Which definition best describes institutional sexism?

Consequence of laws, customs, and practices that discriminate based on sex

Which definition best defines sexism?

An attitude, action, or institutional structure that limits based on sex

What is the best definition for feminist?

A man or woman who advocates for the equality of women

What were the findings of the Kinsey report of 1948?

Human sexuality is on a continuum that ranges from heterosexual-homosexual

What is the relationship between family income and SAT scores?

The higher the income, the higher the score

Supporters for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) use what argument to support the use of standardized testing?

Standardized testing will identify under achieving students and schools.

How did the development of machines in the second half of the 1800s affect employment?

Machines streamlined production and farming and eliminated many jobs

What is the heterosexual assumption?

That everyone is born heterosexual

What were the research findings presented by Hooker in 1956 at the American Psychological Association (APA) conference?

She refuted the idea that homosexuals had innate mental problems.

What was the purpose of outdoor relief?

To provide food, funds & assistance to poor people of England &the colonies

Which of the following is not a way to increase academic achievement for children born into poverty?

Segregation of schools according to social class

The deaf community advocates for a bilingual/cultural approach educating deaf children and youth. Which is not a reason?

It encourages people with deafness to maintain childish behaviors

Using anthropological evidence and child studies, to what did Pillard attribute sexual orientation?

An innate personality trait that can be observed even in young children

Which of the following can have an adverse effect on student learning?

Environmental problems leading to poor health

In the late 1800ʹs, why were there so many children being adopted?

The middle class wanted to save children from their poor origins.

What Act provides people with disabilities legal recourse against discrimination?

The American Disabilities Act (ADA)

Which statement is true about sexual assault?

A woman is raped on average every six minutes.

What does the medical model of disability assume?

That it is a biological problem and a cure should be found

What were unions able to accomplish in the early 1900s?

They were instrumental in passing workers compensation laws.

How were women workers treated when World War II ended?

Women were fired to make a place for the men returning from war.

What did the results suggest about sexual behaviors in the world's largest study of twins in 2008?

Sexual behavior is shaped by both genetics and environmental factors.

Why did San Francisco become the site of the first major urban gay community in the United States?

Many gay and lesbian soldiers returning from WWII decided to remain in SF.

Which one of the following was not a law pertaining to women in the 1700s?

Unmarried women must give earnings to father or the male head of household

When it comes to social mobility, people in the United States are

Most likely to spend their lives in the same social strata they were born

Schools that remain on the ʺin need of improvementʺ list for four or five years have all of the following options EXCEPT

Receiving the label of a "failing" school.

A person with a disability is not allowed to pursue an educational course of study of choice, is which assumption?

That a person with a disability will always need assistance

What was the predominant colonial Protestant attitude toward poverty in the early 1800s?

Poverty was the results of being slothful and sinful behaviors.

What do disability rights advocates argue is needed for people with disabilities to be accepted as an oppressed group?

More disability studies included at the secondary & higher education level

The belief that people with disabilities are inferior to able-bodied people

What is heterosexism?

The oppression of people who are not heterosexual

What is not a purpose of the McKinney-Vento Act?

To keep accurate records of homeless families in the U.S.

A person who believes in the superiority of males.

According to the 2012 definition, what must occur for a sexual act to be classified as rape?

There must be penetration of the vagina or anus or oral penetration.

How did the Civil War and its aftermath impact the women's demands for gender equality?

Women were granted the right to vote in Western states.

