The perspective that argues that minority groups' life chances result from the opportunities formed ...

The perspective that argues that minority groups' life chances result from the opportunities formed by the interactions of class, race, and gender is called _____.
 
  a. functionalist perspective
 b. the intersection perspective
 c. social interaction perspective
 d. social exchange perspective

Question 2

The difference between subcultures and countercultures is that
 
  a. countercultures reject and defy the dominant culture and subcultures do not.
 b. subcultures are created as a reaction to the dominant culture and countercultures are not.
 c. countercultures retreat from the dominant culture and subcultures do not.
 d. subcultures always lead to the development of countercultures.

Question 3

The situation for women in society should be studied separately within each social class because differences between men and women are not the same in every racial or class group. This is an argument of the ______ perspective.
 
  a. intersection
 b. functionalist
 c. symbolic interactionist
 d. social exchange

Question 4

Members of a subculture
 
  a. are never well-integrated into the dominant culture.
 b. tend to share the same practices, values and beliefs as the members of the dominant culture.
 c. exist within and share some elements of the dominant culture.
 d. are indistinguishable from members of the dominant culture.

Question 5

The view that race intersects with class to shape one's experience in the social structure is a perspective related to _____.
 
  a. functionalism
 b. conflict theory
 c. symbolic interaction theory
 d. social exchange theory

Question 6

The cultures of groups whose values and norms differ to some extent from those of the dominant culture are called _____.
 
  a. countercultures
 b. subcultures
 c. popular cultures
 d. postmodern cultures

Question 7

In the debate as to whether class or race is more important as the source of inequality, sociologist William Julius Wilson argues that:
 
  a. the disadvantaged status of minority groups is more a matter of race than class.
 b. ignoring skin color and cultural differences is the only way to solve the country's problems of racism.
 c. changes in the economic structure are more important than race in shaping the life chances of different groups.
 d. the social construction of race is a myth.