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Since African Americans have been replaced as the U.S.'s largest minority group by Latinos, this demographic transition will __________.
A) force African Americans to learn Spanish as a second language
B) make the idea that race is just a "Black and White" issue obsolete
C) make all White people leave the United States and return to Europe
D) cause African Americans to join forces with Latinos
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There is __________ among sociologists as to what constitutes a social problem.
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Globalization lessens the threat of international terrorism.
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Many children of divorce lose their relationships with their __________.
A) fathers
B) mothers
C) sisters
D) brothers
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The Uniform Crime Reports focus on __________.
A) crimes reported to the police
B) organized crime
C) political crime
D) corporate crime
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Those who espouse a color-blind approach to understanding the world are __________ affirmative action policies.
A) less likely than others to support
B) more likely than others to support
C) instrumental in setting
D) equally as supportive as others of
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Although the intent of Alabama's Immigration Law was to discourage unauthorized immigrants from moving into the state, an unintended consequence is that __________.
A) a decrease in immigrants increased job options for U.S. citizens
B) the state's budget would take a hit as a result of lost income and sales taxes
C) the decrease in immigrants would disrupt marriage rates in the United States
D) The decrease in immigrants in the state will boost the economy
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Compared to all other countries, the United States uses the __________ percentage of the world's energy resources.
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Terrorism is a social construction.
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__________ are usually better off economically after a divorce.
A) Men
B) Women
C) Children
D) Step-children
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An act of force perceived by the powerful as threatening to the status quo is called __________.
A) violence
B) a crime
C) secondary deviance
D) racial profiling
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As the United States is becoming a multiracial society there has been a(n) __________.
A) backlash against civil rights reforms
B) rejection of educational policy reforms
C) increase in opportunities for more qualified minorities
D) elimination of hate groups
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Which of the following is commonly expressed as a concern about immigration?
A) Immigrants help to provide more jobs for U.S. citizens.
B) Immigrants are a drain on society's resources.
C) The increase in immigrants will decrease tension between the races.
D) The increase in immigrants in an area will boost the economy.
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Sociologists' study of social problems is a value-free pursuit.
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Acts of terrorism are acts intended to cause serious harm to noncombatants in order to intimidate a population or call attention to a cause.
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Brittany has the right when her child is born to take one full year of leave with two-thirds of her pay, and there is substantial flexibility and support for paying for childcare after that. It is likely that Brittany lives in __________.
A) the United States
B) Sweden, Denmark, or Norway
C) France or Italy
D) Estonia
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The most common definition of crime is __________.
A) violating a moral belief
B) infringing on human rights
C) breaking a law
D) disobeying authority
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Stopping all people who appear to be Muslim or Arab at the airport and flagging them for extra screening is an example of __________.
A) racial formation
B) cultural deficiency theory
C) multiculturalism
D) racial profiling
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Which of the following is a sign of assimilation?
A) A family of immigrants hanging their native home flag in front of their house
B) A family of immigrants sending their children to an English-only school
C) A family of immigrants refusing to learn to speak English
D) A family leaving America
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An extremely dogmatic system-blame approach to social problems views individuals almost as robots controlled totally by their social environment.
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The high-cost military organization of the United States is predicated on fighting the wars of the twentieth century rather than the wars of the twenty-first century.
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The biggest change in household type since 1970 is with the rise of __________ households.
A) kinship
B) nonfamily
C) boomerang
D) immigrant
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People generally think __________ crime is the greatest criminal danger.
A) street
B) white collar
C) blue collar
D) political
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Mark, who is African American, was recently pulled over by the police. When he asked why he was stopped, the officer did not say anything specifically and Mark did not think he was committing a violation. Mark suspects he was being profiled and pulled over for __________.
A) speeding
B) driving while Black
C) drunk driving
D) swerving
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Anti-immigrant backlash most often results from immigrants __________.
A) competing for relative advantage with other minorities and poor Whites
B) being more likely than the rest of the population to own businesses
C) being widely dispersed across the population
D) generally having better paying jobs than other people.
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Relying solely on a person-blame approach to social problems is the best way to bring about significant social changes.
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Only Russia, China, and India outspend the United States on national security.
