Unit 3 Quiz Questions
Sociologist Arlies Hochschlid (1980) has found that many women who would traditionally be expected to take care of the home and children also try to have a career. She calls this:
"supermom strategy"
The notion that true womenhood centers on domestic responsibilities and child rearing is known as:
"the cult of domesticity"
Working wives generally get less leisure time than their husbands. This is known as:
"the leisure gap"
According to research in chapter 12, what percentage of today's US families consists of a male breadwinner, a female housewife, and their children?
23%
According to research presented in Chapter 12, if the typical American mother has 2 shifts, the the typical black American mother has how many?
3
Lleras-Muney (2005) found that an extra year of schooling decreased a person's chances of dying by _____percentage points in a 10-year period.
3.6
In 2007, intimate partner violence accounted fro more than 2300 deaths. What percentage of these deaths occurred among males?
30%
Approximately ______% of US marriages end in divorce
40
Approximately what % of Americans marries at some point in their lives?
90%
What population currently has the highest rate of HIV contraction in the United States?
African American Women
Hypertension is directly related to stress, which can be attributed to being poor. However, poor African Americans in the US have hypertension rates similar to middle and upper class African Americans. How would "tokenism theory" explain this?
All African Americans may still experience discrimination
What is most likely to be a conflict perspective argument about why education levels have continually risen in the US over the course of the last century?
As education became more common for all people, social elites needed to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart from others
Most economists, policy analysts, and well-informed Americans say that the single policy that caused the credit bubble and bust of the 2000s was th erepeal of the:
Banking Act of 1933
According to scientists, what is the number 1 contributor to rising global temperatures?
CO2 emission
What is true with regard to preferential admissions to colleges and universities?
In the last 15 years, admissions preference for athletes has risen steadily, surpassing that of minority students
What is a functionalist explanation for increased number of Americans with college degrees throughout the 20th century?
Jobs have become more skilled and technologically advanced, and a more educated workforce is necessary to fill these jobs
The American values of hard work and self reliance might lead blacks to follow the example of which folklore figure in order to prove themselves?
John Henry
What is an example of the concept of cultural capital?
Josh and Sam have both earned bachelor's degrees from local university and they are now interviewing for the same job. Josh goes to interview and is able to discuss art, architecture, and travel experiences he had growing up. Sam has not had these experiences and is not able to have the same kind of conversations with the interviewers
Which theorist claimed that modern capitalism would not have arisen without the Protestant Reformation, which created the necessary social conditions for capitalism by creating theological insecurity and installing a doctrine of predestination?
Max Weber
A government program that provides health insurance for poor is:
Medicaid
Which government program provides medical care for elderly and some young with disabilities?
Medicare
Talcott Parsons and other functionalists argued that the nuclear family was necessary in modern industrial society. Problems with the functionalist argument are highlighted in what research findings?
Mundurucu mothers and fathers live in separate homes, eat separate meals, and sleep apart, yet this arrangement is functional for this culture
As more people obtain college degrees and it becomes unreasonable for students to stay in school for most of their young adulthood, what is one consequence?
People will seek to differentiate themselves not only by having a degree but also by earning degrees from the most selective and prestigious colleges and universities
With regard to the effects of families on children's educational outcomes, what is true?
When a family goes from two to three children, middle children are significantly more affected by the loss of family resources
With regard to research on effects of racial class on education outcomes, what is true?
When social class characteristics are controlled for, test score gaps between black and white students shrink, black students have higher high school graduation rate, and they are less likely to be held back a grade
In the 1960s many social scientists, including Daniel Patrick Moynihan, viewed the strong role held by women in many African American families as:
a detrimental characteristic that undermined men's roles in the family and caused all sorts of social problems
Most latino families in the US are shaped by what?
a devout tradition of Catholicism
Stereotype threat is:
a psychological process of fear that develops when members of a negatively stereotyped group are placed in a situation in which they may confirm the stereotype
When a scientific paradigm shifts, this means that:
a scientific revolution has taken place
A paradox of American education system is:
a social institution that stratifies students based on the characteristics of their backgrounds even though it's intended to provide equal opportunity
About how long do the majority of single mothers stay on the welfare rolls in the United States?
about 2 years
The digital divide refers to:
access to and knowledge of the internet
In contrast to Simmel, Karl Marx believed that friendship under capitalism is not possible because:
all relationships become market relationships
When it comes to health care, western societies:
are reactive; people tend to go to the doctor only when they decide they are sick
A sociological explanation for the rise in autism diagnoses in recent years is that:
autism has become socially "contagious," as more people become familiar with the symptoms and are more likely to see them in their children.
