Soci Midterm 2
What role has federal policy, such as the use of “redlining” maps, played in establishing and perpetuating residential segregation?
it restricted mortgage loans in predominantly black neighborhoods, creating barriers to homeownership and increasing segregation
How does segregation affect the distribution of affluence and poverty
Segregation tends to concentrate wealth in predominantly white and Asian
neighborhoods and poverty in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods.
In Ware’s reading, they focus on which form of racism as the main reason for residential segregation?
Structural Racism
What court case is the main focus of Ware’s writing surrounding the ideas of
residential segregation?
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
“Plessy’s Legacy” focuses on the ideology of “Separate but Equal” and helped
Establish legal foundations for racial segregation.
True
What is the index of dissimilarity?
A measure of unevenness that compares composition of an area as a whole with the
composition of individual neighborhoods
Which of the following are NOT results of redlining?
Increased mortgages to minority populations
What is not one of the examples Desmond offers about the exploitation of the American worker?
increased activity in labor unions after the 1970s
Predatory inclusion is the process by which marginalized groups are granted access to resources, but in a way that exploits them through lower quality, which reinforces economic Inequality.
True
As corporations have accumulated more market power, they’ve made a great effort to keep wages ____ and productivity _____.
low; high
Which of the following is not a way corporations undercut their workers?
allowing workers to unionize
Which of the following is not a cause of economic inequality growth
Increased minimum wage
Inequality can be seen as a disease when it is a determinator for the healthcare you receive.
True
What is structural violence? (choose the best answer)
Describes how inequality is hardwired into healthcare systems, linking community resources to hospital resources
Water purification increased infant mortality as well as racial disparities.
False
Which of the following is not an example of fundamental causes?
High rates of alcohol abuse
Link argued that epidemiology’s focus on “relatively proximate health causes” such as exercise, diet and
smoking habits has received strong support because it resonates with the Western cultural belief in
meritocracy.
True
Why are social determinants of health important to contextualize risk factors in healthcare access?
Reducing risk is ineffective if there is no clear understanding of the process that leads to exposure to inequality in access
What social factor has contributed to the “two-tiered family system”?
All of the above.
Which of the following does the author NOT argue has led to American families being more diverse than they were in the 1950s?
Low-income groups are more likely to cohabitate than they would in the 1950s.
How did Black families in the 1950s act as a precedent for trends in modern families and cohabitation?
They showed a greater tendency for non-marital childbearing and cohabitation.
What is meant by the “deinstitutionalization of marriage”?
Weakening social norms
What societal changes DID NOT contribute to this process?
Decrease in child-bearing outside of marriage
In “Educational Homogamy in Two Gilded Ages” what is Mare’s primary focus?
The relationship between marital choices and educational attainment
How does social class relate to historical trends in marriage?
Lower class individuals are discouraged from marriage due to financial restraints
Why is the Cherlin reading outdated?
Gay marriage is now legal
Which of these is true about social closure?
All of the above
According to the functionalist perspective, what is a primary role of schools in society?
To maintain social order and transmit societal values.
The Coleman Report (1960s) primarily concluded that:
Family background was the major predictor of educational outcomes, outweighing school resources.
Which of the following has been a significant factor contributing to increased school segregation in recent years?
School choice programs and residential segregation.
What is the primary differentiating factor in determining the difference in educational prowess across socio-economic classes?
Action taken over the summer
Lareau's research identifies two contrasting approaches to childrearing. What are they?
Concerted cultivation vs. Accomplishment of natural growth
Which of the following does not describe the doubly disadvantaged?
Have cultural references they can use at college
Which of the following reasons don’t contribute to why the Doubly Disadvantaged and Privileged Poor have similar troubles within college?
Sometimes colleges are even more diverse than high schools
Which of the following is not an example of culture capital?
Access to resources
What did Lareau conclude about the impact of race compared to social class on childrearing practices?
Social class had a greater impact than race.
According to Jack, which of the following is a primary issue faced by disadvantaged students in elite colleges?
Feeling out of place among wealthier peers
What does Jack use to describe poor families who typically attended local schools that were often distressed, overcrowded, and under-resourced?
Doubly Disadvantaged
According to Lareau, what parenting approach is associated with middle-class families?
Concerted Cultivation
How do working-class and poor parents typically communicate with their children, as described in the reading?
By using directives