Worldwide gender gap - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Sociology 101 Straighterline Exam Questions and Complete Solutions __________ involves aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability, and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure. - Answer: Social statics Herbert Spencer viewed society as a system, having important similarities with - Answer: a biological organism __________ refers to processes of social life that pattern institutional development and have to do with social change. -...

Test Bank Pathophysiology 7th Edition BanasikContents Chapter 01: Introduction to Pathophysiology ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 02: Homeostasis, Allostasis, and Adaptive Responses to Stressors ................................................................................. 6 Chapter 03: Cell Structure and Function ...................................................................

biological essentialism correct answer: The belief that 'human nature', an individual's personality, or some specific quality (such as intelligence, creativity, homosexuality, masculinity, femininity, or a male propensity to aggression) is an innate and natural 'essence' (rather than a product of circumstances, upbringing, and culture). feminism correct answer: the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. disparities correct answer: inequality or diffe...

Chapter 03 Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Sustainability True/False Questions 1. The study of morality and standards of conduct is referred to as ethics. Answer: True Feedback: Ethics is the study of morality and standards of conduct. AACSB: Analytic AACSB: Ethics Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 03-01 EXAMINE ethics in international management and some of the major ethical issues and problems confronting MNCs. Level of Difficulty: 1 Easy Topic: Ethics and Social Re...

Sex/gender differences in physical and cognitive changes in midlife and older age correct answer: -Skin wrinkles and spots, hair thins and grays, nails thicken, height increases, body fat increases, bone density decreases -Lung capacity declines, sleep problems increase, hormone levels decline, increase risk in disease -More older men than women with sex lives How marital status might be related to health in midlife and older age correct answer: -Those not divorced have more better chance...

Overarching goals for course correct answer: -Biological sex and socially constructed gender influence health across the lifespan -Biological, behavioral, psychological, and sociocultural factors interact to influence sex and gender diffs Biological essentialism correct answer: -biology is destiny(we are who we are because of our biology or genetic makeup) -Our behaviors and preferences are biologically pre-determined Feminism correct answer: -bio not really destiny -Support for poli...

Overarching goals of course correct answer: -Biological sex and socially constructed gender influence health across the lifespan -Biological, behavioral, psychological, and sociocultural factors interact to influence sex and gender diffs Biological essentialism correct answer: -biology is destiny (we are who we are because of our biology or genetic makeup) -Our behaviors and preferences are biologically pre-determined Feminism correct answer: -biology is not really destiny -Support f...

Topic 1: Introduction to class goals and syllabus correct answer: Biological essentialism correct answer: biology is destiny- we are who we are because of our biology or genetic makeup. In turn, our behaviors and preferences are biologically pre-environments we are exposed to Feminism correct answer: Biology is NOT necessarily destiny- support for political, economic, and social equality of women and men, and in turn, legal and social changes necessary to achieve equality. Two perspect...

Topic 1: Worklife, Empty Nests, & Retirement in the U.S. correct answer: Readings: Lachman, 2004; NIA, 2013; NIA & WHO, 2013 (optional) Sex/gender differences in physical and cognitive changes in midlife and older age correct answer: skin wrinkles and spots, hair thins and grays, fingernails and toenails thicken, height decreases body fat increases, muscle mass, strength decrease, bone density decreases, vision decline, hearing decline lung capacity declines, sleep problems increase, ...

Overarching goals for course correct answer: 1.) For you to become familiar with information on topics from the meaning of sex and gender to the relative impact of biological, behavioral, psychological, and sociocultural factors on particular health problems. 2.) Facilitate independent critical thinking about such topics, including finding and interpreting data and developing new gender-sensitive health promotion strategies. Biological Essentialism correct answer: -Biology is destiny- we a...

Globalisation and the Development Gap - Answer -Between countries: Luxembourg GDP per Capita $105,000/ year compared to $220 in South Sudan - Within countries: China's coastal cities over $10,000 per capita incomes, in the rural west they're under $2000 Measuring the Development Gap - Answer -HDI: Life expectancy, income and years in education -GDP per Capita -Gender Inequality Index (GII): reproductive health of women, participation in the workforce and empowerment HDI and GII f...