SOC 220 Exam 2 | Questions and Answers

SOC 220 Exam 2 | Questions and Answers Which of the following sociological perspectives would most likely state that social inequality is necessary and inevitable? Functionalism We have a lot of _______ mobility in the U.S., but not a lot of _______. geographic; class The term "the American Dream" comes from: the popular historian, James Truslow Adams If we define social mobility as moving from one quintile of income to another: social mobility is a zero-sum game (if one person moves up, another person has to move down) In the Brand New You documentary, they reported that audience members typically felt _________ of watching shows like The Swan. Ashamed What do people refer to when they talk about the "reflexive self?" that you can see your "self" from the outside and reflect on what you find When was the term "American Dream" coined? 1931 In what year was the first public "personal makeover" done? 1936 What do reality shows make contestants give up to access this version of the American Dream? Privacy Holding all else equal, upward mobility in the U.S. is greatest for: white individuals What kind of norms and values do personal makeover shows enforce as the most desirable? white, middle class Greater education: increases one's chances of being upwardly mobile Social mobility is best defined as ______. the movement from one social class to another Ben's family was very poor growing up but was considered middle class by the time he reached the age of 18. This is an example of ______. social mobility In the Brand New You documentary, they cited a study that found that _______ % of personal makeover tv show candidates were non-white. 25 When do reality shows fail to capture the audience? when the contestants don't seem "authentic" Which of the following is NOT a general message that personal makeover shows are making claims about? that homosexuality is immoral In general, sociologists' writings about the American Dream are: Critical Efforts to measure U.S. mobility rates across history find that: there has always been some social mobility, but the U.S. is not an outlier in this effect What do personal makeover shows focus on as the central problem that needs to be fixed? the self If our friends, family, and teachers continually tell us that we are clever, then we are likely to see ourselves as clever. This is an example of what sociological perspective? symbolic interactionism What kinds of television programs were extremely popular after WWI and WWII in the U.S.? misery programs What demographic group dominates landlords in Desmond's (2012) article? Men Why does the family at the beginning of the A House Divided documentary lose their home? the landlord decides not to renew their lease How many homeless people does the A House Divided documentary report live in New York City? 60,000 Why do millionaires and billionaires from around the world buy apartments they don't live in in NYC? they treat them as offshore investments Which of the following is NOT a structural factor that leads to black women living in poor, black neighborhoods being disproportionately evicted? landlords prefer evicting women over men because they see men as breadwinners who are supporting their families In what city does Desmond (2012) study eviction? Milwaukee Which of the following is NOT a reason why Desmond (2012) found landlords were likely to dislike renting to adults with children? having children in a building makes it less attractive to other potential renters How does Desmond (2012) argue that eviction and incarceration are similar? they are both consequential to the reproduction of poverty in poor black communities In the A House Divided documentary, how much in returns per year to investors make on new projects in NYC? 20% Which of the following is NOT a way that Desmond (2012) found that renters made quick cash to pay their bills when emergency expenses came up? sell their car What population did Desmond (2012) focus on in his study of eviction? urban poor Desmond (2012) found that men facing eviction were much more likely than women to do what? handiwork around the landlord's properties to make up the rent What percentage of renters in the U.S. spend 70% or more of their income on rent? 25 Which of the following is not a consequence of high residential mobility? decrease in the rate of adolescent violence What percentage of the people evicted in his court survey data did Desmond (2012) found paid 80% or more of their monthly income in rent? 33 Why don't the police or courts stop landlords from participating in the gentrification process? they charge the landlords, but the landlords pay the fines and keep up the practice In his quantitative data analysis, Desmond (2012) found that the city he was studying evicted an average of ______ families per day. 16 Which of the following is not one of the consequences Desmond (2012) finds for individuals who are evicted? increased access to public housing Why does Desmond (2012) reject the idea that high residential mobility is due to individual families moving because they do not like the house or neighborhood? because the families typically move to similarly impoverished neighborhoods Why do members of the Tenants' Rights Movement disagree with Mayor DeBlasio's law about new, expensive developments? the affordable housing included in contracts is still not affordable for the people currently living in the areas Women are ________ as likely to be evicted as men. Twice NYC is the ________ most segregated city in the U.S. Third What happens when you miss your scheduled eviction court date? The judge passes down a default eviction judgement. What do the teachers in The Epidemic documentary say about the children they work with? the kids don't have dreams Where do most poor Americans who are addicted to opiates receive their first healthcare for their addiction? Jail How did the addicts in Tiger's (2017) view the social problems workers assigned to work with them? Negatively What place does The Epidemic documentary focus on? Dayton, Ohio Which of the following is NOT considered part of the rust belt? Northern West Virginia How do most opioid addicts begin taking this class of drugs? a doctor's legal prescription Sociologists, Case and Deaton, found that since the 1990s, one demographic group began seeing a decline in their life expectancy. Which group was that? non-Hispanic white Americans What is the fastest growing demographic in rural jails? white men and women Which of the following industries were most affected during deindustrialization? steel manufacture and automotive production Why does Cowell (2014) argue that "deindustrialization" is a poor name for what happened in the rust belt? industry didn't actually disappear from the area What made the biggest differences to the relationships between doctors and opioid addicts in New York vs. the opioid addicts and their doctors in Vermont in Tiger's (2017) study? there was less of a class-gap in New York Which of the following would NOT be considered a "death of dispair?" Emphysema Which of the following helped lead to deindustrialization in the late 1970s and early 1980s? 1979 energy crisis Which of the following areas is NOT also turning into a rust belt area? Samara, Russia What is Tiger's (2017) main argument about drug epidemics? that we underplay the role of class when we focus too much on race Tiger (2017) published a book about how the punitive and medical frames merge together during drug epidemics. When do claimsmakers establish these orientations in the social problems process? Grounds The product cycle theory of the economy asserts that economies, like the one in the rust belt area, shift as businesses simply move to places where they can purchase the labor and materials they need more cheaply. Which sociological perspective best fits with this theory? structural-functionalist