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1
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Girls receive ___ teacher attention and useful feedback than boys

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Less

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Girls talk significantly ___ in class than boys and when they do speak up, they are ___ likely than boys to be reminded to raise their hands

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less, more

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Girls are ___ likely than boys to be the focus of unwanted sexual attention in school.

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more

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Women earn ___% of all bachelor’s degrees, ___% of all master’s degrees, and ___% of all doctorates

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57.3
60
51

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College women study ___ and have ___ grade point averages than man

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more, higher

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Women are ___ likely to complete their bachelor’s degrees in 4 or 5 years

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more

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7
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Female test scores on math are ___ than those of men

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less

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Women are 2 - 3 time ___ likely to live in poverty than men

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more

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9
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___ numbers of women work in ___-paying jobs

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higher, lower

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10
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an unofficial acknowledge barrier to advancement in a position (particularly as pertains to women)

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glass ceiling

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11
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The ritual of Indian women committing suicide when the husband dies is

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Sati

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12
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FGM

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Female Genital Mutilation

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13
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AKA the Declaration of Rights

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Declaration of Sentiments

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14
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When was the declaration of rights signed?

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1948

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15
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___ men and ___ women signed the declaration of rights

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32, 68

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16
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The family into which an individual is born.

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Family of orientation

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17
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The family that a person forms at his or her marriage.

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Family of procreation

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18
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The marriage of one woman and one man

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Monogamy

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The marriage pattern in which a person has several spouses over a lifetime, but only one at a time.

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Monogamy

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20
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A form of marriage in which a person has multiple spouses

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Polygamy

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21
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A norm that requires people to find marriage partners outside their own group or social category

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Exogamy

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22
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South Koreans are discouraged from forming relationships between people of the same ___

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surname

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23
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In ___, two people from the same village are expected to refrain from romantic involvement

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India

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24
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Marriage with more than one wife

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Polygyny

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25
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Marriage with more than one husband

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Polyandry

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26
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The practice of, or desire for, intimate relationships where individuals may have more than one partner, with the knowledge and consent of all partners

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Polyamory

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27
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POSSLQs

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Person of opposite sex sharing living quarters - cohabitation

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28
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Cohabitation is up __ times since 1970

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10

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29
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A family consisting of a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships.

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Blended Family

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30
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__% blended families in the US

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17

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31
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There are approximately ____ same sex families in the US

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700,000

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32
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Tracing descendants through both father;s ad mother’s families

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Bi-lineal Descent

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33
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Tracing descendants through male relatives only.

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Patrilineal

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34
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Tracing descendants through female relatives only.

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Matrilineal

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35
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Kin related by blood.

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Consanguineal

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36
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Kin related by marriage

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Affinal

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37
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Kin related by adoption

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Adopted

38
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A term used by anthropologists and ethnographers to describe forms of kinship or social ties that are based on neither consanguineal (blood ties) nor affinal (“by marriage”) ties, in contrast to true kinship ties.

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Fictive Kin

39
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1967 landmark decision on interracial marriage

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loving vs Virginia

40
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The physical or psychological proximity between people.

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propinquity

41
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The selection of a mate with social characteristics different from one’s own.

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Heterogamy

42
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The selection of a mate with personal and social characteristics similar to one’s own.

A

Homogamy

43
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A function of the family is to define and limit who has ___ access to whom

A

Sexual

44
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A function of the family is ___ new members.

A

reproducing

45
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A function of the family is to provide ___ and ___ for the young, infirm, and elderly.

A

care & support

46
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A function of the family is ____ing

A

social

47
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A function of the family is to provide people with ___ support and a sense of ____, and fulfillment.

A

emotional, belonging

48
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According to Engles, the family is a source of ___ for men, and ___ for women and children.

A

privilege, oppression

49
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Divorce rates ____ dramatically during the 1950s, but they ___ again during the 1960s and 1970s, peaking in ___

A

dropped, increased, 1981

50
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There are approximately ____, 000 in the US

A

876,000

51
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Average length of a marriage is?

A

8 years

52
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3 factors that contribute to the higher divorce rate.

A

1) Change in perception - viewed as an agreement that may be ended at their discretion
2) Divorce has a greater acceptance
3) No fault divorce is a legal option in many states

53
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___ beating occurs in most of the world’s societies.

A

Wife

54
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Nearly ___% of surveyed women and ___% of men said they’d been raped, physically assaulted, and/or stalked by a spouse, partner, or date at some point in their lifetimes.

A

36, 28

55
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More than ___ million cases of domestic violence occur in the US annually

A

10 (slide may be 18)

56
Q

Mozambique’s infant mortality rate approaches ___ per ___ live births

A
  1. 1000
57
Q

Mozambique’s life expectancy rate is approximately ___ - ___ years

A

49-51

58
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By US standards, everyone in Mozambique is ___.

A

sick

59
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In the US, infant mortality rates are around ___ per 1000

A

6.1

60
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___, ____ & ___ have lower infant mortality rates than the US

A

Japan, Norway, and UK

61
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Life expectancy in wealth nations is in the ___ for men, and between ___ & ___ for women

A

70s

79 -82

62
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Conditions like measles, mumps and whooping cough are prevented by ___ in wealthy nations.

A

Vaccinations

63
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While __%, of Mozambique’s population suffer from malnutrition, ___ % of Americans are overweight.

A

30

70

64
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The study of the incidence and distribution of health and disease in society

A

Epidemiology

65
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The number of deaths in the first year of life for each 1000 live births per year

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Infant mortality

66
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___ refers to an incidence of ill health in a population. ___refers to the incidence of death or the number of deaths in a population.

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Morbidity

Mortality

67
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Women outlive men by __ - ___ years

A

7

10

68
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Whites can expect to live ___ years longer than non-whites

A

5

69
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___ ____ suffer the poorest health in the United States, with Higher rates of infant mortality, influenza, typhoid fever

A

Native Americans

70
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An attempt to hide a stigmatizing attribute from others

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Passing (think HIV/AIDS)

71
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The number of years that a person could live - 120

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Life Span

72
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A “real-world” number of years based on statistics

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Life Expectancy

73
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World’s Oldest woman

A

117

74
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World’s oldest man

A

113

75
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Individual instance of disease

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Cases

76
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of people who have a given condition

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Prevalence

77
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New cases of disease

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incidence

78
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Localized instance of disease

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outbreak

79
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When a given disease goes nationwide

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Epidemic

80
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When a given disease goes global

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Pandemic

81
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Links the biological and the social

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Web of Causation

82
Q

religious leader and healer

A

Shaman

83
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According to the Ancient Greeks the smooth operation of the body was dependent upon balance - aka ____ theory

A

Humoral

84
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The four humors are

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1) Blood - source of life
2) Choler (Yellow Bile) what digested food
3) Phlegm - lubricant - too much, too heavy
4) Black Bile - melancholy - would darken the blood or stools

85
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The ___ helped to keep medicine alive in the West

A

Church

86
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The process in which behavior, activities, and problems previously dissociated from health and medicine are now viewed from a medical perspective and seen as within the domain of doctors, hospitals, and other elements of the health-care system

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Medicalization of Society

87
Q

The sick role (3 things)

A

1) Expected to take advice
2) Expected to get better
3) social faux pa forgiveness
4) not responsible for being sick

88
Q

A strong economy will ___ birth rates

A

increase

89
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If educational and career opportunities are available to women, birth rates will typically ____

A

decrease

90
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Urbanization causes ___ birth rates

A

lower

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