"Parceling-out of the soul" is Max Weber s term for people who:
become alienated from a sense of right and wrong
A powerful example of the devaluation of housework in the US was the original September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Ultimately, what happened?
both the deceased's future earnings and his or her estimated contributions to the family's unpaid household work were measured to determine family's amount of compensation
According to your text, the decision to pursue nuclear technologies during World War II was influenced:
by international geopolitical circumstances
What is the name of the economic system that developed along with the agricultural revolution and Industrial Revolution in Europe?
capitalism
Legally recognized unions of gay and lesbian couples that are explicitly intended to offer similar state mandated legal rights and benefits of marriage as are given to heterosexual couples are known as:
civil unions
In a capitalist economic system, the price and distribution of goods and services are determined by what?
competition
The agricultural revolution was spurred on by new innovations such as:
crop rotation
According to Espenshade and Chung (2005), eliminating affirmative action programs would do what?
decrease black and Hispanic admission acceptance rates by one half to two thirds
Georg Simmel saw the development of monetary payment systems as part of a historical evolution leading to:
depersonalization of exchange
What public health risk do we face if more and more people fail to complete prescribed courses of antibiotics?
development of antimicrobial-resistent antigens
Which profession has the least number of practitioners in the United States?
doctors
Your textbook suggests that significant economic development in underdeveloped areas of the world would require:
eliminating malaria
According to Bourdieu, the three types of cultural capital are:
embodied, objectified, institutional
When compared to the 1990s, views regarding gay and lesbian marriage are becoming increasingly:
evenly divided between positive and negative (?)
Marriages that cross racial and ethnic lines have become more common in the US although most US marriages are still racially and ethnically endogamous. What factors might discourage exogamy?
facing ostracism from within one's tightly knit community
According to sociologists Jerry Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson, because workers want to advance in their careers, many avoid taking full advantage of:
family-friendly office policies
The _________ theory of the family argues that nuclear families are necessary for child rearing and fulfilling society's need for productive workers
functionalist
Contrary to popular belief:
girls and boys score about the same in national math tests
Because Ford created the "family wage," he was:
heralded for his generosity and genius
Al Gore's film "A Inconvenient Truth" documented the effect of what on climate temperature?
human activity
Knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and bankable are known as:
human capital
The embodied cultural capital that parents have may work with institutional cultural capital. What illustrates this?
if a parent has confidence in social settings, he or she may be better able to advocate for children in front of the school board or at parent-teacher meetings
At one time, insurance was:
illegal; it was considered gambling
Morbidity means _______; mortality means _____
illness; death
What is an argument in favor of school vouchers?
in order for schooling to be equal for all children, parents should be able to decide where their children go, regardless of ability to pay
Neoclassical economists typically look at a member's power in the family as a direct expression of that member's utility to family unit. This measure of power tends to be based on gender and what other factor?
income
According to text's discussion, cohabitation:
increases the rate of divorce because people who cohabitate probably have fewer qualms about divorce
According to functionalist theories of education, what is NOT a function of the American education system?
indoctrination into capitalist ideology (???) Yes functions: custodial care for children of working parents; socialization to norms of dominant American culture; sorting students into adult social roles through granting certain credentials
Adam Smith argues that money is:
inherently social
What did Mechanic and Meyer find to be most important factor for patients in rating their doctor?
interpersonal confidence
What was the result of medical licensing that began in the mid 1800s?
it gave physicians more economic clout
The research on teacher quality demonstrates that:
it is difficult to identify characteristics that will make effective teacher because these characteristics are hard to quantify
What is true with regards to bottled water?
it is more expensive than gasoline by volume, people can't tell the difference between tap and bottled water, and the contents of tap water are more heavily regulated than bottled water
Poor diet during adolescence can be detrimental to growth potential because:
it is one of the periods in life in which a growth spurt takes place
What is a functionalist explanation for the increased number of Americans with college degrees throughout the course of the 20th century?