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Some college students end up moving back in with their families after graduation because they cannot find work and support themselves. This phenomenon is known as __________.
A) boomeranged adults
B) slingshot adults
C) deadbeat adults
D) transitional adults
Q:
Discuss the impact the Americans with Disabilities Act has had on the lives of the disabled. How do you imagine daily life has changed? Does the ADA reflect a more medical or social approach?
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The idea that race no longer matters in explaining inequality or policymaking because racism has been overcome is called __________.
A) color blindness
B) individual racism
C) institutional racism
D) nativism
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Which of the following is true of the settlement patterns of new immigrants?
A) They do not move near other immigrants.
B) They locate where other poor people live.
C) They tend not to move to destinations where they have family.
D) They tend to move to wealthy neighborhoods.
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The victim-blamer would attribute high rates of recidivism to faults and failures of the individual criminals, including their greed, feelings of aggression, weak control of impulses, and relative lack of conscience.
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In addition to over a million soldiers on active duty, guard and reserve members can be called up at any time to protect U.S. interests throughout the world.
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The traditional nuclear family, also known as the __________, was shaped by distinct economic forces that are now shifting.
A) modern
B) nuclear
C) postmodern
D) abnormal
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Discuss the accomplishments of and challenges to the disability rights movement.
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According to the text, rising poverty rates among Latinos have led many policymakers to conclude that they have joined inner-city African Americans to form a __________.
A) hopeless underworld
B) hopeless underclass
C) useful coalition
D) racial-ethnic group
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The state that is most impacted by immigration is __________.
A) Florida
B) California
C) Texas
D) New York
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A person-blame approach advocates social programs that transform existing institutions.
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Beginning with President Kennedy, the trend has been for the executive branch to bypass __________ on matters of war in order to centralize power.
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Stacey lives in a blended family after remarriage and her elderly mother lives with them as well so Stacey can provide in-home care. Stacey's family is an example of a __________ family.
A) modern
B) nuclear
C) postmodern
D) abnormal
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What promotes the likelihood that people with disabilities may have difficulty finding romantic and sexual partners?
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"Profiling" refers to __________.
A) racism that is tolerated by social institutions and affects many different types of people
B) overt acts of hostility committed by individuals to harm other individuals
C) the problem of police targeting (and sometimes savagely mistreating) minorities
D) the stereotypical features given to minority suspects by police sketch artists
Q:
With the increase in immigration in the United States, __________.
A) Latinos are now the absolute majority of the population in the United States
B) the United States will have to sell Texas back to Mexico
C) African Americans will be the absolute majority of the U.S. population
D) the nation is shifting from an Anglo-White society rooted in Western culture
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The textbook examines two types of social problems: (1) acts and conditions that violate social norms and values, and (2) the difficulties for those suffering from the deviant acts of norm violators.
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Drone strikes are part of the __________ that increasingly dominates military action and removes both soldiers and civilians from war.
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The fact that __________ is evidence of the decision made by the U.S. government to help the elderly.
A) the young have electoral power that the elderly lack
B) the elderly are not well organized
C) children have fewer lobbying advocates
D) there are no laws that protect young people
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How do labels affect people with disabilities? What role do they play in creating a master status with a stigma?
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In reference to the total population, minorities represent a __________ share of the U.S. population.
A) stable
B) declining
C) rising
D) fluctuating
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Sometime around 2050, __________.
A) Latinos will make up about 29 percent of the U.S. population
B) African Americans will make up about 50 percent of the U.S. population
C) Minority groups will leave the United States
D) Asians will be the racial majority
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The objective reality of social problems is demonstrated by the fact that some social conditions, which can be identified as such in any given place or time, induce material and psychic suffering for entire segments of the population.
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Tea Party activists are/were generally opposed to President __________.
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Mary's family is a __________ because both of her parents work for pay outside of the home.
A) modern family
B) postmodern family
C) household
D) dual-worker family
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Discuss the benefits of using one theoretical approach to disability instead of another in terms of the attitudes toward rehabilitation. Provide examples of how each approach might impact rehabilitation.
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At least __________ college students are targets of racially motivated assaults each year.
A) 50
B) 500
C) 5,000
D) 500,000
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Immigration, such as slavery, can be forced, but when it is freely chosen, it is considered __________.
