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Sociology Test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sex | Refers to Physical and Biological characteristics that define man and woman |
| Gender | Refers to the social construct that refers to an individual's sexual identity |
| Primary Sex Characteristics | Refers to physical organs that define sex. |
| Secondary Sex Characteristics | Things that develop during puberty. |
| Transsexual | Refers to a person's gender identity not matching their sex given at birth. |
| Intersexual | When a person does not develop typical male and female reproductive organs |
| Incest Taboo | Refers to the near universal culture that prohibits sexual relations between individuals close in relation |
| Sexual Revolution | Refers to the mass shift in western culture that challenged traditional morals like sex outside marriage and abortion |
| Sexual Counterrevolution | Refers to the consequences and backlash to the sexual revolution like an increase in STD's and the AIDS outbreak |
| The Attitude towards premarital Sex. | Premarital Sex has become increasingly accepted between consenting adults |
| Sexual Orientation | A pattern of emotional, sexual, and romantic attraction to men, women, or both. |
| Homophobia | Refers to the fear, hatred, or mistrust towards those that are gay, lesbian, or bisexual |
| Biological view of sexual orientation | Refers to the idea that sexual orientation is caused by hormones, genetic, and environmental circumstances and is not considered a choice |
| Social View of sexual orientation | Refers to the idea that sexual orientation is caused by influence from others and identity development. |
| What demographic characteristics put a teen at higher risk for pregnancy? | Low socioeconomic status, limited educational opportunities, and under resourced communities |
| Victimless crime | Actions that are illegal but do not harm a specific person |
| why is prostitution considered a victimless crime. | Because it is the exchange between 2 consenting adults |
| Types of Rape | Date Rape, Marital Rape, Stranger rape, Statutory rape, and drug trafficking sexual assault |
| Myths of Rape | Asking for it, Rape is a crime of passion, Most rapist are strangers, women lie about rape, if they didn't fight back it wasn't rape, and men don't get raped. |
| Structural Functional view on Sexuality | Emphasizes societal stability and reproduction |
| Symbolic Interaction view on Sexuality | Sexual meanings, identities, and behaviors are shaped by everyday interactions |
| Social Conflict view on Sexuality | Sexuality suffers from inequality |
| Social Stratification | Ranking of society based on wealth, income, race, education, and power |
| Caste System | A ranking determined by your birth order, there is no way to become ranked higher in this sytsem |
| Class System | A ranking determined by your wealth, income, and education. You can become ranked higher in this system. |
| Explain India and South Africa’s caste systems. | Both have caste systems that enable discrimination based on birth order and are hereditary |
| Meritocracy | A system that rewards hard work rather than hereditary connections |
| Why did Russia state in 1917 that they had no social stratification? | To align with the Marxist Ideology |
| What was Russia social stratification based on? | Land Ownership and Nobility |
| How does Marx view social stratification in a capitalist society? | Marx views this as rigid and conflict driven |
| White Collar Jobs | More professional and administrative requiring higher education |
| Blue Collar Jobs | Trades requiring manual labor and less education |
| Structural Functional view of social stratification | creates stability |
| Social Conflict view of social stratification | Highlights exploitation |
| Symbolic Interaction view of social stratification | How individuals convey status |
| What is conscious consumption? | A lifestyle that takes into account environmental, social, and economic impacts |
| Egalitarian Society | All members of a society are truly equal, Hunter-Gatherer society have come close to this |
| What class is seen as most defining of the U.S.? | The middle Class |
| Explain the difference between income and wealth. | Income is regularly earned and Wealth is a total number of assumed assets |
| Describe the different types of social classes in the U.S. and the income necessary to be in each. | Upper-Middle-Lower |
| Describe the difference between intergenerational social mobility and intragenerational social mobility. | Intergenerational is like a child out-earning their parent. Intragenerational is one's career trajectory up or down |
| What is social mobility and what type of life events can increase one’s social standing? | Social Mobility is the movement between socioeconomic classes. Education Promotions and marriage can increase this |
| What does poverty look like in the U.S., who is most at risk, and what is feminization of poverty? | Poverty affects millions of people with single mothers and women of color being almost half of that |
| Explain welfare and how it has changed since the 1990s. | Welfare now leans more towards temporary support rather than long term |
| Deviance | Defying social norms |
| Self-Control | Ones control to resist instant gratification |
| What is the biological research show about committing crime? | Criminal Behavior is somewhat determined by genetics |
| Explain containment theory | Individuals are restricted from committing crimes by outside and inside controls |
| Explain differential association theory | Criminal behavior is learned through social interaction |
| What is the main reason the U.S. has more crime than other industrialized countries? | Relaxed Gun Laws |
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