jobs have become more skilled and technologically advanced and a more educated workforce is necessary to fill these jobs
Which term refers to the formalized rights, duties, and responsibilities of a person?
juristic person
Which type of family has higher child mortality rates? large, small, urban, or suburban?
large
Research has shown that the ______ the family, the ______ the children's achievement on test scores and grades
larger, lower
As discussed in Chapter 12, which group of women is least likely to get an abortion?
latino women
________ results from inadequate growth during gestation or a curtailed period of gestation.
low birth weight
There are several ways corporations can dominate the market by offering the lowest prices to attract the most buyers. Which of the following is one of the ways your text mentions to do this?
lowering production cost
Risks that result from human activity are referred to as:
manufactured risks
Attitudes about gender and work became self-confirming myths and enforced women's dependence. The unfair family wage pushed an incentive on women to:
marry and stay married
In much of the western world, the choice of marriage partner tends to be influenced by age, education, class, race, and religion, What is reason for this tendency?
marrying someone who diverges a great deal from our age, race, social class, and religion is often met with overt or subtle disapproval from others
After mental illness became "medicalized" what was one major change that occurred?
medication replaced counseling
Which term refers to a single seller of a good or service in the market, resulting in zero competition?
monopoly
If you're interested in comparing rates of illness between males and females in your dorm, you need to know the different:
morbidity rates
Which of the following contributes to increasing rates of heart disease and hypertension in women?
more women are entering higher level jobs
Offshoring occurs when firms:
move all or part of their operations abroad to developing nations
When Studies control for family background characteristics, the SAT:
no longer predicts college grades very well
It is difficult to make generalizations about Latino families in the US because:
of their diverse origins and geography
Organic products can lead to health stratification by income because:
organic products are more expensive
Married people tend to live longer than unmarried people. It could be that they take better care of themselves when they have the responsibility of a family. It could also be that:
people who are healthier are more likely to get married
What is a social benefit of adopting the sick role?
people who do so are not looked down on or morally judged if they do not work
Wangari Maathai, of the Green Belt Movement, demonstrated the simple act of ____________ has profound effects for community empowerment, gender equality, and international peace.
planting trees
Some critics claim the Carlyle Group uses insider political knowledge, or __________, to dominate heavily regulated markets
political arbitrage
Because of the green revolution, food production has kept pace with:
population growth
Inequality creates _____________, which affects our height through stress reactions.
psychological stress
The explanation for the relationship between socioeconomic status and health that focuses on an individual's social class and the relative stressors inherent in a lower-class lifestyle, is called:
psychosocial
A professional who attempts to make a client happy at the expense of the esteem of his or her peers is known to sociologists as a:
quack
What is NOT an element of socioeconomic status?
racial background yes elements: income, educational attainment, occupational prestige
The SAT was developed in order to provide children from public schools with a chance to demonstrate their fitness for college and to show they were as able as students from private high schools. It is therefore ironic that:
researchers now question how meritocratice the SAT is, because it may test knowledge that is biased against certain groups
A prominent hypothesis about the effect of family size on children's education outcomes is the:
resource dilution model
What is a reason for the decline in doctors' authority after 1990?
rising ability of nurse practitioners to treat patients
t's commonly perceived that the divorce rate has skyrocketed since the 1950s, but actually divorce rates in the United States have been:
rising steadily since 1900
When Susie takes up smoking, the cost of her insurance coverage goes up. This is a result of:
risk adjustment
Which term describes teh economy that revolves around providing intangible services such as restaurant work, health-care provision, higher education, legal advice, computer tech support, and massage?
service sector
According to your text, most frequent form of domestic violence is:
sibling on sibling
What is the relationship between birth weight and education?
siblings who weighed less at birth exhibit lower educational attainment than their heavier siblings
Jacqui is a student a a Catholic middle school. One day she is asked by friends from public school to skip school. Though Jacqui wants to be with her friends and is excited by the thought of breaking the rules, she decides not to go. She is concerned that if she were seen skipping school, her actions would reflect badly on her school, parents, and teachers. She also doesn't want to undermine the trust the adults have placed in her. This example illustrates how ___________ in Catholic Schools may influence behavior.
