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A  of the increasingly sexual environment in which we live

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

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  they frequently dress in revealing clothing that excites men

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

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

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

A  True

B  False

A  Italian American

B  German American

C  Japanese American

D  Chinese American

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  antiracism

B  discrimination

C  racism

D  prejudice

A  about the same

B  $1 trillion less

C  far more, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

D  far less, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

A  segregation

B  multiculturalism

C  pluralism

D  assimilation

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

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

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

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  George Herbert Mead

C  Anthony Giddens

D  Émile Durkheim

A  social structure

B  social construction

C  rationalization

D  socialization

A  the mental state or personality of an individual

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

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

D  any building constructed by more than one person

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

B  sociology is not concerned with empirical verification of theories

C  sociologists are primarily interested in predicting the future

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

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

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

A  a rational choice

B  an exchange of symbols

C  a conflict

D  an exchange of functions

A  organic solidarity

B  rationalization

C  double consciousness

D  dialectical materialism

A  Jean Baudrillard

B  Emily Dickinson

C  Émile Durkheim

D  Harriet Martineau

A  the Beta chapter of Delta Gamma sorority

B  an introductory sociology class

C  the college or university you attend

D  a block party in celebration of Independence Day

A  the superiority of Western culture

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

C  class struggles

D  the sense of aimlessness provoked by modern social life

A  Marxism

B  socialism

C  communism

D  capitalism

A  argued that social change causes anomie

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

C  concentrated on postindustrial society as opposed to industrial society

D  argued for a social physics and scientific understanding

A  Émile Durkheim

B  Max Weber

C  Harriet Martineau

D  Karl Marx

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

B  how society operates naturally

C  a source of social conflict in society

D  when the institutions of society function together as a whole

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  minimum wage laws

C  comparable worth policies

D  human capital policies

A  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

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

D  shift of women workers from industrial jobs to service jobs

A  sexual harassment

B  misogynistic attitude

C  gender typing

D  misogynistic attitude

A  gender typing

B  masculinization

C  patriarchy

D  oppression

A  in which chivalrous behavior from men is rewarded

B  in which men dominate economic and political institutions

C  that is dominated by radical feminists

D  that respects the traditional role of the male in society

A  postmodern and radical

B  radical and liberal

C  black and liberal

D  postmodern and black

A  a belief that the roots of gender inequality are biological

B  that women have an unequal position in society

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

D  that there is one feminist school of thought

A  sex role

B  expressive role

C  instrumental role

D  gender role

A  both men and women engage in aggressive behavior

B  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in either men or women

C  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in men

D  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in women

A  gender roles are culturally 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 biologically determined

A  socialization

B  gender

C  sexuality

D  sex

A  genetic hegemony

B  biological instinct

C  the decline of cultural values

D  a reproductive strategy

A  cultural relativism

B  cultural identity

C  ethnocentrism

D  culture shock

A  cultural relativism

B  multiculturalism

C  subcultures

D  assimilation

A  individualistic

B  multiculturalists

C  nonconformists

D  subcultures

A  agrarian

B  industrial

C  hunting and gathering

D  postindustrial

A  industrialization

B  civilization

C  pastoralism

D  agriculture

A  horticultural and pastoral

B  agrarian

C  industrial

D  hunting and gathering

A  size of the family

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

C  amount and type of food gathered during the growing season

D  gender and age of the community members

A  industrial

B  horticultural and pastoral

C  agrarian

D  hunting and gathering

A  language shapes our perceptions and ways of thinking

B  family members play a critical role in personality development

C  children learn their gender roles in American society

D  world languages develop over time

A  material good

B  cultural universal

C  value

D  norm

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  concrete rules of behavior

B  laws that a society creates

C  abstract ideals about what is good and bad

D  modes of behavior shared by all human cultures