sociology test 3 review 2

in what year did the supreme court rule laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional

1967

which of the following is an example of how teachers treat boys and girls differently in a classroom setting

boys are more likely than girls to be punished for misbehaving

a boy receives a B+ on his assignment; the teacher's comment reads, "brilliant insight, but you're lacking focus and have some typos." how is this typical of the way schools treat boys?

boys are more likely to receive praise for the intellectual quality of their work than girls

members of the lower class exercise less often because

exercise is a luxury often accessible only to those who do not have to struggle with day-to-day existence

advocates of social justice claim that affirmative action gives members of one group unfair preferential treatment

false

Sarah is fifteen years old and realizes that she is attracted to other girls her age. she wants to start dating but is afraid of how her friends might react. she mentions a hypothetical friend at another high school who just came out as a lesbian to gauge their reaction. her friends say they overwhelmingly believe that homosexuality is wrong and that anyone who is not heterosexual is deviant. what concept do the opinions of Sarah's friends exemplify?

heteronormativity

a reporter who covers the police beat at a newspaper changes careers. they become an editor of nonfiction books and are paid the same salary as they were at the newspaper. what have they experienced?

horizontal social mobility

tony worked as a waiter for most of his adult life. When the restaurant that employed him closed, he decided to work as a bartender at the local sports bar because it paid similarly and was close to where he lived. which of these describes tony's experience?

horizontal social mobility

what is one reason that interracial relationships are still relatively uncommon even though anti-miscegenation laws have been struck down

powerful cultural stereotypes discourage them

understanding that racism in the united states created and maintains inequality is a characteristic of

race consciousness

a young man is told by his friends that, when at a bar, he should drink beer, but should buy women shots in the hope of getting the women drunk and increasing his chance of having sex with them. he tells his friends that are encouraging

rape culture

the textbook's examples of "third genders" such as "two-spirit" people and hijras demonstrate that

sex and gender in some non-western cultures defy the binary classification of males and female

maxine comes from a working-class background. she became interested in computer programming at a young age and spent many hours in the school library teaching herself. in her last year of high school, Maxine develops a valuable algorithm for identifying neurological diseases that makes her a multimillionaire. she drops out of high school to continue her work. which term related to social class best describes the scenario?

status inconsistency

Marco is a fourth-generation Mexican American. Both his grandparents and parents were born in the United States. Neither he nor his parents have learned Spanish and he does not often think of his heritage. Most of his friends do not think of him as Hispanic or Latino. However, on Cinco de Mayo, Marco likes to go out and celebrate by eating Mexican food and wearing a sombrero. Marco's relationship with his ethnicity can be described as

symbolic

a woman feels that she always needs to act cheerful and look her best when her husband gets home from work because he has a stressful job and he needs her help to unwind. we could say this woman is

taking on the expressive role

which of the following groups argues that men suffer discrimination due to feminism?

the men's rights movement

one reason women are more likely than men to live in poverty is the expense of child care. how do sociologists explain the relationship between poverty rates and child-care costs?

there are more single women who have sole responsibility for their children than single men

a persons biological sex and gender identity often match, but this is not always the case

true

culture is a source of shared norms and values, but cultural capital can never generate profits like economic capital can

true

many workers at auto plants in Michigan lost their jobs when plants closed. What has this resulted in for the vast majority of these workers?

vertical social mobility

how do we decide when to display situational ethnicity?

we do a cost-benefit analysis

With what issue is first-wave feminism most strongly associated?

women's sufferage

Texas has never had a Hispanic governor and the percentage of Hispanic Americans in Texas state government is low. However, many Hispanic Americans live in Texas. In 2012, they made up nearly 40 percent of the state's population. Would a sociologist in Texas call Hispanic Americans a minority group?

yes, because they are denied access to power and resources