Examination 3

A  ageism.

B  an abundance of caution.

C  normal rationing.

D  sexism.

A  100

B  101

C  110

D  105

A  biological in nature.

B  achieved statuses.

C  ascribed statuses.

D  role conflicts.

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

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

C  Native Americans came to the United States involuntarily.

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

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

B  categories of  elder abuse do not include neglect.

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

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

A  women earn less than men because they take longer to finish college.

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

C  when women have no children and have worked as long as men have worked, they are paid equally.

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

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

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

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

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

A  psychosomatic aging.

B  secondary aging.

C  tertiary aging.

D  insanity.

E  primary aging.

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

B  most African Americans came to the United States involuntarily.

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

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

A  interactionist perspective.

B  evolutionary perspective.

C  functionalist perspective.

D  conflict perspective.

A  functionalist perspective.

B  interactionist perspective.

C  feminist perspective.

D  conflict perspective.

E  evolutionary perspective.

A  the number of women in a population per 100,000 men,

B  the frequency with which older adults engage in sexual intercourse.

C  the number of men in a population per 100 women.

D  the ration of sexual encounters in older adults vs. the frequency in younger people.

A  the Millennial Generation.

B  the lost Generation.

C  Gen X.

D  the Baby Boom.

A  meritocracy.

B  oligarchy of elders.

C  gerontocracy.

D  age-stratified society.

A  Selective optimization with compensation theory.

B  Subculture of aging theory.

C  Gerotranscendence.

D  Age stratification theory.

A  Age stratification theory.

B  Functionalist theory.

C  Continuity theory.

D  Exchange theory.

E  Modernization theory.

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

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

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

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

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

A  Being suspected of shoplifting by sales clerks.

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

C  Being carded to prove their Senior Citizen status.

D  Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.

E  Being talked down to by gas station attendants.

A  It is the comparison of grandparents to parents.

B  It is the comparison of children to parents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Exchange theory.

B  Functionalism.

C  Symbolic interactionism.

D  Conflict theory.

A  the United States.

B  Nigeria.

C  England.

D  Sweden.

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

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

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

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

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

A  Functionalism.

B  Cyberfeminism.

C  Conflict theory.

D  Symbolic interactionism.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  gender dysphoria.

B  heterosexism.

C  homophobia.

D  a double standard.

A  a person’s capacity for sexual feelings.

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

C  the repressed sexual inclinations of society as a whole.

D  an individual’s biological/reproductive category.

A  homophobia.

B  sexual orientation.

C  a “crush” on her boss.

D  sexism.

E  amalgamation.

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

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

C  a person’s biological/reproductive category.

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

A  Symbolic interactionism.

B  Functionalism.

C  Conflict theory.

D  Behaviorism.

A  ethnocentrism.

B  racial steering.

C  perpetuity.

D  institutional racism/discrimination.

A  expulsion.

B  pluralism.

C  de jure segregation.

D  assimilation.

E  de facto segregation.

A  the integration of diverse cultural concepts into a public school curriculum.

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 process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture

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

D  Paolo assuming his neighbor likes rap music because he is African American.

A  preferential treatment of minorities.

B  Communism.

C  expulsion.

D  racial steering.

E  genocide.

A  intersection theory.

B  scapegoat theory.

C  the culture of prejudice.

D  genocide.

A  scapegoat theory.

B  the social construction of race.

C  white privilege.

D  pluralism.

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

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

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