__________ refers to the spatial and social separation of categories of people by race, ethnicity, class, gender, and/or religion
a. Miscegenation
b. Social isolation
c. Segregation
d. Social rejection
c
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A sizable portion of the U.S. population does not want their children to attend schools with
A) Asians. B) Hispanics. C) Polynesians. D) Blacks.
Why is the societal perspective on family important to consider, according to family sociologists?
A. because society is what determines who ‘counts' as your family B. because without societal approval, people who consider themselves family experience a great deal of opposition C. because when society defines family very narrowly, those who are not covered by its definition such as same-sex couples or stepparents do not have the same legal rights that those who fall within the official definition enjoy D. because societal perspective on family tells us a great deal about the culture itself
For a functionalist, high divorce and low employment rates would be viewed as a ______.
A. negative function B. dysfunction C. conflicting paradigm D. social structural disorder
Which is not one of the four areas of evidence in support of a strong social constructionist approach?
a. Gender differences affect the physical body. b. Intersexed people do not fit into male/female categories. c. Sex categories have varied across time and place. d. Sex marks the distinction between two physically and genetically discrete categories.