SOCA 101- BREWSTER WVU EXAM 3
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
2026-2027 SET.
Glass Ceiling - Answer This concept refers to the artificial boundary that allows women to see
the next occupational level even as structural obstacles keep them from reaching it.
Individual Racism - Answer The example that I give in class from my Social Problems' class
where the students refused to allow their Iraqi classmate to join their group is an example of
Segregation - Answer In the dominant-minority group relations continuum discussed in
class,____ is lowest on both equality and tolerance
withdrawal - Answer Many minority group members in the United States have done this by
moving to California, New York, Washington, DC in response to prejudice and discrimination in
other parts of the country
Conflict Theory - Answer Based on the perspective many people find differential applications
of the law based upon race and ethnicity
Asian women - Answer The gender wage gap for full- time paid workers showed that these
individuals earn the most
mechanical solidarity - Answer This concept by Emilie Durkheim examines how social groups
held together by shared language and culture are more stable
Gender - Answer According to lecture, when we discussed sexual orientation women and men
were perceived to have different sexual orientations in several examples even when the same
test was applied. Which of the following is NOT a factor in determining sexual orientation as we
discussed in lecture?
Conflict - Answer According to this perspective, the majority of new jobs created in the United
States are in low wage, few benefit, and poor hour service sector jobs.
Religiously - Answer Men commonly experience sexism in all of the following ways EXCEPT
Outcomes - Answer Social Inequality in known as a disparity in all of the following EXCEPT
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
2026-2027 SET.
Glass Ceiling - Answer This concept refers to the artificial boundary that allows women to see
the next occupational level even as structural obstacles keep them from reaching it.
Individual Racism - Answer The example that I give in class from my Social Problems' class
where the students refused to allow their Iraqi classmate to join their group is an example of
Segregation - Answer In the dominant-minority group relations continuum discussed in
class,____ is lowest on both equality and tolerance
withdrawal - Answer Many minority group members in the United States have done this by
moving to California, New York, Washington, DC in response to prejudice and discrimination in
other parts of the country
Conflict Theory - Answer Based on the perspective many people find differential applications
of the law based upon race and ethnicity
Asian women - Answer The gender wage gap for full- time paid workers showed that these
individuals earn the most
mechanical solidarity - Answer This concept by Emilie Durkheim examines how social groups
held together by shared language and culture are more stable
Gender - Answer According to lecture, when we discussed sexual orientation women and men
were perceived to have different sexual orientations in several examples even when the same
test was applied. Which of the following is NOT a factor in determining sexual orientation as we
discussed in lecture?
Conflict - Answer According to this perspective, the majority of new jobs created in the United
States are in low wage, few benefit, and poor hour service sector jobs.
Religiously - Answer Men commonly experience sexism in all of the following ways EXCEPT
Outcomes - Answer Social Inequality in known as a disparity in all of the following EXCEPT
