Final Exam

A  It leads to severe social inequalities.

B  It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption.

C  It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.

D  It violates the basic economic law of supply and demand.

A  It is a new approach to work and money that emphasizes investment to make profit.

B  It is a way of thinking about the supernatural and its part in religion.

C  It is a doctrine emphasizing conspicuous consumption and individual success.

D  It is a doctrine legitimating the social order and the inequalities that accompany it

A  the desire to eliminate inequality

B  basic human needs

C  the pursuit of profit

D  the need for efficient economic production

A  authoritarian government.

B  oligarchy.

C  democracy.

D  dictatorship.

A  have no significant impact in society.

B  are as equally likely to vote as high-school graduates.

C  increase the demand for social services.

D  pay more in taxes.

A  The cost of college education has shifted from states to students and their families.

B  School construction projects have dropped significantly.

C  In the years between 1991 and 2010, states funding for full-time students dropped 26 percent.

D  Since 1978, the cost of higher education has increased 1,225 percent.

A  the sociological imagination

B  solidarity

C  sociology

D  social control

A  Many women in the chilbearing years do not see postponment of masrriage and childbearing as pathways to a good job and economic independence.

B  Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.

C  Childnessness among married couples has been increasing in recent years.

D  Women are having more children nowadays.

A  Organization

B  Profane

C  Ritual and prayer

D  Belief

A  reflects genetic differences among people

B  is culturally biased because the tests are designed for lower-class students

C  contributes to social inequality

D  is a product of racial differences

A  Rational-Legal

B  Traditional

C  Charismatic

D  Democracy

A  capitalism

B  social institutions

C  economic systems

D  political systems

A  sexism in religion; social control

B  contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion

C  religious persecution; war and terrorism

D  social control; religious persecution

A  The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits

B  The cross is considered appropriate jewelry only for Christians.

C  It is a condensed way for the wearer to say, “I am a follower of Jesus Christ.”

D  The cross acts as a badge of courage for fundamentalists.

A  It varies based on the new dual income of the couple

B  It is about the same as the divorce rate of first marriages.

C  It is higher than the divorce rate of first marriages

D  It is lower than the divorce rate of first marriages.

A  All societies have churches.

B  It meets basic human needs.

C  Without religion, there could be no salvation.

D  Religion unites all people of the world.

A  Home-schooled students are equal or do better than conventional schooled students.

B  Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.

C  Home-schooled students are functionally illiterate when it comes to social skills.

D  Home-schooled students are shy and timid when encountering new social situations.

A  the industrialist who produces the goods

B  the consumer who purchases the goods

C  the level that the market will bear

D  the central committee that decides what the country needs

A  are now uncommon in public schools.

B  excellent predictors of future student success

C  are always valid indicators of student intelligent.

D  are invalid academically and biased against minorities.

A  unimportant to a child’s academic achievement.

B  critical to a child’s self perception.

C  the most significant predictor of whether a student will attend college

D  not correlated to the future success of students.

A  the hidden curriculum.

B  manifest functions of education.

C  manifest and latent functions of education.

D  latent functions of education.

A  consequence

B  sect

C  belief

D  ritual

A  Karl Marx

B  Max Weber

C  Professor Clark

D  Emile Durkheim

A  The Protestant Work Ethnic

B  theism

C  secularism

D  monotheism

A  believed that all religions eventionally adapt to society

B  believed that religion was important in establishing Worldviews

C  believed that religion always performs important functions in society

D  saw religion as the tool that the upper classes used to maintain control of society and to dominate the lower classes

A  It is outlawed in every state.

B  Studies have shown that the spanking of children is always beneficial for their healthy development.

C  A growing number of parents are spanking their children.

D  Studies have shown that spanking is not an effective form of punishment and may lead to aggression by the victim.

A  middle-school children

B  children less than one

C  age fifteen and older

D  adolescents

A  are not as effective as opposite-sex parents

B  never divorce

C  are as effective as opposite-sex parents

D  are much more effective as opposite-sex parents

A  regulating sexual behavior

B  raising delinquent children.

C  providing care and protection

D  socializing children

A  endogamy

B  propinquity

C  heterogamy

D  exogamy

A  Marriage is more fragile and more likely to end in separation.

B  Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.

C  There is a greater degree of financial and emotional commitment in marriage.

D  The age at which people cohabitate usually ends at around 30

A  Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.

B  Many parents today are working parents.

C  There are more single-parent households today than in the past 30 years.

D  The number of nuclear families has doubled over the past 30 years.

A  the identification of potential marriage partners

B  the provision of day-care facilities

C  the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society

D  socialization into a bureaucratic society

A  there is less stress in such arrangements

B  of the decrease in the level of stigma

C  partners are happier in cohabitating relationships

D  many couples can not afford to get married

A  any cohabitating couple

B  a group of friends living in different cities

C  a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption

D  a group of people living together with their pets