Chapters 11-14
Supercentenarians are people who are ____ and older. 1) 100 2) 110 3) 101 4) 105
110
Which of the following is NOT a product of gender stereotyping? 1) A music store employee encouraging a young woman to study the piano or flute instead of the drums or guitar. 2) A teacher discouraging a female student from entering the military, suggesting nursing school instead. 3) Keisha's mom encouraging her to take home economics over shop class so she can please her future husband. 4) A father buying a basketball hoop for his daughter's eighth birthday.
A father buying a basketball hoop for his daughter's eighth birthday.
Polygyny is: 1) A man who is married to more than one woman at the same time 2) A person who is married to more than one person at the same time 3) A person who is married to only one person at a time 4) A woman who is married to more than one man at the same time
A man who is married to more than one woman at the same time
The term sexual orientation can be defined as: 1) A person's emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex. 2) A phase which a person outgrows before entering heterosexuality. 3) A person's biological gender. 4) A term that refers to individuals who identify with the behaviors and characteristics that are opposite of their biological sex.
A person's emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex.
Accusing people of DWE (driving while elderly) is considered a type of: 1) Behaviorism 2) Clairvoyance 3) Ageism 4) Functionalism
Ageism
What is the basic idea behind disengagement theory? 1) As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society. 2) As people age, they begin to lose their friends and family and spend their last days mourning their losses. 3) As people age, they think less and less about being married to their spouse, and more about their individuality. 4) As people age, they disengage with their friends in order to spend more time with their families.
As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society.
What is the relationship, if any, between people who cohabitate and then get married, and those people who wait to live together after they marry? 1) Cohabitating, unmarried partners have a slightly lower divorce rate after they get married than those who don't cohabitate until after marriage. 2) Cohabitating, unmarried partners have the exact same divorce rate as the people who don't cohabitate until marriage. 3) Cohabitating, unmarried partners have a slightly higher divorce rate after they get married than those who don't cohabitate until after marriage. 4) It does not matter because divorce occurs when two people are incompatible and does not depend on how long people have lived with each other.
Cohabitating, unmarried partners have a slightly higher divorce rate after they get married than those who don't cohabitate until after marriage.
Angela believes that race relations in America are poor because the white ruling class has enacted various laws and regulations to keep other racial groups from achieving equality. With which sociological perspective does Angela's view best align? 1) Conflict theory 2) Functionalism 3) Feminism 4) Symbolic interactionism
Conflict Theory
When thinking about gender, Jeff sees men as the dominant social group and women the subordinate group. This exploitation of the subordinate group has created social problems, such as high rates of poverty among single mothers. Which sociological perspective best fit Jeff's views? 1) Cyberfeminism 2) Symbolic Interactionism 3) Conflict Theory 4) Structural Functionalism
Conflict Theory
According to Erik Erikson's theory on aging, what is the final hurdle that most people who reach old age must overcome? 1) Sentimentality 2) Concession 3) Loathing 4) Despair
Despair
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order 9066, which authorized the establishment of internment camps for anyone with as little as one-eighth Japanese ancestry following Pearl Harbor, is an example of: 1) Racial steering 2) Expulsion 3) Communism 4) Genocide
Expulsion
Why do sociologists find the study of family to be so important when trying to grasp the mores and norms of a culture? 1) Families are so isolated from society at large that they become tiny independent societies. 2) Families almost never reinforce the values of the society in which they live, and thus can bring about change without much effort. 3) Families tend to be apathetic towards culture whereas young unmarried people reinforce social rituals and ideologies. 4) Families provide for each other as well as carry out and teach a particular culture to other members of the family.
Families provide for each other as well as carry out and teach a particular culture to other members of the family.
What is the first agent of socialization? 1) The law 2) Friends 3) Family 4) School
Family
If you consider the University of Virginia's National Marriage Project, what can be concluded from their study? 1) Finances are an important foundation for a successful marriage. 2) Love is an important foundation for a successful marriage. 3) Children are an important foundation for a successful marriage. 4) Counseling is an important foundation for a successful marriage.
Finances are an important foundation for a successful marriage.
Passing on one's heritage, possessions, and wealth is: 1) Generally based on lineage, which is defined by one's culture and family. 2) The right of the first born female in every country in the world. 3) The right of the first born male in every country in the world. 4) Generally based on one's relationship with one's younger siblings.
Generally based on lineage, which is defined by one's culture and family.
When elderly people are considered elders and leaders of a group of people, they are functioning under a(n): 1) Meritocracy 2) Gerontocracy 3) Republic 4) Oligarchy
Gerontocracy
Which of the following is NOT an example of a stereotype? 1) Isaiah cooking his girlfriend a meat-free dinner because she is a vegetarian. 2) Maria assuming her son-in-law is a heavy drinker because he is Irish. 3) Cynthia believing her best friend to be good at math because she is Asian. 4) Pedro assuming his neighbor likes rap music because he is African American.
Isaiah cooking his girlfriend a meat-free dinner because she is a vegetarian.
What is a dependency ratio? 1) It is the comparison of grandparents to parents. 2) It is the comparison of children to parents. 3) It is the comparison of healthcare professionals to the elderly. 4) It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.
It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.
