People with disabilities are a heterogeneous category.
Tracking is a way of monitoring a child’s academic performance to ensure that he or she
is performing up to standard.
The number of people on this planet constitutes a potential future calamity.
The objective reality of social problems is demonstrated by the fact that some social
conditions, which can be identified as such in any given place or time, induce material
and psychic suffering for entire segments of the population.
Relying solely on a person-blame approach to social problems is the best way to bring
about significant social changes.
Immigrants are more likely to be self-employed and start businesses that add jobs and
strengthen local economies than are members of other groups.
Redlining, discrimination, and disinvestments ultimately lead to a self-fulfilling
prophecy of decline in inner-city neighborhoods.
Compared to other industrialized nations, the United States ranks highest in terms of
granting women access to political leadership roles.
Marriages of homosexuals are upheld in over half the states in the United States.
“Gender” refers to patterns of difference and domination through distinctions between
women and men that organize the social world.
There are currently 27 million slaves in the world today.
Though our larger society is very competitive, our schools are noted for their
noncompetitive nature.
Population growth momentum since the world reached 7 billion is slowing.
Other than the danger of drunk driving, alcohol is a relatively safe drug.
Though methamphetamine production takes place in rural areas, the drug is mostly used
in urban areas.
The culture-of-poverty hypothesis is based on the belief that the poor have a deviant
cultural pattern that is transmitted from generation to generation.
The U.S. census has always allowed people to identify themselves as belonging to more
than one racial class.
The number of people diagnosed with AIDS in the United States began to decline
primarily because of the expansion of free needle programs for drug addicts.
The authors of the text argue that immigrants are, in the long run, a poor investment for
society.
Early social pathologists assumed that social norms were universally held and viewed
social problems as behaviors or social arrangements that disturb the moral order.
President Obama was the first president to try to adopt a universal healthcare system in
this country.
The earnings gap between men and women has narrowed, but still women’s incomes are
lower than men’s in every racial group.
With corporations in the process of downsizing their employee base, while at the same
time frequently merging with other companies, C. Wright Mills would refer to the
resulting unemployment as “private troubles” of the individuals involved rather than a
“public issue.”
Globalization lessens the threat of international terrorism.
“Sifting” and “sorting” are techniques used to ensure that the most able students are
identified and provided resources with which to attain the highest of educational goals.
Environmental problems are not caused solely by the increasing number of people in
the world today.
Inequality for women in the workplace is affected by gender but not by race.
According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, if food was
evenly distributed, there would still not be enough food to provide the world’s
population with an adequate daily diet.
According to the text, the problems in U.S. society result from the distribution of power
and the form of the economy.
Check-cashing centers are barred from poor neighborhoods.
Over the last forty years the United States has seen the poverty rate of those over age 65
rise steadily.
Laws against victimless crimes __________.
A) reduce moral transgressions
B) are not enforceable
C) aid organized crime
D) target the young
Asserting that “the poor are poor because they are not bright enough to succeed” might
be said by a __________.
A) social Darwinist
B) sociologist
C) person who focuses on institutionalized deviance
D) system blamer
Which of the following is a characteristic of the systemic imperatives the authors
discuss?
A) The upheaval of the status quo every few decades
B) The allowance of dissidents to protest in the name of free speech
C) The inertia of institutions that happens because no change is easier than change
D) Participation in the political system by those who represent a wide array of interests
Chad is starting to get discouraged because he has spent a lot of time and energy
working for social change, but does not think he has made much of a difference. He is
comforted by the words of Frances Fox Piven, the sociologist, who noted, in regard to
predicting social movements that __________.
A) they come every fifty years
B) most of the really important work has already been done
C) no one can successfully predict when they will occur
D) social movements are not really necessary anymore
Which of the following groups has the lowest poverty rate?
A) Whites
B) Blacks
C) Native Americans
D) Hispanics
Marcy is an academic who believes that disability should be treated as a difference with
value rather than as a difference with defect. She comes from a __________ approach.
A) matrix of domination
B) a hegemonic
C) disability studies
D) political sociology
According to the sociological perspective, norm violators are __________.
A) solely responsible for their actions
B) universally criticized
C) the symptoms of social problems, not the cause
D) guiltless for their actions
Karl believes that poverty is inherent in capitalism. The drive for profit works to ensure
that some people will always be poor, he says. This is known as __________.
A) structural theory
B) institutional discrimination theory
C) a culture-of-poverty hypothesis
D) a political economy approach to poverty
Sociologists understand the deterministic view to __________.
A) be the most complete understanding of society
B) be an organization set up to provide social services for the poor
C) be too strong.
D) mean that individuals cannot make a difference
Patient dumping __________.
A) happens when patients suddenly “dump” or drop their health insurance plan and
decide to go without insurance
B) increases the pressure on for-profit hospitals
C) occurs when hospitals avoid treating patients who can”t afford to pay for their
services
D) is illegal
Erica, a senior sociology major, looks to the civil rights movement and the history of
labor unions in the United States to support her conclusion that __________.
A) only governments can enact social change
B) social structure is deterministic
C) individual people have agency and can change the status quo
D) all of the necessary social changes have been accomplished
Almost all the growth in the world’s population by 2050 will take place in the
__________.
A) poorest nations
B) wealthiest nations
C) United States
D) European Union
According to the social model of disability, the consequence of having the power to
define who will be classified as disabled results in the __________of the disabled.
