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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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An important element in traditional views of proper “masculine” and “feminine” behavior is fear of homosexuality. This fear, along with accompanying prejudice, is referred to as   show
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show parents  
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Research by anthropologist Margaret Mead has shown that   show
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show functionalist perspective and conflict perspective  
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show male prejudice and discrimination against women.  
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Which of these statements is true?   show
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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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A significant component of the ____________________ approach to gender stratification draws on feminist theory.   show
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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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show feminism  
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show homophobia  
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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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The teacher-expectancy effect is most closely associated with   show
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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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show belief  
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show the Episcopal Church in the United States  
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show a disciplined work ethic, this-worldly concerns, a rational orientation to life  
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show language  
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show latent  
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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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show sacred, profane  
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Religion defines the spiritual world and gives meaning to the divine. These are ______________________ functions of religion.   show
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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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show Roman Catholicism  
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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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show capitalism and socialism  
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According to the discussion of capitalism in the text, which of the following statements is true?   show
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show elite theory of power.  
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In terms of voter turnout, the United States typically ranks   show
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show force, influence, and authority  
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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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The systematic, widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants is called   show
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show a. women. b. racial minorities. c. ethnic minorities.  
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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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show socialism  
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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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The elite model of political power implies that the United States has a(n) ______________________ as its form of government.   show
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show quotas  
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show Influence  
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The United States is commonly classified as a(n) ______________________ ______________________, because the elected members of Congress and state legislatures make our laws.   show
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Advocates of the ______________________ model suggest that competing groups within the community have access to government, so that no single group is dominant.   show
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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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Which one of the following nations has the lowest infant mortality rate?   show
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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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Which program is essentially a compulsory health insurance plan for the elderly?   show
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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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Which of the following terms do conflict theorists use in referring to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?   show
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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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A ____________________ ____________________ studies the effects of social class, race and ethnicity, gender, and age on the distribution of disease, impairment, and general health across a population.   show
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show functionalist  
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The immigration to the United States and other industrialized nations of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries is known as the ____________________ ____________________.   show
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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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As defined by the World Health Organization, ____________________ is a “state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.”   show
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show Barry Commoner  
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show air, water, global warning, globalization  
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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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Karl Marx held that leaders of social movements must help workers overcome feelings of   show
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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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Which of the following terms did William F. Ogburn use to refer to the period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still struggling to adapt to new material conditions?   show
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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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A person suffering from relative deprivation is dissatisfied because he or she feels downtrodden relative to some appropriate ____________________ group.   show
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show ethnocentric  
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show differentiation  
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show vested interests  
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show neo-luddites  
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In 2001, one mon after the attacks of 9/11, Congress passed the ______ Act, which relaxed existing legal checks on surveillance by law enforcement officers. Fed agencies are now free to gather data elect, including CC receipts and banking records.   show
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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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show The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money, political influence, access to the media, and personnel. (396)  
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show A period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still struggling to adapt to new material conditions. (403)  
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Define Elite model   show
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A _________ is An immigrant who sustains multiple social relationships that link his or her society of origin with the society of settlement. (411)   show
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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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Marx _______ 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.   show
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Define Matrix of domination   show
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