Sociology Exam 3 – Ch’s 8-11 – Flashcards
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While the notion of sex refers to biological characteristics, the concept of gender refers to?
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Social characteristics.
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Judith Lorber believed that gender is a social institution because it:
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Is a major structure organizing our day-to-day experiences.
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Dr. John Money claimed a genetic male could be raised as a girl and would turn out just fine. The David Reimer story show that Money's claims were:
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Wrong.
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The basic idea behind feminism is that women and men should be:
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Accorded equal opportunities according to their sex.
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What is the term that refers to desire, sexual preference, sexual identity, and behavior?
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Sexuality
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In the seventeenth century, Rubenesque women were considered beauties because when food was scarce, a plump woman was a sign of good health, wealth, and attractiveness. What was the catalyst that made food plentiful and changed the standard of beauty for women?
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Industrialization.
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Bob and Sue paint their baby's room pink as soon as they find out that they are having a girl. They are beginning to provide the baby with what?
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Her gendered identity.
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Carol Gilligan found boys and girls played differently on the playground. In comparison to boys, girls tended to:
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Play more cooperative and people-based games.
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Black feminists essentially argue all of the following EXCEPT:
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All women are in a similair boat and faced with the same hegemonic masculinity.
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Although women now outnumber men in terms of college enrollment, men still dominate which fields?
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Math and physics.
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What term refers to a group of people who share a set of physical characteristics and a bloodline?
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Race.
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The one-drop rule asserts that just "one drop" of black blood makes:
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A person black.
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An 1851 excerpt from Harper's Weekly magazine describes a certain racial group as law-breaking, idle, thriftless, poor, and barbarian. What group is this excerpt describing?
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Irish.
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Which group believed that different races were distinct species?
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Polygenists.
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Muslims have recently (since 9/11) undergone a new racial identity, from being formally unnoticed as a group to be singled out for more discrimination. This is known as:
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Racialization.
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What allows one to identify with a nationality without the rights and duties of a citizen?
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Ethnicity.
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What minority group has the highest percentage of males in prison?
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Blacks.
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The Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown vs. Board of Education struck down what doctrine?
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Separate but equal.
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Thoughts and feelings (usually negative) about an ethnic or racial group are refereed to as:
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Prejudice.
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What is the term that refers to the mass killing of a particular population?
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Genocide.
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Your text defines poverty as a condition of deprivation due to:
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Economic Circumstances.
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Which nation has one of the highest poverty rates in the advanced world?
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The United States.
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People who are born into poverty and ultimately raise their own children in poverty learn "how" to live in poverty. They learn the norms and values associated with that particular way of life. This is known as Oscar Lewis's:
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Culture of poverty.
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A lot of people who are eligible for food stamps in the United States don't apply for them. Why?
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They can't get to the Department of Social Services due to lack of transportation.
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According to the underclass thesis, the poor are:
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Deviant and dangerous to mainstream society.
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Herrnstein and Murrary questioned whether poverty was a side effect of __ conditions, or whether it actually caused limited opportunities for children.
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Biological.
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James Rosenbaum (2000) found that the people most likely to benefit from being moved from low-income, ghetto neighborhoods were the:
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Children.
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Gated communities are examples of what factor that is mixing with wealth inequality to increase the gap between the rich and the poor?
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Economic segregation.
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What term described the measurement of poverty where a household's income falls below the necessary level to purchase food to physically sustain its members?
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Absolute poverty.
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When the official poverty line was first set, food made up the largest percentage of household budgets. In today's society, what now makes up the largest percentage?
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Housing.
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The Gini coefficient is:
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A measure of economic inequality.
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Although doctors are very intimate and personal with their patients, it is also important for them to:
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Remain objective.
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Which of the following is NOT an obligation of the sick role?
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Try to treat the illness with over-the-counter medicines first.
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The main problem of fee-for-service is doctors have an incentive to:
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Overcharge the insurance company.
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A government program that provides health insurance for the poor is:
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Medicaid.
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When it comes to health care, Western societies are:
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Reactive.
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Morbidity means ___; mortality means ___.
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Illness;death.
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All of the following explain why people with higher incomes live longer EXCEPT:
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They are more likely to be firstborns.
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Which of the following is NOT a strategy for combating AIDS today?
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Eliminating gay marriage.
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A tax that is put on items that are considered "unhealthy" is refereed to as a(n):
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Sin tax.
