SYG 2000 UCF FINAL EXAM | NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
The "drift explanation" of the relationship between health and
socioeconomic status (SES) states that
A. People with more money are able to select better foods and are
therefore healthier than those with less money
B. genetics and biology affect SES so that people who are healthier have
an easier time maintaining a high SES.
C. there is no relationship between health and SES, any observed
relationship is the result of selection bias by researchers.
D. people with better health select higher-paying jobs than those with
poor health. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. genetics and biology affect
SES so that people who are healthier have an easier time maintaining a
high SES.
Marilee Jones, former dean of admissions at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), resigned from her position in April 2007
after it came to light that she had claimed to have academic degrees
she did not have. While this is an extreme case, it illustrates the
overemphasis on qualifications such as college degrees in order to be
hired for a job. This is known as:_________
,a. credentialism
b. overeducation
c. educationalism
d. college bias. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. credentialism
Which term refers to the belief that members of separate races possess
different and unequal traits?
a. ontological equality
b. ethnocentrism
c. racism
d. nativism - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. ethnocentrism
In the United States, a majority of the country's politicians are men.
Since men have traditionally held higher-level positions in politics, the
economy, and the family, the gender system of the United States is best
described as a(n) __________.
a. oligarchy
b. patriarchy
c. matriarchy
d. fraternal order - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. patriarchy
Studies that demonstrate that gender differences fluctuate depending
on the social situation offer proof that __________.
, a. biological influences have no impact on gender differences
b. biological influences have minimal impact on gender differences
c. social forces have no impact on gender differences
d. social forces have an impact on some gender differences - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > d. social forces have an impact on some gender
differences
Of the following, which is the most plausible explanation for why
women continue to earn less than men?
a. Women have fewer years of experience than men.
b. Women are not as motivated to be successful at work; they would
rather be at home.
c. Women in the workforce, by choice or because of discrimination, are
concentrated in lower paying jobs.
d. Employers intentionally set lower pay rates in jobs filled mostly by
women than in different jobs filled mostly by men. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > c. Women in the workforces, by choice or because of
discrimination, are concentrated in lower paying jobs.
__________ is a system for classifying people based on perceived
innate physical characteristics, whereas __________ is a system for
classifying people who are perceived to share cultural similarities.
a. Race; ethnicity
b. Ethnicity; race
c. Race; essentialism
ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
The "drift explanation" of the relationship between health and
socioeconomic status (SES) states that
A. People with more money are able to select better foods and are
therefore healthier than those with less money
B. genetics and biology affect SES so that people who are healthier have
an easier time maintaining a high SES.
C. there is no relationship between health and SES, any observed
relationship is the result of selection bias by researchers.
D. people with better health select higher-paying jobs than those with
poor health. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. genetics and biology affect
SES so that people who are healthier have an easier time maintaining a
high SES.
Marilee Jones, former dean of admissions at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), resigned from her position in April 2007
after it came to light that she had claimed to have academic degrees
she did not have. While this is an extreme case, it illustrates the
overemphasis on qualifications such as college degrees in order to be
hired for a job. This is known as:_________
,a. credentialism
b. overeducation
c. educationalism
d. college bias. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. credentialism
Which term refers to the belief that members of separate races possess
different and unequal traits?
a. ontological equality
b. ethnocentrism
c. racism
d. nativism - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. ethnocentrism
In the United States, a majority of the country's politicians are men.
Since men have traditionally held higher-level positions in politics, the
economy, and the family, the gender system of the United States is best
described as a(n) __________.
a. oligarchy
b. patriarchy
c. matriarchy
d. fraternal order - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. patriarchy
Studies that demonstrate that gender differences fluctuate depending
on the social situation offer proof that __________.
, a. biological influences have no impact on gender differences
b. biological influences have minimal impact on gender differences
c. social forces have no impact on gender differences
d. social forces have an impact on some gender differences - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > d. social forces have an impact on some gender
differences
Of the following, which is the most plausible explanation for why
women continue to earn less than men?
a. Women have fewer years of experience than men.
b. Women are not as motivated to be successful at work; they would
rather be at home.
c. Women in the workforce, by choice or because of discrimination, are
concentrated in lower paying jobs.
d. Employers intentionally set lower pay rates in jobs filled mostly by
women than in different jobs filled mostly by men. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > c. Women in the workforces, by choice or because of
discrimination, are concentrated in lower paying jobs.
__________ is a system for classifying people based on perceived
innate physical characteristics, whereas __________ is a system for
classifying people who are perceived to share cultural similarities.
a. Race; ethnicity
b. Ethnicity; race
c. Race; essentialism
