Sociology Trivia
From 'The Second Shift' to the Stanford Prison Experiment, prove you're more than just a social construct.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In American culture, what specific non-verbal sentiment is most commonly communicated by a thumbs-up gesture?
Approval
According to sociological studies on the gender pay gap, what must women often obtain to earn as much as men with lower levels of schooling?
An extra degree
In Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism, what specific term is used to describe the class of workers who must sell their labor to the bourgeoisie to survive?
Proletariat
Characterized by high responsiveness but few demands, which parenting style is often blamed alongside media portrayals for an increase in child disrespect toward authority?
Permissive parenting
Sparked by the 1963 publication of Betty Friedan's 'The Feminine Mystique', which decade saw the emergence of the 'second wave' of the feminist movement?
The 1960s