Module 7 Social Inequalities Exam

The world's most poor has per capita of GNI PPP value of?

$290

It's estimated by a variety of organizations and sources that about ____________ are currently forced into the sex slavery industry.

1 million women

The 2002 Kids Count International Data Sheet estimated rates as low as _______of females in primary school in Somalia.

11%

The United Nations reported that, "Women aged ________ are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, motor accidents, war and malaria."

15-44

When was the US 's official poverty definition created?

1930's

The average US woman has about ___ children in her lifetime.

2

Somalia is now up to ___________ for boys and girls in primary schools.

22%

What age does the government usually define as the elderly years?

65

The age range of "young-old" is?

65-74

These people tend to be extremely disconnected to mainstream values and harbor a profound sense of entitlement in regards to acting as they desire regardless of the laws, norms, and morals of society.

Active bigots

Which theory claims that elderly benefit from high level of activity?

Activity Theory

_____________ is the prejudice and discrimination against a person based on his/her chronological age.

Ageism

Common trait(s) of a hate crime perpetrator include:

All of the above

Which of these study the process of aging?

All of the above

These people are neither prejudiced nor do they discriminate.

All-weather liberal

____________ had the highest personal income for both sexes.

Asians

What is life expectancy?

Average number of years a person born today may expect to live

Which of these statements is true of the world's wealth?

Billions of people still experience hunger and poverty in the world.

Which statement correctly explains the birthrate pattern in 1940's?

Birthrate decreased due to the depression but started to increase in 1946

___________ saves lives, helps to pass tests, and keeps student employed when their bosses see them as good employees.

Categorical thinking

When competitive hostility at numerous levels is bred and fueled by groups of people feeling that they are losing at the expense of other groups' gains is an example of ___________.

Competition Origin of Prejudice

________________ by far have the highest income levels between 1990 and 2006.

Dual earners

During economic downturns, who suffers the most?

During economic downturns, who suffers the most?

Which of the following is false?

Elderly have kept pace with new technologies

___________refers to prejudiced feelings which are aroused by expression or thoughts.

Emotional level of prejudice

These people are not prejudiced but do discriminate.

Fair-weather liberal

The value, respect, and reverence of one's elderly which is often accompanied by care giving and support of the elderly are called?

Filial piety

_______________ is the shaping of individual behavior and perceptions in such a way that the individual conforms to the socially prescribed expectations for males and females.

Gender Socialization

______________ was developed to measure the quality of life for women between countries.

Global Gender Gap Index

Which group is represented the most in the US other than Caucasian?

Hispanic/Latinos

An ideology that considers a group's physical characteristics to be causally related to inferiority or superiority.

Ideological racism

The most notorious region(s) for the atrocity of selling women and children is(are)?

India, and Thailand Western Africa

The mutual dependence on others for support in order to be able to succeed is __________.

Interdependence

Nobles and warriors would belong to _______________.

Kshatriya

Ethnic refers to people, their religion, ____________, traditions, and heritage.

Languages

According to the author we find violations of caste rules here in the US where Indians who migrate here find themselves with many opportunities. Their ______________ increase by virtue of their being able to shift residence from a caste to a class society.

Life Chances

An ideal sequence of event and positions an average person is expected to experience as he/she matures and moves through life.

Life course

Which country ranked the highest in the GNI PPP value?

Luxemburg

Which Anthropologist wrote Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies?

Margaret Mead

Altering female genitalia is predominantly practiced by ___________.

Muslims

All of the following have tried to end harmful/unhealthy rituals/ traditions practiced on women, except:

NATO

Which group has the highest rate (percentage) of persons in poverty?

NOT - Hispanics

What is the estimated Baby Boomer population in the US in 2030?

NOT -62.4 Million

By 2016 about ____________ of graduate students will be females.

NOT 58%

The United States has experienced collective upward social mobility for the entire nation over the last _________ years.

NOT- 30

What percentage of US population belongs to the middle and lower class?

NOT- 50

The original US dominant groups included what group(s)?

NOT- British Catholics

Sam has been working at the Company A for many years. The management just hired an outsider, a woman, to manage the warehouse. Sometimes he thinks to himself, "Why isn't she home taking care of her children and her husband. A woman can't manage a warehouse properly!" This is an example of?

NOT- Gender superiority

The developing countries are aging __________________.

NOT- the healthiest

All of the following are examples of how women were historically oppressed in the world's societies, except:

NOT- women were not punished for Eve's sins

Continuity theory clams that________________________.

Older adults maintain patterns from their younger years

What is true about the worldwide concerted effort to persuade government, religious, and cultural leaders to shift their focus and efforts to nurture and protect women/females?

