According to the authors of the text, capitalism will, if unhindered by government
regulation, result in individual self-fulfillment and general material progress for all of
society.
Unlike in the past, high levels of racial segregation persist in only a handful of U.S.
metropolitan areas.
The biggest problem facing almost all divorced women is a dramatic decline in
economic resources.
The quality of services provided under Medicaid, which is government health insurance
for the very poor, is the same in every state across the country.
Social and economic forces produce different family configurations depending on
peoples’ abilities to hook into, accumulate, and transmit wealth, whether from wages or
welfare.
Single-parent family homes, because they are usually headed by low-paid women,
account for a great proportion of children being raised in poverty.
Placement in a particular segment of the labor market is closely tied to social class.
The Latino/a experience is uniformly the same for all.
Sociologists are rejected by those in power largely because they do not use
mathematical models to test their theories.
The United States supports the very conditions that perpetuate poverty in the
developing world.
The countries of the world are relatively equal in terms of levels of material conditions.
According to Bill Gates, the market drives scientists, thinkers, and governments to
develop drugs to combat preventable diseases in developing nations.
Marx hypothesized that free enterprise would eventually destroy itself and be replaced
with a new economic form.
Whereas sexual preference refers to a deterministic view of sexual tendencies, sexual
orientation implies a sense of choice regarding the sex of the people to whom one is
attracted.
The most significant factor determining whether one will get credit in U.S. cities is
one’s credit rating.
The terms “majority” and “minority” refer to the actual numbers of people in certain
groups.
The textbook examines two types of social problems: (1) acts and conditions that
violate social norms and values, and (2) the difficulties for those suffering from the
deviant acts of norm violators.
Automobile emissions are one of the leading causes of air pollution in the United
States.
It is legal to give healthy children with short stature a human growth hormone.
Because the focus of the medical approach to disability is on the individual, the goal of
health practitioners is to rehabilitate or at least minimize what are seen as the negative
consequences of an individual’s disability.
Unemployment is evenly distributed among racial and ethnic groups.
Sociologists argue that most environmental problems are socially created.
Immigrants pay more in taxes even though they tend to earn low wages.
By reducing taxes, the government has eliminated waste, given the poor more money to
spend and invest, and improved the economy.
Sexism negatively affects men as well as women.
A person-blame approach advocates social programs that transform existing
institutions.
Suburbanization has been directly subsidized by the federal government.
Even when crime rates are low, people harbor fears about being a potential victim of
criminal activities.
As large corporations move into the global economy there is an associated increase in
jobs in urban centers.
Acts of terrorism are acts intended to cause serious harm to noncombatants in order to
intimidate a population or call attention to a cause.
Because they do not risk the lives of soldiers, drone strikes have very little opposition.
The Bush Doctrine entails ensuring the United States has unparalleled military strength.
In general, the U.S. war on drugs can be characterized as working and effective.
There are numerous ways in which children’s books still perpetuate stereotypical
images.
A common belief is that unemployment is functional for society because it reduces
inflationary pressures.
The decline in the total number of hospitals and hospital beds is in large part the result
of lower demand that can be traced to greatly improved preventive healthcare.
The basic problem with the statistics from the Uniform Crime Reports is that they focus
on white collar, organized, and political crimes, while underreporting crimes of
violence and crimes against property.
A key reason people with disabilities have difficulty finding romantic and sexual
partners is that they prefer to stay away from places where nondisabled people hang
out.
Terrorism is a social construction.
Since, as the government has confirmed, women were intentionally left out of earlier
federally funded medical research, diseases that are more likely to strike women and the
treatments that might affect women differently have largely been overlooked.
__________ is a colorless, odorless liquid that can produce amnesia.
In 1995 Timothy McVeigh used a bomb to destroy a federal building in Oklahoma City,
killing 168 people. This was an act of __________.
A) preemptive war
B) preventive war
C) domestic terrorism
D) international terrorism
A powerful negative social label that affects a person’s social identity and self-concept
is a __________.
A) stigma
B) matrix of domination
C) master status
D) student subculture
John works on an assembly line in a big warehouse for a manager where he has little
control over the work he does or the products he produces. John is at a high risk for
__________.
A) alienation
B) Taylorism
C) gentrification
D) downward social mobility
The tobacco industry has begun which of the following as a way of responding to
declining U.S. sales?
A) Pulling out of political campaigns donations as a punishment to lawmakers for not
passing favorable legislation
B) Decreasing advertising in the United States
C) Increasing advertising and sales overseas
D) Marketing to senior citizens
The McCain-Feingold law __________.
A) prevented candidates from using their own money to win elections
B) limited the use of “soft” money in federal elections
C) limited the giving of large sums to affect election outcomes
D) granted subsidies to candidates with lower fundraising totals
Programs such as the AFDC, food stamps, and Head Start are known as __________.
A) a social safety net
B) a special commitment to children
C) affirmative action
D) gerrymandering
Of the pesticides exported by the United States, __________ percent are restricted or
banned by the Environmental Protection Agency for domestic use.
A) 10
B) 25
C) 50
D) 75
There are two types of criminals: the __________ offender and the __________
criminal.
A) famous; everyday
B) habitual; one-time-only
C) drug; property
D) violent; white-collar
The __________ nature of social problems describes societal conditions that harm
certain segments of the population.