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1
Which definition best describes institutional sexism?
Consequence of laws, customs, and practices that discriminate based on sex
An informal upper limit that keeps women from being promoted
A company that discriminates against women when hiring
A person who believes that men are superior to women
2
Which definition best defines sexism?
Oppression stemming from cultural norms about femininity
Normal patterns for the relationships between a dominant &subordinate group
An attitude, action, or institutional structure that limits based on sex
An attitude, action, or institution structure that limits females
3
What is the best definition for feminist?
A woman who believes in the superiority of men
A man or woman who advocates for the equality of women
Radical women who are angry at men
An attitude or action that subordinates a person based on their sex
4
What were the findings of the Kinsey report of 1948?
All humans possess a heterosexual orientation.
Human sexuality is on a continuum that ranges from heterosexual-homosexual
Men were more likely to participate in homosexual behaviors than women.
Most people are exclusively either heterosexual or homosexual.
5
Groups in the disabled community have refused to participate in telethons & fundraisers b/c they feel it contributes to
Menaces to society.
Objects of ridicule.
Objects of pity.
Subhuman organisms.
6
What is the relationship between family income and SAT scores?
The lower the income, the higher the SAT score
There is no correlation between SAT scores and income
The higher the income, the higher the score
The higher the income, the lower the SAT score
7
What was the first public acknowledgement that people with disabilities were a minority needing civil rights protection?
Section 504
The Rehabilitation Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Supplment Security Income (SSI) Program
8
Supporters for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) use what argument to support the use of standardized testing?
Standardized testing will identify under achieving students and schools.
Standardized testing measures all students should have learned in a year
Standardized testing under NCLB has improved scores on reading and math
Due to rigorous testing teachers are able 2 expand their curriculum content
9
How did the development of machines in the second half of the 1800s affect employment?
More people were able to retire due to the increase on factory wages.
Wages increased because of the skill needed to operate the machines.
Jobs for skilled artisans increased because machines couldn't compete
Machines streamlined production and farming and eliminated many jobs
10
What is the heterosexual assumption?
Eastern_ people are born without sex orientation & homosexuality is taught
That everyone is born heterosexual
That same sex attraction is normal
That there is a continuum of sexual behaviors in the human race
11
What were the research findings presented by Hooker in 1956 at the American Psychological Association (APA) conference?
Correlation between homosexuality in men & being raised by a single mother
Concluded that homosexuality related to lack of religious education at home
She confirmed the assumption that homosexuals were mentally unstable.
She refuted the idea that homosexuals had innate mental problems.
12
What was the purpose of outdoor relief?
To reduce the burden of poverty on the towns' people
To house people as they worked to pay for their care
To provide food, funds & assistance to poor people of England &the colonies
To dole out the punishment for being a vagrant
13
Prejudiced attitudes and behaviors against others based on perception of their income or social standing is...
Racism
Individual Classism
Social Stratification
Social Mobility
14
Which of the following is not a way to increase academic achievement for children born into poverty?
State funded pre-school program
Segregation of schools according to social class
Sending low income students to middle class schools
Increased federal funding for Head Start programs
15
The deaf community advocates for a bilingual/cultural approach educating deaf children and youth. Which is not a reason?
It encourages people with deafness to maintain childish behaviors
It challenges the perspective that deafness is a deficit.
It helps deaf students learn Standard English.
It benefits hearing student to learn about deaf culture and history.
16
Using anthropological evidence and child studies, to what did Pillard attribute sexual orientation?
Purely based upon the influence of sex hormones on brain function
An innate personality trait that can be observed even in young children
A choice made by adults
A choice that is easily changeable with therapy
17
Krafft-Ebing had many views about homosexuality in the late 1800s. Which of the following was not one of them?
It was an acceptable practice.
It was a mental defect.
It was one of many forms of sexual desire.
It could be cured.
18
Which of the following can have an adverse effect on student learning?
Vitamin and mineral supplements
Environmental problems leading to poor health
School reform in the context of social change
An increase in low income family earning
19
In the late 1800ʹs, why were there so many children being adopted?
Families were being punished for being poor.
The middle class wanted to save children from their poor origins.
It allowed poor fathers and mothers unencumbered opportunity to seek work.
So poorhouses could be turned into nursing homes for elderly with no family
20
How did women demand gender equality in the 1800s?
By focusing on women's issues and not on the anti-slavery movements
By striking for better pay
By declaring women did not have full citizenship rights
By demanding equal pay to male teachers from school districts
21
What Act provides people with disabilities legal recourse against discrimination?
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHC)
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
The American Disabilities Act (ADA)
The Rehabilitation Act
22
Which statement is true about sexual assault?
Most sexual assaults are committed by strangers.
Technology has made it harder for women to be stalked.
True numbers for sexual assaults are probably lower due to over reporting
A woman is raped on average every six minutes.
