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Ch 10

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Because the first of the baby boom generation are now in their 60s, how will this translate into how members of society view the elderly and why? Correct Answer: The image of the elderly will improve because of their vast numbers and economic clout.
How do symbolic interactionists believe that the social value of the elderly in America changed when the economy shifted from being based on agriculture to industry? Correct Answer: It decreased.
How much is spent to support the costs of Social Security and Medicare in the U.S.? Correct Answer: one of every four tax dollars
Leticia has worked for twenty years in the public relations department of a large firm and has been the vice-president for the past ten years. It is unlikely she will ever be promoted to the top executive position in her firm even though she has directed Correct Answer: the "glass ceiling"
Most people in this sociology class were born at roughly the same time and will pass through the life course together. In view of this, what term would sociologists use to describe them? Correct Answer: age cohort
Research of hospital records revealed that women were more likely than men to die from coronary bypass surgery. When researchers looked for an answer, what did they discover was the most likely cause of these differing rates in death from this surgery? Correct Answer: unintentional sexual discrimination
The fact that 95 percent of construction trade degrees are awarded to men while nearly 90 percent of library science degrees are awarded to women illustrates what concept? Correct Answer: gender tracking
The first wave of the women's movement had a radical branch and a conservative branch. What was the goal of the conservative branch? Correct Answer: Winning the right to vote for women.
The life expectancy of men born in the year 2010 is approximately ________ and the life expectancy of women born that year is approximately ________. Correct Answer: 76; 81
The rate of poverty among the elderly ________ since the 1960s. Correct Answer: has declined
What is the current human life span, based on the age reached by a French woman who died in 1997? Correct Answer: 122
What evidence do sociologists emphasize in their response to biologists that genetics cannot be the principal factor in determining human behavior? Correct Answer: Behavior among men and women would be more universal around the world.
What is an unequal access to power, property, and prestige based on one's sex? Correct Answer: gender stratification
What is the dominant sociological position to explain gender-based behavior? Correct Answer: Social factors are the reason for human behavior.
What is the term used to describe the number of years people can plan on living? Correct Answer: life expectancy
What were the goals of the second wave of the women's movement that began in the 1960s? Correct Answer: The goals are broad-ranging, from raising women's pay to changing policies on violence against women.
Which American president had the greatest influence in developing the Social Security program? Correct Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which of the following is the best example of gender stratification? Correct Answer: Women are not permitted to vote, own property, or testify in court in some societies.
Which theory of aging equates happiness in old age to the amount and quality of program participation the elderly engage in? Correct Answer: activity theory
Which theory of aging suggests people adjust to old age by maintaining ties with their past? Correct Answer: continuity theory
Which theory suggests society would be disrupted if the elderly left their positions only when they died or became incompetent? Correct Answer: disengagement theory
Who was the first woman to serve as the Speaker of the House of Representatives? Correct Answer: Nancy Pelosi
Why are age and sex considered master statuses? Correct Answer: They cut across all aspects of social life.
Why are women classified as a minority group? Correct Answer: Women are discriminated against based on physical or cultural characteristics.
What term is used to describe the view that biology is not destiny and that stratification by gender is wrong and should be resisted? Correct Answer: feminism
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