Final Exam

A  It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.

B  It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption

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

D  It leads to severe social inequalities.

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

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

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  Great Britain

B  Germany

C  France

D  Italy

A  an exogamous family

B  an extended family

C  a nuclear family

D  an endogamous family

A  Roman Catholicism

B  Baptists

C  Buddhism

D  The Peoples Temple

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

B  pay more in taxes.

C  have no significant impact in society.

D  increase the demand for social services.

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

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

C  School construction projects have dropped significantly.

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

A  the school

B  the church

C  among friends

D  the family

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

B  Women are having more children nowadays.

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

D  Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.

A  Belief

B  Organization

C  Ritual and prayer

D  Profane

A  profane, profane

B  sacred, profane

C  sacred, sacred

D  profane, sacred

A  Many of the members were forced to drink the poison

B  Some of the members committed suicide at a distant location

C  All of the Jonestown residents committed suicide.

D  Jones ordered the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan

A  is a product of racial differences

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

C  reflects genetic differences among people

D  contributes to social inequality

A  Workers become unmotivated and lazy

B  Corporate profits usually decrease

C  Lack of camaraderie and communication difficulties.

D  Quality of the product or service produced declines

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

B  It is declining with each new generation.

C  It is increasing with each new generation.

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

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

B  The transfer of power was based on cultural tradition.

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

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

A  religious persecution; war and terrorism

B  sexism in religion; social control

C  social control; religious persecution

D  contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion

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 higher than the divorce rate of first marriages

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

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

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

A  polygamy

B  homogamy

C  endogamy

D  exogamy

A  democracy

B  monarchy

C  authoritarian regime

D  oligarchy

A  It’s never really known.

B  Schools in wealthy neighborhoods receive the most funding

C  All schools receive the same amount of funding

D  Schools in poor neighborhoods receive the most funding

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

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

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

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

A  human genome

B  assembly line

C  steam engine

D  microchip

A  Jose is a freelance or contract worker.

B  Jose is unemployed and is collecting unemployment insurance.

C  Jose is an unskilled worker.

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

A  motivation

B  test scores

C  personality

D  family background

A  Religion unites all people of the world

B  Without religion, there could be no salvation

C  All societies have churches

D  It meets basic human needs.

A  Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.

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

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  propinquity

B  exogamy

C  heterogamy

D  endogamy

A  monarchy

B  oligarchy

C  totalitarian regime

D  democracy

A  the hidden curriculum

B  grade inflation

C  human capital

D  credentialism

A  solidarity

B  social control

C  sociology

D  the sociological Imagination

A  the industrialist who produces the goods

B  the consumer who purchases the goods

C  the central committee that decides what the country needs

D  the level that the market will bear

A  They were elected to the positions they held.

B  They were all ultimately successful in their ambitions.

C  They were all driven to success by political ambition

D  They were all charismatic leaders.

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

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

C  Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.

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  Many parents today are working parents.

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

A  the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society

B  socialization into a bureaucratic 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  Congress will maintain its luxurious, government-paid medical care.

C  Inequality in medical care will be eliminated.

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