Progress has been made but much change is warranted. There are still billions of women worldwide whose life, health and well-being are at stake

Gerontology is a______________.

Scientific study of the processes and phenomena of aging and growing old

__________ is the social, emotional, biological, intellectual, and spiritual processes associated with declines associated with aging.

Senescence

The socio-economic layering of society's members according to property, power, and prestige is called __________________.

Social Stratification

Which sociological subfield of Gerontology focuses on the non-physical and social aspects of aging?

Social gerontology

__________ is the most dangerous, crime-ridden nation on the planet in all crimes including rape.

South Africa

The key to success in later-life is _______________?

Stay active

The broad generalizations about a category of people who are assumed to have positive and negative traits common to every single member of that category is _______________.

Stereotypes

_____________ is mobility in social class which is attributable to changes in social structure of a society at the larger social, not personal level.

Structural mobility

In the findings reported in the Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, which society displayed aggressive, rational and capable and also socially dominant traits by women and passive assuming artistic and leisure roles by men?

Tchambuli

In the past two decades a social movement referred to as _________________has emerged.

The Men's Movement

What happens after prolonged exposure to dominant group oppression?

The minority group often reaches a point of standing up against dominant group

Hispanic as a categorical classification is at best an ambiguous one because ___________?

There are 19 countries between Mexico and South America and 1 country in Europe that could be a nation of origin for Hispanic persons and their ancestors.

Which of these is not a true description of Baby Bust?

They are also called Gen Y

Which of these is the most accurate statement of a future concern Gerontologists have regarding the Baby Boomers?

They will place a financial strain on the rest of society

World-at-War Generation represents?

Those who served/lived through one or both World Wars

These individuals tend to commit hate crimes with peer group members, but do not belong to hate group.

Thrill seekers

Rape is dangerous and destructive and more likely to happen in the ________than in most other countries of the world.

United States

How do many of our elderly feel?

Very satisfied with their lives

Centenarian is someone ________________.

Who has had their 100th birthday.

What type of help is available to those who qualify for state and/or federal assistance?

all above the above

According to United Nation's goal what do they hope to accomplish by year 2015?

all children will access to primary education

How has gender been shaped throughout the years?

all of the above

How many women die resulting from pregnancy, delivery, or recovery complications per year in the least developed regions of the world?

as high as 1 in 22

What is the second most common theme of how women were historically oppressed in the world's societies?

assumption that women are "broken" versions of men

What is Baby Bust?

b & c

ost cultures define race more in ____________rather than biological terms.

cultural

We are taught to see ____________ between racial categories.

differences

The author's point about religion is that throughout history, religions were a ______________________ in many nations and the religious doctrines, like the cultural values, often placed women in a subjugated role to men and a number of different levels.

dominant social force

______________ is moving from a higher to a lower class.

downward mobility

In many less developed countries low to no formal __________is common fare.

education

Since the first Census in 1790, how often has US gathered data?

every 10 years

Prejudice is _________________________.

feeling, thought or even a predisposition towards others

Modernization Theory claims that ______________ and modernization have lowered the power and influence which the elderly once had which has led to much _______of elderly from community.

industrialization, exclusion

What does the population projection by the US Census Bureau foresee of non-Hispanic, white population?

it would comprise just 50.1 percent of the total population in 2050.

The purposeful mistreatment of minority group members that yields them geographically part of the society while simultaneously being functionally left out of most of its opportunities is called ________________.

marginalization

In 1898 the country's best physicians assumed that ___________________.

menstruation was seen as at type of disease process that had to be treated

The United States has a/an ___________________.

open class system

The US Census Bureau reported that in 2007 __________ had no health care coverage.

over 45 million

_____________is the degree of social honor attached with your position in society.

prestige

________________ is all the wealth, investments, deeded and titled properties, and other tangible sources of income.

property

What's the difference between a racial and ethnic group?

racial group is biologically defined and ethnic group is more culturally defined

What do minorities usually do because of their frustration and long-term fatigue due to oppression by the dominant group?

self-incriminate accuse self or others in their minority group of negative stereotypes and labels imposed by the dominant group.

One's ____________, or biological classification as male or female is set into motion at the moment the sperm fertilizes the egg.

sex

The movement between economic strata in a society's system.

social mobility

Modernization can help us to understand why the elderly have become ________ and ________ over the last century.

stigmatized, devalued

When layers occur in nature it is called _____________.

stratification

What explains lower wages for women around the world?

the idea of women's reproductive role interfering with the continuity of the work place the idea of women not being dependable

In the US, Poverty Line is defined as __________.

the official measure of those whose incomes are less than three times a lower cost food budget.