Quiz 4

1.   Although Geoffrey Greif points out that “more fathers are rearing children alone following separation and divorce than ever before,” which of the following is true about single fathers?    

1.   Many states have laws against giving sole custody to fathers following a divorce. 
2. Soon there will be more single fathers than single mothers.
3. Most of these fathers move back in with their parents so that their children live with grandparents.
4. Single fathers are still only about 15 percent of all single parents.

2.  A society that separates church and state is a(n) ________ society.            

1. agnostic
2. traditional
3. fundamentalist
4. secular

3.    How are children of divorced parents today different from children of divorced parents in the 1970s?        

1. Children of divorced parents today are more likely to get married than were children whose parents divorced in the 1970s.
2. Children of divorced parents today are more likely to be divorced multiple times than were children whose parents divorced in the 1970s.
3. Children of divorced parents today are more likely to get divorced themselves than were children whose parents divorced in the 1970s.
4. Children of divorced parents today are considerably less likely to divorce than were children whose parents divorced in the 1970s.

4.    A neighborhood that has no grocery store, but more liquor, convenience, and fast food outlets than most other locations is referred to as a(n)          

1. social institution.
2. epidemic.
3. food desert.
4. pandemic.

5.   Many health inequities that people of lower socioeconomic status experience are further exacerbated in ________ groups.    

1. older
2. majority
3. minority
4. family

6.  Organizations designed to raise money to support the interests of a particular group are called        

1. political action committees.
2. power elites.
3. media groups.
4. simulacrums.

7.   According to Barbara Ehrenreich, which of these behaviors can help those with minimum-wage service jobs to get ahead and move up in the world?    

1. save at least 10 percent of their paychecks every month
2. avoid having children
3. go back to school
4. none of these answers, as there is no way for minimum-wage workers to move up in the world

8.   Many health inequities that people of lower socioeconomic status experience are further exacerbated in ________ groups.        

1. older
2. majority
3. family
4. minority

9.   According to Karl Marx, where does surplus value come from?            

1. paying workers less than the value of what they create
2. finding ever-cheaper ways of processing raw materials
3. the added value owners bring to a manufactured product
4. selling goods to overseas markets where demand is higher

10.   A man recently learned that he has a mental illness. Since his diagnosis, he has begun to act according to the illness and in ways that he thinks others expect someone with a mental illness to act. Which theory of health and illness best explains his situation?          

1.   symbolic interactionism
2. structural functionalism
3. curative medicine
4. conflict theory