Question 1

According to Whitehead and Kurtz, _______ is less about weight and more about achieving power through conformity to a feminine ideal propagated by the media.

Accepted Answer

A)  obesity 
B)  self-image 
C)  a woman's ego 
D)  fat phobia

Question 2

Describe how various strain theories can be applied to both hate group recruitment and homophobic violence. How does the intersection of race, gender, and socioeconomic status increase the complexity of becoming a Nazi skinhead or a white male school shooter at the individual level? What about at the meso and macro levels?

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

According to Perry, just as the initial establishment of reservations for Native Americans was facilitated through state and popular violence, so too does current segregation of Native Americans rely on racialized violence to keep reservation Indians _______ .

Accepted Answer

A)  pacified 
B)  in their place 
C)  under control 
D)  from killing whites

Question 4

According to Blazak, racist skinheads emerged as a reactionary element of _______ , but only in the mid-1980s were they recruited by established racist groups.

Accepted Answer

A)  new racist groups 
B)  the punk rock scene 
C)  the hard rock scene 
D)  Southern redneck pride

Question 5

When studying gender as a context, _______ theorists would be interested in how gender expectations shape both behavior and definition of that behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  positivist 
B)  subjectivist 
C)  blended 
D)  answers b and c are correct

Question 6

According to Early and Akers, African Americans consider suicide to be a _______ .

Accepted Answer

A)  sin against God 
B)  easy way out 
C)  a "white" thing 
D)  sign of demonic possession

Question 7

According to the criminogenic _______ perspective, the regulatory and legal environments surrounding the economy was conducive to systemic forms of fraud and is designed to define white-collar crime as noncriminal.

Accepted Answer

A)  institutional framework 
B)  market 
C)  structure 
D)  culture

Question 8

How can the idea of contingent and intrinsic self-definitions be applied to other statuses besides gender?

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Question 9

George Doe was a straight-A student, star athlete, and prom king in high school. In American culture, he is most likely categorized in the _______ category of Heckert and Heckert's typology.

Accepted Answer

A)  negative deviance 
B)  rate-busting 
C)  deviance admiration 
D)  positive deviance

Question 10

According to Loseke and Cavendish, as constructed, God cares for outcasts and victims such as sexual minorities, and the _______ is special in the eyes of God.

Accepted Answer

A)  individual soul 
B)  Catholic homosexual 
C)  Catholic tradition 
D)  dignified self

Exam 4: Statuses and Identities