Final Exam

A  It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption

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

C  It leads to severe social inequalities.

D  It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.

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 doctrine legitimating the social order and the inequalities that accompany it

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

A  Germany

B  France

C  Italy

D  Great Britain

A  an endogamous family

B  an extended family

C  a nuclear family

D  an exogamous family

A  The Peoples Temple

B  Roman Catholicism

C  Baptists

D  Buddhism

A  pay more in taxes.

B  increase the demand for social services.

C  have no significant impact in society.

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

A  School construction projects have dropped significantly.

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

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

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

A  the church

B  the school

C  the family

D  among friends

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  Profane

C  Organization

D  Ritual and prayer

A  profane, profane

B  sacred, profane

C  profane, sacred

D  sacred, sacred

A  Some of the members committed suicide at a distant location

B  Jones ordered the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan

C  Many of the members were forced to drink the poison

D  All of the Jonestown residents committed suicide.

A  contributes to social inequality

B  reflects genetic differences among people

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

D  is a product of racial differences

A  Lack of camaraderie and communication difficulties.

B  Corporate profits usually decrease

C  Quality of the product or service produced declines

D  Workers become unmotivated and lazy

A  It is increasing with each new generation.

B  It is declining with each new generation.

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

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 nation followed the procedures based on rational-legal authority.

C  The transfer of power was based on cultural tradition.

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

A  contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion

B  social control; religious persecution

C  religious persecution; war and terrorism

D  sexism in religion; social control

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

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

C  The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits

D  The cross is considered appropriate jewelry only for Christians.

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  endogamy

B  homogamy

C  exogamy

D  polygamy

A  democracy

B  oligarchy

C  authoritarian regime

D  monarchy

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

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

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

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

A  assembly line

B  steam engine

C  microchip

D  human genome

A  Jose is unemployed and is collecting unemployment insurance.

B  Jose is a freelance or contract worker.

C  Jose is an unskilled worker.

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

A  motivation

B  family background

C  personality

D  test scores

A  Without religion, there could be no salvation

B  Religion unites all people of the world

C  It meets basic human needs.

D  All societies have churches

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

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 shy and timid when encountering new social situations.

A  endogamy

B  propinquity

C  exogamy

D  heterogamy

A  monarchy

B  oligarchy

C  totalitarian regime

D  democracy

A  grade inflation

B  the hidden curriculum

C  credentialism

D  human capital

A  the sociological Imagination

B  social control

C  sociology

D  solidarity

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  They were all charismatic leaders.

B  They were all driven to success by political ambition

C  They were elected to the positions they held.

D  They were all ultimately successful in their ambitions.

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

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

C  Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.

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

A  Many parents today are working parents.

B  Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.

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

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

A  the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society

B  socialization into a bureaucratic society

C  the provision of day-care facilities

D  the identification of potential marriage partners

A  opening programs to all students

B  tracking or sorting students into different education programs

C  charging tuition for students to attend the better schools

D  creating a two-tier level of schools

A  People with higher incomes will receive higher quality healthcare.

B  Inequality in medical care will be eliminated.

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

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

A  are declining in number

B  typically involves the husband working a second shift

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

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