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A  of the increasingly sexual environment in which we live

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

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

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

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

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

C  they frequently dress in revealing clothing that excites men

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

A  True

B  False

A  Chinese American

B  German American

C  Italian American

D  Japanese American

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

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

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

B  a set of distinct physical characteristics that is 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  racism

B  prejudice

C  discrimination

D  antiracism

A  far more, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

B  about the same

C  far less, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

D  $1 trillion less

A  assimilation

B  multiculturalism

C  pluralism

D  segregation

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

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

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

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

A  Robert K. Merton

B  Émile Durkheim

C  George Herbert Mead

D  Anthony Giddens

A  social construction

B  social structure

C  rationalization

D  socialization

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

B  the mental state or personality of an individual

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

D  any building constructed by more than one person

A  sociology is not concerned with empirical verification of theories

B  sociologists are primarily interested in predicting the future

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

D  sociology should be considered a philosophy rather than a science

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

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

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 symbols

B  a conflict

C  an exchange of functions

D  a rational choice

A  organic solidarity

B  rationalization

C  dialectical materialism

D  double consciousness

A  Emily Dickinson

B  Harriet Martineau

C  Émile Durkheim

D  Jean Baudrillard

A  the Beta chapter of Delta Gamma sorority

B  a block party in celebration of Independence Day

C  an introductory sociology class

D  the college or university you attend

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  Marxism

B  capitalism

C  communism

D  socialism

A  argued that social change causes anomie

B  concentrated on postindustrial society as opposed to industrial society

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

D  argued for a social physics and scientific understanding

A  Max Weber

B  Harriet Martineau

C  Émile Durkheim

D  Karl Marx

A  when the institutions of society function together as a whole

B  a source of social conflict in society

C  how society operates naturally

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

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

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

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

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

A  sex desegregation

B  comparable worth policies

C  human capital policies

D  minimum wage laws

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

B  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.

C  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

D  shift of women workers from industrial jobs to service jobs

A  misogynistic attitude

B  misogynistic attitude

C  sexual harassment

D  gender typing

A  patriarchy

B  oppression

C  masculinization

D  gender typing

A  that respects the traditional role of the male in society

B  that is dominated by radical feminists

C  in which chivalrous behavior from men is rewarded

D  in which men dominate economic and political institutions

A  postmodern and radical

B  black and liberal

C  postmodern and black

D  radical and liberal

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  gender role

B  expressive role

C  instrumental role

D  sex role

A  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in women

B  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in either men or women

C  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in men

D  both men and women engage in aggressive behavior

A  gender roles are biologically determined

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

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

D  gender roles are culturally determined

A  socialization

B  sex

C  gender

D  sexuality

A  the decline of cultural values

B  genetic hegemony

C  a reproductive strategy

D  biological instinct

A  culture shock

B  ethnocentrism

C  cultural relativism

D  cultural identity

A  subcultures

B  cultural relativism

C  multiculturalism

D  assimilation

A  individualistic

B  subcultures

C  nonconformists

D  multiculturalists

A  hunting and gathering

B  agrarian

C  postindustrial

D  industrial

A  civilization

B  pastoralism

C  agriculture

D  industrialization

A  agrarian

B  horticultural and pastoral

C  industrial

D  hunting and gathering

A  size of the family

B  gender and age of the community members

C  amount and type of food gathered during the growing season

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

A  agrarian

B  hunting and gathering

C  industrial

D  horticultural and pastoral

A  family members play a critical role in personality development

B  children learn their gender roles in American society

C  world languages develop over time

D  language shapes our perceptions and ways of thinking

A  material good

B  norm

C  cultural universal

D  value

A  a set of concrete rules of behavior

B  an enduring system of interrelationships that connects individuals

C  an abstract ideal about what is good and bad

D  guidelines of behavior for interacting with people from different cultures

A  modes of behavior shared by all human cultures

B  abstract ideals about what is good and bad

C  laws that a society creates

D  concrete rules of behavior