In Sociology, the Concept of Tipping Point Was First Applied

question 20

Multiple Choice

In sociology, the concept of tipping point was first applied to

• A)climate change.
• B)increased fuel costs.
• C)white flight.
• D)the industrial revolution.

---

Definitions:

Margaret Mead

An American cultural anthropologist known for her studies and publications on cultural anthropology.

Adolescence

The stage of development encompassing body and mental evolution, initiating with puberty and culminating when legal adulthood is attained.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology.

Id, Ego, Superego

Components of the human psyche according to Freudian psychoanalytic theory, where the id represents primitive desires, the ego mediates between the id and the external world, and the superego incorporates societal rules and morals.