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Sociology 2 Test 1
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| __________ is the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male. | A) gender |
| __________ is the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women. | O) Gender stratification |
| __________ is a form of social organization in which males dominate females. | F) Patriarchy |
| __________ is a form of social organization in which females dominate males. | N) Matriarchy |
| __________ is the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other. | J) Sexism |
| __________ are attitudes and activities that a society links to each sex. | P) Sex roles or Gender roles |
| __________ is any category or people, distinguished by physical or cultural differences, that a society sets apart and subordinates. | B) Minority |
| __________ is the investigation of the interplay of race, class, and gender, often resulting in multiple dimensions of disadvantages. | G) Intersection theory |
| __________ refers to comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature that is deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome. | L) Sexual harassment |
| __________ is the advocacy of social equality for men and women, in opposition to patriarchy and sexism. | K) Feminism |
| On average, young men show greater ________ ability than young women; young women show greater ________ ability than young men. | I) mathematical; verbal |
| On average, women outlive men by about __________. | E) five years |
| __________ refers to social organization in which males dominate females. | F) Patriarchy |
| __________ is the form of social organization in which females dominate males. | N) Matriarchy |
| The concept of __________ refers to attitudes and activities that a society links to people of each sex. | D) gender roles |
| The ________ are courses in U.S. schools where men outnumber women. | M) sciences |
| About __________ of today's U.S. women are working for income. | H) 60 percent |
| __________ refers to an invisible, yet real, barrier that prevents many women from rising beyond middle-management positions? | C) Glass ceiling |
| __________ is a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. | O) race |
| __________ is a shared cultural heritage. | E) Ethnicity |
| __________ is any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates. | P) Minority |
| __________ is a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people. | A) Prejudice |
| __________ is an exaggerated description applied to every person in some category. | F) Stereotype |
| __________ is the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another. | G) Racism |
| __________ is a person or category of people, typically with little power, whom people unfairly blame for their own troubles. | D) Scapegoat |
| __________ is treating various categories of people unequally. | B) Discrimination |
| __________ refers to bias inherent in the operation of society's institutions. | K) Institutional prejudice and discrimination |
| __________ is a state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have social parity. | L) Pluralism |
| __________ is the process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture. | N) Assimilation |
| __________ is biological reproduction by partners of different racial categories. | J) Miscegenation |
| __________ is the physical and social separation of categories of people. | H) Segregation |
| __________ is the systematic killing of one category of people by another. | I) Genocide |
| The concept of __________ refers to cultural heritage. | E) Ethnicity |
| The concept of __________ refers to a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged. | P) Minority |
| A minority is defined as a category of people who are: __________ | M) different and disadvantaged |
| __________ refers to a rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people. | A) Prejudice |
| While prejudice is a matter of ________, discrimination is a matter of ________. | C) attitudes; behavior |
| __________ is the study of aging and the elderly. | K) Gerontology |
| __________ is the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege among people at different stages of the life course. | L) Age stratification |
| __________ is a form of social organization in which the elderly have the most wealth, power, and prestige. | D) Gerontocracy |
| __________ is an informal and unpaid care provided to a dependent person by family members, other relatives, or friends. | A) Caregiving |
| __________ is prejudice and discrimination against older people. | E) Ageism |
| __________ is the idea that society enhances its orderly operation by disengaging people from positions of responsibility as they reach old age. | I) Disengagement theory |
| __________ is the idea that a high level of activity enhances personal satisfaction in old age. | G) Activity theory |
| __________ is assisting in the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease. | C) Euthanasia |
| In the world's richest nations, the share of the elderly population is __________. | J) increasing quickly |
| The median (middle case) age of the U.S. population currently is about __________. | F) 35 years |
| Social isolation is a common problem for __________. | B) elderly women |
| __________ are the greatest source of social support for most U.S. seniors. | N) Family members |
| A __________ specifies medical procedures an individual wants and does not want under specific conditions. | M) living will |
| __________ refers to assisting in the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease. | C) Euthanasia |
| __________ is a facility or organization that provides care and comfort for people as they approach death. | H) Hospice |
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Marissa Hamilton