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Chap 11 - 16

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Both males and females are physically capable of learning to cook and sew, yet most Western societies determine that women should perform these tasks. This illustrates the operation of   show
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show homophobia  
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The most crucial agents of socialization in teaching gender roles in the United States are   show
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show cultural conditioning is the most important factor in determining the social roles of males and females.  
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Which sociological perspective would acknowledge that it is not possible to change gender roles drastically without dramatic revisions in a culture’s social structure?   show
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show male prejudice and discrimination against women.  
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show Women in the United States are more likely than men to attend college.  
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Which sociological perspective distinguishes between instrumental and expressive roles?   show
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show race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status  
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show class consciousness. .  
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Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales contend that women take the ____________________, emotionally supportive role in the family and that men take the ____________________, practical role, with the two complementing each other.   show
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show confict  
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show discrimination  
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Women from all groups and men from minority groups sometimes encounter attitudinal or organizational bias that prevents them from reaching their full potential. This is known as the ____________________ ____________________.   show
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show second shift  
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Within the general framework of their theory, ____________________ sociologists maintain that gender differentiation has contributed to overall social stability.   show
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Through the rise of contemporary ____________________, women are developing a greater sense of group solidarity.   show
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____________________ contributes significantly to rigid gender-role socialization, since many people stereotypically associate male homosexuality with femininity and lesbianism with masculinity.   show
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show matrix of domination  
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The author of the pioneering argument for women’s rights, The Feminine Mystique, was ____________________ ____________________.   show
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show effectiveness, especially for lower-achieving students..  
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show credentialism.  
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Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis have argued that capitalism requires a skilled, disciplined labor force and that the educational system of the US is structured with that objective in mind. Citing numerous studies, they offer support for what they call   show
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show the interactionist perspective  
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Which of the following sociologists stressed the social impact of religion and was perhaps the first to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies?   show
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A Roman Catholic parish church offers services in the native language of an immigrant community. This practice is an example of   show
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The use of a church, primarily Roman Catholic, in a political effort to eliminate poverty, discrimination, and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society is referred to as   show
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The Adam and Eve account of creation found in Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, is an example of a religious   show
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show the Episcopal Church in the United States  
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John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation, emphasized   show
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In the past, the integrative function of education was most obvious through its emphasis on promoting a common ______________________ .   show
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Schools perform a variety of ______________________ functions, such as transmitting culture, promoting social and political integration, and maintaining social control.   show
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Sociologist ______________________ ______________________ points out that better-educated people tend to have greater access to information, to hold more diverse opinions, and to possess the ability to make subtle distinctions in analysis.   show
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The ______________________ encompasses elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe, respect, and even fear, as compared to the ______________________ , which includes the ordinary and the commonplace.   show
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show manifest  
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______________________ is the largest single faith in the world; the second largest is ______________________ .   show
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Because they are ______________________ , most religions tend to reinforce men’s dominance in secular as well as spiritual matters.   show
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The single largest denomination in the United States is ______________________ ______________________ .   show
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Unlike ecclesiae and denominations, ______________________ require intensive commitments and demonstrations of belief by members.   show
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A ______________________ ______________________ is an experimental school that is developed and managed outside the public school system.   show
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Which two basic types of economic system distinguish contemporary industrial societies?   show
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show a. The means of production are held largely in private hands. b. The main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits. c. The degree to which the government regulates private ownership and economic activity will vary.  
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G. William Domhoff’s model is an example of a(n)   show
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show lowest among industrialized nations  
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What are the three basic sources of power within any political system?   show
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Which of the following is not part of the classification system of authority developed by Max Weber?   show
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show power elite  
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show deindustrialization. .  
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Sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of   show
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Currently, ______________________ ______________________ refers to positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities.   show
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show laissez-faire  
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Under ______________________, the means of production and distribution in a society are collectively rather than privately owned, and the basic objective of the economic system is to meet people’s needs rather than to maximize profits.   show
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______________________ is an economic system under which all property is communally owned and no social distinctions are made based on people’s ability to produce.   show
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______________________ theorists point out that while pure monopolies are not a basic element of the economy of the United States, competition is much more restricted than one might expect in what is called a free enterprise system.   show
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Some capitalist nations, such as the United States, outlaw ______________________ through antitrust legislation.   show
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show oligarchy  
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Sexism has been the most serious barrier to women interested in holding public office. To remedy this situation, many countries have adopted ______________________ for female representatives.   show
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______________________ is the exercise of power through a process of persuasion.   show
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show representative democracy  
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show pluralist  
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show Talcott Parsons  
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show emigration out of the Third World by physicians is yet another way that the world’s core industrialized nations enhance their quality of life at the expense of developing countries.  
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show Sweden  
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Compared with Whites, Blacks have higher death rates from   show
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show Karl Marx  
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show Medicare  
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show judges may be due to gend,age,socialclass, ethnic group. more applicable to those exp short illness than those w/ longterm, even simple factors as whether a person is employed or not seem to affect the persons williness to assume the sick role.  
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show medicalization of society  
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Which of the following approaches stresses the alignment of environmentally favorable practices with economic self-interest?   show
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Conflict theorists would contend that blaming developing countries for the world’s environmental deterioration contains an element of   show
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show social epidemiologist  
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show functionalist  
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show brain drain  
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Traditionally, the relationship between doctors and nurses has paralleled ____________________ dominance of the larger society.   show
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Sociologists find it useful to consider ____________________ rates because they reveal that a specific disease occurs more frequently among one segment of a population compared with another.   show
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show dumping  
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show health  
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The biologist ____________________ ____________________ blames environmental degradation primarily on technological innovations such as plastics and pesticides.   show
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Regarding environmental problems, four broad areas of concern stand out: ____________________ pollution, ____________________ pollution, ____________________ ____________________, and ____________________.   show
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____________________ ____________________ is a legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.   show
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You are a student and do not own a car. All your close friends who are attending your college or university have vehicles of their own. You feel downtrodden and dissatisfied. You are experiencing   show
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It takes more than desire to start a social movement; it helps to have money, political influence, access to the media, and workers. The ways in which a social movement uses such things are referred to collectively as   show
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show false consciousness  
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show new social movements  
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The text cites which of the following as a recognized definition of social change?   show
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show Charles Darwin  
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show adaptive upgrading  
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show Marx accepted Parsons’s equilibrium model, which states that as changes occur in one part of society, there must be adjustments in other parts if stability is to be maintained.  
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show culture lag  
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Which sociological perspective sees transnationals as a way for economies to maximize their use of human labor?   show
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show Social Movements  
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show reference  
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show ethnocentric  
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show differentiation  
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Social economist Thorstein Veblen coined the term ____________________ ____________________ to refer to those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change.   show
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show neo-luddites  
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show Patriot  
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show internet  
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show cell phones  
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The ____________________ perspective would stress the danger that the most powerful groups in a society will use technology to violate the privacy of the less powerful.   show
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Define Resource mobilization   show
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Define Culture lag   show
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Define Elite model   show
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show Transnational  
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An ________ (plural, ecclesiae) is a religious organization that claims to include most or all members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.   show
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show evolutionary  
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show DID NOT  
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show The cumulative impact of oppression because of race and ethnicity, gender, and social class, as well as religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, and citizenship status. (266)  
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