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Kendall: Social Problems in a Diverse Society, 4/e

Chapter 4

Multiple Choice questions

This activity contains 25 questions.

The rights, responsibilities, expectations, and relationships of women and men in a society are called ____________.

gender management sex rolessex expectationsgender roles

The biological difference between males and females is called while socially constructed cultural difference that a group attributes to being male or female is referred to as .

sex; genderprimary sex characteristic; secondary sex characteristicgender; sex gender belief; sex expectation

Which of the following is not a secondary sex characteristic in women?

menstruationa layer of fatty tissue throughout the bodywider hips a more muscular build

In the agrarian society, men are expected to plow and plant the fields while women tend to household chores such as cleaning and cooking. This process whereby productive tasks are separated on the basis of being male or female is called _____________.

primary sex characteristicsgender based sexismgendered division of laborsecondary sex characteristics

An approach to explain gender inequality that focuses on how the socialization process contributes to male domination and female subordination is called the ____________.

pink- and blue-collar theorystructural sex-role theorycontingent sex-role approachgender-role approach

People, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know to participate in society are called ____________.

structural functionalistssocializing agents symbolic interactionistsmoral entrepreneurs

Little Johnny enjoys spending his play time with what he calls his "squad." His squad includes other boys of the same age who share the same interests in baseball, reading comic books, and playing capture the flag. Another name for Johnny's squad is his ____________.

social conscience social ego clusterpeer groupmaster network

Christine L. Williams refers to men's rapid upward movement in "women's professions" as the ____________.

golden parachute effectPeter principleglass ceiling effectglass escalator effect

Unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are called ____________.

heterosexual socializationsexual harassmentgender socializationdeviant sexual behavior

The double shift refers to women:

who work more than one part-time job outside the home as an employee. who are single-patents who take on an assertive role in the home but play the submissive role on the job. who have children to a previous relationship to whom they have responsibility and additional children to their present partner.who work full-time outside the home and also take the responsibility of household duties.

The perspective that claims gender inequality is rooted in gender-role socialization that perpetuates women's lack of equal civil rights and educational opportunities is called ____________.

socialist feminismliberal feminismconservative feminismradical feminism

The perspective on gender inequality based on the assumption that social life is a continuous struggle in which members of powerful groups seek to maintain control of scarce resources such as social, economic, and political superiority is the ____________ perspective.

functionalistsymbolic interactionistConflictstructuralist

Sally, Rita, DeSonya, Maria, Kim, and a number of other students at Freedom University have filed suit in federal court based on the university's failure to comply with Title IX of federal law. This implies the students' suit is based on which of the following situations?

The university dropped women's rugby and women's basketball from its sports program without considering cuts in the men's teams. Dr. Jones, a women's study professor, refused to admit any male student to her classes.Dr. Smith had made lewd and offensive remarks about women in class. Sally and the other plaintiffs in the suit were denied permission to go out for the football team.

Myra Sadker and David Sadker noted that boys often encounter "frozen boundaries" in their socialization process. By this, they meant that:

boys suffer "brain freeze" when confronting sensitive situations and do not know how to act.boys are denied valuable outlets of socialization in the winter when it becomes too cold to play football, baseball, and other outdoor sports.boys lack the natural ability to express themselves articulately. boys are taught to repress feelings and not to show emotions.

Based on the textbook, what is the major reason women are affected by eating problems such as anorexia and bulimia?

Women are bombarded with media images of ideal beauty and physical appearance emphasizing thin bodies and full-figures. Women have a gene that makes them susceptible to contracting these conditions.Women are not sufficiently athletic to burn off the calories they consume. Women eat too much chocolate, candy, and fast food.

A hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by men is called ____________.

an androgynous societyPatriarchyan egalitarian societyMatriarchy

Which of the following is not properly classified as being a pink-collar occupation?

construction engineerElementary school teacherNurseLibrarian

Which of the following statements regarding sexual harassment is least accurate?

Sexual harassment includes verbal abuse as well as "harmless expressions." A case of sexual harassment must be reported to authorities to qualify as actual harassment.Sexual harassment is costly to both workers who are victims and owners of corporations where it takes place. Sexual harassment is not about sexual attraction but about the abuse of power.

