Exam 3

A  feminist theory

B  conflict theory

C  Symbolic Interactionism

D  functionalism

A  Sex is a social construct and gender is a biological construct.

B  Sex is biologically determined and gender is socially constructed.

C  Sex is never ambiguous but gender always is ambiguous.

D  There are no differences between the two.

A  doesn’t exist

B  is known as white privilege

C  is preferential treatment

D  is rerely seen

A  people’s sexual orientation

B  The personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being a male or female.

C  The secondary sex characteristics of men and women

D  The degree of inequality between men and women in a society

A  poor police work

B  prejudice discrimination

C  reverse discrimination

D  white privilege

A  Sexual desire is a fundamental requirement for a sexual harassment charge to be valid

B  Homosexuals are not a protected class and therefore are not covered by sexual harassment laws.

C  Sexual harassment laws apply to homosexuals who are harassed by heterosexuals or other homosexuals on the job.

D  Homosexuals can only file claims of sexual harassment if the aggressor was also a homosexual.

A  about 77 cents for every dollar men earn

B  about the same as men in the workplace.

C  earn half as much as their male counterparts.

D  more than men on the job

A  population transfer

B  genocide

C  forced assimilation

D  subjugation

A  symbolic interactionists

B  conflict theorists

C  none

D  functionalists theorists

A  intentional discrimination

B  unintentional institutional discrimination

C  environmental racism

D  accidental discrimination

A  feminism

B  the glass ceiling

C  the functionalist approach to sexism

D  sexism

A  Gender differences are the result of biological differences.

B  Gender differences are based on genetic dispositions.

C  Gender differences are based on social factors

D  Gender differences are based on physiological differences.

A  learned

B  inherited

C  genetically determined

D  philosophical

A  the greater the level of education, the more births to single women

B  the lower the level of education, the fewer births to single women

C  There is no relationship between the level of education and births to single women.

D  the greater the level of education, the fewer births to single women

A  “Minority groups” are not seen as synonomous with “subordinate” groups.

B  Sociologists use term “subordinate groups” instead of “minority.”

C  “Majorit”y groups are the same as subordinate groups

D  They wield the political power in a society.

A  would be an example of instutuional discrimination against groups , such as women, who on average, may not meet the requirement.

B  is not an example of institutional discrimination.

C  could be seen as racial profiling.

D  could be seen as an example of unintended individualistic discrimination.

A  usually true

B  false by definition; there are always exceptions to the generalizations.

C  almost always accurate statements.

D  sometimes true

A  non-prejudice discrimination

B  non-prejudice non-discrimination

C  prejudice discrimination

D  prejudice non-discrimination

A  stereotype

B  good jokes

C  prejudice

D  discrimination

A  Sandra Laing was black and her parents were white.

B  Both Sandra Laing and her parents were really black.

C  Sandra Laing’s race “changed” several times.

D  Sandra Laing was really white.

A  Richard and Mildred Loving found very little support from whites.

B  Because of social pressure, the couple divorced.

C  The ACLU took the Loving case to the Virginia Supreme Court, where the Court invalidated the Virginia anti-miscegenation statute in 1965.

D  The ACLU took the Loving case to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the Court invalidated all anti-miscegenation laws in 1967.

A  Brown v Board of Education

B  Plessy v Ferguson

C  Loving v Virginia

D  Bailey v. Patterson

A  between middlechildhood and early adolescence

B  about the age of three

C  during teenage years

D  not until adulthood

A  Implies a hostility to existing inequalities

B  Transfer of culture from one group to another

C  the deliberate extermination of a racial or ethnic group

D  The act, process, or state of being set apart

A  indebted servitude

B  peonage

C  chattel slavery

D  child slavery

A  tends to be quite similar in all cultures

B  is entirely dependent upon fixed biological characteristics

C  is based on biological factors only

D  varies, depending upon the society in which its meaning is constructed

A  enforced norms of endogamy

B  movement up and down the class ladder

C  ownership of one group of people by another

D  class distinction for life based on ascription

A  Is similar to a caste system, but not as extreme.

B  It is not an example of a stratified system.

C  It is closed system of stratification in which a person’s social position is defined by law, and membership is determined primarily by inheritance.

D  It is a segment of a society that has legally established rights and duties.

A  well-developed dependency theory.

B  a well-developed funtionalist approach to global inequality.

C  a conflict approach to inequality.

D  One of the theoretical perspectives on global stratification.

A  The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.

B  Different positions in society make different levels of contributions to the well-being and preservation of society.

C  Social inequality emerges through the domination of one or more groups by other groups.

D  Filling the more complex and important positions in society often requires talent that is scarce and has a long period of training.

A  Canada is an example of a less developed nation.

B  Japan is an example of a more-developed nation.

C  Many coutries in central Africa are more developed nations.

D  The United States is now a less-developed country.

A  intergenerational mobility

B  structural mobility

C  horizontal social mobility

D  downward social mobility

A  Class is an example of an open system.

B  Social mobility is possible in open systems.

C  Caste is an example of a closed system

D  Membership in closed systems is based on achieved statuses.

A  was embraced by conflict theorists

B  was eventually disproven

C  was an interactionist attempt to explain stratification.

D  was an early functionalist attempt to explain why stratification exists.

A  income

B  amount of wealth

C  sports

D  family background

A  social class

B  upward social mobility

C  social stratification

D  structural mobility

A  caste

B  class

C  social class

D  ethnicity