SOWK 342: Chapter 1-5 – Flashcards

(p. 122) When asked on surveys (such as the General Social Survey) to which class they belong, most U.S. residents respond that they are either

(p. 120-121) Life chances may be impacted by all of the following except:

(p. 122) Upper class families in the United States are characterized by which of the following:

(p. 122) Studies in the United States suggest that husbands and wives may belong to different classes in ____________ of all two-parent, two-earner families.

(p. 134) Since the 1970s, families whose income lies in the middle of the income distribution (of all U.S. families) have kept up with the cost of living primarily by

(p. 128-130) Rossi and Rossi's Boston-area study of people's sense of obligation to kin found that most people

(p. 130) Based on sociological studies, those kinship ties that engender the strongest feelings of obligation are

(p. 131) Which of the following is not a value emphasized by working class parents?

(p. 133) All of the following are advantages that middle-class children gain from "the accomplishment of natural growth" except which?

(p. 120) The concept of status group was refined by the famous sociologist

(p. 167) When Barack Obama was born in Hawaii to an interracial married couple in 1961 at least ________ states had laws forbidding marriages between whites and non-whites.

(p. 141) The number of births and deaths among American Indians did not change dramatically between 1970 and 1980. How would you explain the 72 percent rise in their population during this same time period?

(p. 154) The number of middle-class African American families in the United States has been increasing, but one critical aspect that distinguishes them from middle-class white families is their

(p. 150-151) The decline in marriage among African Americans can be explained by the following phenomenon:

(p. 161) The __________ strategy, used by Cubans—especially those living in and around Miami—is a viable way for an immigrant group to achieve economic success.

(p. 145-146) In referring to "whiteness as an ethnicity" it can be said that

(p. 343) Evidence of the fact that domestic violence is not solely a contemporary social problem is suggested by the passing of the first law against wife beating in the Western world by citizens of

(p. 344) The political model of domestic violence focuses primarily on:

(p. 347) "Situational couple violence" is typified by

(p. 353) Members of which of the following groups are most likely to commit acts of domestic violence?

(p. 356) The literature currently available, suggests an association for women between forced sex as a child and subsequent

(p. 366) Men with more income can trade money for desired behavior from their wives, rather than incur the risks of using violence to obtain desired behavior. This fact best reflects which of the following perspectives on domestic violence?

(p. 365) The theory that aggressive behavior occurs when a person is blocked from achieving a goal is called

(p. 365) The teacher of a required course on how to handle conflict and anger in a relationship would most likely be using a __________ approach to domestic violence.

(p. 352-353) On the basis of currently available research on domestic violence, which of the following types of families would be most likely to experience abuse?

(p. 360-361) A 2004 study found that the elderly were most likely to be abused by

(p. 361) Of the substantiated elder abuse cases in 2004, the most prevalent type was