Sociology Final Exam Part 2

When the time you spend working at a fast-food restaurant causes you to do poorly on an American history test, you are experiencing: 

• Organic Solidarity
• nomadism
• role strain
• role conflict

A position such as being a high-school teacher is likely to have more prestige than:

• money (income)
• power
• status
• wealth

A surgeon's son becoming a bus driver is an example of ______________ mobility.

• intergenerational
• vertical
• horizontal
• Upward

Some sociologists believe that many poor nations are poor because

• they have cut ties to their former colonizers
• people in the nation do not work hard enough.
  
• powerful nations took control of their resources
• they have not yet joined the process of globalization

Which of the following is an indicator that is used to measure poverty?

• race
•  infant mortality rate
• access to green space
• religious affiliation
  

Which is NOT an issue with it comes to sex education programs?

• Abstinence programs may cause an increase is teen pregnancies
• It is hard to talk about, so teens don't know what to do
• Many teens are clueless about consent
• They will know everything they need from their friends

 Margie wants to enroll in her school’s advanced math class, but her counselor discourages her by saying the class is very difficult and she will be the only girl in the class. This is an example of:

•  biological determinism
• sexism
• gender identity
• ageism

 A child learns how to behave within her family by watching how her parents judge her behavior and then judging herself accordingly. Charles Horton Cooley called this process

• desocialization
• resocialization
• the play stage
• the looking-glass

Gender identity is awareness of being masculine or feminine based on

• being male or female
• social and cultural patterns
• genetic differences
• biological facts

Which of the following best describes the symbolic interactionist view of gender?

•  It is to men’s advantage to prevent women from gaining political, economic, and social power.
  
• Traditional gender roles are outdated because people no longer need to rely on physical strengthto survive
• The traditional division of responsibilities exists because it has benefited society.
•  Children acquire their gender identity by interacting with people in the world around them.