Soc 281 exam 1
The most significant recent change in how the U.S. census measures race is
The option to check more than one category
An ethnicity is a group of people with:
A common cultural identification
Families are groups of related people, bound by
Biological, legal, and emotional connections
Parents who work in jobs that require creativity and divergent thinking are more likely to raise their children to value...
Creativity and divergent thinking
Teen sex is described as being more male-oriented because
Males receive greater social rewards
Which of the following is true about social class and parenting?
Parents usually guide their children to value traits that will prepare them to stay in the same social class level
A person's sexual identity is
Assigned to all children at birth
Which of the following is an important broad historic trend impacting the character of American family life?
Decline of the two-parent nuclear family
How do the concepts of race and ethnicity differ?
Ethnic identities focus on cultural traits and are sometimes voluntary
In general, throughout history and across cultures, parents have usually favored having female children over having male children.
False
Most social science research supports the argument that elements of the Black family structure today, such as matriarchal households and children raised by extended family members, are inherited from African traditions.
False
The United States has more social mobility than most other wealthy countries
False
The percentage of teens having sex has increased in recent decades
False
Which of the following has contributed to a modern culture that is more accepting of sexual activity?
Modern birth control
Sex and gender are different in that
gender refers to the social role based on one's categorical sex
The pervasive element of European and American society in which men controlled all property and had control over women and children is called
patriarchy
What is an example of a way in which an elementary school teacher might engage in gender socialization in schools?
By reprimanding a girl for playing on the jungle gym because she is wearing a dress.
The tendency of people to be in the same social class throughout their lives is called
Class persistence
Some __ theorists argue that the unpaid work historically done by women helps men while the financial support that employed husbands provide helps women
Consensus or Structural Functionalists
What does the economist Joseph Stiglitz mean when he argues that the rise of the 1 percent is self-fulfilling?
Elite individuals increasingly gain control over positions and institutions that shape the rules and make accumulating more wealth possible
In the late 20th century, cultural changes in the meaning of and motivation for marriage evolved in what way?
Emotional success became central to marriage success.
What is the difference between and facts and theory in the study of the family?
Facts provide information about family life, whereas theory is a way to explain how those facts influence one another.
Sexuality can best be described as a
Fluid identity that can vary
Which of the following concepts is illustrated by parents purchasing mostly pink items for their daughters?
Gender socialization
A young white man is marrying his long-time black girlfriend. What are they practicing?
Heterogamy
John chose a new seat on the opposite side of the room after his classmate "came out" during a lecture on sexual orientation. This illustrates
Homophobia
Because the word family means different things to different people, the textbook provides a broad definitions of families as groups of people who are bound by the following types of connections, except one. Pick the one that does not apply.
Obligatory
The term for the biological category of male and female, based on anatomy and physiology, is
SEX
One important modern principle used in almost all data collection about race and ethnicity involves:
Self-identification
Which of the following is true about the HPV vaccine?
Some parents object to the vaccine on the unfounded idea that a sex-related vaccine will encourage sexual activity.
What theoretical perspective revolves around people's ability to enact social roles based on the expectations of others?
Symbolic interaction
When it comes to biological sex differences:
The differences between humans are small when compared with other species
Which of the following supports the idea that institution of marriage remains very important in U.S. society?
The fight for access to marriage for gays and lesbians.
What have studies of class mobility in the U.S. shown?
Today the U.S. has less upward mobility than it did in previous generations
A cohort is a group of people who experience an event together at the same time.
True
Top 100 girls names as a percent of all girls born, what argument does the author make about this figure?
When parents are given freedom to name their children, they choose more diverse names.
Because the Moynihan Report attributed ongoing racial inequality to characteristics of Black family life it was criticized for
"Blaming the victim" and contributing to racist stereotypes
Which of the following is the sociological definition of family?
A group of related people bound by connections that are biological, legal, or emotional
One difficulty of studying families is identifying whether something causes something else. In many cases, two things may occur together, byt one may not cause the other. The process by which social scientists establish an association between two phenomena is known as
Correlation
Which of the following is an example of a family tie formed by legal recognition?
People who are married
Classify the following as a cause or an effect of the kind of segregation pictures here, in Milwaukee
Social isolation: effect Neighborhood poverty: effect Preferential treatment of whites in mortgage lending: cause Redlining: cause
the difference between one's class origin and class destination is known as
Social mobility
