Exam 3

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  conflict theory

C  feminist theory

D  functionalism

A  Sex is a social construct and gender is a biological construct.

B  Sex is biologically determined and gender is socially constructed.

C  Sex is never ambiguous but gender always is ambiguous.

D  There are no differences between the two.

A  doesn’t exist

B  is preferential treatment

C  is rerely seen

D  is known as white privilege

A  The secondary sex characteristics of men and women

B  people’s sexual orientation

C  The degree of inequality between men and women in a society

D  The personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being a male or female.

A  poor police work

B  prejudice discrimination

C  white privilege

D  reverse discrimination

A  Sexual desire is a fundamental requirement for a sexual harassment charge to be valid

B  Homosexuals are not a protected class and therefore are not covered by sexual harassment laws.

C  Sexual harassment laws apply to homosexuals who are harassed by heterosexuals or other homosexuals on the job.

D  Homosexuals can only file claims of sexual harassment if the aggressor was also a homosexual.

A  earn half as much as their male counterparts.

B  about 77 cents for every dollar men earn

C  more than men on the job

D  about the same as men in the workplace.

A  genocide

B  subjugation

C  population transfer

D  forced assimilation

A  none

B  functionalists theorists

C  conflict theorists

D  symbolic interactionists

A  accidental discrimination

B  environmental racism

C  unintentional institutional discrimination

D  intentional discrimination

A  feminism

B  the functionalist approach to sexism

C  the glass ceiling

D  sexism

A  Gender differences are based on social factors

B  Gender differences are based on genetic dispositions.

C  Gender differences are the result of biological differences.

D  Gender differences are based on physiological differences.

A  inherited

B  learned

C  genetically determined

D  philosophical

A  There is no relationship between the level of education and births to single women.

B  the lower the level of education, the fewer births to single women

C  the greater the level of education, the more births to single women

D  the greater the level of education, the fewer births to single women

A  “Minority groups” are not seen as synonomous with “subordinate” groups.

B  “Majorit”y groups are the same as subordinate groups

C  Sociologists use term “subordinate groups” instead of “minority.”

D  They wield the political power in a society.

A  would be an example of instutuional discrimination against groups , such as women, who on average, may not meet the requirement.

B  is not an example of institutional discrimination.

C  could be seen as an example of unintended individualistic discrimination.

D  could be seen as racial profiling.

A  sometimes true

B  usually true

C  almost always accurate statements.

D  false by definition; there are always exceptions to the generalizations.

A  non-prejudice non-discrimination

B  non-prejudice discrimination

C  prejudice discrimination

D  prejudice non-discrimination

A  good jokes

B  stereotype

C  prejudice

D  discrimination

A  Both Sandra Laing and her parents were really black.

B  Sandra Laing was black and her parents were white.

C  Sandra Laing’s race “changed” several times.

D  Sandra Laing was really white.

A  Richard and Mildred Loving found very little support from whites.

B  The ACLU took the Loving case to the Virginia Supreme Court, where the Court invalidated the Virginia anti-miscegenation statute in 1965.

C  The ACLU took the Loving case to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the Court invalidated all anti-miscegenation laws in 1967.

D  Because of social pressure, the couple divorced.

A  Brown v Board of Education

B  Loving v Virginia

C  Plessy v Ferguson

D  Bailey v. Patterson

A  during teenage years

B  between middlechildhood and early adolescence

C  about the age of three

D  not until adulthood

A  Transfer of culture from one group to another

B  the deliberate extermination of a racial or ethnic group

C  The act, process, or state of being set apart

D  Implies a hostility to existing inequalities

A  peonage

B  child slavery

C  chattel slavery

D  indebted servitude

A  tends to be quite similar in all cultures

B  varies, depending upon the society in which its meaning is constructed

C  is based on biological factors only

D  is entirely dependent upon fixed biological characteristics

A  ownership of one group of people by another

B  class distinction for life based on ascription

C  movement up and down the class ladder

D  enforced norms of endogamy

A  It is not an example of a stratified system.

B  It is closed system of stratification in which a person’s social position is defined by law, and membership is determined primarily by inheritance.

C  Is similar to a caste system, but not as extreme.

D  It is a segment of a society that has legally established rights and duties.

A  a well-developed funtionalist approach to global inequality.

B  One of the theoretical perspectives on global stratification.

C  a conflict approach to inequality.

D  well-developed dependency theory.

A  Social inequality emerges through the domination of one or more groups by other groups.

B  Different positions in society make different levels of contributions to the well-being and preservation of society.

C  The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.

D  Filling the more complex and important positions in society often requires talent that is scarce and has a long period of training.

A  Japan is an example of a more-developed nation.

B  The United States is now a less-developed country.

C  Canada is an example of a less developed nation.

D  Many coutries in central Africa are more developed nations.

A  horizontal social mobility

B  structural mobility

C  intergenerational mobility

D  downward social mobility

A  Class is an example of an open system.

B  Social mobility is possible in open systems.

C  Caste is an example of a closed system

D  Membership in closed systems is based on achieved statuses.

A  was an early functionalist attempt to explain why stratification exists.

B  was eventually disproven

C  was embraced by conflict theorists

D  was an interactionist attempt to explain stratification.

A  amount of wealth

B  sports

C  family background

D  income

A  social class

B  upward social mobility

C  structural mobility

D  social stratification

A  class

B  ethnicity

C  social class

D  caste