A) economic
B) objective
C) political
D) subjective
Members of the disadvantaged who band together in a group with values and behaviors
antagonistic toward school are in a __________.
A) Parent-Teacher Association
B) student subculture
C) charter school
D) magnet school
The United States began a preventive war against Iraq in 2003. The United States
justified this action by claiming Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, __________.
A) had committed to helping the United States and then backed out
B) had connections with Russia
C) had weapons of mass destruction
D) was mentally unstable
The authors suggest that effectively reducing fertility involves __________.
A) providing women access to formal education
B) keeping women from having a voice in society
C) preventing women from engaging in activities outside the home
D) preventing women access to contraception
Neighborhoods where at least two in five households live below the poverty line are
considered __________.
A) suburban sprawl areas
B) high poverty areas
C) persistently poor counties
D) boomburgs
Sociology is distinct from other disciplines in its approach to understanding norm
violations as __________.
A) defined by the least powerful members of society
B) culturally defined and socially labeled
C) an inherent property of deviant individuals
D) universally agreed upon
Which of the following groups believes in reducing rather than expanding the welfare
safety net?
A) Republicans
B) Democrats
C) Women
D) Men
Contributors of large sums of money to political campaigns receive which of the
following benefits?
A) Free publicity for their companies
B) Full tax exemptions
C) Influence over the positions of politicians on public issues
D) Free trips with the candidate to national events
Cigarette smokers are at increased risk for __________.
A) Cirrhosis of the liver
B) Anorexia
C) ADHD
D) Lung cancer
The pattern whereby women and men are situated in different jobs throughout the labor
force is called __________.
A) patriarchy
B) gender stratification
C) gender segregation
D) gender integration
__________ is a system of inequality in which race is the major criterion for rank and
rewards.
A) Racial formation
B) Structural discrimination
C) Racial stratification
D) Gender stratification
Social welfare states have a(n) ________ life expectancy when compared to the United
States.
A) shorter
B) longer
C) identical
D) nonexistent
Immigration, such as slavery, can be forced, but when it is freely chosen, it is
considered __________.
A) plutocracy
B) human agency
C) determinism
D) devolution
One of the reasons that poorer countries have not benefited from the profits of
transnational corporations is that profits are __________.
A) used to increase military readiness
B) funneled directly to the government
C) mostly channeled back to the United States
D) used primarily for humanitarian aid
The U.S. Census data show that approximately __________ people work full time and
yet still find themselves below the poverty line.
A) 100,000
B) 500,000
C) 1.5 million
D) 2.5 million
Feminist social movements in the United States are reactions to __________.
A) gender politics
B) gender inequality
C) reverse discrimination
D) female superiority
Which of the following are critiques of the government poverty measure?
A) It varies from region to region
B) It does not keep up with inflation.
C) Housing costs take up less of the family budget than food.
D) It has never changed.
Of the following, which country has the lowest total tax rate in terms of percentage of
gross domestic product?
A) The United States
B) Germany
C) France
D) England
The Geneva conventions date back to __________.
A) 1532
B) 1697
C) 1864
D) 1931
As more minorities enter high-status jobs, they are confronted by new forms of
discrimination in the form of __________ that limit their access to top-level jobs.
A) fake jobs
B) glass escalators
C) job ceilings
D) glass elevators
Which two conditions are necessary for a new progressive era?
A) A strong union movement and a conservative federal legislature
B) A class-based party and a conservative federal legislature
C) A class-based party and a strong union movement
D) A two-party political system and a female president
The __________ refers to invisible barriers that limit women’s advancement into the
upper levels of management.
Discuss how individuals’ collective efforts have contributed to changes in the social
conditions of racial minorities.
Explain the cradle to prison pipeline and note what can be done to stop it. Use specific
examples and theories.
Unlike other developed nations, the U.S. population continues to grow primarily
because of a large influx of __________.
The media and other cultural outlets support __________, which normalizes
heterosexuality while putting down homosexuality and other forms of sexual
expression.
Failing to classify the systematically lower life spans for minorities as a crime
illustrates the importance of the interests of the __________ class in defining crime.
The new poor are __________ off than the old poor.
Discuss the claim that American education is the “great equalizer.” Is it now? Has it
ever been? Does it need to be?
__________ refers to a standard of living below the minimum needed for the
maintenance of adequate diet, health, and shelter.
What health-related concerns exist for urban residents?
The transformation of the economy has reduced the role of National Manufacturing,
Inc., in favor of technology and pharmaceutical companies in a process known as
__________.
Angie wants to send her kids to a school that is able to choose its own curriculum. She
would be interested in __________.
There is __________ among sociologists as to what constitutes a social problem.
Because racial minorities have a lower __________ than do Whites, they form a smaller
proportion of the elderly population.
Compared to all other countries, the United States uses the __________ percentage of
the world’s energy resources.
Even though it is a conflict of interest, companies that may profit from military
expenditures are permitted to __________ Congress.
Analyze how the basic tenets of capitalism explain the persistence of poverty. Is poverty
an inherent part of capitalism?
Crimes committed to produce money for drugs are typically __________.
Rising poverty rates among Latinos have led many policymakers to conclude that they
have joined inner-city African Americans to form a(n) __________.