If so many married women want to work part-time, why do they continue to work full-time?
a. Full-time workers are more likely to have contingent nonstandard work.
b. Part-time work tends to be less flexible than full-time work.
c. Full-time workers are guaranteed fringe benefits and part-time workers are not.
d. Part-time workers earn less pay and are less likely to have fringe benefits.
George and Lien want to get married but their parents are strongly against it because of the expectation that one must marry a person similar to oneself in religion, social class, and race or ethnicity. This social norm is an example of _______.
a. homogamy
b. simogamy
c. polygamy
d. exogamy
Who would most likely prefer contingent nonstandardized work?
a. Margaret, who is a middle-class single mother with a young adopted child
b. Saul and Ruby, a low-income married couple with three children
c. Alfeo, who is a single professional who values his freedom
d. Mitra, an older worker who depends on the bus for transportation
A very important cultural factor in prejudice and discrimination involves the social standards that specify the kind of behavior that is appropriate in a given situation. These standards are called social __________.
a. values
b. beliefs
c. social norms
d. statuses
Julia is a young mother who works in the fast food industry. She does not have a set number of hours per week. In addition, sometimes she works a night shift, and other times she works a day shift.
She often gets sent home when work is slow and is not paid, even though she told her boss she would like to work full-time. Her job is an example of _______. a. inflexible full-time work
b. contingent nonstandard work
c. part-time penalty
d. discriminatory practices
When we consider factors of social structure that are important in the origins of prejudice and discrimination, we observe that dominance and subordination involve a competitive struggle for possession of valued goods.
According to the text, this is, ultimately __________. a. a psychological process, understood by investigating human acquisitiveness
b. an economic process of free-market competition
c. an educational process involving the acquisition of skills
d. a political process involving a struggle for power
Union membership has been declining in the United States. Union membership has several consequences. Which is NOT one of these consequences?
a. Unions help workers obtain higher pay.
b. Unions help workers gain health insurance from their employers.
c. Unions help workers gain fringe benefits from their employers.
d. Unions help male workers obtain higher pay, but do less for female workers.
Jack is angry. He knows that sometimes aggression cannot be directed at the real source of frustration so he redirects his anger toward a similar but safer and more convenient target. In this situation, aggression involves __________.
a. submission
b. rejection
c. a scapegoat
d. reorientation
The switch away from manufacturing jobs has led to a(n) _______.
a. decline in unions
b. increase in fringe benefits
c. increase in accidental deaths on the job
d. decline in job growth
To understand the origins of prejudice and discrimination in a society, one must consider both _________.
a. the felt needs of individuals and the structural organization of society
b. society in theory as well as society in practice
c. individual psychological and physiological processes
d. individual ideals and individual actions
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