Sally Jones has worked for the Acme Corporation for over twenty-five years. She has the best overall work record of any employee, a masters degree in business administration, and exceptional business ability. For the past ten years she has been the vice-president of public relations. When a new CEO was appointed last week they chose Jim Lewis who had 15 years with the company and a promising future. In view of this, Sally was a victim of ____________.

the double shiftthe glass ceilingthe glass menageriesexual harassment

"The sandwich generation" refers to women, as well as men, who are:

caught between caring for young children and elderly relatives.overcome by split loyalties to their family or their jobs.forced to work several part-time jobs in an attempt to have sufficient income that one good-paying job would provide.required to do corporate work at home to keep up with the demands of their jobs.

The use of words and patterns of communication that ignore, devalue, or make sex objects of one sex or the other, most often women, is referred to as ____________.

feminist dialecticssex semioticsgender symbolismlinguistic sexism

Functionalist Talcott Parsons considered gender inequality as being inevitable because of _____________.

cultural traditionmen being more expressive than womenthe biological division of laborsuperior male intelligence

The explanation of gender inequality that explains what individuals earn is based on choices they have made for training and experience is called the _____________.

human capital explanationtheory of free capitalismMarxist view of gender inequalityglass ceiling theory

The explanation of gender inequality focusing on the human capital that men and women bring to the workplace is most aligned with the ____________ perspective.

functionalistConflictFeministinteractionist

The law that focuses on forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex is ____________.

the Fifth Amendment to the Constitutionthe Emancipation Proclamationthe Bill of Rights of the ConstitutionTitle VII of the Civil Rights Act

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Multiple Choice questions

The rights, responsibilities, expectations, and relationships of women and men in a society are called ____________.

The biological difference between males and females is called ________ while socially constructed cultural difference that a group attributes to being male or female is referred to as ________.

Which of the following is not a secondary sex characteristic in women?

In the agrarian society, men are expected to plow and plant the fields while women tend to household chores such as cleaning and cooking. This process whereby productive tasks are separated on the basis of being male or female is called _____________.

An approach to explain gender inequality that focuses on how the socialization process contributes to male domination and female subordination is called the ____________.

People, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know to participate in society are called ____________.

Little Johnny enjoys spending his play time with what he calls his "squad." His squad includes other boys of the same age who share the same interests in baseball, reading comic books, and playing capture the flag. Another name for Johnny's squad is his ____________.

Christine L. Williams refers to men's rapid upward movement in "women's professions" as the ____________.

Unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are called ____________.

The double shift refers to women:

The perspective that claims gender inequality is rooted in gender-role socialization that perpetuates women's lack of equal civil rights and educational opportunities is called ____________.

The perspective on gender inequality based on the assumption that social life is a continuous struggle in which members of powerful groups seek to maintain control of scarce resources such as social, economic, and political superiority is the ____________ perspective.

Sally, Rita, DeSonya, Maria, Kim, and a number of other students at Freedom University have filed suit in federal court based on the university's failure to comply with Title IX of federal law. This implies the students' suit is based on which of the following situations?

Myra Sadker and David Sadker noted that boys often encounter "frozen boundaries" in their socialization process. By this, they meant that:

Based on the textbook, what is the major reason women are affected by eating problems such as anorexia and bulimia?

A hierarchical system of social organization in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled by men is called ____________.

Which of the following is not properly classified as being a pink-collar occupation?

Which of the following statements regarding sexual harassment is least accurate?

"The sandwich generation" refers to women, as well as men, who are:

The use of words and patterns of communication that ignore, devalue, or make sex objects of one sex or the other, most often women, is referred to as ____________.

Functionalist Talcott Parsons considered gender inequality as being inevitable because of _____________.

The explanation of gender inequality that explains what individuals earn is based on choices they have made for training and experience is called the _____________.

The explanation of gender inequality focusing on the human capital that men and women bring to the workplace is most aligned with the ____________ perspective.

The law that focuses on forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex is ____________.

The biological difference between males and females is called while socially constructed cultural difference that a group attributes to being male or female is referred to as .