Test I

Question 0

5 stages of social problems

Answer 0

I

Question 1

Objectivism

Answer 1

Looks at numbers and stats to look for possible solutions

Question 2

Problems with objectivist definitions

Answer 2

We worry about some conditions but sometimes the measures do not show that it is all that harmful to many people, and we don’t worry about other harmful conditions when the measures show that the harm is significant

Not everyone may agree why a condition is harmful due to different objective standards

Question 3

Constructionist/subjectivist approach

Answer 3

Viewed as problems not because of objective standards but rather because people think they are problems; if people don’t perceive a condition as harmful it is not a social problem

Question 4

What does constructionist viewpoint focus on in relation to conditions?

Answer 4

Peoples claims

Question 5

Which view focuses on ways people assign meaning to the world?

Answer 5

Constructionist

Question 6

Which view stresses that the list of SP changes over time as people’s opinions shift?

Answer 6

Constructionist

Question 7

In which view does language play a key role?

Answer 7

Constructionist

Question 8

What does cons view begin with?

Answer 8

Recognition that the only thing SP have in common is that some people have defined them that way

Question 9

Claim

Answer 9

A

Question 10

Claims making

Answer 10

A

Question 11

Claims makers

Answer 11

A

Question 12

Natural history of SP

Answer 12

Q

Question 13

6 stages of SP

Answer 13

Q

Question 14

Oftentimes social movements _________ their organization that sets for change

Answer 14

Precede

Question 15

What might absolutism do when trying to change policy?

Answer 15

May clash with policy makers

Or slow the pace of the movements success

Question 16

A _______ is important in all aspects of social movements

Answer 16

Coopitable network

Question 17

What were the implications for the WLM at the beginning?

Answer 17

Unorganized, too tied down to the home to be able to get on the ground and they were isolated from the public

Question 18

Origins of the WLM

Answer 18

Sex in the civil rights act

The “feminine mystique” book that challenged the status quo

Question 19

NOtable figure involved in NOW

Answer 19

Betty Frieden

Question 20

Groups involved in the WLM

Answer 20

NOW

groups of women across the nation younger and less established that were not in comm with each other

Question 21

Important factors in success of movements:(4)

Answer 21

Growth of comm networks that are pre existing
Crisis
Organization of groups
Coop able groups

Question 22

Experts

Answer 22

Believed to have specialized knowledge about a particular subject such that others refer to them about the topic and they are perceived as important claims makers bc of their specialized knowledge

Question 23

Medicalization

Answer 23

Defining troubles as medical problems

Question 24

5 reasons why Medicalization should concern us

Answer 24

1. Takes away responsibility
2. Overlooks social patterns as individual troubles
3. Ownership of problems to physicians and medical organizations
4. More behaviors are becoming overseen by physicians and more professionals are becoming loosely associated w medicine
5. Argue that biological causes explain troubling conditions and prescription drugs solve them

Question 25

2 implications of Officials as claims makers

Answer 25

Often have substantial resources esp for data collection

Seek to become owners of particular SP

Question 26

Feedback from claims making activities

Answer 26

If claims use technical language feedback can help them shift to a more friendly language

If we expect too much from experts

Mass media plays key roles