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First Part: Multi choice

Choose the best answer:

1. Secondary groups are most likely to take on characteristics of primary groups

Answer

	a.	when they are extremely small.
	b.	when family members are living at a distance.
	c.	in times of high stress or crisis such as natural disasters.
	d.	in situations where there is a clear authority and purpose to the group.

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Question 2

The sociologist who introduced the concept of primary groups is _____.

Answer

	a.	Charles Horton Cooley
	b.	George Herbert Mead
	c.	Charles Page
	d.	Georg Simmel

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Question 3

The conflict theoretical perspective argues that the hierarchal or stratified nature of the bureaucracy

Answer

	a.	encourages interaction between workers and management within the organization.
	b.	reduces the existence of organizational dysfunctions.
	c.	inhibits rather than encourages conflict within it.
	d.	encourages rather than inhibits conflict within it.

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Question 4

The influence of groups

Answer

	a.	ends once one reaches adulthood.
	b.	effects how we dress and how we style our hair.
	c.	has little affect on nonconformists.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 5

What are the effects of social class and race on people’s roles within an organization?

Answer

	a.	People of upper and middle class backgrounds are more likely to be promoted than someone with a lower-class background, even if they are of the same race.
	b.	When members of minority groups have the same level of education as their White peers, there is no difference in the rates of promotion.
	c.	When people with a lower social class background have the same level of education as their peers they are just as likely to be promoted.
	d.	Race and social class do not have any consistent effect on people’s roles within an organization.

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Question 6

Sociological research on group decision making finds that

Answer

	a.	groupthink is inevitable any time a team comes together to make a decision.
	b.	people in positions of power are not affected by groupthink in the same way that those below them are.
	c.	if members of a group feel invulnerable this increases the potential for groupthink to occur.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 7

The psychological separation of a person from an organization and its goals is called _____.

Answer

	a.	organizational deviance
	b.	ritualism
	c.	alienation
	d.	risky shift

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Question 8

A group consisting of intimate, face-to-face interaction and relatively long-lasting relationships is called a _____.

Answer

	a.	secondary group
	b.	primary group
	c.	tertiary group
	d.	formative group

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Question 9

Deindividuation refers to

Answer

	a.	the inability of a person to think for themselves.
	b.	the willingness of a person to take the blame for the entire group.
	c.	the sense of merging with the group so that blame will be shared, not directed toward any individual.
	d.	all of these are true

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Question 10

Which of these is not an example of a utilitarian organization?

Answer

	a.	the University of Michigan
	b.	NAACP
	c.	Microsoft
	d.	General Motors

1. A significant difference between functionalist and conflict theory is that

Answer

	a.	functionalism ignores the role of deviance in society, while this is a focus for conflict.
	b.	functionalists focus more on the social structure than conflict theorists do.
	c.	functionalism pays more attention to the individual than conflict theory does.
	d.	functionalism assumes the system works for the good of the whole, and conflict theory does not.

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Question 2

Merton’s structural strain theory traces the origins of deviance to

Answer

	a.	emotional stress caused by job loss, divorce, and the like.
	b.	anomie in an individual.
	c.	the lack of any commitment to cultural goals
	d.	the tension between desired cultural goals and the means of achieving them

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Question 3

Which of these types of crime is responsible for the greatest financial loss overall?

Answer

	a.	street crime
	b.	corporate crime
	c.	theft
	d.	vandalism

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Question 4

How do sociologists explain the fact that women have lower rates of suicide than men?

Answer

	a.	Women are very hesitant to do harm, even to themselves.
	b.	Women have less access to the means for committing suicide.
	c.	Women are more embedded in relations of care and responsibility.
	d.	Women are more fearful in general.

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Question 5

Sociologists understand norms or rules as ______ based.

Answer

	a.	morally
	b.	naturally
	c.	biologically
	d.	socially

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Question 6

The example of attitudes toward smoking in the U.S. demonstrates the concept that

Answer

	a.	evidence of risk is enough to change behavior.
	b.	smoking should not have been considered acceptable.
	c.	laws are needed in order to best define deviant behavior.
	d.	perceptions of deviance are influenced by social change.

