Knowledge-dominated economies are symbolized by
a. graphs.
b. glasses.
c. smart technologies.
d. standardized products
Question 2Murdock's study of preliterate societies found that females were usually engaged in:
a. clearing land for farming.
b. gathering food.
c. trapping.
d. stone working.
e. hunting as men farmed.
Question 3The concept social reproduction focuses sociologists attention on social activities and structures that work to transmit from one generation to the next.
a. learning
b. the subject matter
c. inequality
d. life lessons
Question 4In her pioneering research, Margaret Mead found that:
a. male and female behavior varied only slightly among tribal groups.
b. gender differences in the New Guinea were identical to those in the U.S.
c. primitive tribes had gender identities that resembled primates.
d. gender differences were largely the result of biology.
e. male and female behavior varied greatly due to differing cultural expectations.
Question 5Coleman believes that is one of the major avenues open to adolescents, especially males, in which participants are considered important to the status of the school.
a. reading
b. after-school employment
c. academics
d. athletics
Question 6Which of the following is true of the American medical community's historical treatment of women?
a. Medical schools taught about disease and treatment almost exclusively in terms of a male model.
b. Few women were included in clinical trials of health interventions.
c. Diseases affecting primarily women received a smaller research budget.
d. all of the above
e. none of the above