Social Problems midterm

When measuring literacy, at what age does the measurement begin?

15

Approximately what percentage of Latinx are poor

18%

During what decade did the "war on poverty" begin?

1960s

As a result of the Wat on Poverty, the US poverty decreased most when?

1960s and 1970s

Approximately how many people are in US prisons?

2 million

Approximately what percentage of black people are poor?

21%

approximately what percentage of black people are poor?

21%

Approximately what percentage of families headed by a women are living in poverty

25%

Using the "twice-poverty" threshold, approximately what percentage of US citizens can be considered poor?

30%

In Britain, the child poverty rate fell from what percent to what percent?

30% to 12%

About what percent of poor people are under 18 year old?

32%

About what percentage of Latinx and black families have negative net worth

33%

When poverty level was first calculated on the 1950s what percent of family's income was estimated to be spent on food?

33%

Approximately what percentage of Americans living in poverty are either children of aging adults

44%

The number of children who die before what age measures child mortality?

5

Approximately what percentage of families headed by a married couple are living in poverty

5%

approximately what percentage of families headed by a married couple are living in poverty

5%

Approximately what percentage of the global population lives in poor nations, according to the text

50%

What percentage of black, Latinx, and indigenous American children live in low-income families?

59-61%

The top 20% of the worlds population has what percent of the income?

75%

Approximately what percentage of non-Latinx whites are officially in poverty?

8-9%

How long is maternity leave in Britain

9 months

In 2017 around what percent of American aged 65 or older were poor?

9%

Group threat theory emphasizes what?

A and b

On what continents is life expectancy the lowest?

Africa

What continent has the highest percent of poor people?

Africa

For global poverty to be reduced, which of the following needs to be reduced to the sociological approach

All of the above

Poverty affects which of the following

All of the above

Which of the following does the modernist theory believe that Western Europeans did to get wealthy?

All of the above

Which of the following is an example of the functions of poverty?

All of the above

Adults who were poor in childhood are more likely to do which of the following?

All of the above are true

Which of the following is (are) examples of functional aspects of social problems?

All of the above are true

Why is there less poverty in other western nations?

All of the above are true

according to the table regarding prejudice and discrimination, which of the following practices neither?

All weather liberals

Another name for individualistic explanation for poverty is?

Blame the victim

Which example is provided in the text of an allowable discrimination

Blind bus drivers

Feminist theory is considered part of which three major theories

Conflict

Which of the following theories would look at bank robbery and demand changes in societies economic structure?

Conflict theory

Frequently there are two groups of subjects use in experiments. One group is called the experiment group. What is the other called?

Control

An example of how social problem related to employment has changed for the better is:

Eight-hour workday

Which of the following is NOT included in the list of remedies to reduce poverty

Eliminate minimum wage

Comparing producir among men and women, which is true?

Equally prejudiced

Fewer women are classifies as in poverty than men

False

In terms of DNA, people with different racial backgrounds are more dissimilar than similar.

False

Most advocates of reducing poverty what to eliminate the minimum wage

False

Most social problems come into being from top-down efforts

False

The individualistic explanation of poverty believes poverty results from problems in society

False

The poverty line is not adjusted for inflation annually

False

The social constructionist perspective suggests that both objective and subjective components of social problems are always aligned with one another

False

The supplemental poverty measure is the official poverty measure in the United States?

False

White privilege means that white people are rich and don't have to work hard

False

Which of the following institutions would be considered important to the functionalist

Family

Functionalism grew out of what two major revolutions?

French and Industrial

Who was the major collaborator of Karl Marx

Friedrich Engles

Gradual change in society is preferred by which type of sociology theories?

Functionalism

The Evelin that society must compensate skilled workers more than non-skilled is primarily a part of which theory?

Functionalist

According to the text, which of the following is a physical problem that results from high levels of stress?

High blood pressure

Which of the following is an example of a former colon that is prospering

Hong Kong

What is the main reason according to many scholars the US neglects its poor?

It's the poors own fault

In September 2021 a national survey of 1,101 American adults found that

Just over half of the respondents approved of how president Biden was handling te coronavirus pandemic

Which person below would be considered a proponent of conflict theory?

Karl Marx

Which U.S. president was the first to use the term affirmative action?

Kennedy

Where do most experiments take place?

Lab

The US poverty rate has increased due to the US government cutting back on its commitment to poverty reduction AND what other major reason?

Loss of well paying manufacturing jobs

COVID-19 influenced poverty in many ways. Which of the following is NOT one of the those ways?

Many more jobs were created during the pandemic in order to combat the virus, thus lowering unemployment rates

If a sociologist were doing research about crime, which data source should s/he NOT use?

Meat-packing plants

Which of the following groups has the lowest percentage of poor people?

Non-Latinx whites

Which area of the United States has the lowest poverty rate?

Northeast

Experiments are used frequently in which social science discipline?

Psychology

A major U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding a medical school was called

Regents v. U. Of California

Which of the following would be considered a major assumption of the Functionalism Theory in sociology?

Social stability is necessary for a strong society

The term that refers to people learning the rules of society is?

Socialization

Some things defines as social problems today haven't always been perceived that way on the past (and vise versa) this statement suggests that social problems are

Socially-constructed

Which area of the United States has the highest poverty rate?

South

Emerging research shows that poverty affects cognitive abilities due to the increase in which of the following?

Stress

The perception that there is a social problem points to what aspect of the definition of a social problem?

Subjective

The meaning of handshakes change during the COVID-19 pandemic. This example best illustrates which theoretical perspective?

Symbolic interaction theory

Which of the following is a critique of the individualistic explanation of poverty?

The poor who are employed often work more hours per week than the wealthy

How is GDP per capita calculated

The value of goods and services divided by population

Which of the following is a major disadvantage of administering a survey?

Time consuming

Most Americans believe that the poor themselves are to blame for being poor

True

Most social problems begin with bottom up efforts from social change groups

True

Not all efforts to turn a condition or behavior into a social problem succeed. If these efforts do not succeed a soical problem does not emerge

True

Poor people smoke at higher rates then the wealthy?

True

Poverty rates are higher in families which only one adult

True

Research shows that not only physical characteristics, but also status characteristics (E.g. unemployment, incarceration) shape a persons perceived race

True

The supplemental poverty measure shows the government aid programs are essential for keeping many people out of poverty

True

There are more eating disorders among women than men?

True

A major source of existing data used by sociologists all of the world is from which of the following?

U.S. Census

which of the following is an example of dependency theory?

Wealthy nations have settled their historical debts to poor countries

Which region of the US has the second lowest percentage of poor people?

West

What race has the most people living in poverty?

White

Which of the following is most likely to oppose an interracial marriage?

White (non-Latinx) high school grad from the south

What is the name of the last stage of the natural history of a social problem/

alternative strategies

One theory about the poor asserts that poor people have beliefs and practices that doom them to continued poverty. What is another name for this theory?

culture of poverty

What is the first step in the scientific method process?

formulate hypothesis

What is the name of the second stage of natural history of a social problem?

legitimacy

The term used to appreciate the structural basis for individual problems is called which of the following?

sociological imagination

That social problems result from the interaction of individuals is the belief of which of the following theories?

symbolic interactionism theory