Final Exam

A  It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.

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

C  It leads to severe social inequalities.

D  It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption

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

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

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

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

A  Italy

B  Germany

C  France

D  Great Britain

A  an exogamous family

B  a nuclear family

C  an extended family

D  an endogamous family

A  The Peoples Temple

B  Roman Catholicism

C  Baptists

D  Buddhism

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

B  increase the demand for social services.

C  have no significant impact in society.

D  pay more in taxes.

A  School construction projects have dropped significantly.

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

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

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

A  among friends

B  the school

C  the family

D  the church

A  Women are having more children nowadays.

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

C  Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.

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

A  Ritual and prayer

B  Profane

C  Organization

D  Belief

A  profane, sacred

B  profane, profane

C  sacred, profane

D  sacred, sacred

A  Some of the members committed suicide at a distant location

B  Jones ordered the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan

C  All of the Jonestown residents committed suicide.

D  Many of the members were forced to drink the poison

A  reflects genetic differences among people

B  is a product of racial differences

C  contributes to social inequality

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

A  Workers become unmotivated and lazy

B  Quality of the product or service produced declines

C  Corporate profits usually decrease

D  Lack of camaraderie and communication difficulties.

A  It is the cause of high divorce rates among Latino families

B  It is increasing with each new generation.

C  It is declining with each new generation.

D  It is as important today as it was in the past.

A  The nation followed the procedures based on rational-legal authority.

B  The de Klerk regime ran out of funds and could no longer make the necessary payoffs to remain in office.

C  The transfer of power was based on cultural tradition.

D  The Mandela faction had control of a large military power base

A  social control; religious persecution

B  contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion

C  religious persecution; war and terrorism

D  sexism in religion; social control

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

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

C  The cross is considered appropriate jewelry only for Christians.

D  The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits

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

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

C  It is higher than the divorce rate of first marriages

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

A  polygamy

B  exogamy

C  homogamy

D  endogamy

A  monarchy

B  oligarchy

C  democracy

D  authoritarian regime

A  All schools receive the same amount of funding

B  Schools in wealthy neighborhoods receive the most funding

C  It’s never really known.

D  Schools in poor neighborhoods receive the most funding

A  They will use shaming and peer pressure to ensure proper development

B  They will employ strict discipline and dictate the choices he makes.

C  They will set limits, then permit him to choose his activities of interest.

D  They will allow Ivan to do as he pleases and will not interfere with his choices.

A  human genome

B  assembly line

C  microchip

D  steam engine

A  Jose works without proper identification and is paid in cash.

B  Jose is unemployed and is collecting unemployment insurance.

C  Jose is a freelance or contract worker.

D  Jose is an unskilled worker.

A  test scores

B  motivation

C  family background

D  personality

A  Without religion, there could be no salvation

B  Religion unites all people of the world

C  All societies have churches

D  It meets basic human needs.

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

B  Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.

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

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

A  propinquity

B  exogamy

C  heterogamy

D  endogamy

A  democracy

B  monarchy

C  totalitarian regime

D  oligarchy

A  credentialism

B  the hidden curriculum

C  human capital

D  grade inflation

A  solidarity

B  sociology

C  social control

D  the sociological Imagination

A  the level that the market will bear

B  the industrialist who produces the goods

C  the consumer who purchases the goods

D  the central committee that decides what the country needs

A  They were all charismatic leaders.

B  They were all driven to success by political ambition

C  They were all ultimately successful in their ambitions.

D  They were elected to the positions they held.

A  Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.

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

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

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

A  Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.

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

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

D  Many parents today are working parents.

A  socialization into a bureaucratic society

B  the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society

C  the identification of potential marriage partners

D  the provision of day-care facilities

A  charging tuition for students to attend the better schools

B  creating a two-tier level of schools

C  tracking or sorting students into different education programs

D  opening programs to all students

A  The poor will continue to suffer from more health problems and die at a younger age

B  Inequality in medical care will be eliminated.

C  Congress will maintain its luxurious, government-paid medical care.

D  People with higher incomes will receive higher quality healthcare.

A  typically involves the husband working a second shift

B  usually assume that the wife will handle the bulk of household responsibilities in addition to her job

C  generally involve the husband assuming half the domestic duties in the household

D  are declining in number