Introduction to Sociology Exam 3

Why do sociologists consider the racial types of Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?

Since the United States lacks a history of nobility, as in Europe, many people in this country think of it as ________

Men and women ________

________ refers to social organization in which males dominate females.

In general, people of low social class position ________

According to Karl Marx, which class forms the core of the industrial proletariat?

Human beings are all members of ________

A family leaves Russia for the United States. They gradually lose Russian cultural traditions. They have modified____

Factor that accounts for greatest share of difference in the earnings of working women and men in the United States is

If you were looking for data supporting the claim that U.S. society is very stratified the strongest case would point to

The least amount of racial and ethnic diversity is found in ________

The category of the U.S. population in which women do most of the housework is ________

During the last twenty years, which category of the U.S. population has experienced the largest gains in average income?

Being in the upper-upper class is usually the result of ___; being in the lower-upper class is more a matter of __.

Assimilation refers to the process by which ________

Gender is not just a matter of difference in behavior, but also of differences in ________

Which concept refers to attitudes and activities that a society links to people of each sex?

Which of the following concepts refers to the physical and social separation of categories of people?

Sociologists define the concept of “race” as ________

Looking back over U.S. history, we see a general trend by which women ________

While prejudice is a matter of _______, discrimination is a matter of _______.

Four states currently have a “minority majority.” Which are they?

In today’s U.S. work force, ________

Which concept refers to change in social position during a person’s lifetime?

Which concept refers to earnings from work or any investments?

A good example of a person in her society’s upper-upper class is ________

In the United States, minorities typically have less ________

The total amount of financial assets, minus any debts, is referred to as ________

In which of the following job categories are the workers mostly women?

The ancestors of which of the following first settled in the Western Hemisphere?

Throughout the life course, gender shapes ________

Working class people might also be described as ________

When it comes to gender and schooling, ________

The family of actor Will Smith and actress Jada Pinkett Smith would best be described as ________

Which of the following factors tends to raise your social standing?

Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that ________

Those most likely to be liberal on social issues (say, by supporting feminism) are ________

In which of the following clusters of states do we find the least racial and ethnic diversity?

The concept of “intergenerational social mobility” refers to change in social position ________

Which of the following concepts refers to a shared cultural heritage?

The highest concentration of high-income people is found ________

Comparing the performances of female and male athletes over time shows ________

Social position in the United States is affected by a person’s ________

The concept “feminization of poverty” refers to the fact that, in the United States, ________

The concept of gender refers to ________

Margaret Mead’s research on gender in three societies in New Guinea illustrates that ________

People of low social position are more liberal on ________ issues and more conservative on ________ issues.

In the United States, people of ________ are most likely to vote.

The “beauty myth” refers to the idea that ________

The following concept refers to people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, and socially disadvantaged