Exam 3

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  feminist theory

C  functionalism

D  conflict theory

A  Sex is never ambiguous but gender always is ambiguous.

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

C  There are no differences between the two.

D  Sex is biologically determined and gender is socially constructed.

A  is known as white privilege

B  is rerely seen

C  is preferential treatment

D  doesn’t exist

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

B  people’s sexual orientation

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

D  The secondary sex characteristics of men and women

A  reverse discrimination

B  white privilege

C  prejudice discrimination

D  poor police work

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

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

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

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

A  about 77 cents for every dollar men earn

B  earn half as much as their male counterparts.

C  about the same as men in the workplace.

D  more than men on the job

A  population transfer

B  genocide

C  forced assimilation

D  subjugation

A  symbolic interactionists

B  functionalists theorists

C  conflict theorists

D  none

A  intentional discrimination

B  accidental discrimination

C  unintentional institutional discrimination

D  environmental racism

A  the functionalist approach to sexism

B  feminism

C  sexism

D  the glass ceiling

A  Gender differences are based on physiological differences.

B  Gender differences are the result of biological differences.

C  Gender differences are based on genetic dispositions.

D  Gender differences are based on social factors

A  inherited

B  genetically determined

C  learned

D  philosophical

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

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

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

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

A  They wield the political power in a society.

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

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

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

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  almost always accurate statements.

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

C  usually true

D  sometimes true

A  prejudice non-discrimination

B  prejudice discrimination

C  non-prejudice discrimination

D  non-prejudice non-discrimination

A  discrimination

B  good jokes

C  stereotype

D  prejudice

A  Sandra Laing was black and her parents were white.

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

C  Sandra Laing was really white.

D  Both Sandra Laing and her parents were really black.

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

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

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

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  about the age of three

B  not until adulthood

C  between middlechildhood and early adolescence

D  during teenage years

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

B  Implies a hostility to existing inequalities

C  the deliberate extermination of a racial or ethnic group

D  Transfer of culture from one group to another

A  child slavery

B  chattel slavery

C  peonage

D  indebted servitude

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

B  tends to be quite similar in all cultures

C  is entirely dependent upon fixed biological characteristics

D  is based on biological factors only

A  enforced norms of endogamy

B  class distinction for life based on ascription

C  movement up and down the class ladder

D  ownership of one group of people by another

A  It is not an example of a stratified system.

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

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

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

A  a conflict approach to inequality.

B  One of the theoretical perspectives on global stratification.

C  a well-developed funtionalist approach to global inequality.

D  well-developed dependency theory.

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

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

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  Many coutries in central Africa are more developed nations.

C  Canada is an example of a less developed nation.

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

A  horizontal social mobility

B  downward social mobility

C  structural mobility

D  intergenerational mobility

A  Membership in closed systems is based on achieved statuses.

B  Class is an example of an open system.

C  Caste is an example of a closed system

D  Social mobility is possible in open systems.

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

B  was embraced by conflict theorists

C  was eventually disproven

D  was an interactionist attempt to explain stratification.

A  income

B  amount of wealth

C  sports

D  family background

A  social stratification

B  social class

C  structural mobility

D  upward social mobility

A  ethnicity

B  social class

C  caste

D  class