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What is the difference between gender and sex?
What is the difference between gender and sex?
Gender is cultural and refers to the social and cultural expectations and roles associated with being male or female, while sex is biological and refers to the physical and genetic differences between males and females.
What is the difference between gender and sex?
What is the difference between gender and sex?
- Gender and sex have no difference
- Gender is cultural, while sex is biological. (correct)
- Gender and sex are interchangeable terms.
- Gender is biological, while sex is cultural.
Gender is ______, while sex is biological. Answer: cultural
Gender is ______, while sex is biological. Answer: cultural
Age is ______ constructed and has different reference points.
Age is ______ constructed and has different reference points.
What is the difference between gender and sex?
What is the difference between gender and sex?
Which statement accurately describes the difference between gender and sex?
Which statement accurately describes the difference between gender and sex?
The power elite make major decisions in the ______.
The power elite make major decisions in the ______.
How do gender norms vary within and across societies?
How do gender norms vary within and across societies?
What varies within and across societies?
What varies within and across societies?
What varies within and across societies?
What varies within and across societies?
What is the definition of age as a social construct?
What is the definition of age as a social construct?
Age is ______ constructed and has different reference points. Answer: socially
Age is ______ constructed and has different reference points. Answer: socially
[Blank] groups face discrimination and prejudice.
[Blank] groups face discrimination and prejudice.
What is social class determined by?
What is social class determined by?
What is the socially constructed concept that has different reference points?
What is the socially constructed concept that has different reference points?
Which of the following is an example of ageism?
Which of the following is an example of ageism?
What is social construction of age and how does it affect people?
What is social construction of age and how does it affect people?
The graying of America raises questions about elderly care and ______. Answer: ageism
The graying of America raises questions about elderly care and ______. Answer: ageism
Poverty triggers are unexpected events that push people into ______.
Poverty triggers are unexpected events that push people into ______.
What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
Race and ethnicity are different concepts, with ethnicity being based on ______ heritage. Answer: cultural
Race and ethnicity are different concepts, with ethnicity being based on ______ heritage. Answer: cultural
What are the implications of the graying of America on elderly care and ageism?
What are the implications of the graying of America on elderly care and ageism?
What issue does the graying of America raise?
What issue does the graying of America raise?
What is the belief that anyone can get ahead if they try hard enough?
What is the belief that anyone can get ahead if they try hard enough?
Upward social mobility can ______ people from their family and friends.
Upward social mobility can ______ people from their family and friends.
What is the meaning of social class?
What is the meaning of social class?
What is ethnicity based on?
What is ethnicity based on?
What is structural mobility?
What is structural mobility?
Minority groups face ______ and prejudice. Answer: discrimination
Minority groups face ______ and prejudice. Answer: discrimination
How are race and ethnicity different?
How are race and ethnicity different?
What do minority groups face?
What do minority groups face?
What is the definition of discrimination?
What is the definition of discrimination?
Social class is determined by ______, power, and prestige. Answer: property
Social class is determined by ______, power, and prestige. Answer: property
What are the challenges faced by minority groups?
What are the challenges faced by minority groups?
What is exchange mobility?
What is exchange mobility?
Race and ethnicity are different concepts, with ethnicity being based on ______ heritage.
Race and ethnicity are different concepts, with ethnicity being based on ______ heritage.
Who makes major decisions in the US?
Who makes major decisions in the US?
How is social class determined?
How is social class determined?
What does the graying of America raise questions about?
What does the graying of America raise questions about?
What determines social class?
What determines social class?
The power elite ______ major decisions in the US. Answer: make
The power elite ______ major decisions in the US. Answer: make
Social class is determined by ______, power, and prestige.
Social class is determined by ______, power, and prestige.
What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
Who makes major decisions in the US?
Who makes major decisions in the US?
Status consistency and inconsistency affect social ______. Answer: class
Status consistency and inconsistency affect social ______. Answer: class
[Blank] mobility refers to movement up or down the social class ladder.
[Blank] mobility refers to movement up or down the social class ladder.
What is status consistency?
What is status consistency?
Who makes major decisions in the US?
Who makes major decisions in the US?
What is social mobility?
What is social mobility?
What is status inconsistency and consistency?
What is status inconsistency and consistency?
The graying of America raises questions about elderly care and ______.
The graying of America raises questions about elderly care and ______.
Social class affects various aspects of life, including health, education, and ______. Answer: politics
Social class affects various aspects of life, including health, education, and ______. Answer: politics
How do status consistency and inconsistency affect social class?
How do status consistency and inconsistency affect social class?
What affects social class?
What affects social class?
The Horatio Alger Myth is the belief that anyone can get ahead if they try ______ enough.
The Horatio Alger Myth is the belief that anyone can get ahead if they try ______ enough.
What is the Horatio Alger Myth?
What is the Horatio Alger Myth?
What are some ways in which social class affects people's lives?
What are some ways in which social class affects people's lives?
The Horatio Alger Myth is the belief that anyone can get ahead if they ______ hard enough. Answer: try
The Horatio Alger Myth is the belief that anyone can get ahead if they ______ hard enough. Answer: try
What are poverty triggers?
What are poverty triggers?
What is social mobility?
What is social mobility?
What is the difference between structural mobility and exchange mobility?
What is the difference between structural mobility and exchange mobility?
How does upward social mobility affect personal relationships?
How does upward social mobility affect personal relationships?
Study Notes
- Gender is cultural, while sex is biological.
- Gender norms vary within and across societies.
- Age is socially constructed and has different reference points.
- The graying of America raises questions about elderly care and ageism.
- Race and ethnicity are different concepts, with ethnicity being based on cultural heritage.
- Minority groups face discrimination and prejudice.
- Social class is determined by property, power, and prestige.
- The power elite make major decisions in the US.
- Status consistency and inconsistency affect social class.
- Social class affects various aspects of life, including health, education, and politics.
- Social mobility refers to movement up or down the social class ladder.
- Upward social mobility is moving up the ladder, while downward social mobility is moving down.
- Structural mobility is due to changes in society, while exchange mobility is when people exchange places.
- Upward social mobility can alienate people from their family and friends.
- Poverty triggers are unexpected events that push people into poverty.
- The Horatio Alger Myth is the belief that anyone can get ahead if they try hard enough.
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Test your knowledge on key concepts of social class and inequality, including gender, age, race, ethnicity, social mobility, and power elite. Explore topics like discrimination, poverty triggers, and the Horatio Alger Myth.
