SOCIOLOGY FINAL

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what is the principal sociological critique of the culture of poverty?

tends to blame people for their situation while ignoring societal causes of inequality

which of the following is an example of micro aggression?

men who cat call women walking down the street

you can disregard sociology simply because it goes against your personal opinion

no, sociology is an empirical science

in 2017, the US census identified the poverty threshold for a family of four as

$24,600

differential association theory

Edwin Sutherland's hypothesis that we learn to be deviant through our associations with deviant peers

secondary sex characteristics

Physical features that are associated with gender but that are not directly involved in reproduction.

caste system

a form of social stratification in which status is determined by one's family history and background and cannot be changed

People who believe they do not have to fulfill the work requirements that everyone else does shows

a function of privilege

how do sociologists define ethnicity?

a group with a shared ancestry or shared cultural heritage

intersex

a person whose chromosomes or sex characteristics are neither exclusively male nor exclusively female

gender binary

a system of classification with only two distinct and opposite categories

social class

a system of stratification based on access to such resources as wealth, property, power, and prestige

the term that refers to the legitimate use of power is called

authority

primary sex characteristics

biological factors, such as chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive organs, that distinguish males from females

apartheid is a specific example of what system of social stratification?

caste system

how do sociologists define race

category based on real/ perceived biological differences

what is the second shift?

childcare and housework in addition to duties of paid labor

what do sociologists call awareness of our own and others' class statuses?

class consciousness

what system of stratification is commonly used in modern capitalist societies?

class system

social stratification

division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy

what are the means by which society transmits knowledge, values, and expectations to its members?

education

gender is biologically natural

false

sociology is an opinion

false

federal poverty line

federal index that defines "official" poverty in the US based on household income... updated annually

What evidence shows that the number of women who commit crimes is a social structure?

female arrest rates have increased as women have more presence in the labor market

a trans woman, a person who does not identify as male or female can claim the label

gender nonconforming

a queer couple holding hands in public receive abusive comments from other people. this is

homophobia

social mobility that occurs over the course of an individuals lifetime is called ... mobility

intragenerational

the belief that all Irish are drunks is an example of

prejudice

how do most sociologists differentiate between sex and gender?

sex is biological, gender is social

the transformation of culture over time is called

social change

good health is

socially defined

sex

the biological distinction between females and males

gender

the physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its male and female members

apartheid

the system of segregation of racial and ethnic groups that was legal in South Africa between 1948 and 1991

social change

the transformation of culture and social institutions over time

what do schools, churches, and governments all have in common?

they are all social institutions

why don't girls who do better in school do better in the workplace after graduation?

they are credited for hard work, but not intellectual ability

deviance

to be deviant, you must depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction

educational systems can help to reproduce systems of inequality

true

sociologists argue that no behavior, not even one designed to kill a great number of people, is inherently deviant

true

some sociologists suggest that extreme wealth should be thought of as a social problem

true

some sociologists suggest that, like extreme poverty, extreme wealth should be thought of as a social problem

true

how does the U.S. census bureau define "family"?

two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share a household

hidden curriculum

values or behaviors that students learn indirectly over the course of their schooling

the second-wave feminist movement was associated with the issue of

women's equal access to employment and education

with what issue is first wave feminism most strongly associated?

women's suffrage


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