Soc Exam 3

Front 1

Sociologists emphasize that racial groups are:

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physically distinguishable

Front 2

In a parternalistic system of race relations, the dominant racial group perceives the subordinate racial group as:

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childish, lazy, impulsive, and inferior but loveable.

Front 3

Which of the following is characteristic of a paternalistic system of race relations?

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an elaborate code of etiquette regulates social relations between racial groups

Front 4

Competitive systems of race relations emerged:

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with the abolution of slavery and the development of industrial capitalism

Front 5

Viewed from a comparative perspective, the overall status of women is highest in:

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hunting and gathering societies

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Viewed from a comparative perspective, the overall status of women is lowest in:

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agrarian societies

Front 7

With the rise of capitalism and industrialism:

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the status of women has improved in most respects compared to agrarian societies

Front 8

Marxist theories of the subordination of women suggest that:

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women play a major role in reproducing an exploitable labor force

Front 9

Political theories of the subordination of women suggest that:

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war and militarism are responsible for women’s subordination

Front 10

The relative status of women rises and falls with:

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their relative economic contributions to the group

Front 11

The function of bridewealth is to:

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compensate the bride’s kinship group for the loss of her productive services

Front 12

Romantic love:

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Did not become a widespread basis for marriage until the seventeenth century in Western Europe

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The premodern family was:

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organized around economic production rather than emotional support

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The intensification of racism in the late 19th century is largely attributable to the;

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economic and social changes that resulted from the abolution of slavery

Front 15

Which of the following are not responsible for the strains experienced by contemporary families?

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The mass media has lowered our expectations regarding families

Front 16

At any given point in the past few decades, about how many mothers raising children by themselves have had to go on welfare to get by in the United States?

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about half

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About how long do the majority of single mothers stay on the welfare roles in the United States?

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about two years

Front 18

What percentage of teenagers over the age of 14 admit they have had sexual intercourse?

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just under 50 percent

Front 19

What argument do Reskin and Roos use to support the reason women end up in lower-paid jobs?

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These jobs are not attractive to men.

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Ethnocentrism is;

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judgment of other groups by one’s own standards and values

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How was the one-drop rule related to laws forbidding miscegenation in the United States?

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The one-drop rule reinforced anti-miscegenation laws because any offspring of a mixed-race union would be categorized as black

Front 22

Marriage within one’s own group, class, and race is known as:

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Endogamy

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Approximately what percentage of U.S. marriages end in divorce?

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40%

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Amy and Raymond live together in an intimate relationship without formal legal or religious sanctioning. This arrangement is known by sociologists as:

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Cohabitation

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Aries wrote that children of preindustrial families were:

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thought of as small adults who didn’t warrant any special treatment or nurturing

Front 26

Which of Durkheim’s types of social solidarity characterized premodern life?

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mechanical solidarity

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Which type of social solidarity is based on interdependence because the members of society perform different and specialized functions, according to Durkheim?

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organic solidarity

Front 28

According to Durkheim’s research, what is the primary reason that Protestants are more likely to kill themselves than Catholics and Jews?

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Protestantism is premised on the individual, which creates less social integration.

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Which main sociological theory takes a more micro or close-up look at the individual to explain deviance?

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symbolic interactionist

Front 30

The first acts of deviance that people engage in before they ever get caught and labeled are known as:

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primary deviance

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Which term best describes what happens when other people label a person and that label affects his or her actions?

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secondary deviance

Front 32

Social Darwinism was the evolutionary notion of:

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survival of the fittest

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The black ghetto was manufactured by whites through a set of deliberate, conscious practices. Which of the following is NOT one of the practices mentioned in your book?

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if blacks moved in, whites would move out

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Thoughts and feelings (usually negative) about an ethnic or racial group are referred to as:

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Prejudice

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According to Newman and O’Brien, the cultural ideology of racism rests in the language we use. Using terms such as culturally deprived, economically disadvantaged, marginalized, and underprivileged to describe racial groups is known as:

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Political racism

Front 36

Which of these statements is the closest to a conflict theory interpretation of rape?

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Rape is a behavior of control.

Front 37

According to Clawson and Gerstel (Contexts, Chapter 8, “Caring for the Young: Child Care in Europe and the United States”), which of the following statements are true??

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Childcare in the United States in fragmentary and the quality of care is poor.

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Why is it difficult for sure that growing up in a single-parent family causes problems among children (teenage pregnancy; trouble finding and keeping a job, etc, according to Cherlin, Chapter 9, CONTEXTS, “Should the government promote marriage?”)?

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Both conditions (single parenthood and problems with children) could be caused by other factors.

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Which of the following statements best reflects the reasons why there have been declines in sexual activity among American teenagers??

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Virginity among boys increased dramatically.

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Jerry Jacobs (CONTEXTS, chapter 31, “Detours on the Road to Equality”) which of the following statements are true regarding college education among young men and women??

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Women earn more bachelor’s degrees than men do and have since the early 1980s.

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What are some of the problems associated with the label “model minority” as it is applied to Asians in the United States?? (CONTEXTS, chapter 39, Zhou)??

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It reinforces the myth that the United States is devoid of racism; It holds Asians to higher standards than whites; It can channel Asians toward specific avenues of success (e.g. science and engineering) -(ALL OF THE ABOVE)

Front 42

Which of the following are reasons why more people are reporting multiracial backgrounds when asked about their race on surveys and Census forms (CONTEXTS, Chapter 40, “Remaking Race in America.”)??

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Increased rates of racial intermarriage.

Front 43

According to Rosenfeld (“Crime decline in Context”, CONTEXTS, Chapter 50), which of the following are NOT major reasons cited for the decline in crime rates since the early 1990s??

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Better schools.

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Which of the following statements best summarizes the argument of Western and Pettit (CONTEXTS, chapter 51, “Beyond Crime and Punishment.”)?

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The growth of the penal system has hidden the extent of economic inequality.

Front 45

In the documentary “Dying To Get In”, what role has NAFTA played in human border crossings between the U.S. and Mexico?

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NAFTA has made the movement of goods easier, but the movement of people harder.

Front 46

According to Coontz (“The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostaligia Trap”) what was marriage for prior to the 19th Century?

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Marriage existed for economic reasons and for reproduction.

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Which of the following are examples of racism in the criminal justice system (according to Quigley, from your discussion section reading)?

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Police stop black and Latinos at rates much higher than whites; Blacks are more likely to remain in prison while awaiting trial than whites; Blacks are frequently illegally excluded from jury service; Blacks are more likely to be arrested for drug offenses than whites (ALL OF THE ABOVE)