SOC 185 EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS All Verified

SOC 185 EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS All Verified Lecture 6: Political Power, Democracy, and Representation - -Political Power, Democracy, and Representation What is democracy - -Rule by people Representative Democracy - -A STATE in which the rulers -to some extent, chosen by the citizens Exclusion from voting and holding office - -Non-citizens Young people ( under 18) Felons (depends on state) Restriction on ACcess to voting - -Internet Paper Farming Unequal weighting of votes - -Senate Electoral college Ex: voters are not the same in some state, and there are some state more pop than other state Representation of Groups - -Descriptive presentation: the extent to which the people hold official position in state resemble (giong voi) the broader population For ex: PPl of senate has bach is 94% compared to 38% of population has bach. Same as house presentative Lecture 7 - -Inequality between man and woman Occupation Segregation - -the division of people from different social groups into different social occupation dissimilar index - -0=no segregation 1= total segregation Occupational segregation ib 20th - -declined but differences persit History of gender inequality in the economy - -Before 1960 - legally re-inforced gender inequality Turning point 1964 - Civil Right Act The Gender revolution in education and the gender workplace Gender and Educational Attainment - -Before 2021, there are less women have bach degree But since 2021, 39% of women have bach degree and 37% of men have bach degree Gender and Labor force Participation - -Labor force participation: the % of people in agroup that either have a paid job or are lookingfor one 2020: of people 16 and older, 67.7% of men were inthe labor force compared to 56.2% of women DECREASEd Gender pay gap - -woman earning's comapred to men increased but not higher than men Explaining gender inequality - -"Nature" vs "nurture" debate• Sociologists lean towards "nurture" positio - nurture = better or prefered to be mom who take care of children Gender - life-chances Unequal childhood - -Gender socialization: the process by which we areraised to be men or women• Unequal treatment within families - Leads to differences in interests and skills Discrimination in workplace Nature vs nurture Family responsibilities Unequal Family Responsibilities - -means women accrue less labor force experience thanmen Discrimination in the Labor Market andWorkplaces - -reasons for discrimination gender labeling of occupations official policies and discretion LEcture 8 - -Class origin and Wealth inequality intergenerational wealth mobility and persistance - -bottom - remain bottom mostly Top remain top mostly How does family influence life-chance - -The intergenerational transmission of wealth• Direct and indirect transfers Direct = gifts and inheritances Indirect = investment in education, involvement infamily business, etc LEcture 9 - -Race, Ethnicity and Economic inequality History of Racial and Ethnic Inequality - -Legalized form of oppression and discrimination Slavery Jim Crow system 20th century residential segregation Ex: access to housing, buy house Civil right reform - -In Median net worth gap bt B&W - -Increase from Decreased then increased again Median net worth gap bt B&W and H&W - -In 1983 gap of B is smaller In 2001 gap of black is smaller In 2019, the H gap is smaller education attainment - -Hispanic is lowest Median household income - -Non-hispanic black and hispanic is relatively low