What is a common factor that determines marital rates when considering race?
a. Racial differences of marital rates are due to economic differentials.
b. Racial differences of marital rates are due to cultural values.
c. Racial differences of marital rates are due to parenthood.
d.
Racial differences of marital rates are due to personality differences.
Ques. 2What is inferred from the cultural approach to understanding race?
a. The problems experienced by racial groups are a result of their own actions.
b. Poverty and other social problems affect minorities differently than Whites.
c. Diversity results from race and class inequalities.
d.
Kinship is a strong coping mechanism found among minorities.
Ques. 3Like her mother and grandmother, Molly becomes a parent at 16. This situation is an example of what some claim is
a. the culture of poverty.
b. class privileges.
c. structural factors.
d.
the need for welfare reform.
Ques. 4What is a key difference between working class families and middle class families?
a. There is more emphasis on kinship in working class families than in middle class families.
b. There are more connections with nonfamilial institutions in working class families than in middle class families.
c. There is less emphasis on working mothers in working class families than in middle class families.
d.
There has been less pressure of job loss in working class families than in middle class families.
Ques. 5What is a key difference between the cultural approach and the structural approach toward class?
a. The cultural approach ignores institutional practices that create class differences, whereas the structural approach does not.
b. The cultural approach is critical of the idea that class position relies on a person's abilities and efforts, whereas the structural approach is not.
c. The cultural approach takes into consideration class privilege, whereas the structural approach does not.
d.
The cultural approach recognizes that there are more unwed mothers in poverty due to a lack of good partners, whereas the structural approach does not.
Ques. 6A teacher notices that Phil is a self-starter and Micah needs more direction.The teacher believes Phil is middle class and Micah is working class.The teacher adheres to the ________ approach.
a. cultural
b. structural
c. structural diversity
d.
symbolic interactionist
Ques. 7The Walker family hires weekly housecleaners who work for minimum wage.This situation is an example of which concept?
a. Social locations of oppression and opportunity are relational.
b. The matrix of domination primarily affects the working poor.
c. Life chances are dependent upon legislation.
d.
Group-based inequalities shape social location.
Ques. 8How are race, class, and gender connected?
a. They all work together to define social location.
b. Race and class revolve around gender to determine power systems.
c. All three are primarily personality traits that predict life chances.
d.
Family life shapes how race, class, and gender are socially defined.