Sociology exam #3
What is the approximate median age of the United States?
37
The racial term "African American" can refer to:
A black person living in America, people whose ancestors came to America through the slave trade, and a white person who originated in Africa & now lives in the states
Sociologists associate sexuality with what?
A person's capacity for sexual feelings
According to national surveys, most American parents support which type of sex education program in school?
Abstinence plus sexual safety
An older woman retires and completely changes her life. She is no longer raising children or working. She joins the YMCA to swim everyday. She serves on the Friends of the library board and is part of a neighborhood group that plays Bunco on Saturday nights. Her situation most closely illustrates which theory?
Activity
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory?
Age stratification
According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, we "do gender" when?
All the time, in everything we do
Which subordinate group is often referred to as the "model minority"?
Asian Americans
Which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment?
Being frail to the point of dependency on care
Ethnicity describes shared...
Beliefs, religion, and language
What is discrimination?
Biased actions toward an individual or group
What is an example of a numerical majority being treated as a subordinate group?
Blacks under Apartheid in South Africa
If elderly people suffer abuse, it is often perpetrated by who?
Caregivers
Veterans are 2 to 4 times more likely to do what than people who did not serve in the military?
Commit suicide
Compared to most western societies, American sexual attitudes are considered what?
Conservative
Thanatology is the study of what?
Death and dying
An older man retires from his job. he stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone and loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates which theory?
Disengagement
Research indicates that individuals are often aware of their sexual orientation at what stage?
Early adolescents
Who wrote the book "On Death and Dying", outlining the 5 stages of grief?
Elisabeth Kuubler-Ross
Only women are affected by gender stratification.
False
Why did most white ethic Americans come to the United States?
For a better life, to escape oppression, and because they were forced out of their own countries.
Which theoretical perspective does the following statement apply: women continue to assume the responsibility in the household along with a paid occupation because it keeps the household running smoothly (state of balance)?
Functionalism
Which theoretical perspective stresses the importance of regulating sexual behavior to ensure marital cohesion and family stability?
Functionalism
The terms "masculine" and "feminine" refer to a person's what?
Gender
What is an individual's self-conception of being male or female based on his or her association with masculine or feminine gender roles?
Gender identity
Which intergroup relation displays the least tolerance?
Genocide
In the United States, life expectancy rates of the elderly is doing what?
Increasing
What is the primary driver of modernization theory?
Industrialization
Many Arab Americans face what, especially after 9/11?
Islamophobia
Which is the best explanation of racism as a social fact?
It does not need the actions of individuals to continue
What is a defining feature of a minority group?
Lack of power
In most elderly countries, elderly women usually what more than elderly men?
Live a few years longer
America's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except?
Medicare being in danger of going bankrupt
Amalgamation is represent by which metaphor?
Melting pot
Which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following the functionalist perspective?
Men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles
What is correct regarding the explanation for transgenderism?
No definitive explanation
In Erik Erikson's developmental stages of life, with which challenge must older people struggle?
Overcoming despair to achieve integrity
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.
What intergroup relationship is represented by the "salad bowl" metaphor?
Pluralism
Stereotypes can be based on...
Race, ethnicity, and gender
What doctrine justified legal segregation in the South?
Separate but equal
The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is called what?
Sex ratio
Which actions reflect ageism?
Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over the age of 65
Speedy Gonzalez is an example of...
Stereotyping
What western country is thought to be the most liberal in its attitudes toward sex?
Sweden
Which federal act or program was designed to allow more Hispanic American immigration not block it?
The Bracero Program
Scapegoat theory shows what?
The dominant group blames subordinate groups for their problems
The "graying of the United States" refers to what?
The increasing percentage of the population over 65.
For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is what?
The typical sequence of events in their lives
What makes Native Americans unique as a subordinate group in the U.S.?
They are the only group that did not come here as immigrants
A person who is biologically female but identities with the male gender and has undergone surgery to alter her body is considered what?
Transsexual
As a caucasian in the U.S., being reasonably sure that you will be dealing with authority figures of the same race as you is a result of what?
White privilege
Which of the following is the best example of a gender stereotype?
Women tend to be overly emotional, while men tend to be levelheaded
