Soc 104 Exam 2 KU (Wright) Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Gender - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cultural definitions of masculinity
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and feminity; achieved status. This is perceived through social.
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-Ex: Girls like the color Pink and boys like the color blue. Boys are
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seen as being masculine, tough, and don't cry. Girls are seen as
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pretty, strong, and beauty.
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Sex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Perceived biological distinctions between
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men and women; ascribed status. You would look at this through
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one's anatomy, behavior, etc.
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-Ex: Men and women both have different organs for reproduction
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and different physical traits. Both gender and sex are social
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construct.
Structure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Social structure is configuration of
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durable social process that produce rules, norms, and expectations.
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Your social surroundings.
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Agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Implies desire, intention, and
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creativity. Ability to make own choices in life.
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,Structure vs. Agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Things changed, back
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in the day women were only supposed to wear dress. However, now
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most women wear pants because social norms have changed.
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(individuals can exercise agency and can change social structure. )
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Gender and Wage Gap - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Men and women
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are paid different wages
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-Women are more likely to be more poor than men. The wage gap
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contributes to the poverty line. || || || || ||
-In Kansas the wage gap is .76 cents per dollar earned by men.
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Social structure contributes to gender and inequality.
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Sociological Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Quantitative,|| || || || ||
qualiliative, and document analysis || || ||
None are better than the other just use the research method that
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fits what you are studying
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Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Use of surveys or datasets (e.g
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Census) to find patterns in social life. Use of statistical techniques
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like regression analysis to make sense of quantitative data. (Numbers
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and Statistics)
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, Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Use of interviews, field research
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(ethnography), and participant observation and ethnography to say || || || || || || || ||
something about social life. || || ||
Document Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Use of written material
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to say something about social life. Can be quantitative or qualitative.
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Historical sociology-a major area of sociology- uses document
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analysis.
Leisure Gap - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fathers have more leisure time
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than mothers because mothers are doing housework. Greater worth
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of male work time makes his leisure more valuable
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Stalled Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Strain between change in
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women and the absence in change in much else. Acceptable and
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encouraged for women to work. At home women experience stalled
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revolution. Even though there is more equally in the public sphere
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there is still inequality in the private sphere.
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Gender Strategy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Plan of action through
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which a person tries to solve problems at hand, given the cultural
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notions of gender at play. || || || ||
3 Families from Second Shift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Holts (Evan
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and Nancy) ||
Questions With Correct Answers
Gender - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cultural definitions of masculinity
|| || || || || || ||
and feminity; achieved status. This is perceived through social.
|| || || || || || || ||
-Ex: Girls like the color Pink and boys like the color blue. Boys are
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
seen as being masculine, tough, and don't cry. Girls are seen as
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
pretty, strong, and beauty.
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Sex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Perceived biological distinctions between
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men and women; ascribed status. You would look at this through
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one's anatomy, behavior, etc.
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-Ex: Men and women both have different organs for reproduction
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and different physical traits. Both gender and sex are social
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construct.
Structure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Social structure is configuration of
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durable social process that produce rules, norms, and expectations.
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Your social surroundings.
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Agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Implies desire, intention, and
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creativity. Ability to make own choices in life.
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,Structure vs. Agency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Things changed, back
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in the day women were only supposed to wear dress. However, now
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most women wear pants because social norms have changed.
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(individuals can exercise agency and can change social structure. )
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Gender and Wage Gap - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Men and women
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are paid different wages
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-Women are more likely to be more poor than men. The wage gap
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contributes to the poverty line. || || || || ||
-In Kansas the wage gap is .76 cents per dollar earned by men.
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Social structure contributes to gender and inequality.
|| || || || || ||
Sociological Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Quantitative,|| || || || ||
qualiliative, and document analysis || || ||
None are better than the other just use the research method that
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
fits what you are studying
|| || || ||
Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Use of surveys or datasets (e.g
|| || || || || || || || ||
Census) to find patterns in social life. Use of statistical techniques
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
like regression analysis to make sense of quantitative data. (Numbers
|| || || || || || || || ||
and Statistics)
|| ||
, Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Use of interviews, field research
|| || || || || || || ||
(ethnography), and participant observation and ethnography to say || || || || || || || ||
something about social life. || || ||
Document Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Use of written material
|| || || || || || || ||
to say something about social life. Can be quantitative or qualitative.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Historical sociology-a major area of sociology- uses document
|| || || || || || || || ||
analysis.
Leisure Gap - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fathers have more leisure time
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than mothers because mothers are doing housework. Greater worth
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of male work time makes his leisure more valuable
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Stalled Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Strain between change in
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women and the absence in change in much else. Acceptable and
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encouraged for women to work. At home women experience stalled
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revolution. Even though there is more equally in the public sphere
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there is still inequality in the private sphere.
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Gender Strategy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Plan of action through
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which a person tries to solve problems at hand, given the cultural
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notions of gender at play. || || || ||
3 Families from Second Shift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Holts (Evan
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and Nancy) ||
