SOC101 20160: Quiz 7

SOC101 20160: Quiz 7

Question 1

5 / 5 pts The concept of instrumentality, as used by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales, refers to:

The behavior of men and women in small work groups

an emphasis on tasks, a focus on more distant goals, and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions

 

the symbolic interactionist approach to male and female behavior

 

an emphasis on maintaining harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family

Correct

 

Question 2

5 / 5 pts

In 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment in the workplace applied:

only to women

 

also to people of the same sex

 

only to gays and lesbians

 

only to harassment in private offices

Correct

 

Question 3

5 / 5 pts

Which of the following statements about the status of women throughout the world is true?

Women grow half the world's food, but they rarely own land.

 

Women constitute one-third of the world's paid labor force, but are generally found in the lowest paying jobs.

 

Single-parent households headed by women are typically found in the poorest sections of the population.

 

All of these

Correct

 

Question 4

5 / 5 pts

Which perspective suggests that men may have become powerful in preindustrial times because their size, physical strength, and freedom from childbearing duties allowed them to dominate women physically?

Functionalist perspective

 

Conflict perspective

 

Interactionist perspective

 

Global perspective

Correct

 

Question 5

5 / 5 pts

Which of the following illustrates Arlie Hochschild's concept of the "second shift"?

A woman works from 9 to 5 as a nurse and then has a second job as a waitress at a local diner.

 

A man has a career as an accountant, and when he gets home, he cleans the apartment and makes dinner for his wife, himself, and their children.

 

A woman has a ...