A) empowerment
B) marginalization
C) normalization
D) integration
Institutional discrimination is __________.
A) found in tracking in education and the system of school funding based on property
taxes
B) an example of a deficiency theory
C) the same as the culture-of-poverty hypothesis
D) what occurs when the poor have brought poverty on themselves
Marijuana is commonly prescribed for __________.
A) easing migraine headaches
B) reducing appetite for the obese
C) social anxiety disorder
D) curing ADHD
A skewed dependency ratio is problematic for Social Security because __________.
A) you can only get benefits if you are younger than 65 and have children who are still
being claimed as a dependent on your taxes
B) children over age 21 and listed as dependents for their parents over age 65 do not
have to pay Social Security taxes
C) it is the basis for how Medicare is funded and relies on dependents to pay a portion
of their elderly parents taxes
D) it is financed based on workers and if less people are working compared to those
who are not, funding will become an issue
Which subsidy has stayed intact?
A) Aid to Families with Dependent Children
B) Food stamps
C) The exemption for taxes paid on housing by homeowners
D) American Assistance to Minorities act
According to the World Bank, 1.4 billion of the world’s people live on less than
__________a day.
A) 10 cents
B) a half a dollar
C) 75 cents
D) $1.25
The government’s spending plan for maintaining and upgrading the military defenses of
the United States is __________.
A) the Cold War
B) national security
C) the defense budget
D) the Bush Doctrine
Which of the following is an example of corporate dumping in the developing world?
A) Exporting products that have been approved for sale in the United States
B) Shipping toxic waste produced in the United States for disposal in poor nations
C) Importing products from poor nations that are also produced in the United States
D) Exporting old military equipment to poor nations.
Which of the following contributes to the greenhouse effect?
A) Plant absorption of carbon monoxide
B) Burning of leaves from intense sun in the rainforests
C) Chlorofluorocarbon accumulation in the atmosphere
D) Low levels of plant decomposition
According to the text, __________.
A) the poor can lift themselves out of poverty
B) volunteers can lift the poor out of poverty
C) the private sector can lift the poor out of poverty
D) institutional discrimination keeps the poor in poverty
In experimental research, who is the “control” group?
A) They are the researchers who conduct the study.
B) They are subjects who are exposed to the independent variable.
C) They are subjects not exposed to the independent variable.
D) They are subjects who are aware of the experimental manipulation.
The physical health of poor people is more likely to be impaired than the well-to-do
because of differences in __________.
A) family size
B) prescription drug use
C) concern for one’s health
D) working conditions
As of the writing of the textbook, about __________ of all children in the United States
lived in a one-parent home.
A) 10 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 75 percent
From 1982 to 1992, about __________ people were dishonorably discharged from the
military for being lesbian or gay.
A) 14,000
B) 28,000
C) 50,000
D) 71,000
James is attracted both to Nicole and his current boyfriend, Eric. James is __________.
A) heteronormative
B) asexual
C) bisexual
D) homosexual
While more Whites use illegal drugs, drug arrest rates for African Americans are at least
__________ times as high.
A) two
B) ten
C) twenty
D) twenty-five
“Redlining” refers to the practice of __________.
A) systematically refusing loans for housing in undesirable areas
B) providing loans in poor areas for the purpose of creating tax shelters
C) steering minorities away from some, mostly White communities
D) lining the lawns of new homes with only red flowers
The group most likely to be without health coverage is __________.
A) African Americans
B) Hispanics
C) Asians
D) Whites
Mary was caught gambling and smoking marijuana. She argues that her actions were
only affecting her and not harming others because she was engaging in __________,
but she served jail time anyway because the state argued that it has a right to uphold the
morals of its citizens who are opposed to Mary’s activities.
A) a victimless crime
B) secondary deviance
C) organized crime
D) white-collar crime
The “paradox of sociology” includes __________.
A) there being power in individuals and power in societies and social arrangements
B) there being only negative consequences to how societies are organized
C) the fact that things society cherishes are always liberating ethical
D) the fact that sociology has more answers but psychology is more popular
Discuss the impact the Americans with Disabilities Act has had on the lives of the
disabled. How do you imagine daily life has changed? Does the ADA reflect a more
medical or social approach?
Judges had almost sole responsibility for punishing criminals until the decade of the
__________.
Why is the drug arrest rate lower in rural America than in urban America?
Kyle is set to graduate from college in a month, but he has not found employment yet.
His immediate plan is to become a(n) __________ and move back in with his parents.
How does sexism negatively affect men? In what ways would the world change
positively for men if sexism did not exist anymore?
The vast majority of __________ families are dual earners.
Discuss the implications and consequences of the Bush Doctrine.
Discuss how social and economic forces work to produce different family
configurations. What kind of family form does an industrialized economy produce?
What kind of family form do you think we”ll have as we move to a service-based
economy?
__________, as defined in the text, is the ability to get what one wants from someone
else.
Policies and behaviors that enhance our moral obligations to our neighbors and their
children are directly at odds with our society’s value on __________.
Discuss some of the occupational barriers faced by homosexuals. Are these legal? Why
would someone want to discriminate against gays in the workplace?
Is a progressive social policy possible? What would it take to implement? What would
have to be overcome?
On record, the hottest year on earth took place during the year __________.
__________ is best classified not as a distinct enemy, but a methodology.
The __________ of 1993 was designed to allow family members to take time to cope
with life changes related to illness or childbirth without losing employment.
Many immigrants who have come to the United States have come in __________.