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

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

A  they frequently dress in revealing clothing that excites men

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

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

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  Italian American

C  German American

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

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

A  antiracism

B  racism

C  discrimination

D  prejudice

A  about the same

B  far less, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

C  $1 trillion less

D  far more, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

A  pluralism

B  assimilation

C  multiculturalism

D  segregation

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

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

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

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

A  Anthony Giddens

B  Robert K. Merton

C  Émile Durkheim

D  George Herbert Mead

A  rationalization

B  socialization

C  social structure

D  social construction

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  sociology should be considered a philosophy rather than a science

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

D  sociologists are primarily interested in predicting the future

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

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

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

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

A  a conflict

B  a rational choice

C  an exchange of functions

D  an exchange of symbols

A  dialectical materialism

B  double consciousness

C  organic solidarity

D  rationalization

A  Émile Durkheim

B  Emily Dickinson

C  Harriet Martineau

D  Jean Baudrillard

A  a block party in celebration of Independence Day

B  the college or university you attend

C  an introductory sociology class

D  the Beta chapter of Delta Gamma sorority

A  the superiority of Western culture

B  the sense of aimlessness provoked by modern social life

C  class struggles

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

A  capitalism

B  socialism

C  communism

D  Marxism

A  concentrated on postindustrial society as opposed to industrial society

B  argued for a social physics and scientific understanding

C  argued that social change causes anomie

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

A  Émile Durkheim

B  Max Weber

C  Harriet Martineau

D  Karl Marx

A  how society operates naturally

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

C  a source of social conflict in society

D  when the institutions of society function together as a whole

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  human capital policies

C  comparable worth policies

D  minimum wage laws

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

B  shift of women workers from industrial jobs to service jobs

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  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.

A  misogynistic attitude

B  misogynistic attitude

C  sexual harassment

D  gender typing

A  gender typing

B  masculinization

C  patriarchy

D  oppression

A  in which men dominate economic and political institutions

B  that respects the traditional role of the male in society

C  in which chivalrous behavior from men is rewarded

D  that is dominated by radical feminists

A  postmodern and radical

B  radical and liberal

C  black and liberal

D  postmodern and black

A  that there is one feminist school of thought

B  that women have an unequal position in society

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

D  a belief that the roots of gender inequality are biological

A  sex role

B  expressive role

C  instrumental role

D  gender role

A  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in women

B  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in men

C  both men and women engage in aggressive behavior

D  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in either men or women

A  gender roles are culturally determined

B  gender roles are biologically determined

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

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

A  gender

B  socialization

C  sexuality

D  sex

A  the decline of cultural values

B  biological instinct

C  genetic hegemony

D  a reproductive strategy

A  culture shock

B  cultural identity

C  ethnocentrism

D  cultural relativism

A  multiculturalism

B  cultural relativism

C  subcultures

D  assimilation

A  individualistic

B  subcultures

C  nonconformists

D  multiculturalists

A  industrial

B  postindustrial

C  hunting and gathering

D  agrarian

A  agriculture

B  civilization

C  pastoralism

D  industrialization

A  hunting and gathering

B  horticultural and pastoral

C  industrial

D  agrarian

A  amount and type of food gathered during the growing season

B  size of the family

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

D  gender and age of the community members

A  industrial

B  hunting and gathering

C  horticultural and pastoral

D  agrarian

A  world languages develop over time

B  language shapes our perceptions and ways of thinking

C  children learn their gender roles in American society

D  family members play a critical role in personality development

A  material good

B  norm

C  cultural universal

D  value

A  a set of concrete rules of behavior

B  guidelines of behavior for interacting with people from different cultures

C  an abstract ideal about what is good and bad

D  an enduring system of interrelationships that connects individuals

A  concrete rules of behavior

B  abstract ideals about what is good and bad

C  modes of behavior shared by all human cultures

D  laws that a society creates