Chapters 12,14,18,19 quizzes

Same-sex couples households account for __ percent of U.S. households

1

Chronic fatigue syndrome is an example of ________.

A contested illness

According to the study cited by the U.S. Census Bureau, children who live with married parents grow up with more advantages than children who live with:

A divorced parent

Sociologists associate sexuality with _______.

A person's capacity for sexual feelings

If someone does not earn enough money to pay for the essentials of life he or she is said to be _____ poor.

Absolutely

According to national surveys, most U.S. parents support which type of sex education program in school?

Abstinence plus sexual safety

Sidewalk ramps and Braille signs are examples of _______________.

Accommodations required by the Americans with Disabilities Act Forms of accessibility for people with disabilities

According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, we "do gender":

All of the time, in everything we do

What are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in the United States?

Anxiety disorders

Research suggests that people generally feel that their current family is ____ than the family they grew up with

At least as close

Which of the following statements is not true?

Blacks have lower cancer rates than whites

The class, race, and gender inequalities in our healthcare system support the _____________ perspective.

Conflict

Compared to most Western societies, U.S. sexual attitudes are considered _______.

Conservative

What is an example of a commodity?

Corn

Which of the following is correct regarding the explanation for transgenderism?

Currently, there is no definitive explanation for transgenderism

The removal of homosexuality from the DSM is an example of _______.

Demedicalization

Only women are affected by gender stratification.

False

To which theoretical perspective does the following statement most likely apply: Women continue to assume the responsibility in the household along with a paid occupation because it keeps the household running smoothly, i.e., at a state of balance?

Functionalism

Which theoretical perspective stresses the importance of regulating sexual behavior to ensure marital cohesion and family stability?

Functionalism

The term "masculine" and "feminine" refer to a person's ______

Gender

The term ______ refers to society's concept of how men and women are expected to act and how they should behave

Gender role

One reason critics oppose globalization is that it:

Has negative impacts on the environment

In general, children in _____ households benefit from divorce

High-conflict

Core nations are also known as __________________.

High-income nations

Which is evidence that the United States workforce is largely a meritocracy?

Highly skilled jobs pay better than low-skill jobs

All of the following are characteristics of global cities, except:

Host influential philosophers

Sociologists tend to define family in terms of

How a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption

Research indicates that individuals are aware of the sexual orientation _____________

In early adolescence

The media age of first marriage has ____ in the last fifty years

Increased for both men and women

What is the most important commodity in a postindustrial society?

Information

Which of the following is not an aspect of globalization?

Integrating child care through international trade

Which of the following is a criticism of the family life cycle model?

It is too narrowly focused on a sequence of stages

Who was the leading theorist on the development of socialism?

Karl Marx

The type of socialism now carried on by Russia is a form of ______ socialism.

Market

The process by which aspects of life that were considered bad or deviant are redefined as sickness and needing medical attention to remedy is called:

Medicalization

Which public healthcare system offers insurance primarily to people over sixty-five years old?

Medicare

Which is an economic policy based on national policies of accumulating silver and gold by controlling markets with colonies and other countries through taxes and customs charges?

Mercantilism

Children of divorced parents are ______ to divorce in their own marriage than children of parents who stayed married

More likely

Which of the following is true of intimate partner violence (IPV)?

Nearly half of instances of IPV involve drugs or alcohol

Which type of child abuse is more prevalent in the United States?

Neglect

Many deaths in high-income nations are linked to __________________.

Obesity

A child who associated his line of descent with his father's side only is a part of _____ society

Patrilineal

Which of the following is the best example of the role peers play as an agent of socialization for school-aged children?

Peers tend to reinforce gender roles by criticizing and marginalizing those who behave outside of their assigned roles

According to the World Health Organization, what was the most frequent cause of death for children under five in low-income nations?

Pneumonia and diarrheal diseases

What is the practice where differences between low-end and high-end jobs become greater and the number of people in the middle level decreases?

Polarization

A woman being married to two men would be an example of:

Polyandry

In which sector of the economy would someone working as a software developer be?

Quarternary

What does the individual mandate provision of the 2010 U.S. government healthcare reform do?

Requires everyone to have insurance or pay a penalty

Among the reasons socialism never developed into a political movement in the United States was that trade unions _________.

Secured workers' rights

Which country serves as an example of convergence?

Singapore

Couples who cohabitate before marriage are ______ couples who did not cohabitate before marriage to be married at least ten years.

Slightly less likely than

Great Britain's healthcare system is an example of ________.

Socialized medicine

Who determines which illnesses are stigmatized?

Society

Current divorce rates are:

Steadily declining

The highest unemployment rate among the disabled may be a result of_______.

Stigmatization

What Western country is thought to be the most liberal in its attitudes toward sex?

Sweden

Which program is an example of socialized medicine?

The United States' Veterans Health Administration

Which of the following is not a part of the rights and responsibilities of a sick person under the functionalist perspective?

The sick person can take as long as she wants to get better

The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is an example of _________.

The social construction of health

What is social epidemiology?

The study of the causes and distribution of diseases

Which of the following is not a characteristic of multinational corporations?

They are headquartered primarily in the United States

A person who is biologically female but identifies with the male gender and has undergone surgery to alter her body is considered _______.

Transsexual

The majority of U.S. children live in:

Two-parent households

When did the first economies begin to develop?

When people began to grow crops and domesticate animals

Which of the following is the best example of a gender stereotype?

Women tend to be overly emotional, while men tend to be levelheaded

What group created the Millennium Development Goals?

World Health Organization

Ben lost his job when General Motors closed U.S. factories and opened factories in Mexico. Now, Ben is very anti-immigration and campaigns for large-scale deportation of Mexican nationals, even though, logically, their presence does not harm him and their absence will not restore his job. Ben might be experiencing _____________.

Xenophobia