Final Exam

A  It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.

B  It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption.

C  It leads to severe social inequalities.

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

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

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 way of thinking about the supernatural and its part in religion.

A  the pursuit of profit

B  basic human needs

C  the need for efficient economic production

D  the desire to eliminate inequality

A  dictatorship.

B  democracy.

C  oligarchy.

D  authoritarian government.

A  increase the demand for social services.

B  have no significant impact in society.

C  pay more in taxes.

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

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

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

C  School construction projects have dropped significantly.

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

A  solidarity

B  the sociological imagination

C  social control

D  sociology

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  Women are having more children nowadays.

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

D  Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.

A  Profane

B  Belief

C  Organization

D  Ritual and prayer

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

B  is a product of racial differences

C  contributes to social inequality

D  reflects genetic differences among people

A  Democracy

B  Charismatic

C  Traditional

D  Rational-Legal

A  capitalism

B  political systems

C  economic systems

D  social institutions

A  sexism in religion; social control

B  religious persecution; war and terrorism

C  contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion

D  social control; religious persecution

A  The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits

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 acts as a badge of courage for fundamentalists.

A  It is lower 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 higher than the divorce rate of first marriages

A  Without religion, there could be no salvation.

B  It meets basic human needs.

C  All societies have churches.

D  Religion unites all people of the world.

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

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

C  Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.

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

A  the central committee that decides what the country needs

B  the industrialist who produces the goods

C  the level that the market will bear

D  the consumer who purchases the goods

A  are now uncommon in public schools.

B  are always valid indicators of student intelligent.

C  excellent predictors of future student success

D  are invalid academically and biased against minorities.

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

B  not correlated to the future success of students.

C  critical to a child’s self perception.

D  unimportant to a child’s academic achievement.

A  the hidden curriculum.

B  latent functions of education.

C  manifest and latent functions of education.

D  manifest functions of education.

A  ritual

B  consequence

C  belief

D  sect

A  Karl Marx

B  Emile Durkheim

C  Professor Clark

D  Max Weber

A  secularism

B  theism

C  The Protestant Work Ethnic

D  monotheism

A  believed that religion always performs important functions in society

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

C  believed that all religions eventionally adapt to society

D  believed that religion was important in establishing Worldviews

A  A growing number of parents are spanking their children.

B  It is outlawed in every state.

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

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

A  age fifteen and older

B  children less than one

C  middle-school children

D  adolescents

A  never divorce

B  are not as effective as opposite-sex parents

C  are as effective as opposite-sex parents

D  are much more effective as opposite-sex parents

A  socializing children

B  providing care and protection

C  regulating sexual behavior

D  raising delinquent children.

A  heterogamy

B  propinquity

C  endogamy

D  exogamy

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

B  Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.

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

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

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  the identification of potential marriage partners

B  socialization into a bureaucratic society

C  the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society

D  the provision of day-care facilities

A  partners are happier in cohabitating relationships

B  there is less stress in such arrangements

C  of the decrease in the level of stigma

D  many couples can not afford to get married

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

B  any cohabitating couple

C  a group of friends living in different cities

D  a group of people living together with their pets