A) plutocracy
B) human agency
C) determinism
D) devolution
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With corporations in the process of downsizing their employee base, while at the same time frequently merging with other companies, C. Wright Mills would refer to the resulting unemployment as "private troubles" of the individuals involved rather than a "public issue."
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__________ is best classified not as a distinct enemy, but a methodology.
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Since graduating, Jeff has always lived alone. He is considered a __________.
A) modern family
B) postmodern family
C) nonfamily household
D) dual-worker family
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The Americans with Disabilities Act has ended discrimination against people with disabilities.
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Recently, a city government decided it needed a new landfill so it bought the cheapest land it could find, which happened to be next to a neighborhood which was predominately populated by minorities. This is an example of __________.
A) individual racism
B) institutional racism
C) environmental racism
D) nativism
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Which of the following is true of the effect that new immigration is having on the United States?
A) It is decreasing America's greatness.
B) It is increasing racial diversity.
C) It has eradicated racism.
D) The amount of employment opportunities has increased.
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By referring to the subjective nature of social problems, sociologists have more recently come to acknowledge that what is defined as a social problem is basically the same across audiences and time.
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The __________War, with Russia, was a period in which the United States became significantly more expansionary and less isolationist.
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Single parents have difficulty coping because of __________.
A) boredom
B) task overload
C) financial strain
D) a lack of love
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The disability rights movement first sought to ensure that the disabled have ready access to all public buildings and bathroom facilities and to draw attention to the demeaning characterization of the disabled by people like Jerry Lewis.
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Students in lower income neighborhoods attend poorly funded schools, which limits their chances of getting a good education and going on to college. These school districts are overwhelmingly populated by racial minorities and are a big contributor to __________.
A) the minority education gap
B) environmental racism
C) racial formation
D) multiculturalism
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The principal indicator of successful assimilation is __________.
A) poverty
B) ethnic enclaves
C) social stratification
D) language
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Early social pathologists assumed that social norms were universally held and viewed social problems as behaviors or social arrangements that disturb the moral order.
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During the Cold War, the United States and what was then the Soviet Union amassed huge stockpiles of __________ weapons.
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Children in female-headed single-parent families when compared with children from two-parent families have __________.
A) more academic success
B) a higher dropout rate
C) a lower likelihood of alcohol and drug use
D) a lower likelihood of early marriage
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Following his election in 1980, Ronald Reagan enacted policies that greatly strengthened the previously established guarantees for the rights of the disabled.
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__________ refers to the fact that members of some minority groups are more likely to be exposed to harmful substances in the environment.
A) Environmental racism
B) Environmental sexism
C) Toxic waste
D) Toxic ableism
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Typically, new immigrants face hostility from their hosts because they are __________.
A) coming to America at the wrong time of year
B) feared as competitors and people who are "different"
C) coming from countries that have better education systems
D) learning to speak English and trying to hide from Americans
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Which of the following statements is accurate about sociologists doing research on social problems?
A) Personal values of the researcher do not affect his/her research.
B) Sociologists agree on a liberal agenda that sides with the disadvantaged.
C) The study of social problems cannot be value free.
D) Sociologists largely promote an agenda that maintains the existing social order.
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Even though it is a conflict of interest, companies that may profit from military expenditures are permitted to __________ Congress.
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As a nation, the United States has taken deliberate actions to reduce poverty among __________ while simultaneously allowing __________ poverty to increase.A) the elderly; childhoodB) children; elderlyC) children; middle-agedD) children; those 18-35
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A key reason people with disabilities have difficulty finding romantic and sexual partners is that they prefer to stay away from places where nondisabled people hang out.
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As more minorities enter high-status jobs, they are confronted by new forms of discrimination in the form of __________ that limit their access to top-level jobs.
A) fake jobs
B) glass escalators
C) job ceilings
D) glass elevators
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Whereas immigrants historically have been 90 percent European, Europeans now constitute about __________ percent.
A) 10
B) 40
C) 50
D) 90
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Sociologists use __________ to explain a range of human behavior and a variety of social and societal events.
A) political discourse
B) media representations
C) public opinion
D) sociological theory