Midterm 2

Midterm 2

Social Problems

Study guide – all topics

 

Here is a list of items that you should know about or questions you should be able to answer.

 

Chapter 15: Social Problems of Marriage and Family

 

1. Stephanie Coontz

2. In the early 1900s, the median age of first marriage for men was what?

3. The period for which the median age for brides was the lowest was when?

4. Cohabitation has __________ in the United States since 1970.

5. reasons why the rate of cohabitation has increased over the last 40 years

6. Which type of household tends to have the lowest incomes of all forms of family?

7. problems that children who are raised in single-parent families have 

8. What percent of gay couples have children?

9. The couples most likely to be married 5-7 years after beginning cohabitation are those for whom cohabitation is what?

10. The outcome of a trial marriage after 5-7 years is mostly likely to be what?

11. In general, married people tend to __________ than single people.

12. As of 2006, the cost of raising a child until the age of 17 was what?

13. In the 1950s, what percentage of marriages lasted 10 years or more?

14. risk factors for divorce

15. David Popenoe

16. In 2007, there were ___________ child fatalities due to neglect or physical abuse.

17. The children most likely to be subject to fatal abuse and neglect are whom?

18. After no-fault divorce was legalized, what generally resulted?

 

 

CHAPTER 12

SEX AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO SEXUALITY

 

19. Attitudes toward homosexuality from 1973-2008 show what? 

20. gay and lesbian youth

21. Given equal qualifications, who is likely to earn the higher salary?

a. married heterosexual men

b. single heterosexual men

c. single homosexual men

d. married heterosexual women

22. Edward Lauman

23. Laws restricting abortion in the early 1800s arose in order to what?

24. The age group with the highest rate of abortions is what?

25. Michel Foucault

26. queer theory

27. reasons why gay couples seek to marry

28. Kingsley Davis

29. Wendy Chapkis

30. the Meese commission

31. Roth v. United States

 

32. Miller v. California

33. Between 1995 and 2006, federal prosecutions for pornography did what?

 

CHAPTER 9

PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION

 

35. The United States ranks ___________ on the percentage of the Gross Domestic Product spent on education.

36. According to the text, the area of the world with the least literate people is where?

37. functionalism

38. Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

39. conflict theory

40. Earnings by education show what?

41. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 

42. charter schools

43. teacher expectancy effect

 

Lecture material -- Family

 

44. The divorce rate for college graduates who married between 1990 and 1994 is ____ for those without a four-year college degree.

45. Daniel Lichter

 

Marriage & Family: What Does the Scandinavian Experience Tell Us? Comparison of family trends & child wellbeing in the US and Sweden.

 

46. According to David Popenoe, what factors that once held families together are weakening in Sweden?

47. What does David Popenoe think the root cause of family breakdown in advanced industrial societies is?

 

Lecture material – Sex and sexual orientation

 

52. According to data for adults 18-44 from the 2006–2008 National Survey of Family Growth, which of the following statements is true? 

a. there are more women that identify as lesbians than bisexuals

b. there are more women that identify as bisexuals than lesbians

 

53. According to data for adults 18-44 from the 2006–2008 National Survey of Family Growth, which of the following statements is true? 

a. there are more men that identify as gay than bisexual

b. there are more men that identify as bisexual than gay

 

54. According to data for adults 18-44 from the 2006–2008 National Survey of Family Growth, which of the following statements is true? 

a. more heterosexual women report same-sex sexual activity than heterosexual men

b. more heterosexual men report same-sex sexual activity than heterosexual women

 

55. According to the study reported in “Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences in Sexual Response to Sexual Activities Versus Gender of Actors in Sexual Films,” which of the following statements is true?

a. with respect to genital response, actor gender was more important for men than for women

b. with respect to genital response, actor gender was more important for women than for men

 

56. Most Americans now believe that 

a. homosexual relations is always wrong

b. homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle

c. gays and lesbians should have the right to be an elementary school teacher

d. both b and c

 

57. In contrast to heterosexuals with favorable attitudes toward gay people, those with negative attitudes are more likely to be whom?

 

58. In a 2007 Gallop poll, _____ percent of Americans stated they believe homosexuality is something a person is born with.

 

2009 National School Climate Survey

 

59. What percent of respondents were verbally harassed (e.g., called names or threatened) at school because of their sexual orientation?

 

60. What percent of respondents were physically harassed (e.g., pushed or shoved) at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation?

 

Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey

 

61. What percent of transgender and non-gender conforming respondents reported attempting suicide? 

 

62. What percent of respondents reported that they had lost a job due to being transgender or gender non-conforming?

 

Roddrick Colvin. “The Extent of Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Topeka, KS”

 

63. Referring to the 2004 survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents of Topeka, Kansas, which of the following statements are true?

a. 15% of respondents reported that they were fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity

b. 17% of respondents reported experiencing discrimination buying or renting a home

c. 11% reported that they were denied a promotion

d. all of the above

 

McVeigh, Rory; Diaz, Maria-Elena D. “Voting to Ban Same-Sex Marriage: Interests, Values, and Communities”

 

64. McVeigh and Diaz, examining initiatives proposing to ban same-sex marriage in 28 states from 2000 through 2008, found that

a. opposition to same-sex marriage is strong in communities characterized by the predominance of traditional gender roles and family structure.

b. effects of traditional family structure and gender roles are especially strong in counties characterized by weak community cohesion

c. all of the above

 

Lecture material -- Education

 

65. According to the slide “Eight Grade Mathematics Curriculum Taught, Known Previously, and Learned by Type of Mathematics Program,” in which class type was the most amount of material taught?    

a. remedial classes

b. typical classes

c. enriched

d. algebra

 

66. According to the slide “Eight Grade Mathematics Curriculum Taught, Known Previously, and Learned by Type of Mathematics Program,” in which class type was there the least amount of learning?    

a. remedial classes

b. typical classes

c. enriched

d. algebra

 

67. According to the article “Lasting Consequences of the Summer Learning Gap,” the high SES-low SES achievement gap in ninth grade mainly traces to what?

 

Internet article: “Cultural Capital”

 

68. According to Pierre Bourdieu, what is a characteristic of cultural capital?

 

Internet article: “The 30 Million Word Gap” by Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley

 

69. Hart and Risley found that three-year-old children of professionals had a larger vocabulary size than adults on welfare.

a. true

b. false