Midterm

A  not all rapists are sexual predators that can be tracked in the government’s sexual predator database

B  of the increasingly sexual environment in which we live

C  few women know their rapists, making it very difficult to arrest and prosecute them

D  there is a large difference between men’s and women’s definitions of forced sex

A  men are socialized to feel sexual entitlement and insensitive to the difference between consensual and nonconsensual sex

B  they rarely fight back in an attempt to minimize the experience

C  they have learned to accept forced sex as a means of self-preservation

D  they frequently dress in revealing clothing that excites men

A  True

B  False

A  Japanese American

B  Chinese American

C  German American

D  Italian American

A  the Hmong people’s extended family structure that allows for their elders to play a significant role in decision making

B  many Chicanos and Chicanas who incorporate certain indigenous practices into their religion

C  many Native American tribes in the United States who exercise their sovereignty through gaming and other enterprises

D  African Americans who do not value family because of the high rates of single-parent households

A  physical variations in human beings singled out by members of a community or society as socially significant

B  cultural practices and outlooks, including language, history, ancestry, religion, and styles of dress or adornment that tend to set people apart

C  the four clearly defined groups into which humans are categorized based on physical phenotype

D  a set of distinct physical characteristics that is the basis for a scientific classification of human beings

A  antiracism

B  prejudice

C  discrimination

D  racism

A  about the same

B  far more, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

C  $1 trillion less

D  far less, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

A  segregation

B  assimilation

C  pluralism

D  multiculturalism

A  the four clearly defined groups into which humans are categorized based on physical phenotype

B  a set of distinct physical characteristics that are the basis for a scientific classification of human beings

C  cultural practices and outlooks, including language, history, ancestry, religion, and styles of dress or adornment that tend to set people apart

D  physical variations in human beings singled out by members of a community or society as socially significant

A  Anthony Giddens

B  Émile Durkheim

C  Robert K. Merton

D  George Herbert Mead

A  socialization

B  social structure

C  rationalization

D  social construction

A  the random events or actions that occur within a building or concrete structure

B  a regularity or pattern in people’s behavior and relationships

C  the mental state or personality of an individual

D  any building constructed by more than one person

A  sociology is not concerned with empirical verification of theories

B  sociology should be considered a philosophy rather than a science

C  sociologists are primarily interested in predicting the future

D  sociology attempts to connect individual experiences to a conception of a larger social structure

A  Sex is a verb, while gender is a noun.

B  Sex refers to biological traits, while gender refers to social traits.

C  Sex refers to men, while gender refers to women.

D  Sex refers to aggressive behavior, while gender refers to expressive behavior.

A  an exchange of functions

B  an exchange of symbols

C  a conflict

D  a rational choice

A  double consciousness

B  organic solidarity

C  dialectical materialism

D  rationalization

A  Harriet Martineau

B  Emily Dickinson

C  Émile Durkheim

D  Jean Baudrillard

A  an introductory sociology class

B  the college or university you attend

C  the Beta chapter of Delta Gamma sorority

D  a block party in celebration of Independence Day

A  the influence of cultural ideas and values on social change and individual behavior

B  class struggles

C  the superiority of Western culture

D  the sense of aimlessness provoked by modern social life

A  capitalism

B  communism

C  socialism

D  Marxism

A  argued that social change causes anomie

B  argued that social change is caused by economic influences as opposed to values and ideas

C  argued for a social physics and scientific understanding

D  concentrated on postindustrial society as opposed to industrial society

A  Émile Durkheim

B  Harriet Martineau

C  Karl Marx

D  Max Weber

A  how society operates naturally

B  when the institutions of society function together as a whole

C  a source of social conflict in society

D  when people disagree on basic values and customs but work together anyway

A  the question of how to uniformly apply the definition of sexual harassment

B  a need to convince women to have more sex in order to avoid rape

C  a willingness on the part of men to use pressure, threats, coercion, and force to obtain sex

D  a culturally established overt pressure for women not to participate in any type of sex

A  sex desegregation

B  comparable worth policies

C  minimum wage laws

D  human capital policies

A  shift of women workers from industrial jobs to service jobs

B  burden of housework that awaits a woman when she returns home from work

C  fact that most women found it more acceptable to work from 5:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. rather than the first shift from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

D  fact that women are mothers from 3:00 P.M., when school is over, to 9:00 P.M., when the children go to sleep, followed by being a wife from 9:00 P.M. until the morning

A  sexual harassment

B  misogynistic attitude

C  misogynistic attitude

D  gender typing

A  patriarchy

B  masculinization

C  gender typing

D  oppression

A  in which men dominate economic and political institutions

B  in which chivalrous behavior from men is rewarded

C  that is dominated by radical feminists

D  that respects the traditional role of the male in society

A  radical and liberal

B  postmodern and radical

C  black and liberal

D  postmodern and black

A  that women have an unequal position in society

B  a rejection of the idea that gender has an influence on social life

C  that there is one feminist school of thought

D  a belief that the roots of gender inequality are biological

A  expressive role

B  sex role

C  instrumental role

D  gender role

A  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in women

B  both men and women engage in aggressive behavior

C  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in either men or women

D  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in men

A  social scientists are unable to understand gender roles in other societies

B  gender roles are culturally determined

C  gender roles are essentially the same everywhere with only minor variations

D  gender roles are biologically determined

A  gender

B  sexuality

C  sex

D  socialization

A  biological instinct

B  genetic hegemony

C  the decline of cultural values

D  a reproductive strategy

A  cultural identity

B  culture shock

C  ethnocentrism

D  cultural relativism

A  cultural relativism

B  multiculturalism

C  subcultures

D  assimilation

A  nonconformists

B  individualistic

C  subcultures

D  multiculturalists

A  industrial

B  hunting and gathering

C  agrarian

D  postindustrial

A  industrialization

B  pastoralism

C  agriculture

D  civilization

A  agrarian

B  hunting and gathering

C  horticultural and pastoral

D  industrial

A  amount and type of food gathered during the growing season

B  length of time in which a family resided with the community

C  gender and age of the community members

D  size of the family

A  horticultural and pastoral

B  industrial

C  agrarian

D  hunting and gathering

A  world languages develop over time

B  children learn their gender roles in American society

C  language shapes our perceptions and ways of thinking

D  family members play a critical role in personality development

A  norm

B  material good

C  cultural universal

D  value

A  a set of concrete rules of behavior

B  an abstract ideal about what is good and bad

C  an enduring system of interrelationships that connects individuals

D  guidelines of behavior for interacting with people from different cultures

A  laws that a society creates

B  concrete rules of behavior

C  modes of behavior shared by all human cultures

D  abstract ideals about what is good and bad