Midterm

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

B  of the increasingly sexual environment in which we live

C  there is a large difference between men’s and women’s definitions of forced sex

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

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

B  they frequently dress in revealing clothing that excites men

C  men are socialized to feel sexual entitlement and insensitive to the difference between consensual and nonconsensual sex

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

A  True

B  False

A  German American

B  Chinese American

C  Japanese American

D  Italian American

A  many Native American tribes in the United States who exercise their sovereignty through gaming and other enterprises

B  many Chicanos and Chicanas who incorporate certain indigenous practices into their religion

C  African Americans who do not value family because of the high rates of single-parent households

D  the Hmong people’s extended family structure that allows for their elders to play a significant role in decision making

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

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

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

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

A  prejudice

B  racism

C  discrimination

D  antiracism

A  $1 trillion less

B  far less, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

C  about the same

D  far more, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

A  pluralism

B  assimilation

C  multiculturalism

D  segregation

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

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

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

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

A  Robert K. Merton

B  George Herbert Mead

C  Anthony Giddens

D  Émile Durkheim

A  socialization

B  rationalization

C  social construction

D  social structure

A  any building constructed by more than one person

B  a regularity or pattern in people’s behavior and relationships

C  the mental state or personality of an individual

D  the random events or actions that occur within a building or concrete structure

A  sociology is not concerned with empirical verification of theories

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

C  sociologists are primarily interested in predicting the future

D  sociology should be considered a philosophy rather than a science

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

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

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

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

A  a rational choice

B  an exchange of symbols

C  a conflict

D  an exchange of functions

A  double consciousness

B  organic solidarity

C  dialectical materialism

D  rationalization

A  Emily Dickinson

B  Harriet Martineau

C  Émile Durkheim

D  Jean Baudrillard

A  the Beta chapter of Delta Gamma sorority

B  a block party in celebration of Independence Day

C  an introductory sociology class

D  the college or university you attend

A  class struggles

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

C  the superiority of Western culture

D  the sense of aimlessness provoked by modern social life

A  communism

B  capitalism

C  socialism

D  Marxism

A  argued for a social physics and scientific understanding

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

C  concentrated on postindustrial society as opposed to industrial society

D  argued that social change causes anomie

A  Karl Marx

B  Émile Durkheim

C  Max Weber

D  Harriet Martineau

A  when the institutions of society function together as a whole

B  how society operates naturally

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

D  a source of social conflict in society

A  a need to convince women to have more sex in order to avoid rape

B  a willingness on the part of men to use pressure, threats, coercion, and force to obtain sex

C  the question of how to uniformly apply the definition of sexual harassment

D  a culturally established overt pressure for women not to participate in any type of sex

A  sex desegregation

B  minimum wage laws

C  comparable worth policies

D  human capital policies

A  shift of women workers from industrial jobs to service jobs

B  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

C  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.

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

A  gender typing

B  misogynistic attitude

C  sexual harassment

D  misogynistic attitude

A  patriarchy

B  masculinization

C  oppression

D  gender typing

A  that is dominated by radical feminists

B  in which men dominate economic and political institutions

C  in which chivalrous behavior from men is rewarded

D  that respects the traditional role of the male in society

A  postmodern and radical

B  radical and liberal

C  postmodern and black

D  black and liberal

A  a belief that the roots of gender inequality are biological

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

C  that women have an unequal position in society

D  that there is one feminist school of thought

A  expressive role

B  gender role

C  sex role

D  instrumental role

A  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in men

B  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in either men or women

C  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in women

D  both men and women engage in aggressive behavior

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

B  gender roles are culturally determined

C  gender roles are biologically determined

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

A  sexuality

B  socialization

C  sex

D  gender

A  the decline of cultural values

B  a reproductive strategy

C  genetic hegemony

D  biological instinct

A  cultural relativism

B  culture shock

C  cultural identity

D  ethnocentrism

A  assimilation

B  multiculturalism

C  subcultures

D  cultural relativism

A  multiculturalists

B  nonconformists

C  individualistic

D  subcultures

A  hunting and gathering

B  postindustrial

C  agrarian

D  industrial

A  pastoralism

B  agriculture

C  civilization

D  industrialization

A  horticultural and pastoral

B  agrarian

C  hunting and gathering

D  industrial

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

B  gender and age of the community members

C  amount and type of food gathered during the growing season

D  size of the family

A  horticultural and pastoral

B  hunting and gathering

C  agrarian

D  industrial

A  language shapes our perceptions and ways of thinking

B  children learn their gender roles in American society

C  family members play a critical role in personality development

D  world languages develop over time

A  norm

B  material good

C  cultural universal

D  value

A  an abstract ideal about what is good and bad

B  guidelines of behavior for interacting with people from different cultures

C  an enduring system of interrelationships that connects individuals

D  a set of concrete rules of behavior

A  modes of behavior shared by all human cultures

B  abstract ideals about what is good and bad

C  concrete rules of behavior

D  laws that a society creates