Question 1

Sociologists assert that the three most important systems of stratification in the United States today include ...

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A) race ethnicity,class and religion. 
B) class,gender,and genotype. 
C) race ethnicity,class and gender. 
D) marital status,race and class. 
A) race ethnicity,class and religion. 
B) class,gender,and genotype. 
C) race ethnicity,class and gender. 
D) marital status,race and class. C

Question 2

Which is biologically determined and which is socially defined?

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A) Sex is biologically determined while gender is socially defined. 
B) Sex is socially determined while gender is biologically defined. 
C) Both are socially and biologically determined. 
D) Neither are socially or biologically determined. 
A) Sex is biologically determined while gender is socially defined. 
B) Sex is socially determined while gender is biologically defined. 
C) Both are socially and biologically determined. 
D) Neither are socially or biologically determined. A

Question 3

The most important single predictor of a man's occupational status is his

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A) IQ. 
B) education level. 
C) father's occupational status. 
D) mother's occupational status. 
A) IQ. 
B) education level. 
C) father's occupational status. 
D) mother's occupational status. C

Question 4

Research cited by Aulette indicates that the group that is most conscious of cultivating community responsibility is the

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A) White middle class. 
B) Black middle class. 
C) White working class. 
D) Black working class. 
A) White middle class. 
B) Black middle class. 
C) White working class. 
D) Black working class.

Question 5

Families among the upper class

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A) are more visible and open to the public than families in other social classes. 
B) are not important in the upper class because upper-class people strongly value individual achievement. 
C) play an important role in maintaining boundaries between themselves and other social classes. 
D) give little responsibility to women for maintaining the class system and their families place within the system. 
A) are more visible and open to the public than families in other social classes. 
B) are not important in the upper class because upper-class people strongly value individual achievement. 
C) play an important role in maintaining boundaries between themselves and other social classes. 
D) give little responsibility to women for maintaining the class system and their families place within the system.

Question 6

The owning or upper class is an elite group of about ______ percent of the total population that owns 71% percent of all the wealth and receives 43.2% of all of the household income.

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A) 1% 
B) 5% 
C) 10% 
D) 20% 
A) 1% 
B) 5% 
C) 10% 
D) 20%

Question 7

Famous anthropologist Margaret Mead studied gender in three societies in New Guinea.She found that

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A) all three defined masculinity and femininity the same supporting the theory that masculinity is naturally associated with aggressiveness and violence while femininity is associated with gentleness and passivity. 
B) men were associated with aggressiveness in all three societies but social definitions of femininity varied including both aggressive and passive characteristics. 
C) women were associated with gentle passivity in all three societies but social definitions of masculinity varied including both aggressive and passive characteristics. 
D) both men and women were gentle and passive in one society; both men and women were aggressive and violent in a second society; while men were passive and women were aggressive in the third society. 
A) all three defined masculinity and femininity the same supporting the theory that masculinity is naturally associated with aggressiveness and violence while femininity is associated with gentleness and passivity. 
B) men were associated with aggressiveness in all three societies but social definitions of femininity varied including both aggressive and passive characteristics. 
C) women were associated with gentle passivity in all three societies but social definitions of masculinity varied including both aggressive and passive characteristics. 
D) both men and women were gentle and passive in one society; both men and women were aggressive and violent in a second society; while men were passive and women were aggressive in the third society.

Question 8

The Mothers of East Los Angeles,a group of about 400 Mexican American women,transformed their oppressed social position into a basis of empowerment in five ways,including all of the following EXCEPT:

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A) They transformed gender-based roles,responsibilities,and networks into a political resource such as using experiences and friends they met in their children's school activities. 
B) They used their ethnic and class identity as a basis of community identity. 
C) They developed speaking,writing and political skills through self-organized workshops and classes. 
D) They redefined the concept of "mother" to include militancy and political responsibility. 
A) They transformed gender-based roles,responsibilities,and networks into a political resource such as using experiences and friends they met in their children's school activities. 
B) They used their ethnic and class identity as a basis of community identity. 
C) They developed speaking,writing and political skills through self-organized workshops and classes. 
D) They redefined the concept of "mother" to include militancy and political responsibility.