Some conflict theorists ascribe to the idea that as time and technology move forward, elderly people are left behind and they lose social standing and power. Which specific theory does this describe? 1) Modernization theory 2) Continuity theory 3) Age stratification theory 4) Exchange theory
Modernization theory
According to the social construction of race school of thought, race is: 1) Based only on geographic regions 2) Has no social implications 3) A product of the media 4) Not biologically identifiable
Not biologically identifiable
When Maria married John, she moved to John's house which was adjacent to his parent's house. Her mother-in-law was always over giving Maria advice on everything from decorating to icing cakes. Maria lives in a: 1) Patridistant residence 2) Matrilocal residence 3) Matridistant residence 4) Patrilocal residence
Patrilocal residence
The term discrimination is defined in the text as: 1) Prejudiced action against a group of people. 2) Biased thought based on flawed assumptions about a group of people. 3) An expression of dissatisfaction with the justice system. 4) The theory that prejudice is embedded in our culture.
Prejudiced action against a group of people.
What is the difference between sex and gender? 1) 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. 2) Sex is the extent to which one identifies as being either masculine or feminine, gender is biological characterization of anatomy. 3) Sex refers to sexual orientation, and gender refers to physical or physiological differences between males and females. 4) Sex refers to who a person is sexually attracted to, and gender refers to whom a person chooses to partner with.
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.
Peggy accepts a job offer as an advertising copywriter. Her boss immediately assigns her campaigns for products such as makeup and cleaning products. Peggy asks for different clients, but her boss tells her she should stick to what she and "her kind" know best. Peggy is experiencing: 1) Homophobia 2) Sexism 3) Masochism 4) Sexual orientation
Sexism
Jenny is given a doll for 2nd birthday, while her brother, Tyrone, is given a fire truck. This is an example of gender: 1) Stratification 2) Bending 3) Socialization 4) Indifference
Socialization
Family is a term that is difficult to define. When studying sociology it is important to remember that: 1) Family is a term that is difficult to define. When studying sociology it is important to remember that: 2) Sociologist try to keep the definition open so that people who walk by each other on the street are a family. 3) Sociologists try to keep the definition open to encompass all types of people who are emotionally close to each other. 4) Sociologists only consider traditional marriage as a requirement to be a family.
Sociologists try to keep the definition open to encompass all types of people who are emotionally close to each other.
Tasha believes that gender is about the division of labor in the family. In the pre-industrial era, men were the hunter-gatherers and bread-winners, and women were keepers of the home. After World War II, changes in the family structure allowed women to become breadwinners also, altering the roles of the family. From what sociological perspective do Tasha's thoughts come? 1) Symbolic Interactionism 2) Structural Functionalism 3) Conflict Theory 4) Cyberfeminism
Structural Functionalism
In 1973, the American Psychological Association (APA) declassified homosexuality as an abnormal or deviant disorder. Which sociological perspective would be most interested in the statement the (APA) made to society? 1) Symbolic Interactionism 2) Structural Functionalism 3) Exchange Theory 4) Cyberfeminism
Symbolic Interactionism
Max believes that most people's racial beliefs are based on images conveyed in popular media since many people never meet members of certain races for themselves. Max's perspective is: 1) Symbolic interactionist 2) Feminist 3) Functionalist 4) Conflict theorist
Symbolic interactionist
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross's book On Death and Dying added much content knowledge to which field? 1) Teleology 2) Thanatology 3) Ontology 4) Metrology
Thanatology
In which part of the family life cycle, do sociologists point to as the most stressful time for a marriage? 1) The birth of the last child. 2) The birth of the first child. 3) The first year of marriage. 4) The engagement period.
The birth of the first child.
Sociologists have adopted the phrase, "the graying of the United States." What does this phrase mean? 1) With industrialization and the building of big cities, there is very little green nature left and everything is the color of steel. 2) Gray is culturally considered beautiful and thus people are bleaching their hair. 3) People are living under so much stress now, that they are going gray early. 4) The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.
The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.
The term segregation is defined in the text as: 1) The physical separation of two groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions. 2) The deliberate annihilation of a targeted, usually subordinate, group. 3) The process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture. 4) The integration of diverse cultural concepts into a public school curriculum.
The physical separation of two groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions.
The term assimilation is defined by the text as: 1) The act of singling out an individual because of his or her race. 2) When a dominant group forces a subordinate group to leave a certain area or even the country. 3) The process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture. 4) The theory that prejudice is embedded in our culture.
The process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture.
What is one of the biggest challenges facing groups and organizations that try to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV)? 1) The victims of IPV do not report the abuse. 2) Most people do not know what IPV is. 3) IPV almost never happens, so it is difficult to locate and predict. 4) IPV is not taken seriously by the court system.
The victims of IPV do not report the abuse.
Which factors do sociologists suspect were the cause for such a high divorce rate during the 1960's? 1) Men were granted more freedom and often allowed to work from home which put more strain on their marital relationships, and which also coincided with women becoming more educated and more aware of their legal rights. 2) Most people divorcing in the 1960's grew up during World War II and struggled to make the austerity of their childhood correlate with their more abundant and fruitful lifestyles in the 1960's. 3) The 1960's saw the birth of the zero-tolerance concept, which many men and women applied to their marriages, and which, many in society thought a great idea. 4) There was an increase in women working outside of the home, and also, greater social acceptance of divorce.
There was an increase in women working outside of the home, and also, greater social acceptance of divorce.
True or false: A person's sex, as determined by his or her biology, does not always correspond with his or her gender. 1) True 2) False
True
Which three states allow some form of physician-assisted suicide? 1) Texas, California, and Virginia 2) Iowa, Nebraska, and Nevada 3) Washington State, Oregon, and Montana 4) Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania
Washington State, Oregon, and Montana
In the United States, which race would be considered the dominant group? 1) Hispanic 2) White 3) Asian 4) Black
White
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: 1) The social construction of race 2) Intersection theory 3) Affirmative action 4) White privilege
White privilege