EOC Unit 3

Same-sex couple households account for________ percent of U.S. households.

1

What is the approximate median age of the U.S.?

37

Sociologists associate sexuality with

A person's capacity for sexual feelings

According to national surveys, most U.S. parents support which type of sex education program in school?

Abstinence plys sexual safety

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory?

Age stratification

Which subordinate group is often referred to as the "model minority"?

Asian Americans

Which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment?

Being frail to the point of dependency on care

What is discrimination?

Biased actions against an individual or group

Which of the following is an example of a numerical majority being treated as a subordinate group?

Blacks under apartheid in South Africa

Which of the following is correct regarding the explanation for transgenderism?

Currently, there is no definitive explanation for transgenderism

Thanatology is the study of

Death and dying

Who wrote the book On Death and Dying, outlining the 5stages of grief?

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Only women are affected by gender stratification

False

Why did most white ethnic Americans come to the U.S.?

For a better life, to escape oppression

To which theoretical perspective does the following statement most apply: Women continue to assume the responsibility in the household along with a paid occupation because it keeps the household running smoothly, i.e., at a state of balance?

Functionalism

Which theoretical perspective stresses the importance of regulating sexual behavior to ensure marital cohesion and family stability?

Functionalism

Which intergroup relation displays the least tolerance?

Genocide

Research indicates that individuals are aware of their sexual orientation _____________.

In early adolescence.

What is the primary driver of modernization theory?

Industrialization

Many Arab Americans face ______, especially after 9/11/

Islamophobia

Which of the following is the best explanation of racism as a social fact?

It does not need the actions of individuals to continue

What is the one defining feature of a minority group?

Lack of power

America's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except:

Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt

Which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following the functionalist perspective?

Men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles

Which of the following is true of intimate parter violence (IPV)?

Nearly half of instances of IPV involve drugs or alcohol

In Erik Erikson's developmental stage of life, with which challenge must older people struggle?

Overcoming despair to achieve integrity

Which of the following is the best example of the role peers play as an agent of socialization for school-aged children?

Peers tend to reinforce gender roles by criticizing and marginalizing those who behave outside of their assigned roles

What intergroup relationship is represented by the "salad bowl" metaphor?

Pluralism

What doctrine justified legal segregation in the South?

Separate but equal

Which actions reflects ageism?

Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age 65

What Western country is thought to be the most liberal in its attitudes toward sex?

Sweden

Which federal act or program was designed to allow more Hispanic American immigration, not block it?

The Bracero Program

What makes Native Americans unique as a subordinate group in the U.S.?

They are the only group that did not come here as immigrants

As a Caucasian in the U.S., being reasonably sure that you will be dealing with authority figures of the same race as you is a result of:

White privilege

Which of the following is the best example of a gender stereotype?

Women tend to be overly emotional, while men tend to be levelheaded.

The racial term "African American" can refer to:

a black person living in the U.S., people whose ancestors came to the U.S. through the slave trade, a white person who originated in Africa and now lives in the U.S.

According to the study cited by the U.S. Census Bureau, children who live with married parents grow up with more advantages than children who live with:

a single parent

An older woman retires and completely changes her life. She is no longer raising children or working. However, she joins the YMCA to swim every day. She serves on the Friends of the Liberty board. She is part of the neighborhood group that plays Bunco on Saturday nights. Her situation most closely illustrates the ________ theory.

activity

According to the symbolic interactions perspective, we "do gender":

all of the time, in everything we do

Research suggests that people generally feel that their current family is ______ than the family they grew up with.

at least as close

Ethnicity describes shared

beliefs, language, religion

If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by

caregivers

Veterans are 2 to 4 times more likely to ______ as people who did not serve in the military

commit suicide

Compared to most Western societies, U.S. sexual attitudes are considered

conservative

In the U.S., life expectancy rates in recent decades have

continued to gradually grow

An older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the __________ theory.

disengagement

Scapegoat theory shows that:

dominant groups blame subordinate groups for their problems

The terms "masculine" and "feminine" refer to a person's __________.

gender

The term _________ refers to a society's concept of how men and women are expected to act and how they should behave.

gender role

In general, children in _____ households benefit from divorce.

high-conflict

Sociologists tend to define family in terms of

how a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption

The median age of first marriage has ______ in the last fifty years

increased for both men and women

Today in the U.S. the poverty rate of the elderly is

increasing

Which of the following is a criticism of the family life cycle model?

it is too narrowly focused on a sequence of stages.

In most countries, elderly women _________ than elderly men.

live a few years longer

Amalgamation is represented by the __________ metaphor

melting pot

Children of divorced parents are __________ to divorce in their own marriage than children of parents who stayed married.

more likely

Which type of child abuse is most prevalent in the U.S.?

neglect

A child who associates his line of decent with his father's side only is part of a ______ society.

patrilineal

A woman being married to two men would be an example of

polyandry

Stereotypes can be based on:

race, ethnicity, gender

The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is

sex ratio

Couples who cohabitate before marriage are ______ couples who did not cohabitate before marriage to be married at least 10 years.

slightly less likely than

Current divorce rates are

steadily declining

Speedy Gonzalez is an example of:

stereotyping

The graying of the U.S. refers to

the increasing percentage of the population over 65 years old

For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is

the typical sequence of events in their lives

A person who is biologically female but identifies with the male gender and has undergone surgery to alter her body is considered __________.

transsexual

The majority of U.S. children live in

two-parent households