Question 9

The famous Labor Department Report,"The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," also known as the Moynihan Report,suggested that black men could improve their ability to behave in properly masculine ways by

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A) joining the army as a world run by strong men. 
B) modeling their behavior after famous black athletes and actors. 
C) attending churches with traditional-gender doctrine. 
D) obtaining vocational training in construction jobs. 
A) joining the army as a world run by strong men. 
B) modeling their behavior after famous black athletes and actors. 
C) attending churches with traditional-gender doctrine. 
D) obtaining vocational training in construction jobs.

Question 10

An immigration pattern in which part of a family migrates to another country for a time before being followed by other parts of the family is referred to as

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A) partial family migration. 
B) family stage migration. 
C) intermittent migration. 
D) individual migration. 
A) partial family migration. 
B) family stage migration. 
C) intermittent migration. 
D) individual migration.

Question 11

Roschelle studied extended community-based kin and non-kin family support networks.She compared how four racial ethnic groups shared resources and services.Which group was least likely to develop such networks?

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A) Whites 
B) Blacks 
C) Puerto Ricans 
D) Chicanos 
A) Whites 
B) Blacks 
C) Puerto Ricans 
D) Chicanos

Question 12

Which area of the United States has the largest proportion of people born in other countries?

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A) Northeast 
B) Northwest 
C) Southeast 
D) Southwest 
A) Northeast 
B) Northwest 
C) Southeast 
D) Southwest

Question 13

Sex and gender are

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A) interchangeable terms in sociology. 
B) collapsed into one category in all known societies. 
C) different systems of classification but both are important to family experience. 
D) different systems of classification but only gender is important to family experience because it is a social category. 
A) interchangeable terms in sociology. 
B) collapsed into one category in all known societies. 
C) different systems of classification but both are important to family experience. 
D) different systems of classification but only gender is important to family experience because it is a social category.

Question 14

Children of Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian immigrants are taught that their primary duty is to their

Accepted Answer

A) mothers. 
B) fathers. 
C) family lineage. 
D) themselves. 
A) mothers. 
B) fathers. 
C) family lineage. 
D) themselves.

Question 15

The Family Stage Migration pattern of Mexican American families prior to 1965 prompted these families to ____________ than those families that immigrated together after 1965.

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A) become more gender egalitarian 
B) become less gender egalitarian 
C) have a higher divorce rate 
D) have a lower divorce rate 
A) become more gender egalitarian 
B) become less gender egalitarian 
C) have a higher divorce rate 
D) have a lower divorce rate

Question 16

Comparisons of white and black middle-class families show that black families are more likely to

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A) feel ambivalent about education for their children. 
B) show a smaller degree of equality between husbands and wives. 
C) emphasize community responsibility. 
D) emphasize freedom,autonomy and individualism 
A) feel ambivalent about education for their children. 
B) show a smaller degree of equality between husbands and wives. 
C) emphasize community responsibility. 
D) emphasize freedom,autonomy and individualism

Question 17

The 2005 Katrina hurricane disaster in New Orleans brought national attention to the issue of poverty.Many poor were unable to evacuate before the storm and were stranded by floods.Some attributed the problems to large social institutions like the federal,state,and local governments for their failure to maintain safe levees,evacuate people or provide aid after the storm.Conservative commentators blamed

Accepted Answer

A) superstitious traditions that prompted people to pray and perform religious rituals for safety instead of evacuating. 
B) the breakdown of the family indicated by 60% of births in New Orleans being out of wedlock creating poverty and vulnerability. 
C) the breakdown of the extended family; most only took care of their own nuclear families instead of helping older parents or poor siblings or cousins. 
D) the breakdown of neighborhoods' sense of community responsibility indicated by an "every man for himself" mentality instead of helping neighbors. 
A) superstitious traditions that prompted people to pray and perform religious rituals for safety instead of evacuating. 
B) the breakdown of the family indicated by 60% of births in New Orleans being out of wedlock creating poverty and vulnerability. 
C) the breakdown of the extended family; most only took care of their own nuclear families instead of helping older parents or poor siblings or cousins. 
D) the breakdown of neighborhoods' sense of community responsibility indicated by an "every man for himself" mentality instead of helping neighbors.

Question 18

Among Chicanos,compadrazgo refers to

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A) a system of shared child raising. 
B) multiple nuclear families living in one household. 
C) a single nuclear family living in a household isolated from extended family. 
D) ancestors that have died. 
A) a system of shared child raising. 
B) multiple nuclear families living in one household. 
C) a single nuclear family living in a household isolated from extended family. 
D) ancestors that have died.

