Quiz 4

A  an inability to find a mate

B  the single lifestyle

C  the bohemian lifestyle

D  fear of infidelity

A  two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share a household

B  people who share a household

C  parents living with minor children

D  people who are emotionally and/or materially interdependent

A  getting children into pajamas, tucked into bed, and then to sleep

B  staying entertained as a parent by reading the children books you like

C  sharing a moment with a child and developing shared interests

D  making bedtime fun and keeping everyone happy

A  in-group orientation

B  endogamy

C  heterogamy

D  exogamy

A  1865

B  1895

C  1967

D  1917

A  women

B  young people

C  men

D  older people

A  knowledge work.

B  collective bargaining.

C  resistance strategies.

D  service work.

A  runaway shops.

B  industrialization.

C  deep integration.

D  shallow integration.

A  raw materials

B  stocks and bonds

C  different kinds of commodities

D  their own labor

A  the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

B  encouraging cooperation over competition.

C  the people who are most important to an individual’s sense of self.

D  rituals and beliefs that divide the world into the sacred and the profane.

A  a mixture of capitalism and socialism.

B  pure capitalism.

C  pure communism.

D  a mixture of capitalism and communism.

A  It has slowed down the process of globalization.

B  It has made it less likely that individuals will be able to work from home.

C  It has shifted the economy toward the production of knowledge and services.

D  It has made companies more likely to manufacture and sell goods within a single nation.

A  Educational success often has as much to do with social stratification as it does with individual ability.

B  Education is the pathway to material success and, as such, rewards the best and brightest individuals.

C  Tracking helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve material success.

D  Anyone who works hard can get good grades.

A  They are all secular institutions.

B  They function only at the macro level.

C  They are all less important today than in the past.

D  They are all social institutions.

A  a variety of organizations and institutions that represent different interest groups.

B  political action committees that raise money and advocate on behalf of their donors.

C  the media.

D  the power elite.

A  requiring that poll taxes be paid in order to vote

B  requiring a literacy test to get a ballot

C  requiring polling places to be put in as many locations as possible

D  denying people who have been convicted of felonies the right to vote for the rest of their lives

A  A sociological definition looks only at the way religion is created and re-created through everyday interaction.

B  A sociological definition looks only at the macro elements of religion.

C  A sociological definition must be broad enough to encompass all brands of religious experience.

D  A sociological definition cannot take into account personal relationships with God.