SOC EXAM 10

According to the author in giving an idea of the scope of date rape, approximately _______ college women were victims of sexual assault within the past 6 months.

250,000

In which scenario is a woman discriminated against because of the glass ceiling?

A woman does a superior job but is promoted to assistant rather than to the leadership position.

How does the other name for date rape, acquaintance rape, help define the term?

A woman is attacked by someone she knows.

Which scenario is an example of sexual harassment?

An employee must repeatedly reject his boss's invitations to dinner.

Which question would you ask of a sociologist who supports the activity theory?

Are informal activities more satisfying than formal ones?

What does one have to do to get a "testosterone bonus"?"

Be born a man

Which theory, from a functionalistic perspective, is likely to consider the stabilization of society through elderly retirement?

Disengagement theory

What is the primary division among people around the world?

Gender

What did the sex-change operation of David Reimer help sociologists and medical professionals understand about the nature versus nurture principle?

Gender is a result of both "nature" and "nurture."

Why do some sociologists discount biology as the principle indicator of behavioral differences between men and women?

If the theory were correct, all men and all women across the globe would automatically behave in the same manner according to their gender.

What is the largest influence on how we view groups like the elderly?

Mass media

Which of the following is the best definition of the continuity theory?

Retirees and other elderly people continue ties with their past to take on new roles.

What was the main idea behind the new Social Security law in 1934, introduced by President Roosevelt?

That older people be required to retire to make room for younger people to take their jobs

Which of the following is true regarding gender stratification?

The labels of "male" and "female" affect positions of power and prestige.

Prejudice, discrimination, and hostility directed at people because of their age is referred to as __________.

ageism

Gender affects __________.

behavior a culture deems appropriate

The philosophy that men and women should be politically, economically and socially equal is

called feminism

Since 1970, the number of women earning professional degrees in __________ has increased the most significantly.

dentistry

The functionalist perspective proposes that age cohorts __________.

have a tremendous impact on their members' lives

The author's "testosterone bonus" states that on average, employers start men at _______ salaries than women and _______ catch up.

higher; women never

The practice of "covering up" in the Tiwi society __________.

provided a rationalization for people to dispose of elderly women who were too feeble to take care of themselves

In China's earlier history, a woman's bound feet were meant to indicate __________.

that her husband was wealthy and did not need her labor

In 1985, a U.S. government health study of Vietnam veterans showed_______.

that higher levels of testosterone led to more aggressive behaviors

In early U.S. history, traditionally women __________.

were defined by a husband's status