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Question 7

Which of these statements about deviant behavior would be considered truefrom a sociological perspective?

Answer

	a.	Some people are just born rebels and deviants.
	b.	Deviance may be an adaptation to the social structures in which people live.
	c.	In most cases there is a medical approach to solving problems of deviance.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 8

A strength of conflict theory in terms of understanding deviance is

Answer

	a.	its insight into the significance of power relationships.
	b.	its ability to see how the entire social system works for the benefit of all.
	c.	its recognition of the importance of shared values and beliefs.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 9

A soldier who kills in battle is not considered deviant, but a murderer is. This illustrates the point that

Answer

	a.	killing is not morally deviant.
	b.	whether or not behavior is considered deviant depends on the context.
	c.	soldiers are not judged as harshly as others in the general population when it comes to how they behave.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 10

The shooting of students and faculty at Virginia Tech in the spring of 2007 fits the pattern of Durkheim’s _____ suicide.

Answer

	a.	anomic
	b.	egoistic
	c.	fatalistic
	d.	altruistic

1. Which type of theorist would be most likely to see inequality in the social system as fair, because everyone has an equal chance of getting ahead?

Answer

	a.	functionalism
	b.	symbolic interaction
	c.	social exchange theory
	d.	conflict theory

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Question 2

One percent of the U.S. population controls ____ percent of the total net wealth in the nation.

Answer

	a.	46
	b.	28
	c.	13
	d.	33

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Question 3

Karl Marx used the concept of ______ to explain why people who do not benefit from a capitalist system would still support it.

Answer

	a.	power and prestige
	b.	ideology
	c.	surplus value
	d.	lumpenproletariat

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Question 4

______ theory emphasizes cohesion in society, while ______ theory emphasizes friction between groups.

Answer

	a.	Symbolic interactionist / conflict
	b.	Conflict / functionalist
	c.	Functionalist / symbolic interactionist
	d.	Functionalist / conflict

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Question 5

Wages earned, child support received, and interest payments are all examples of ______.

Answer

	a.	income
	b.	tax receipts
	c.	wealth
	d.	assets

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Question 6

Which of these statements best reflects the functionalist perspective on social inequality?

Answer

	a.	Some occupations are as important as others, but they do not receive as much pay because they tend to be occupied by women.
	b.	The people with the most power set the rules to the benefit of themselves.
	c.	Society is made up of various groups that are in constant struggle with each other over resources.
	d.	The occupations that require the most training and involve the highest risk work are paid the highest.

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Question 7

How does the concept of the working class differ from that of those in traditional “blue-collar” occupations?

Answer

	a.	the working class includes many in occupations that are considered “white-collar”
	b.	blue-collar workers have autonomy on the job, others in the working class do not
	c.	the working class does not have the power to control their work life that blue-collar workers have
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 8

Which of the following is an example of intergenerational mobility?

Answer

	a.	a daughter rises above the class of her parents
	b.	a man’s class status changes due to a bad investment
	c.	a woman’s class status changes as a result of business success
	d.	none of these choices

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Question 9

The rate of poverty among people in the United States has _____ since 2000.

Answer

	a.	remained the same
	b.	been steadily increasing
	c.	been impossible to measure
	d.	been steadily decreasing

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Question 10

A relatively fixed, hierarchical arrangement in society by which groups have different access to resources, power, and perceived social worth is called _____.

Answer

	a.	social differentiation
	b.	social stratification
	c.	social inequality
	d.	none of these choices

1. Although the high-income countries have only 15 percent of the world’s population, together they use _____ of the world’s energy.

Answer

	a.	more than a half
	b.	one-fourth
	c.	more than a third
	d.	three-fourths

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Question 2

Modernization derives some of its thinking from the work of _____ who argued that the value of individual achievement emphasized by Protestants promoted economic development during the Industrial Revolution.

Answer

	a.	Herbert Spencer
	b.	Max Weber
	c.	Karl Marx
	d.	Emile Durkheim

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Question 3

The total volume of goods and services produced by a country each year, divided by the population is called the ______.

