Exam 1 Flashcards
The perception aspect of a social problems existences is at the heart of which sociological viewpoint?
Constructionist
Which of the following would be considered a Social entity?
All of the above ( news media, interest groups, politicians)
What is the name of the second stage of the natural history of a social problem?
Legitimacy
The term used to appreciate the structural basis for individual problems is called?
Sociological imagination
According to sociologist, William Ryan, whom do most Americans blame for poverty and unemployment?
Victims
Which of the following would be considered a major assumption of the functionalism theory in sociology?
Social stability is necessary for a strong society
Which person below would be considered a proponent of conflict theory?
Karl Marx
Which theory most supports social change to reduce inequality?
Conflict theory
Which of the following theories would look at a bank robbery and demand changes in society’s economic structure?
Conflict theory
Using experiments in research is particularly good to determine…
Cause and effect
What is the major downside of a face-to-face survey?
Expensive
What is a major disadvantage of the observation research method?
Hard to generalize
The first step in the scientific method process is called?
Hypothesis
The beauty of a random sample is?
Allows for generalization
If you are a member of the ______ you are part of the working class?
Proletariat
What race has the most poor people? ( total number, not percentage)
White
What area of the United States has the highest poverty rate?
South
One theory about the poor asserts that poor people have beliefs and practices that doom them to continued poverty. Another name for this is?
Culture of poverty
The belief that society must compensate skilled workers more than non-skilled is primarily a part of which theory?
Functionalist
Why is there less poverty in other western nations, according to the research sited in the text?
All of the above ( stronger unions, higher minimum wage, higher social expenditures, higher housing allowances)
Which of the following is NOT an example of dependency theory?
Wealthy nations have settled their historical debts to poor countries
Which of the following the modernist theory believe that Western Europe did to get wealthy?
All of the above ( future orientation, rejected maintaining the status quo, hard work, new ways of thinking)
The US poverty rate has increased due to the us government cutting back on its commitment AND what other major reasons?
Loss of well paying manufacturing jobs
The high rate of female poverty is called the ___________________
Feminization of poverty
Which of the following are “correct” examples of modernization theory?
All of the above (beliefs, values, culture, practices)
Which of the following would be examples of functionalist theory?
All of the above ( Poor people do the work that others don’t want to do, programs for poor people provide good jobs for others, poor people boy goods that others don’t such as day-old bread, poor people provide work for low quality doctors and lawyers)
Which of the following groups has the lowest percentage of poor people?
Non - Latino whites
When of the following statements pest describes children’s knowledge about their families’ financial conditions, according to FrontLine, Poor Kids?
Children know that their families are poor, and they have a fairly good idea about how their families became poor
Which of the following statement best describes the result of the ten year follow up of children in Frontline, Poor Kids?
Many of the families were still poor, but some made progress by finishing school and getting jobs
Which of the following stertements are true about Frontline, Poor Kids?
A and B are both false ( A. None of the children understood why their family became poor, B. All families interviewed inter video became poor because of problems within the families, and the economy had little impact on how they became poor)
People from different races have what percent of their DNA the same?
99%
People who become prejudiced because they are conforming to society’s norms are examples of what theory?
Social learning theory
Group Threat Theory emphasizes what?
Economic competition and political competition (a and b)
Social distance measures individuals’ feelings about?
Interacting with members of other races
Jim Crow racism has been replaced by?
Laissez-faire racism and symbolic racism (b and c)
According to the table regarding prejudice and discrimination, which of the following practices discrimination but not prejudice?
Fair weather liberals
The white owner of an apartment complex who refuses to rent to people of color is?
Prejudiced and discriminating (a and b)
Which of the following would be an example where institutional racism is evident?
Housing, Medical care, Education, Law enforcement (All of the above)
Which of the following groups has the highest percent in poverty?
Native American
Rejecting a home loan because of where the property is located is also called?
Redlining
Which ethnic group was the subject of the congressional act that prohibited their immigration in 1882?
Chinese
The white owner of a restaurant who serves people of color only because he is afraid of being sued is?
Timid bigot
According the the Contexts article, “Do Black Lives Increasingly Matter?” which of the following statements is true about 2017 statistics?
Blacks continue to be overrepresented among those killed by police under all circumstances, relative to size of the racial group in the whole population.
According the the Contexts article, “Do Black Lives Increasingly Matter?” which of the following statements is true about the trend since 2014?
The rate of Blacks and Hispanics who were unarmed when killed has decreased
According to the video, “Do You Have a Black Friend?” which statement is correct?
None of the white Americans interviewed said they did not have any black friends.
Recent anthropological evidence…
Challenges the evolutionary argument that men’s tendency to commit violence was biologically transmitted
Which of the following concepts is defined as “a society’s expectations of people’s behavior and attitudes based on whether they are female or males”.
Gender roles
Which of the following concepts is defined as “the social and cultural differences a society assigns to people based on their biological sex”.
Gender
The belief that the equality of women can be achieved within out existing society by passing laws and reforming social, economic, and political institutions
Liberal feminism
The belief that gender equality can result only if fundamental changes in social institutions, and even a socialist revolution.
Socialist feminism
“Patriarchy” is defined as
Relating to male dominations
The gender gap in women pay…
Exists for all levels of education and Increases with higher levels of education (a and b)
Why do women’s jobs pay less than men’s jobs?
Women’s care giving responsibilities are not values in society and Sex discrimination (a and b)
Which of these described the “glass escalator”?
It applies especially in occupations primarily filled by women and It represents the relative ease afforded men for promotion within the workplace (b and c)
Which country ranks highest for their women’s involvement in their nation’s economy and political life?
Sweden
Which of the following is NOT true regarding women?
They are more likely to be victims of violence of all kinds
In a Ted Talk “A Call to Men”, Tony Porter argues that…
The idea of manhood should be redefined
In a Ted Talk, Tony Porter argues that men engage in sexual violence against women…
Because men feel the need to prove they are manly enough
According to the video, “The Founder of #MeToo Doesn’t Want Us to Forget Victims of Color”, which factors contribute to sexual violence against black women?
Racial oppression increases black men’s anger and their violence against black women, and People are socialized to see black girls as sexual being. (Both A and B)
According to the video, “The Founder of #MeToo Doesn’t Want Us to Forget Victims of Color”, which action is recommended to reduce sexual violence against women of color?
Men need to think beyond wives and daughters in order to ensure all women of color are protected.
A _________ is any condition or behavior that has negative consequences for large numbers of people and that is generally recognized as a condition or behavior that needs to be addressed
Social problem
Emphasizes that a condition or behavior does not become a social problem unless there is a perception that it should be considered a social problem. In this view, many types of negative conditions and behaviors exist.
Social constructionist view