Question Sociology

Question 1

1. A sign for a gender-neutral bathroom on a college campus attracts a lot of attention, gossip, and conversation because

a.

it challenges the binary script that places people in two clear-cut categories.

b.

a gender-neutral bathroom would have no uses.

c.

people are open to such an arrangement.

1 points

Question 2

1. “No person or corporation shall require any white female nurse to nurse in wards or rooms in hospitals, either public or private, in which Negro men are placed.” This Alabama law is an example of __________ Laws.

a.

Jim Crow

b.

Civil War era

c.

Integration

d.

Civil Rights

1 points

Question 3

1. Tiger Woods’ mother is half Thai, one-quarter Chinese, and one-quarter white. His father is half black, one-quarter Chinese, and one-quarter American Indian. Tiger appears “black.” Tiger’s physical appearance reflects the importance of ___________ in regard to racial classification.

a.

chance

b.

consciousness

c.

context

d.

choice

1 points

Question 4

1. Norms governing female body language suggest all but which one of the following?

a.

subordination

b.

vulnerability

c.

high status

d.

submissiveness

1 points

Question 5

1. Robyn noticed that international students on campus tend to interact with each other and seem to avoid interaction with Americans. The same is true for American-born students. This situation is an example of

a.

absorption assimilation

b.

melting pot assimilation

c.

involuntary migration

d.

segregation

1 points

Question 6

1. Women who work in male-dominated occupations can encounter a barrier that prevents them from rising past a certain level in an organization. This barrier is known as the

a.

glass ceiling.

b.

glass wall.

c.

glass escalator.

d.

glass elevator.

1 points

Question 7

1. ________________ is the process of introducing products into the market by using advertising and sales campaigns that promise consumers they will achieve gender ideals if they buy them.

a.

Selective marketing

b.

Gender-schematic marketing

c.

Gender polarization

d.

The commercialization of gender ideals

1 points

Question 8

1. Mary’s supervisor tells her that the only way to prevent theft is to follow black customers as they shop. Mary complies because she does not want to lose her job. Mary is a

a.

nonprejudiced nondiscriminator.

b.

prejudiced nondiscriminator.

c.

nonprejudiced discriminator.

d.

prejudiced discriminator.

1 points

Question 9

1. Some social critics maintain that the U.S. government classifies people of Middle Eastern and Arab ancestry as “white” because

a.

the Middle East holds important symbolic values that whites with power to classify hoped to associate with their “race.”

b.

this ancestry group doesn’t fit clearly into the “black” category.

c.

most Middle Easterners self-classify themselves as white.

d.

the dominant population classifies Middle Easterners as “white.”

1 points

Question 10

1. Darius remarks “when people find out that I prefer country music to rap music they are surprised and say things like ‘a black guy who doesn’t like rap? What’s wrong with you?” This illustrates the dynamics underlying

a.

racial awareness.

b.

racial common sense.

c.

racial classification.

d.

racism.

1 points

Question 11

1. Which one of the following occupations is not among the 10 leading occupations of employed women?

a.

child care workers

b.

secretaries

c.

chief executive officers

d.

elementary and middle school teachers

1 points

Question 12

1. Which one of the following is not one of the six official racial categories in the United States?

a.

Hispanic

b.

American Indian or Alaskan Native

c.

white

d.

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

1 points

Question 13

1. James identifies himself as just “Irish” even though he knows one of his grandfathers was from Spain. This example speaks to the process of

a.

involuntary ethnicity.

b.

ethnic renewal.

c.

selective forgetting.

d.

ethnic pride.

1 points

Question 14

1. Which of the following characteristics about Samoan society best helps explain how fà-afafines became commonplace in contemporary Samoa?

a.

Samoans make sharp distinctions between males and females.

b.

Close and physically affectionate relations with same-sex people are prohibited.

c.

Because there is widespread unemployment in Samoa, men take on fà-afafine roles for status.

d.

The declining status of the aumaga has left men without a clear sense of purpose.

1 points

Question 15

1. ______________ is the physical, behavioral, and mental or emotional traits believed to be characteristic of females.

a.

Gender

b.

A primary sex characteristic

c.

A secondary sex characteristic

d.

Femininity

1 points

Question 16

1. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, the very anticipation of contact can cause the “normals” and the stigmatized to try to avoid one another. This is because the two parties

a.

have experienced negative reactions from everyone they have encountered in the other group.

b.

wish to avoid discomfort, rejection, and suspicions they encounter from people in the other group.

c.

wish to resist the social pressures pushing them to interact with one another.

d.

believe they cannot form a relationship that matches the “ideal” kind of relationship portrayed in the media.

1 points

Question 17

1. Eugenics presented itself is as

a.

a movement encouraging racial segregation.

b.

a science seeking to improve society through the betterment of living conditions.

c.

an applied science with the purpose of identifying ways to improve the genetic composition of populations.

d.

a science seeking to improve society by ridding the world of ‘degenerate’ races.

1 points

Question 18

1. To _____________ racial categories is to treat them as if they are real and meaningful and to forget they are made up.

a.

question

b.

classify

c.

justify

d.

reify

1 points

Question 19

1. When asked what ethnicity she is, Ruth says “I don’t have an ethnicity, I’m just white.” This is an example of

a.

hidden ethnicity.

b.

involuntary ethnicity.

c.

primary ethnicity.

d.

ethnic renewal.

1 points

Question 20

1. __________ assimilation produces a newly blended cultural system.

a.

Involuntary

b.

Absorption

c.

Melting pot

d.

Voluntary

1 points

Question 21

1. Fà-afafine literally means

a.

intersexual.

b.

in the way of women.

c.

unusual to a fault.

d.

transvestite.

1 points

Question 22

1. In 2000, the United States system of racial classification changed such that people

a.

could no longer claim racial identity.

b.

can identify themselves as belonging to more than one of 63 racial categories.

c.

could refuse to answer the race question.

d.

could identify with only one racial category.

1 points

Question 23

1. Once a child is labeled male or female, everyone who comes in contact with the child begins to treat him or her as such and encourages gender-specific behavior. This dynamic relates to the process known as

a.

sexualization.

b.

commercialization of gender ideals.

c.

gender inequality.

d.

socialization.

1 points

Question 24

1. The belief that one sex—and by extension, one gender—is superior to another and that this superiority justifies inequalities between sexes is known as

a.

feminism.

b.

gender bias.

c.

structuralism.

d.

sexism.

1 points