Answer

	a.	the consumer index
	b.	per capita gross national income (per capita GNI)
	c.	production index
	d.	the net national product (NNP)

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Question 4

According to _____, poverty results from adherence to traditional values and customs.

Answer

	a.	dependency theory
	b.	world systems theory
	c.	social exchange theory
	d.	modernization theory

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Question 5

According to the text, world poverty is caused by

Answer

	a.	unstable governments unable to provide basic services.
	b.	economies reorganized to pay debt decreasing resources for human services.
	c.	changes in the world economic system that have favored some economies over others.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 6

Using power as a dimension, the countries of the world can be divided economically into three levels. Those with the most power are the _____.

Answer

	a.	cornerstone nations
	b.	semiperipheral countries
	c.	peripheral countries
	d.	core countries

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Question 7

The examples of India and China as newly industrializing countries are notable because they demonstrate

Answer

	a.	that communist countries can develop economically.
	b.	that countries with large populations may experience successful economic development.
	c.	that economic development may take place without industrialization.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 8

Which of these statements related to global stratification is true?

Answer

	a.	All people in poor countries are poor.
	b.	Poor countries lack natural resources.
	c.	The majority of the world’s population lives in poor countries.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 9

Burundi and Sierra Leone are examples of ______.

Answer

	a.	core countries
	b.	hybrid countries
	c.	peripheral countries
	d.	semi-peripheral countries

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Question 10

Which of these is a problem for countries with high birthrates?

Answer

	a.	a lack of workers and the need to import labor
	b.	strains on public services such as schools and hospitals
	c.	competition among adults over custody of the younger generation
	d.	a low death rate

1. In order to limit the number of immigrants, the U.S. government

Answer

	a.	created ethnic quotas that limited the number of immigrants from places other than western and northern Europe.
	b.	subjected potential immigrants to literacy tests.
	c.	applied I.Q. tests in English to immigrants who were not English-speaking.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 2

Which of these statements regarding the racial system in Brazil is false?

Answer

	a.	In Brazil a person is considered Black only if they have no discernible White ancestry.
	b.	A person who might be considered Black in the U.S. would be considered white in Brazil if they had high socioeconomic status.
	c.	Brazil has successfully created a nation in which there is no social inequality based on race.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 3

Which of these statements regarding the position of Native Americans in this country is false?

Answer

	a.	Historical accounts have underrepresented the vast cultural and social heterogeneity of tribes prior to European conquest.
	b.	Today Native Americans have the highest poverty rate of any group in the U.S.
	c.	Only about one-fourth of Native Americans live on or near reservations today.
	d.	Native American populations were devastated by European diseases from which they had no immunity

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Question 4

Which of these statements regarding the judgments people make about others is false?

Answer

	a.	Most of the time the quick judgments that people make are remarkably comprehensive and accurate.
	b.	The judgments people make enable them to process a great deal of information very quickly.
	c.	Quickly categorizing the people one meets is a very common and widespread practice.
	d.	People make quick assessments and judgments about others in order to save time.

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Question 5

The Black power movement of the late 1960s

Answer

	a.	rejected assimilation.
	b.	recognized the institutional power that Whites had over Blacks.
	c.	advocated separatism, under the leadership of Malcolm X.
	d.	all of the above

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Question 6

The principle of ______ holds that stereotypes, especially negative ones, are often applied interchangeable from one group to another.

Answer

	a.	cultural relativism
	b.	selective identity
	c.	stereotype interchangeability
	d.	universal applicability

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Question 7

The National Origins Quota Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants

Answer

	a.	from Mexico and Central America.
	b.	who could enter the U.S. on temporary working visas.
	c.	who were Jewish.
	d.	to the percentage equal to the numbers already in the U.S.

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Question 8

The histories of African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans are very different, however the text argues that they are similar to the extent that they all have experienced _____.

Answer

	a.	a system of White supremacy
	b.	economic exploitation
	c.	political disenfranchisement
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 9

William Julius Wilson believes the cause of the emergence of an urban underclass is

Answer

	a.	the “culture of poverty.”
	b.	economic and social structural deficits in society.
	c.	prejudice and racism.
	d.	too much immigration from some areas.

