Exam 4 For Sociology
Chptr test over 10 and 11
- 1."Race" refers to:
- A.
Skin color, when it is other than white
- B.
A variety of members of any minority group or category within a mulicultural society
- C.
A shared cultural heritage, including language and religion
- D.
A socially constructed category of people who share biological traits that members of a society consider important
- 2.All but one of the following statements are correct. Which one is NOT correct?
- A.
Minorities have a distinctive identity
- B.
Usually, peopl can readily identify a member of a minority
- C.
A minority does not have to be a numerical minority
- D.
All people in a minority category are disadvantaged.
- 3.Scapegoat theory states that prejudice is created by:
- A.
Culture itself
- B.
People w/rigid personalities
- C.
Frustration among disadvantaged people
- D.
High levels of immigration
- 4.Which of the following terms refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct but have social equality?
- A.
Genocide
- B.
Assimilation
- C.
Segregation
- D.
Pluralism
- 5.Which of the following is NOT a case of institutional discrimination?
- A.
A police dept. promotes people of one race faster than those of another race
- B.
A bank usually refuses loans to people of some racial category
- C.
A mother wants her child to stay away from a child of a different race
- D.
A school district requires children to attend a school with others of the same race
- 6.What is the term for a category of people who are distinguished by physical or cultural traits and who are socially disadvantaged?
- A.
Ethnic category
- B.
Out-group
- C.
Minority
- D.
Racial category
- 7.While prejudice is a matter of ..............., discrimination is a matter of ....................
- A.
Biology, culture
- B.
Choice, social structure
- C.
Attitudes, action
- D.
Abnormality, what a society considers normal
- 8.What is the term for social org in which males dominate females?
- A.
Matriarchy
- B.
Gerontocracy
- C.
Monarchy
- D.
Patriarchy
- 9.Gender refers to:
- A.
The personal traits and social positions that member of a society attach to being female and male
- B.
The degree of inequality between men and women in a society
- C.
The secondary sex characteristics of individuals
- D.
People's sexual orientation
- 10.The point of describing gender in the Israeli kibbutzim is:
- A.
To show that gender is basically biological
- B.
To show that boys and girls must be raised by biological parents
- C.
To show that women can dominate men
- D.
To show that cultures define gender in diff. ways
- 11.Margaret Mead's research on gender in three societies in New Guinea illustrates that:
- A.
All societies consider men to be more aggresive than women
- B.
What is feminine to one society may be masculine to another
- C.
Farming is always done by men
- D.
All societies display much the same gender definitions
- 12.In the United States in 2007, women in the labor force working full time earned ....... as much as men working full time
- A.
Around 27%
- B.
Exactly 47%
- C.
About 76%
- D.
More than 97%
- 13.Which of the following statements is the best reason to see women as a minority in the United States?
- A.
Men outnumber women
- B.
At every class levell, women have less income, wealth, edu., and pwr than men do
- C.
Women see themselves as a minority
- D.
All of the above are correct
- 14.In the US, a mojority of bachelor degrees are earned by men
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.In athletics, the performance gap between male and female athletes is get'n bigger
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Like race or social class, gender is a major dimension of social stratification
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.The ? "is it a boy or a girl?" is commonly asked of new parents, a fact that shows the importance of sex in shaping a child's entire life.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.In most cases, race and ethnicity amount to the same thing
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Segregation refers to the physical and social seperation of categories of ppl
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Conflict theory says that prejudice benefits pwrful ppl by dividing society
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Which of the follwoing items would Gerhard Lenski especially highlight as bringing about change in society?
- A.
New religious ideas
- B.
The discovery of new sources of energy
- C.
Conflict between workers and factory owners
- D.
The extent to which ppl share moral values
- 22.Which of the following does NOT characterize changes brought on by industrialization?
- A.
New forms of transportation and communication make the world seem smaller
- B.
Tradition becomes a more pwrful part of culture
- C.
The economy becomes more productive
- D.
The pace of social change increases
- 23.The term "cultural lag" refers to the fact that:
- A.
Time often seems to stand still
- B.
Material things usually change faster than nonmaterial things like ideas and attitudes
- C.
Change is faster in some societies than in others
- D.
Most change involves returning to earlier patterns.
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