short review quiz 9-12

the davis moore thesis states:

That the more society values a particular profession, the more the people in that profession will make

The U.S Department of Agriculture sets the poverty line in the United States to represent an annual income three (3) times what a family has to spend in order to get access to a __________________.

basic nutritious diet

The Williams family lives in an inner-city community that is poor, cut off from the larger society, and without good schools or good-paying jobs. The community includes other minority groups living in poverty, as well. This family is experiencing an extreme form of racial segregation that is geographical in nature and is what sociologists would call

hypersegregation

Charlotte was born to a lower class family in rural Pennsylvania. After taking a job in the mail room of a large corporate office, Charlotte is slowly promoted through the ranks and becomes CEO of the company by the age of 50. Compared to her parents, Charlotte's story demonstrates what type of social stratification?

intergenerational mobility

When the British colonized India, they exploited the Indians as they were a source of cheap labor. This process is known as _______________.

internal colonialism

The following law _______________ invalidated laws prohibiting inter-racial marriages and/or declared the anti-miscegenation laws as unconstitutional.

loving vs. virginia, 1967

the major reason that men earn more than women on average is that

men and women typically hold different types of jobs

based on scapegoat theory, you would conclude that prejudice is caused by

people who are disadvantaged and tend to blame others for their problems

according to Max Weber, individuals in society are stratified in the following three ways

power, property, and prestige

Which of the following refers to the physical and social separation of categories of people or a process by which the dominant group in society structures institutions in such as fashion to prevent the participation of minority groups in them? For example, The Jim Crow Laws in the United States or Apartheid in South Africa

segregation

for Karl marx, __ is determined by an individuals relationship to the means of production

social class

a minority is defined as any category of people

that is physically or culturally distinctive and socially disadvantaged

While prejudice is a matter of __________, discrimination is a matter of __________

attitudes; action

According to Theodor Adorno and his colleagues, people who scapegoat or who are prejudiced towards others have an/a ______________ personality.

authoritarian

It was time for Oli to marry. He had finished school and was starting a job. His parents chose a bride for him whose parents had the same amount of wealth and belonged to the same class as they did. Oli and his bride will have a(n) _________ marriage.

endogamous

Cate is the daughter of a Senator and the former CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Harry grew up on a farm, tilling the land for a living and his social class is very different from that of Cate. They are planning a June wedding. They will have a(n)___________ marriage.

exogamous

the terms sex and gender can be used interchangeably since they have the same meaning

false

_____________ refers to situations where men are promoted with ease into management positions in female-dominated professions. For example, men are more likely to be Principals at schools

glass escalator

Which term refers to the belief system that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation and therefore, superior to other forms of sexual orientation

heterosexism