Examination 3

A  ageism.

B  sexism.

C  normal rationing.

D  an abundance of caution.

A  100

B  105

C  101

D  110

A  achieved statuses.

B  role conflicts.

C  ascribed statuses.

D  biological in nature.

A  Native Americans were poor when they came to the United States

B  Native Americans occupied the U.S. when European settlers first arrived.

C  Native Americans were free to leave the United States if they didn’t like it.

D  Native Americans came to the United States involuntarily.

A  many elderly are abused by a paid caregiver or one who is dependent on the elder.

B  elder abuse is actually a myth—perpetrated by members of AARP who want attention.

C  elderly who live alone are at greater risk than those who live with a relative.

D  categories of  elder abuse do not include neglect.

A  women earn less than men because they do more poorly in high school and college.

B  when women have no children and have worked as long as men have worked, they are paid equally.

C  women earn less than men because they take longer to finish college.

D  in none of the occupations studied do women earn more than men.

A  To question the ways society perceives and experiences sex, gender, and sexuality.

B  To examine the genetic differences between the heterosexual population and homosexual (in old slang, “queer”) population.

C  To propose a series of federal laws that will put an end to many social inequalities.

D  To determine whether sexual orientation is a product of nature or nurture.

A  insanity.

B  secondary aging.

C  tertiary aging.

D  psychosomatic aging.

E  primary aging.

A  African Americans were poor when they came to the United States.

B  most African Americans came to the United States involuntarily.

C  African Americans have had access to “investment clubs” to help them succeed.

D  African Americans were free to leave the United States if they didn’t like it.

A  interactionist perspective.

B  conflict perspective.

C  functionalist perspective.

D  evolutionary perspective.

A  feminist perspective.

B  evolutionary perspective.

C  interactionist perspective.

D  conflict perspective.

E  functionalist perspective.

A  the frequency with which older adults engage in sexual intercourse.

B  the ration of sexual encounters in older adults vs. the frequency in younger people.

C  the number of women in a population per 100,000 men,

D  the number of men in a population per 100 women.

A  the Baby Boom.

B  the lost Generation.

C  the Millennial Generation.

D  Gen X.

A  meritocracy.

B  age-stratified society.

C  oligarchy of elders.

D  gerontocracy.

A  Age stratification theory.

B  Subculture of aging theory.

C  Gerotranscendence.

D  Selective optimization with compensation theory.

A  Continuity theory.

B  Age stratification theory.

C  Functionalist theory.

D  Exchange theory.

E  Modernization theory.

A  As people age, they disengage with their friends in order to spend more time with their families.

B  As people age, they begin to lose their friends and family and spend their last days mourning their losses.

C  As people age, ideas of romance and intimacy become distasteful.

D  As people age, they think less and less about being married to their spouse, and more about their individuality.

E  As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society.

A  Being talked down to by gas station attendants.

B  Being suspected of shoplifting by sales clerks.

C  Being hit on by young men in search of “cougars” and “sugar Mamas”.

D  Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.

E  Being carded to prove their Senior Citizen status.

A  It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.

B  It is the comparison of grandparents to parents.

C  It is the comparison of healthcare professionals to the elderly.

D  It is the comparison of children to parents.

A  Making Social Security a private program, much like insurance or a 401(k).

B  Paying Social Security to people who paid the tax; cut out any spouses or dependents who might benefit.

C  Increasing the work week to 45 hours so that there is more money coming into the program.

D  Increasing the age at which someone can start collecting Social Security.

A  Gray is culturally considered beautiful and thus people are bleaching their hair.

B  With industrialization and the building of big cities, there is very little green nature left and everything is the color of cement.

C  The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.

D  Refers to the fact that so many older adults are “behind grey prison walls”.

A  A teacher discouraging a female student from entering the military, suggesting nursing school instead.

B  A father buying a basketball hoop for his daughter’s eighth birthday.

C  Keisha’s mom encouraging her to take home economics rather than shop classes so she can please her future husband.

D  A music store employee encouraging a young woman to study the piano or flute instead of the drums or guitar.

A  Conflict theory.

B  Symbolic interactionism.

C  Functionalism.

D  Exchange theory.

A  Sweden.

B  Nigeria.

C  the United States.

D  England.

A  the prejudiced belief that one sex should be valued over another.

B  the refusal to participate in any tasks with gender-specific requirements.

C  dating a member of the same sex to make a political statement.

D  when people conduct themselves and perform tasks based upon the gender assigned to them by society.

E  all of these are examples of “doing gender”.

A  Functionalism.

B  Cyberfeminism.

C  Conflict theory.

D  Symbolic interactionism.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  homophobia.

B  gender dysphoria.

C  heterosexism.

D  a double standard.

A  an individual’s sense of being either masculine or feminine.

B  a person’s capacity for sexual feelings.

C  an individual’s biological/reproductive category.

D  the repressed sexual inclinations of society as a whole.

A  amalgamation.

B  sexual orientation.

C  a “crush” on her boss.

D  sexism.

E  homophobia.

A  a person’s biological/reproductive category.

B  a person’s emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex.

C  in Freudian Theory, a phase which a person outgrows before entering heterosexuality.

D  a term that refers to individuals who identify with the behaviors and characteristics  that are opposite of their biological sex.

A  Symbolic interactionism.

B  Conflict theory.

C  Behaviorism.

D  Functionalism.

A  racial steering.

B  perpetuity.

C  ethnocentrism.

D  institutional racism/discrimination.

A  de facto segregation.

B  expulsion.

C  de jure segregation.

D  pluralism.

E  assimilation.

A  the process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture

B  the deliberate annihilation of a targeted, usually subordinate, group.

C  the physical separation of groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions.

D  the integration of diverse cultural concepts into a public school curriculum.

A  Isaiah cooking his girlfriend a meat-free dinner because she is a vegetarian.

B  Cynthia believing her best friend is good at math because she is Asian.

C  Paolo assuming his neighbor likes rap music because he is African American.

D  Maria assuming her son-in-law is a heavy drinker because he is Irish.

A  preferential treatment of minorities.

B  genocide.

C  Communism.

D  racial steering.

E  expulsion.

A  intersection theory.

B  the culture of prejudice.

C  genocide.

D  scapegoat theory.

A  pluralism.

B  the social construction of race.

C  scapegoat theory.

D  white privilege.

A  Kiki being told she’ll find math difficult because she is a girl.

B  Ral estate agents directing white clients to look for housing in certain neighborhoods, and non-white clients to others.

C  The Trail of Tears, when the United States government forced Native Americans to permanently leave their homes and territory.

D  Jose’s parents not allowing him to date Martha because she is of a different background.

E  All of these are examples of racial steering.