Midterm

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

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

C  of the increasingly sexual environment in which we live

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

A  they frequently dress in revealing clothing that excites men

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

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

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

A  False

B  True

A  Japanese American

B  German American

C  Italian American

D  Chinese American

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  racism

B  prejudice

C  discrimination

D  antiracism

A  far less, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

B  about the same

C  far more, but actual statistics are difficult to verify

D  $1 trillion less

A  segregation

B  pluralism

C  multiculturalism

D  assimilation

A  a set of distinct physical characteristics that are 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  the four clearly defined groups into which humans are categorized based on physical phenotype

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

A  Robert K. Merton

B  George Herbert Mead

C  Anthony Giddens

D  Émile Durkheim

A  social structure

B  rationalization

C  socialization

D  social construction

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

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

C  any building constructed by more than one person

D  the mental state or personality of an individual

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

B  sociology should be considered a philosophy rather than a science

C  sociologists are primarily interested in predicting the future

D  sociology is not concerned with empirical verification of theories

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

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

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

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

A  an exchange of symbols

B  a conflict

C  an exchange of functions

D  a rational choice

A  double consciousness

B  organic solidarity

C  dialectical materialism

D  rationalization

A  Harriet Martineau

B  Émile Durkheim

C  Jean Baudrillard

D  Emily Dickinson

A  an introductory sociology class

B  the college or university you attend

C  a block party in celebration of Independence Day

D  the Beta chapter of Delta Gamma sorority

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

B  the sense of aimlessness provoked by modern social life

C  class struggles

D  the superiority of Western culture

A  Marxism

B  communism

C  socialism

D  capitalism

A  argued for a social physics and scientific understanding

B  argued that social change causes anomie

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

D  concentrated on postindustrial society as opposed to industrial society

A  Max Weber

B  Karl Marx

C  Émile Durkheim

D  Harriet Martineau

A  how society operates naturally

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

C  when the institutions of society function together as a whole

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  human capital policies

B  comparable worth policies

C  sex desegregation

D  minimum wage laws

A  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.

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  shift of women workers from industrial jobs to service jobs

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

A  misogynistic attitude

B  gender typing

C  misogynistic attitude

D  sexual harassment

A  patriarchy

B  oppression

C  gender typing

D  masculinization

A  that respects the traditional role of the male in society

B  that is dominated by radical feminists

C  in which chivalrous behavior from men is rewarded

D  in which men dominate economic and political institutions

A  postmodern and black

B  radical and liberal

C  postmodern and radical

D  black and liberal

A  that women have an unequal position in society

B  that there is one feminist school of thought

C  a belief that the roots of gender inequality are biological

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

A  expressive role

B  sex role

C  gender role

D  instrumental role

A  both men and women engage in aggressive behavior

B  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in either men or women

C  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in men

D  aggressive behavior is not tolerated in women

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

B  gender roles are culturally determined

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

D  gender roles are biologically determined

A  sex

B  socialization

C  gender

D  sexuality

A  a reproductive strategy

B  genetic hegemony

C  the decline of cultural values

D  biological instinct

A  culture shock

B  cultural identity

C  ethnocentrism

D  cultural relativism

A  cultural relativism

B  subcultures

C  multiculturalism

D  assimilation

A  subcultures

B  multiculturalists

C  individualistic

D  nonconformists

A  industrial

B  postindustrial

C  agrarian

D  hunting and gathering

A  industrialization

B  pastoralism

C  civilization

D  agriculture

A  hunting and gathering

B  industrial

C  agrarian

D  horticultural and pastoral

A  gender and age of the community members

B  amount and type of food gathered during the growing season

C  size of the family

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

A  industrial

B  horticultural and pastoral

C  agrarian

D  hunting and gathering

A  children learn their gender roles in American society

B  family members play a critical role in personality development

C  world languages develop over time

D  language shapes our perceptions and ways of thinking

A  norm

B  cultural universal

C  material good

D  value

A  guidelines of behavior for interacting with people from different cultures

B  an abstract ideal about what is good and bad

C  an enduring system of interrelationships that connects individuals

D  a set of concrete rules of behavior

A  laws that a society creates

B  abstract ideals about what is good and bad

C  modes of behavior shared by all human cultures

D  concrete rules of behavior