23
What does the medical model of disability assume?
That it is a biological problem and a cure should be found
That people with disabilities are helpless and dependent on others
That all problems a person with disabilities has stems from that disability
That people with disabilities are victims of their disability
24
The societal promotion that heterosexuality is the norm and everything else is deviant is
Individual Classism
Sexism
Rational Choice Theory
Cultural heterosexism
25
What were unions able to accomplish in the early 1900s?
They were instrumental in passing workers compensation laws.
They got an increase in pay for men as they were the "head of household"
They got minimum wage set so that workers would earn a living wage
They got work place injuries and deaths reduced by stronger safety measures
26
How were women workers treated when World War II ended?
Women were fired to make a place for the men returning from war.
Their hard work was praised and they were asked to stay on the job.
Women could keep the jobs they had during the war if they wanted to.
Researchers concluded that women were just as able to handle stressful
27
What did the results suggest about sexual behaviors in the world's largest study of twins in 2008?
Sexual behavior is shaped only by genetics.
Sexual behavior is shaped only by environmental factors.
Sexual behavior is shaped by both genetics and environmental factors.
Sexual behaviors are a choice than can be changed at will.
28
Why did San Francisco become the site of the first major urban gay community in the United States?
California courts upheld constitutionality of refusing to serve homosexual
This became the place to go to avoid being drafted into serving during WWII
Many gay and lesbian soldiers returning from WWII decided to remain in SF.
Many gays and lesbians moved there to protest the killing of Harvey Milk.
29
Which one of the following was not a law pertaining to women in the 1700s?
Unmarried women must give earnings to father or the male head of household
Money earned by a woman after she was married must be given to her husband
A woman could not sign a contract without her husband's permission
Property of women became their husband's after they married
30
When it comes to social mobility, people in the United States are
Have greater social mobility than others countries such as Germany, France
More likely to move up in social status than in past years.
Less likely to move down in social class.
Most likely to spend their lives in the same social strata they were born
31
Schools that remain on the ʺin need of improvementʺ list for four or five years have all of the following options EXCEPT
Extending their school year of date.
Replacing all or most of their staff.
Receiving the label of a "failing" school.
Losing local control of their school.
32
A person with a disability is not allowed to pursue an educational course of study of choice, is which assumption?
That a person's self-concept is based on his or her disability
That all barriers to learning will stem from the disability
That a person's disability should be cured before pursuing higher learning
That a person with a disability will always need assistance
33
What was the predominant colonial Protestant attitude toward poverty in the early 1800s?
As long as the people were working, the church would help financially
Poor people were industrious and virtuous.
It was the colonies religious obligation to take care of them.
Poverty was the results of being slothful and sinful behaviors.
34
What do disability rights advocates argue is needed for people with disabilities to be accepted as an oppressed group?
More groups supporting for people with disabilities
To have federal laws passed certifying them as an oppressed group
More disability studies included at the secondary & higher education level
To be recognized as a cultural group
35
What is ableism?
Laws, customs and practices allowing discrimination against disabled indivi
The belief that people with disabilities are inferior to able-bodied people
Products and environment designed to be available to everyone
A barrier limiting opportunities for a person to participate in an activity
36
A restriction of ability or activity caused by an impairment is
herterosexism
unability
discrimination
disability
37
What is heterosexism?
The oppression of people who are not heterosexual
Sexual identity of a person based on sexual fantasies, desires & practices
The oppression of people who are heterosexual
A lifelong sexual desire for a person of the opposite sex
38
What is not a purpose of the McKinney-Vento Act?
To keep accurate records of homeless families in the U.S.
To provide funds for social services to assist homeless people
To guarantee an education to homeless children
To monitor homeless children for signs of disability
39
A male chauvinist is
A person who believes in the equality of women.
A person who believes in the superiority of males.
A person who believes in the superiority of someone or something.
A man who believes in the superiority of males.
40
What is the societal promotion of negative beliefs portraying people with disabilities as deviant or incompetent?
Ableism
Institutional Ableism
Cultural Ableism
Normalization
41
According to the 2012 definition, what must occur for a sexual act to be classified as rape?
There must be penetration of the vagina or anus or oral penetration.
There must be vaginal penetration by any body part or object.
There must be carnal knowledge of the woman against her will.
It must involve a man and a woman.
42
How did the Civil War and its aftermath impact the women's demands for gender equality?
Women were granted the right to vote in Western states.
Contraception was encouraged to reduce the stress on Civil War veterans.
Women were encouraged to go to college and take on leadership roles.
Women were valued on the job as equal partners in business.
43
What was known as the "gay disease" in the 1980s?
Ryan White Disease
Drug Addiction
Cancer
AIDS
44
Due to influxes of new immigrants, the competition for jobs allowed employers to keep wages low.
False
True
45
Americans are most likely to blame poverty on
Lack of jobs.
Social injustice and changes in the modern world.
Capitalism and the need to keep wages low.
Lack of effort or ability.

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