Sociology Exam 1

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       Many couples who were married during the Great Depression stayed married because of economics, not necessarily because of happiness.   

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  • 2. 

    Societal gender differences can be influenced by the degree of power men have over women in a society.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 3. 

       According to interactionist theory proponents such as West and Zimmerman, the way to change contemporary male and female differences in infant caretaking is to involve men equally with women in the early caretaking of their young.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 4. 

       Considering the overall costs and benefits that have accompanied women's increased independence in US society over the past few decades, most Americans feel the balance has been positive and value women's independence.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 5. 

    Grandparents play a more important role, on average, in the lives of black families than in white families.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 6. 

       At the turn of the 20th century, over half of all married women in the US were working outside the home.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 7. 

       Each class socializes its children to fill the same positions as their parents have filled.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 8. 

    Status groups are mainly defined by the degree of education you have attained.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 9. 

       Of the following, which is gendered?   

    • Childcare

    • Work for wages

    • All of the above

    • Housework

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above
  • 10. 

       Families that made more than $25,000 a year were twice as likely to be married as families who made less than $15,000 a year.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 11. 

       The breadwinner-homemaker family is NOT preferred by most people.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 12. 

       According to many conflict theorists in sociology, the primary reason that the 1950s family was not nearly as ideal as functionalist theorists suggest is that:   

    • Children grew up spoiled and ungrateful

    • Men were too pressured to be the sole provider

    • Women could be dominated by men because of women's lack of economic resources

    • Women were unhappy

    Correct Answer
    A. Women could be dominated by men because of women's lack of economic resources
  • 13. 

       According the principles of postmodern perspective, women's interests in the family are the same as men's.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 14. 

       It has been argued that the white masters destroyed social organization among African American slaves.  As a result, slave family life was destroyed, with the only stable bond(s) remaining between:   

    • Mothers and their children

    • Husbands and wives

    • Both a and b

    • Fathers and sons

    Correct Answer
    A. Mothers and their children
  • 15. 

    American Indian children were less likely to experience physical punishment and more likely to enjoy independence than were European American children.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 16. 

       A form of polygamy in which a man is allowed to have more than one wife is also referred to as:   

    • Extended family

    • Polygyny

    • Conjugal family

    • Polyandry

    Correct Answer
    A. Polygyny
  • 17. 

       When asked on surveys, such as the GSS, to which class they belong, most US residents respond that they are either   

    • Lower and working class

    • Working class or middle class

    • Lower class and middle class

    • Middle class or upper class

    Correct Answer
    A. Working class or middle class
  • 18. 

       In sociological terms, gender is considered a _________ creation, while sex is considered a __________ creation.   

    • Biological/social

    • Psychological/biological

    • Social/biological

    • Social/psychological

    Correct Answer
    A. Social/biological
  • 19. 

    Gender theorists maintain that economic inequalities betwen men and women benefit capitalists because:

    • They allow families to save the profits they accrue

    • The unpaid work of housewives allows families to subsist on the modest wages men earn

    • They undermine the provider wage system

    • They support privacy of families

    Correct Answer
    A. The unpaid work of housewives allows families to subsist on the modest wages men earn
  • 20. 

    Contrary to what they are considered today, children in colonial times were considered to be

    • Companions

    • Burdens

    • Economic liabilities

    • Economic assets

    Correct Answer
    A. Economic assets
  • 21. 

       The primary family unit in Western nations is   

    • The small, household based family of two adults

    • Nuclear family living in the vicinity of extended kin

    • The small, household based family of parents and children

    • The small, household based single parent living with their children

    Correct Answer
    A. The small, household based family of parents and children
  • 22. 

    Income inequality among US families has decreased in recent decades.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 23. 

       The term "Hispanic" is considered useless by many because it   

    • Refers specifically to Mexicans

    • Lumps together recent immigrants with citizens who have been in the US for generations

    • It only refers to darker-skinned poorly educated laborers

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Lumps together recent immigrants with citizens who have been in the US for generations
  • 24. 

       The concept of status group was introduced by the famous sociologist   

    • Karl Marx

    • Andrew Cherlin

    • Max Weber

    • Anthony Giddings

    Correct Answer
    A. Max Weber
  • 25. 

       Today, most Americans view the family as a(n) ______________ institution.   

    • Public

    • Private

    • Economic

    • Traditional

    Correct Answer
    A. Private
  • 26. 

       A group of people who share a common style of life and often identify with each other is called a(n)   

    • Cohort

    • Reference group

    • Class

    • Status group

    Correct Answer
    A. Status group
  • 27. 

       Which of the following is not an important value for working class parents to teach their children?   

    • Conformity

    • Good manners

    • Obedience to authority

    • Creativity

    Correct Answer
    A. Creativity
  • 28. 

       The decline in marriage among African Americans can be explained by the following phenomenon:   

    • Cultural reasons that de-emphasize marriage and children as an important step to forming family

    • Increasing intermarriage between different ethnic groups

    • The lack of suitable marriage partners due to job loss, violence, or drugs among men

    • Most African American men marry white women

    Correct Answer
    A. The lack of suitable marriage partners due to job loss, violence, or drugs among men
  • 29. 