Question 19

Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low-income,African American neighborhood called the Flats to further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report.Her research found that all of the following are characteristics of the neighborhood's families EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) kin and nonkin membership in families. 
B) hiding resources and possessions to prevent having to share. 
C) shared child raising. 
D) domestic authority of women. 
A) kin and nonkin membership in families. 
B) hiding resources and possessions to prevent having to share. 
C) shared child raising. 
D) domestic authority of women.

Question 20

Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low-income,African American neighborhood called the Flats to further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report.Her research documented matriarchy

Accepted Answer

A) in both families and in the community. 
B) inside families but not in the community. 
C) in the community but not in family relationships. 
D) in neither the community nor in family relationships. 
A) in both families and in the community. 
B) inside families but not in the community. 
C) in the community but not in family relationships. 
D) in neither the community nor in family relationships.

Sociologists assert that the three most important systems of stratification in the United States today include ...

Which is biologically determined and which is socially defined?

The most important single predictor of a man's occupational status is his

Research cited by Aulette indicates that the group that is most conscious of cultivating community responsibility is the

Families among the upper class

The owning or upper class is an elite group of about ______ percent of the total population that owns 71% percent of all the wealth and receives 43.2% of all of the household income.

Famous anthropologist Margaret Mead studied gender in three societies in New Guinea.She found that

The Mothers of East Los Angeles,a group of about 400 Mexican American women,transformed their oppressed social position into a basis of empowerment in five ways,including all of the following EXCEPT:

The famous Labor Department Report,"The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," also known as the Moynihan Report,suggested that black men could improve their ability to behave in properly masculine ways by

An immigration pattern in which part of a family migrates to another country for a time before being followed by other parts of the family is referred to as

Roschelle studied extended community-based kin and non-kin family support networks.She compared how four racial ethnic groups shared resources and services.Which group was least likely to develop such networks?

Which area of the United States has the largest proportion of people born in other countries?

Sex and gender are

Children of Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian immigrants are taught that their primary duty is to their

The Family Stage Migration pattern of Mexican American families prior to 1965 prompted these families to ____________ than those families that immigrated together after 1965.

Comparisons of white and black middle-class families show that black families are more likely to

Among Chicanos,compadrazgo refers to

Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low-income,African American neighborhood called the Flats to further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report.Her research found that all of the following are characteristics of the neighborhood's families EXCEPT:

Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low-income,African American neighborhood called the Flats to further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report.Her research documented matriarchy

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Exam 5: Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Sociologists assert that the three most important systems of stratification in the United States today include ...

Which is biologically determined and which is socially defined?

The most important single predictor of a man's occupational status is his

Research cited by Aulette indicates that the group that is most conscious of cultivating community responsibility is the

Families among the upper class

The owning or upper class is an elite group of about ______ percent of the total population that owns 71% percent of all the wealth and receives 43.2% of all of the household income.

Famous anthropologist Margaret Mead studied gender in three societies in New Guinea.She found that

The Mothers of East Los Angeles,a group of about 400 Mexican American women,transformed their oppressed social position into a basis of empowerment in five ways,including all of the following EXCEPT:

The famous Labor Department Report,"The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," also known as the Moynihan Report,suggested that black men could improve their ability to behave in properly masculine ways by

An immigration pattern in which part of a family migrates to another country for a time before being followed by other parts of the family is referred to as

Roschelle studied extended community-based kin and non-kin family support networks.She compared how four racial ethnic groups shared resources and services.Which group was least likely to develop such networks?

Which area of the United States has the largest proportion of people born in other countries?

Sex and gender are

Children of Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian immigrants are taught that their primary duty is to their

The Family Stage Migration pattern of Mexican American families prior to 1965 prompted these families to ____________ than those families that immigrated together after 1965.

Comparisons of white and black middle-class families show that black families are more likely to

Among Chicanos,compadrazgo refers to

Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low-income,African American neighborhood called the Flats to further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report.Her research found that all of the following are characteristics of the neighborhood's families EXCEPT:

Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low-income,African American neighborhood called the Flats to further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report.Her research documented matriarchy

How to Study Families in the Twenty-First Century

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Work and Family

Housework

Love and Sex

Marriage

Divorce and Remarriage

Violence in Families

Parents

Children

Families,family Policy,and the State

Filters