Week 8 Assignment: Quiz Name: Tricia Piazza

Multiple Choice – 2 Points Each

1. The elderly share the characteristics of minority groups in which of the following ways?

a. voluntary membership b. out-group marriages c. unequal treatment in employment d. weak sense of group solidarity

2. The Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that employers have the burden to prove laying off older workers is not based on age but __________.

a. “some reasonable factor” b. “on age discrimination” c. “bias for younger workers” d. none of these

3. Which of the following is true about worker protections based on age?

a. Firing workers because they are old violates federal law. b. Firing an older worker to replace them with someone over the age of 40. c. Courts have upheld the right of businesses to lay off older workers for economic reasons. d. all of these

4. Poverty rates for the elderly have

a. increased. b. remained constant. c. declined for all racial groups. d. declined for white women only.

5. The dramatic increase in the number of people aged 65 and older is a consequence of which of the following?

a. declining mortality rates b. immigrant sponsorship of older relatives c. increases in the number of Americans with health insurance d. all of these

6. Ageism is the phrase coined by Robert Butler to refer to

a. prejudice and discrimination against the elderly. b. employment policies for the elderly. c. romance in later life. d. positive attitudes toward the elderly.

7. What percent of people over the age of 60 have felt the effects of ageism?

a. 35% b. 84% c. 99% d. 56%
8. Age works against older people in all of the following ways EXCEPT

a. how long it takes to find employment. b. the wage loss they experience when they do become employed. c. the inability for the vast majority of them to find employment due to lack of laws against ageism. d. the size of court awards to victims of age discrimination.

9. The perception of "elderly" and ______ as practically synonymous has changed in recent years.

a. "frail" b. "poor" c. "unhealthy" d. "obese"

10. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act was passed to protect

a. young workers with little experience entering the labor market. b. workers over 55 from wage discrimination. c. confidentiality of age records. d. workers 40 years of age or older from being fired.

11. One crucial difference between the elderly and other subordinate or minority groups is that a. the elderly do not experience unequal treatment. b. the elderly have a weak sense of group solidarity. c. older people are likely to marry people of different ages. d. all who live long enough will have the ascribed status of being an older person.

12. The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, founded in 1982, unsuccessfully lobbied Congress to

a. have universal healthcare coverage for the elderly. b. begin a Minority Affairs Initiative. c. keep Medicare benefits for the ailing poor elderly. d. recognize that low-income elderly often are the least represented.

13. Compared with the rest of the population, the elderly are more likely to be a. White. b. male. c. living in a home with young children. d. all of these

14. The aged most likely to experience poverty are

a. women. b. racial minorities. c. ethnic minorities. d. all of these

15. Older Blacks and Hispanics tend to rely more on which of the following?

a. family members b. friends c. informal social networks d. all of these

16. A reduced ability to perform tasks one would normally do at a given stage in life is called

a. disease. b. chronic condition. c. disability. d. illness.

17. Among men and women with any kind of disability aged 16-64, _____ percent are employed compared to 72 percent without a disability in the United States.

a. 35 b. 40 c. 50 d. 60

18. The term _________ refers to building private homes to be accessible for people with disabilities.

a. visitability b. handicapping c. ramp instillation d. wheelability

19. Mass media perpetuates a stereotype of people with disabilities as

a. child-like. b. non-productive. c. evil. d. all of these

20. In 2011, an estimated __________ million Americans had a disability.

a. 16 b. 26 c. 36 d. 46

21. Erving Goffman’s notion of stigma, which can be used to describe the elderly, the disabled, and gays and lesbians in U.S. society, is an example of which theoretical perspective?

a. conflict theory b. labeling theory c. functionalism d. world systems theory

22. Dr. Strangelove, Freddy Krueger, and Captain Hook are all examples of

a. positive images of disabled persons. b. stereotypes of disabled persons as evil. c. accurate portrayals of the experiences of most disabled persons. d. biased images of disabled persons.

23. . Homosexuality became visible in the U.S.

a. with the military policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” b. in the 1920s and 1930s. c. after World War II. d. during the Civil Rights movement.

24. As homosexuality has become more visible, efforts to suppress it have become more

a. repressed. b. fragmented. c. institutionalized. d. individualized.

25. Fear and prejudice toward homosexuality is called

a. sexism. b. heterosexism. c. homophobia. d. sexual discrimination.

26. According to the text, which of the following is true about homophobia today?

a. It leads to the stereotyping of gays and lesbians in television and motion pictures. b. People openly avoid homosexuals. c. Homophobia is a much more respectable form of bigotry than prejudice against other oppressed groups. all of these

27. The National Health and Life Survey and the Voter News Service in their election polls estimate that ______ percent of U.S. adults identify themselves as gays or lesbian.

a. 5 - 9 b. 2 - 5 c. 10 - 14 d. 15 - 20

28. The Stonewall Inn in New York was the location of

a. the founding convention of the NAACP. b. disabled protests over lack of ramp access. c. a gay bar raided by police. d. the first Grey Panthers protest.

28. The contemporary gay liberation movement marks its beginnings in New York City in

a. 1924. b. 1969. c. 1982. d. 1996.

30. The Supreme Court in Bowers v. Hardwick ruled that the Constitution

a. protects the sexual conduct of consenting adults. b. accurately reflects gay people’s position in society. c. does not protect homosexual relations even in the privacy of one’s home. d. considers sexual relations within the confines of one’s home a private matter.

31. In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America

a. had to accept gay members. b. needed to recruit gay members. c. could exclude gay members. d. was not allowed to accept gay members.

32. The Defense of Marriage Act of 1996

a. denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages. b. supported federal recognition of same-sex marriages c. was immensely unpopular with the public d. established domestic partnership benefits.

33. The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy means which of the following?

a. Lesbians and gay men cannot be dismissed from the military based on sexuality. b. Lesbians and gay men can continue to serve in the military as long as they keep their sexuality secret. c. The military discharges an average of 3 or 4 service members per month for homosexuality. d. Commanders cannot investigate military personnel on suspicion of homosexuality.
34. The term transgendered refers to

a. cross dressers. b. people who want to get sex change operations. c. people attracted to both sexes. d. people whose self-identified gender doesn’t match their assigned sex.

35. Homophobia is considered a much more ______ form of bigotry than voicing negative feelings and ideas against any other oppressed groups.

a. derogatory b. respectable c. negative d. extreme