       According to contemporary research, the breadwinner-homemaker family was   

    • Basically only found among African Americans

    • Dominant only in the aftermath of the Depression and WWII in 1950s

    • Always dominant in US history

    • Never dominant in US history

    Correct Answer
    A. Dominant only in the aftermath of the Depression and WWII in 1950s
  • 30. 

       In the United States there appears to have been a broad cultural shift in the values Americans hold most dear.  The general trend has been from an emphasis on __________ to __________.   

    • Personal growth; service to others

    • Parenting; employee relationships

    • Personal relationships; obligations

    • Parenting; self-fulfillment

    Correct Answer
    A. Parenting; self-fulfillment
  • 31. 

    "Transnational mothers" are defined as mothers who

    • Stay at home with their children during tough times

    • Financially provide for their children from afar, believing it to be in their best interest

    • Are not biological mothers, but hired to assumed the role

    • Act as a foster mother for immigrant children to be adopted by American families

    Correct Answer
    A. Financially provide for their children from afar, believing it to be in their best interest
  • 32. 

       There were very few differences in family structure among African American, Hispanic, and Native American families.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 33. 

       The sharp distinctions between what men and women do in families found in the U.S. is unique compared with most societies.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 34. 

    Conflict theorists in sociology would have a favorable view of the dynamics and structure of the 1950s family.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 35. 

       The emergence of a protected, extended stage of childhood in the 1800s as a result of   

    • The spread of schooling and decline in child deaths

    • Legal restrictions on how children were treated

    • Greater economic resources of parents

    • A growing population of elderly and therefore grandparents

    Correct Answer
    A. The spread of schooling and decline in child deaths
  • 36. 

       According to Fischer and Hout (2006), one of the major social developments of twentieth-century America was   

    • The growth of higher education

    • The loss of manufacturing jobs

    • The increase in single parent families

    • Childbearing outside of marriage

    Correct Answer
    A. The growth of higher education
  • 37. 

       The ________________ category has become an umbrella for an extremely diverse group of people that differ in language, religion, alphabet, and physical features.   

    • Hispanics

    • Native Americans

    • African Americans

    • Asian Americans

    Correct Answer
    A. Asian Americans
  • 38. 

       Sociologists strive to be __________, or unaffected by their personal beliefs, when conducting their research.   

    • Scientific

    • Neutral

    • Objective

    • All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above
  • 39. 

       In countries where socialism is practiced, women have gained substantially more power than women in countries whose economic and political systems are primarily capitalist.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 40. 

       According to the interactionist approach, gender differences between men and women exists primarily because of   

    • Parental socialization

    • Everyday behavior that reinforces gender distinctions

    • Rigid social structures that reinforce gender appropriate behavior

    • Inherent differences present at birth

    Correct Answer
    A. Everyday behavior that reinforces gender distinctions
  • 41. 

       The mestizo group of Mexican American settlers   

    • Were of pure Spanish descent

    • Were large landowners

    • Were farmers

    • Arranged their children's marriages with care and held elaborate celebratory ceremonies

    Correct Answer
    A. Were farmers
  • 42. 

       Two conditions that contribute dramatically to the chances of a family becoming homeless are:   

    • Low income and weak ties to kin

    • Divorce and drug addiction

    • Lack of education and numerous children

    • Joblessness and drug addiction

    Correct Answer
    A. Low income and weak ties to kin
  • 43. 

       In 1967, the Supreme Court declared laws forbidding marriages between whites and nonwhites as unconstitutional, based on a case of a white man and his black wife who lived in   

    • Georgia

    • Virginia

    • Mississippi

    • Texas

    Correct Answer
    A. Virginia
  • 44. 

       Family households in the US most likely to marry a spouse of a different race are from the __________ racial-ethnic group.   

    • Asian-American

    • Non-Hispanic White

    • African American

    • Hispanic

    Correct Answer
    A. Asian-American
  • 45. 

       As marriage is transformed from instiution to companionship, it becomes stronger and more adaptable.   

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 46. 

       The earning gap between men and women may be the consequence of   

    • The passive, nurturing of women, which makes them less adaptable to the corporate world

    • Both a and c

    • Gendering as proposed by the interactionist theory

    • Capitalism

    Correct Answer
    A. Capitalism
  • 47. 

       In prior American eras, women gained a certain social class position primarily through their husbands':   

    • Family name

    • Educational level

    • Occupation

    • Income

    Correct Answer
    A. Occupation
  • 48. 

       What explanation is NOT given by gender theorists for the invested interest of capitalists in maintaining the inequalities between men and women?   

    • Unequal treatment enables owners of businesses to hire women at lower wages

    • Not paying women for housework allows employers to pay men less

    • Unequal treatment ensures that class consciousness between men and women will not develop

    • Male domination enables society to function more smoothly

    Correct Answer
    A. Male domination enables society to function more smoothly
  • 49. 

    Nagel (1996) claims that a good example of "ethnic renewal" where people of a mixed heritage were most likely to increasingly identify themselves of one distinct race would be

    • Black American

    • American Indian

    • Asian American

    • Hispanic American

    Correct Answer
    A. American Indian

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