The person-blame approach assumes that social problems results from __________.
A) psychological conditions
B) social conditions
C) religious tradition
D) institutionalized deviance
Gerald is a freelance artist who works from home. He is referred to as a(n) __________
employee.
A) independent
B) self-sufficient
C) contingent
D) primary sector
Jerica’s factory recently moved out of the United States to a country with cheaper labor
where she will produce the same products at a lower cost in a practice known as
__________.
A) offshoring
B) outsourcing
C) globalization
D) alienation
The U.S. labor force has changed such that women’s rate of participation has
__________.
A) increased dramatically
B) decreased dramatically
C) increased slightly
D) decreased to almost zero
In general, the American infrastructure can be considered __________.
A) in excellent shape
B) in need of extensive repair
C) to be failing
D) nonexistent
What feature of the current education system contributes to its nature of replicating
class structures?
A) The lack of a competitive nature in U.S. education
B) The preoccupation with freedom and individuality
C) Sifting and sorting functions
D) A nationalized curriculum
Recidivism is the __________ crime.
A) reinvolvement in
B) retribution for
C) institutionalized deviance of
D) cultural deprivation of
Anti-immigrant backlash most often results from immigrants __________.
A) competing for relative advantage with other minorities and poor Whites
B) being more likely than the rest of the population to own businesses
C) being widely dispersed across the population
D) generally having better paying jobs than other people.
The __________, proposed by Omi and Winant, suggests that the United States is
organized along racial lines from top to bottom.
A) racial-formation theory
B) racial-conduct theory
C) ethnic-hypothesis theory
D) White-Black hypothesis
Which of the following is a critique of the culture-of-poverty hypothesis?
A) That it fails to consider that the behaviors described are a result of adaptation to
poverty
B) That it blames poverty on mental capacity
C) That it blames the victims of poverty for their situations
D) That it fails to acknowledge that the poor are poor by choice
The fact that a Black disabled woman experiences her oppression differently than a
White disabled man reflects the matrix of __________.
A) disability
B) handicap
C) domination
D) oppression
The definition of __________ views George Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr. as
criminals.
A) street crimes
B) political crimes
C) white-collar crimes
D) organized crime
Although the intent of Alabama’s Immigration Law was to discourage unauthorized
immigrants from moving into the state, an unintended consequence is that __________.
A) a decrease in immigrants increased job options for U.S. citizens
B) the state’s budget would take a hit as a result of lost income and sales taxes
C) the decrease in immigrants would disrupt marriage rates in the United States
D) The decrease in immigrants in the state will boost the economy
United Health Systems has decided not to have any cardiologists in its network in order
to reduce having to see costly patients. This is an example of __________.
A) Medicaid
B) Medicare
C) medlining
D) patient dumping
The dominant cultural ideologies in U.S. society have tended to __________.
A) legitimize decreasing profit
B) rationalize our wastefulness as part of our way of life
C) accept socialism as part of life
D) decrease our dependence on foreign oil
A decrease in financial stability, a loss of identity, and emotional overload are all
aspects which apply to __________ in a divorce more than with __________.
A) women; men
B) men; women
C) children; parents
D) parents; children
Alienation and the resultant feeling of work being meaningless is a problem theorized
by __________.
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Max Weber
C) Erving Goffman
D) Karl Marx
Which country spends the largest percentage of its gross national product for healthcare
services?
A) the United States
B) Japan
C) Great Britain
D) France
Operation Iraqi Freedom was based on the notion of a __________ which is illegal
under the U.N. Charter.
A) Cold War
B) preemptive war
C) preventive war
D) regime change
Ordering extra tests even though the doctor thinks they are probably unnecessary is an
example of __________.
A) medlining
B) patient dumping
C) defensive medicine
D) triage
The principles of “trickle-down” economics are adopted by the government because
__________.
A) government officials, who tend to come from the business class, bring a
conservative ideology to office with them
B) government officials, who tend to come from activist backgrounds, bring a liberal
ideology to office with them
C) government officials are more likely to hear the arguments of the powerless, who are
in most need of support
D) government officials are more likely to hear the arguments of the powerful, who
want to make sure the needy are taken care of
About __________ percent of juveniles who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgendered indicate they have heard anti-gay comments.
A) 99
B) 75
C) 50
D) 20
When two females kiss they get a different reaction than when two males kiss. The less
sanctioned female kiss illustrates __________.
A) the sexual double standard
B) compulsory heterosexuality
C) bisexuality
D) homosexuality
Minority statuses are not simply additive, instead they are __________, reflecting a
matrix of domination.
A) stigmatizing
B) hegemonic
C) collective
D) reductive
What percentage of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered youth do not feel safe in
school?
A) 100
B) Over 60
C) About 42
D) About 15
Empirical studies have demonstrated conclusively that investing in preschool programs
for the poor __________.
A) has no long-term effects
B) saves money in the long run
C) is not financially viable
D) is not nearly as important as focusing on race
The recent decisions by the citizens of Washington and Colorado to legalize
recreational marijuana illustrates which of the alternatives to the war on drugs described
in the text?
A) Regulation of trade or use through licensing and taxation
B) A public health approach focusing on decriminalization
C) Addressing the social causes of drug use
D) Enacting and enforcing criminal laws
The active ingredient in marijuana is __________.
A) TAC
B) ABC
C) THC
D) CAT
__________ drugs heal traumatized parts of the body.
A) Additive
B) Restorative
C) Psychoactive
D) Political
In 2010, one out of every __________ children under age 6 was poor.
A) four
B) ten
C) twenty
D) twenty-five
__________ includes distinctive acts of violence and nonviolence and acts of omission
and commission that place children at risk.
A) Wife abuse
B) Child abuse
C) Family value
D) Pronatalism