Using symbols of gay liberation to disguise and cover up oppressions

Someone's habitus refers to their...

Conscious and unconscious know-hows, habits, skills, due to their culture

Which of the following is NOT a good practice?

Asking a trans individual about their gender confirmation surgery

Which of the following best describes race?

Social constructions of advantage and disadvantage

What is problematic about narratives like the American and Canadian 'Dreams'?

Failures and successes are seen as personal and not societal

What does the example of Africville in Halifax demonstrate?

The de facto segregation of Black Canadians

When certain groups are seen as inferior or superior to others

The idea of homosexuality as an identity originated in __ and spread to ___

Europe / most former colonies around the world

What is social differentiation?

A system of social categories that distinguish between people

Which of the following describes some historic non-Western conceptions of homosexuality?

Homosexuality as a practice was openly expressed through forms of art

What best describes a class system?

Social standing is based on social factors and individual accomplishments

What are social boundaries?

Forms of social difference that determine access to rights and resources

What best describes gender?

Social constructions and expectations about being a particular sex

What best describes gender identity?

Self-definitions of your gender

What best defines social inequality?

The uneven distribution of resources, rewards, and positions in society

Which of the following best describes ethnicity?

Shared cultural traits, like beliefs, practices, values

What best describes stereotypes?

A type of prejudice, specifically oversimplified ideas about groups

The dominant gender schema can be defined as an ideology that...?

...there are only two sexes and genders, and their mutual association

What are minority groups?

Groups that are socially disadvantaged in terms of power

What is social stratification?

Institutionalized social differentiation that results in inequality

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SOCI 1010C Quiz #4 Review

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Just on social inequality, race and ethnicity, and sex and gender. Excludes weeks on global inequality and aging

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1
The view that inequality is the product of class divisions between workers and owners of the means of production is the
Weberian view
Structural functionalist view
Symbolic interactionist view
Marxist view
2
What is pinkwashing?
Recognition of cultural and racial diversity and the equality between them
Using symbols of gay liberation to disguise and cover up oppressions
The alignment of nationalist movements with LGBTQ+ tolerance and freedoms
When you accidentally add colours to your whites in the laundry
3
Someone's habitus refers to their...
Physical and biological traits
Worst habits
Conscious and unconscious know-hows, habits, skills, due to their culture
Social constructs attributed to their physical traits
4
Which of the following is an example of institutional racism?
All examples
Joyce Echaquan's mistreatment and death
The Quebec premier's denial of institutional racism
The experience of York University's Professor Avolonto
5
Which of the following is NOT a good practice?
Understanding gender as not natural but socially constructed
Avoiding understanding pronouns as 'preferred'
Asking a trans individual about their gender confirmation surgery
Avoiding common referrals of trans people as 'transsexuals'
6
Which of the following best describes race?
Skin colour and hair type
Physical features that translate into real differences
Formula 1
Social constructions of advantage and disadvantage
7
What is problematic about narratives like the American and Canadian 'Dreams'?
They downplay the real-life equality in these societies
They only apply to the American and Canadian-born and not immigrants
The names - Europe's model was the original
Failures and successes are seen as personal and not societal
8
What does the example of Africville in Halifax demonstrate?
The de facto segregation of Black Canadians
The dominance of Black Canadians in Canada's eastern provinces
The socioeconomic achievements of Black Canadians
The triumph of multiculturalism in Canada
9
What is racism?
When sex and gender are conflated
When ethnicities are not perfectly distinguished from one another
When nationalist movements are aligned with promotion of LGBTQ+ rights
When certain groups are seen as inferior or superior to others
10
The idea of homosexuality as an identity originated in __ and spread to ___
The US / other parts of the world
France / the western world
The Middle East / the western world
Europe / most former colonies around the world
11
What is social differentiation?
A system in which everyone is different but equal
A system in which everyone's differences are celebrated
A system of social categories that distinguish between people
When social boundaries determine access to rights and resources
12
Which of the following describes some historic non-Western conceptions of homosexuality?
Homosexuality as a practice was openly expressed through forms of art
Compared to western societies, homosexuality was often expressed in private
Non-western ideas of homosexuality spread to western societies
Homosexuality was extremely frowned upon and even punished
13
What best describes a class system?
Social standing is based on social factors and individual accomplishments
When people born into their social standing and are unable to change it
There is a low degree of marraiges between different races or ethnicities
A traditional course structure that involves an instructor and students
14
What are the two official types of segregation?
De jure and de facto
Differentiated and stratified
Open and closed
Historic and present
15
What is problematic about common understandings of sex and gender?
All options
They are seen as interchangeable
They are premised on binaries between male/man and female/woman
Sex is seen as naturally associated with gender and vice versa
16
What are symbolic boundaries?
Forms of social difference
Forms of social difference that determine access to rights and resources
Socially constructed borders between countries
Forms of social difference that are imagined
17
What is it when a minority group loses their cultural identity and are absorbed into the dominant culture?
Hybridity
Multiculturalism
Segregation
Assimilation
18
What are social boundaries?
Forms of social difference that promote equality
Self-defined categories of friends and acquaintances
Forms of social difference that determine access to rights and resources
Boundaries that delineate your personal space
19
What best describes gender?
Your natural physical and biological traits at birth
Social constructions and expectations about being a particular sex
The determinant of someone's competence at sports
The clothes one wears and the way one talks
20
What best describes gender identity?
Self-definitions of your gender
Societal impositions of your gender
The sex you were given at birth
The gender you were socialized with growing up
21
What best defines social inequality?
The uneven distribution of resources, rewards, and positions in society
A strategy for resolving conflicts between differently perceived groups
When different racial and ethnic groups combine to create a new culture
Having a lower amount of friends and social connections than others
22
Which of the following best describes ethnicity?
Cultural traits that determine tolerance and openness to difference
The country one belongs to
Skin colour and hair type
Shared cultural traits, like beliefs, practices, values
23
What best describes stereotypes?
A type of discrimination, when groups are stripped of rights and resources
A type of radio
A type of prejudice, specifically oversimplified ideas about groups
An exclusive type of racism
24
The dominant gender schema can be defined as an ideology that...?
...promotes the tolerance of gender and sexual ambiguities
...there are only two sexes and genders, and their mutual association
...underlies the Canadian 'mosaic'
... is strongly advocated by LGBTQ+ communities
25
What are minority groups?
Groups that are not yet of legal age
The most elite groups in society but are smallest in numbers
Groups that are socially disadvantaged in terms of numbers
Groups that are socially disadvantaged in terms of power
26
Which of the following is an example of a caste system?
The United States
India
Meritocracy
The 1988 Multiculturalism Act
27
The prestige or virtue of someone's position in society is their...
Status
Annual salary
Academic GPA
Power
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What is social stratification?
Institutionalized social differentiation that results in equality
Social differences that don't mean anything
Institutionalized social differentiation that results in inequality
When social differences are dismantled

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