1. Incarceration in the United States has increased as crime rates have increased.
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False
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2. A frame refers to a welfare policy that extends coverage to undocumented immigrants.
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False
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3. The northwestern region of the United States is known as the “stroke belt” due to its high level of hypertension-related ailments.
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False
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4. People with a higher social status have a higher life expectancy than those of lower social status.
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True
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5. Researchers Bertrand and Mullainathan found that having an African American name had a significantly negative effect on whether a person was called for an employment interview.
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True
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6. Acker suggests that inequality regimes should be studied separately by race, class, and gender.
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False
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7. Desegregated education benefits Black students but not White students.
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False
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8. What is the most likely outcome for victims of Internet harassment who report the abuse?
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They are dismissed as being overly sensitive.
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9. According to Lachmann, which of the following is at the root of American decline?
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Policies that direct resources away from economic growth
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10. The ______ explains disparities in health arising from discrimination, financial strain, and lack of resources.
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Social stress process
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11. Which group has been disproportionately targeted by the War on Drugs?
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Poor people of color
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12. Media corporations in the United States are most concerned with ______.
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Maximizing profit
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13. Within the United States, infant mortality rates are highest for which of the following groups?
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African American
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14. In the United States, there has been a recent surge in female domestic laborers from ______.
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Central America
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15. Racial and gender inequalities are perpetuated through hiring when employers rely on ______.
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Social networks
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16. High school achievement gaps, which widened notably between 1972 and 1992, stemmed mostly from what kind of stratification?
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Social class
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17. The removal of a culture and a language from a population via public education is what Moll and Ruiz have termed ______.
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Subtractive schooling
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18. According to Meyer, many gay men begin to experience violence in their homes when they ______.
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Challenge gender norms as children
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19. In Pyke’s study of Asian American women who avoided dating Asian American men, what did she most frequently use to inform her reasoning?
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Social stereotypes
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20. In a clear example of institutionalized discrimination, the Social Security program excluded domestic and agricultural laborers, thus leaving out ______.
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Black women
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Diverse Society (Race, Gender, Class) MCQs | Topic-wise
