SOCS185N - Week 5 Quiz
Stereotypes are faulty generalizations that serve as the basis for ______. -
correct answer ✔Prejudice
_____ suggests that there is a connection between gender, sexuality, and
inequality. - correct answer ✔Social-Conflict Theory
What term is used by sociologists to describe socially constructed categories
based on biological traits a society defines as important? - correct answer
✔Ethnic group
Whereas _____ is an attitude, _____ involves actions or practices of
dominant-group members (or their representative) that have a harmful effect
on members of a subordinate group. - correct answer ✔prejudice;
discrimination
Assimilation: - correct answer ✔All of the above
Which type of feminism seeks to abolish patriarchy and, if institutions are
currently gendered, to develop alternative institutions such as women's
organizations seeking better health care, day care, and shelters for victims of
domestic violence? - correct answer ✔Radical feminism
Which statement about split labor markets is not true? - correct answer
✔Include five areas, or tiers, of employment
What type of societies have fairly equitable relationships between women and
men? - correct answer ✔Hunting and gathering societies
Stereotypes are faulty generalizations that serve as the basis for ______. -
correct answer ✔Prejudice
_____ suggests that there is a connection between gender, sexuality, and
inequality. - correct answer ✔Social-Conflict Theory
What term is used by sociologists to describe socially constructed categories
based on biological traits a society defines as important? - correct answer
✔Ethnic group
Whereas _____ is an attitude, _____ involves actions or practices of
dominant-group members (or their representative) that have a harmful effect
on members of a subordinate group. - correct answer ✔prejudice;
discrimination
Assimilation: - correct answer ✔All of the above
Which type of feminism seeks to abolish patriarchy and, if institutions are
currently gendered, to develop alternative institutions such as women's
organizations seeking better health care, day care, and shelters for victims of
domestic violence? - correct answer ✔Radical feminism
Which statement about split labor markets is not true? - correct answer
✔Include five areas, or tiers, of employment
What type of societies have fairly equitable relationships between women and
men? - correct answer ✔Hunting and gathering societies
