Sociology
In the United States, where outsourcing is almost always addressed negatively, companies still get away with outsourcing. How do they do this?
c. Americans want lower prices for their consumable products, and the only way for companies to deliver those low prices is to outsource the work to cheaper laborers.
25. Passing on one's heritage, possessions, and wealth is:
c. Generally based on lineage, which is defined by one's culture and family.
Jake receives a promotion at his law firm after winning an important case. This is an example of a:
c. Positive formal sanction
Which of the following is an example of planned obsolescence?
c. Sarah's iPod breaks just as the newest iPod Nano is being introduced.
22. Sociologists have adopted the phrase, "the graying of the United States." What does this phrase mean?
c. The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.
Supercentenarians are people who are ____ and older
d. 110
Which factor is considered when evaluating someone's standard of living?
d. All of the above
In 2008 the United States, as well as the rest of the world, felt the effects of the recession. After the collapse of the housing market, people lost their jobs and they quit spending money. Many people could not afford their mortgages anymore and their homes went into foreclosure. For many people, it was a time of __________.
d. Downward mobility
Whose work do conflict theorists rely on to help form their arguments surrounding social stratification?
d. Karl Marx
What is the difference between sex and gender?
d. Sex refers to physical or physiological differences between males and females, while gender is the extent to which one identifies as being either masculine or feminine.
Immanuel Wallerstein's classification of nations uses which set of terms?
d. core nation, peripheral nation, semi-peripheral nation
20. When Jeanette's parents find out her twin brother, Rex, has been sexually active, they tell him to use protection. When they found out Jeanette has been sexually active, they ground her for a month. This is an example of:
A. A double Standard
19. Jenny is given a doll for 2 nd birthday, while her brother, Tyrone, is given a fire truck. This is an example of gender:
B. Socialization
18. The term sexual orientation can be defined as:
D. A person's emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex.
When elderly people are considered elders and leaders of a group of people, they are functioning under a
Gerontocracy
23. Which is a social issue that many elderly females discover they are victims of?
Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.
With the recent Occupy Wall Street Movement, the people of the United States keep hearing about the top 1%. How much of the United State's wealth rests in the hands of the wealthiest top 1% of people?
a. 1/3
6. The term panoptic surveillance is defined in the text as:
a. A form of constant monitoring in which the observation posts are decentralized and the observed is never communicated with directly
What is the difference between a violent crime and a hate crime?
a. A violent crime is based on a person's race, religion, or other characteristics.
. Functionalist Émile Durkheim believed some deviance within society was:
a. Necessary; it challenged people's views
Which of the following is an example of racial steering?
a. Real estate agents directing white clients to look for housing in certain neighborhoods, and non-white clients to others.
The term cyberfeminism is defined by the text as:
a. The application to and promotion of feminism online.
The term deviance can be defined as
b. A violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law.
16. When Alexander, who is white, drives his car over the speed limit, a police officer lets him off with a warning. When Christopher, who is Hispanic, drives his car at the same speed as Alexander on the same road, the officer gives him a ticket, even though his record is clean. This is an example of:
b. White privilege