what did we learn from the 1960's and 1980's riots DEFINITION 30 ethnic groups and those who do not have their "fair" share of power are the most to revolt J curve theory TERM 31 assimilation DEFINITION 31 when a rumor is changed to fit in with a prejudice or stereotype of those transmitting the rumor . TERM 32 mass behavior DEFINITION 32 collective action TERM 33 mass hysteria DEFINITION 33 an emotionally charged reaction by a large number of people to some anxiety producing event TERM 34 permissiveness within a crowd DEFINITION 34 deindividuation/doing something you normally would not do TERM 35 conventional crowd DEFINITION 35 religious rally