social capital
Cultural capital refers to:
social class based skills and resources that people inherit and can use to their advantage
Which term best describes teh division between individuals who have access to internet resources and those who do not within the United States?
social divide
The longevity discrepancy between blacks and whites may be a sign of:
social inequality
The green revolution has made it expensive for individual farms to survive on their own, so new collectives and cooperatives have emerged to bring together household farmers. Durkheim might call this a type of:
social solidarity
What are some of the unintended consequences of DNA testing?
social, psychological, and economic
Asians tend to have lower infant mortality rates than others in the US. This is most likely attributable to:
socioeconomic status
What is a problem caused by deforestation in Africa?
soil erosion
With regard to biological or genetic differences between people, sociologists have found that:
stigmatized minorities in all countries have lower IQ scores, lower educational attainment, and lower occupational status, indicating that social processes of stratification and stigmatization affect the life chances of these groups
Fee for service caused a situation where physicians could control the number of (often unnecessary) visits required for treatment. The problem was called:
supplier induced demand
One of the major reasons that lower status parents use more directives and teach their children to be more obedient than inquisitive is that they:
tend to have jobs that require them to be obedient and they want their children to learn this
Historically physicians did not have particularly high prestige, but their power did peak around:
the 1980s
Social capital is:
the collection of relationships that can facilitate the actions and behaviors of others
In families where both spouses work for wages, the second shift can best be described as:
the domestic tasks that fall disproportionately on women in addition to their paid work
Marx described workers as being alienated from:
the process of production, other people, and themselves
What is true concerning the domestic world of Ozzie and Harriet portrayed in the 1950s TV program?
the program portrayed an idealized version of American family life in 1950s
What is a trend that is true in the western world today regarding women and children?
the proportion of women who choose not to have children is on the rise
The global distribution of wealth is referred to as a "champagne glass distribution" because:
the top .5 percent of global adults own more than 1/3 of the world's wealth
What statement most accurately describes the notion of traditional family (stay at home mom and working father) in US history?
the traditional family was unique to a particular time in history(1950s) and can really be viewed as an aberration
Black and poor women in the US have come to rely on which of the following in order to manage child care and work responsibilities?
their extrafamilial female networks
What might be a reason that upper-status students score higher on SATs?
their parents are better able to obtain help for them, as in SAT prep courses and extra tutoring if they're doing poorly in school
What is a factor affecting the strong academic performance of Asian Americans?
there is a high degree of social capital in Asian American communities, and the community reinforces norms regarding education and parenting
What is true regarding single-parent families in the US and worldwide?
they are on the rise in the US and worldwide
Aries wrote that children of preindustrial families were:
thought of as small adults who didn't warrant any special treatment or nurturing
Post-feminist expectations for family and work today are:
to combine marriage to an egalitarian man with motherhood and a successful career.
What was a motivation of the welfare reforms of 1996?
to promote self-sufficiency and personal responsibility
One of the major reasons Native Americans were placed in boarding schools for 60 years was:
to socialize them to become "civilized" Americans
When classrooms are divided into ability levels, type of preparation, or according to future plans, it is called:
tracking
While HMO's might decrease prestige of physicians, they could also be detrimental to patients because a patient could be:
undertreated
Sociologists generally concur that the impact of divorce on children:
varies widely, but high levels of parental conflict are bad regardless of marriage or divorce.
One of the most interesting findings from the Coleman report was that:
when lower class students went to school with more upper status students, their grades improved
Reproductive technology has increased the number of multiple births, which leads to the ethical issue of:
whether to abort some of the embryos
Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich traveled around the country to study firsthand what it was like to "get by" working low-wage jobs. What is true about her experiences? (3 things)
with only herself to support and juggling 2 or more jobs, she still couldn't afford to live off her wages; she was surprised at how difficult her work was, and she was happy to go back to her old lifestyle; she sunk deeper into debt, regardless of the effort and time she put into her work
What is a reason men have higher mortality rates than women?
women are more likely to seek medical care
REcent trends indicate that weekly hours of housework done by men and women are converging. What indicates how household labor is divided by gender?
women do the housework, men help out
Why did the elderly who received more social security have higher mortality rates than the elderly who received less social security and had to work part time?
working had a positive impact on their longevity due to social interaction
