Exam 14: The Environment

The ______ perspective suggests that the capitalist economy is organized to promote cost cutting and expansion,so the environmental benefits of new technology will always be limited.

The population that experienced the highest radioactivity from Chernobyl in Norway were ______.

______ is the discomfort of holding conflicting beliefs or values.

What does it mean to say that an environmental problem is a social problem? What are two social causes of environmental problems? In general,why do environmental sociologists say humans cause environmental problems?

______argue that we can separate ecological problems from human relationships and social organization.

The long-term consequences of human activities depleting or degrading resources faster than they can be renewed will affect humans in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______.

Social constructionists largely assume that environmental problems have an objective,scientific grounding.

Globally,the warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998.

In which theory are social experiences and environmental experiences intertwined?

A ______ perspective would be most likely to focus on reorganizing society to make bad environmental behaviors less appealing and more inconvenient.

When we think about environmental problems as an ecological dialogue,we also open ourselves to learning from ______.

______ analysis suggests that people will present environmental issues in ways that elicit a particular type of response.

Describe the ecological dialogue approach.Which sociological perspective does ecological dialogue correspond with? Explain your choice.

______ is a focal point for social scientists interested in environmental problems.

The absence of environmental costs in the economy feeds what environmental sociologists call the ______.

The ______ perspective focuses on ways we give environmental materials meaning through social interaction.

What is risk society? Discuss reflexive modernization and what a risk society consists of.Also,discuss the concept of a risk contract.

Self-identified liberals are more likely than self-identified conservatives to be concerned about ______.

______ is modernization that is increasingly reflective about what it is doing.

Environmental justice has become increasingly complicated in recent years because of ______.