EOC Unit 3
Same-sex couple households account for________ percent of U.S. households.
1
What is the approximate median age of the U.S.?
37
Sociologists associate sexuality with
A person's capacity for sexual feelings
According to national surveys, most U.S. parents support which type of sex education program in school?
Abstinence plys sexual safety
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory?
Age stratification
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
What is discrimination?
Biased actions against an individual or group
Which of the following is an example of a numerical majority being treated as a subordinate group?
Blacks under apartheid in South Africa
Which of the following is correct regarding the explanation for transgenderism?
Currently, there is no definitive explanation for transgenderism
Thanatology is the study of
Death and dying
Who wrote the book On Death and Dying, outlining the 5stages of grief?
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Only women are affected by gender stratification
False
Why did most white ethnic Americans come to the U.S.?
For a better life, to escape oppression
To which theoretical perspective does the following statement most 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
Which intergroup relation displays the least tolerance?
Genocide
Research indicates that individuals are aware of their sexual orientation _____________.
In early adolescence.
What is the primary driver of modernization theory?
Industrialization
Many Arab Americans face ______, especially after 9/11/
Islamophobia
Which of the following is the best explanation of racism as a social fact?
It does not need the actions of individuals to continue
What is the one defining feature of a minority group?
Lack of power
America's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except:
Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt
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
Which of the following is true of intimate parter violence (IPV)?
Nearly half of instances of IPV involve drugs or alcohol
In Erik Erikson's developmental stage 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
What doctrine justified legal segregation in the South?
Separate but equal
Which actions reflects ageism?
Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age 65
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
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
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:
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.
The racial term "African American" can refer to:
a black person living in the U.S., people whose ancestors came to the U.S. through the slave trade, a white person who originated in Africa and now lives in the U.S.
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 single parent
An older woman retires and completely changes her life. She is no longer raising children or working. However, she joins the YMCA to swim every day. She serves on the Friends of the Liberty board. She is part of the neighborhood group that plays Bunco on Saturday nights. Her situation most closely illustrates the ________ theory.
activity
According to the symbolic interactions perspective, we "do gender":
all of the time, in everything we do
Research suggests that people generally feel that their current family is ______ than the family they grew up with.
at least as close
Ethnicity describes shared
beliefs, language, religion
If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by
caregivers
Veterans are 2 to 4 times more likely to ______ as people who did not serve in the military
commit suicide
Compared to most Western societies, U.S. sexual attitudes are considered
conservative
In the U.S., life expectancy rates in recent decades have
continued to gradually grow
An older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the __________ theory.
disengagement
Scapegoat theory shows that:
dominant groups blame subordinate groups for their problems
The terms "masculine" and "feminine" refer to a person's __________.
gender
The term _________ refers to a society's concept of how men and women are expected to act and how they should behave.
gender role
In general, children in _____ households benefit from divorce.
high-conflict
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
The median age of first marriage has ______ in the last fifty years
increased for both men and women
Today in the U.S. the poverty rate of the elderly is
increasing
Which of the following is a criticism of the family life cycle model?
it is too narrowly focused on a sequence of stages.
In most countries, elderly women _________ than elderly men.
live a few years longer
Amalgamation is represented by the __________ metaphor
melting pot
Children of divorced parents are __________ to divorce in their own marriage than children of parents who stayed married.
more likely
Which type of child abuse is most prevalent in the U.S.?
neglect
A child who associates his line of decent with his father's side only is part of a ______ society.
patrilineal
A woman being married to two men would be an example of
polyandry
Stereotypes can be based on:
race, ethnicity, gender
The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is
sex ratio
Couples who cohabitate before marriage are ______ couples who did not cohabitate before marriage to be married at least 10 years.
slightly less likely than
Current divorce rates are
steadily declining
Speedy Gonzalez is an example of:
stereotyping
The graying of the U.S. refers to
the increasing percentage of the population over 65 years old
For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is
the typical sequence of events in their lives
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