Examination 3

A  ageism.

B  sexism.

C  an abundance of caution.

D  normal rationing.

A  100

B  105

C  101

D  110

A  ascribed statuses.

B  role conflicts.

C  biological in nature.

D  achieved statuses.

A  Native Americans came to the United States involuntarily.

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

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

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

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

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

C  categories of  elder abuse do not include neglect.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  insanity.

B  psychosomatic aging.

C  secondary aging.

D  tertiary aging.

E  primary aging.

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

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

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

D  most African Americans came to the United States involuntarily.

A  conflict perspective.

B  evolutionary perspective.

C  interactionist perspective.

D  functionalist perspective.

A  interactionist perspective.

B  feminist perspective.

C  functionalist perspective.

D  conflict perspective.

E  evolutionary 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  Gen X.

B  the lost Generation.

C  the Millennial Generation.

D  the Baby Boom.

A  oligarchy of elders.

B  gerontocracy.

C  meritocracy.

D  age-stratified society.

A  Gerotranscendence.

B  Selective optimization with compensation theory.

C  Subculture of aging theory.

D  Age stratification theory.

A  Continuity theory.

B  Age stratification theory.

C  Functionalist theory.

D  Modernization theory.

E  Exchange theory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

B  Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.

C  Being talked down to by gas station attendants.

D  Being carded to prove their Senior Citizen status.

E  Being suspected of shoplifting by sales clerks.

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

B  It is the comparison of children to parents.

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

D  It is the comparison of grandparents to parents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Exchange theory.

B  Symbolic interactionism.

C  Conflict theory.

D  Functionalism.

A  England.

B  Sweden.

C  Nigeria.

D  the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

A  Functionalism.

B  Conflict theory.

C  Symbolic interactionism.

D  Cyberfeminism.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  heterosexism.

B  gender dysphoria.

C  a double standard.

D  homophobia.

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

B  an individual’s biological/reproductive category.

C  a person’s capacity for sexual feelings.

D  the repressed sexual inclinations of society as a whole.

A  amalgamation.

B  sexism.

C  homophobia.

D  a “crush” on her boss.

E  sexual orientation.

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

B  a person’s biological/reproductive category.

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

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

A  Functionalism.

B  Symbolic interactionism.

C  Behaviorism.

D  Conflict theory.

A  racial steering.

B  ethnocentrism.

C  perpetuity.

D  institutional racism/discrimination.

A  assimilation.

B  expulsion.

C  de facto segregation.

D  pluralism.

E  de jure segregation.

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

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

A  racial steering.

B  Communism.

C  genocide.

D  expulsion.

E  preferential treatment of minorities.

A  genocide.

B  the culture of prejudice.

C  scapegoat theory.

D  intersection theory.

A  white privilege.

B  the social construction of race.

C  scapegoat theory.

D  pluralism.

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

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

C  All of these are examples of racial steering.

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

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