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Question 10

Study of salience characteristics in stereotyping indicates that

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all societies base stereotypes about members of different groups on the same salient characteristics.

age and sex are the only characteristics to which stereotypes are almost never attached.

the choice of salient characteristics as the basis for stereotypes is culturally determined.

in the U.S. the salient characteristic used most often for stereotyping is religion.

1. Both functionalism and conflict theory

Answer

	a.	relate sexuality to the stability of the family.
	b.	understand sexuality in terms of the overall organization of society.
	c.	see sexuality in relation to power and the economic structure of society.
	d.	emphasize how sexual identities are socially constructed.

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Question 2

Sexual identity

Answer

	a.	is something that evolves over time.
	b.	is influenced by political movements and relationships with others.
	c.	sometimes undergoes a change at some time in one’s life.
	d.	all of these are true

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Question 3

Queer theory

Answer

	a.	only applies to transgender people.
	b.	takes the view that only one type of sexuality is normal.
	c.	considers sexual identity to be biologically based.
	d.	challenges the belief that one is either gay or straight.

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Question 4

Public opinion about abortion

Answer

	a.	has become increasingly liberal over time.
	b.	has become increasingly conservative over time.
	c.	has remained relatively constant over the last 20 years.
	d.	none of these; there is little research on public opinion about abortion.

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Question 5

Research findings indicate that gays and lesbians

Answer

	a.	do not assume dominant and submissive roles in their relationships.
	b.	generally have a negative impact on their children.
	c.	actively try to seduce or “recruit” straight people.
	d.	are mostly middle or upper class.

1. According to the text, what proportion of Americans believe that religion can solve all or most of society’s problems?

Answer

	a.	one-fourth
	b.	one-half
	c.	two-thirds
	d.	one-fifth

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Question 2

_____ theorists argue that families serve to socialize children into being obedient workers and good consumers to fit the needs of capitalism.

Answer

	a.	Conflict
	b.	Symbolic interaction
	c.	Social exchange
	d.	Functionalist

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Question 3

“Religion is the basis for intergroup conflict.” This statement most closely reflects _____.

Answer

	a.	functionalism
	b.	conflict theory
	c.	symbolic interaction theory
	d.	feminist theory

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Question 4

What type of marriage is most characteristic of the U.S. today?

Answer

	a.	monogamy
	b.	serial monogamy
	c.	polygamy
	d.	polygyny

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Question 5

Emile Durkheim argued that religion is

Answer

	a.	a distinct threat to social cohesion.
	b.	an institution that exists in direct opposition to the other institutions that exist in society.
	c.	a tool for class oppression.
	d.	functional for society because it reaffirms the social bonds that people have with each other.

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Question 6

Religion is an institutionalized system of _____ by which a group of people interprets and responds to what they feel is sacred and that provides answers to questions of ultimate meaning.

Answer

	a.	symbols
	b.	beliefs
	c.	values
	d.	all of the above

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Question 7

Sociologists sometimes measure the intensity and consistency of a person’s faith. This is termed _____.

Answer

	a.	religiosity
	b.	devotion
	c.	fundamentalism
	d.	theism

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Question 8

The largest religion in the world (measured in numbers of followers) is _____.

Answer

	a.	Buddhism
	b.	Christianity
	c.	Hinduism
	d.	Islam

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Question 9

Among industrialized nations, the country that provides the least support for maternity and childhood policies is _____.

Answer

	a.	the United States
	b.	Canada
	c.	Japan
	d.	Australia

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Question 10

Weber believed that the search for signs of religious salvation supported the development of _____.

Answer

	a.	Protestantism
	b.	religion
	c.	capitalism
	d.	socialism

Question 1

Sociologists believe that the most important factor in reducing the incidence of AIDS is

Answer

	a.	understanding the social networks and social norms for transmission of the disease.
	b.	new drug protocols for treatment.
	c.	education for protection against the disease.
	d.	a great deal more funding for health care clinics worldwide.

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Question 2

According to the text, which of these is a major contributor to skyrocketing health-care costs in the U.S.?

Answer

	a.	increasing costs of hospital care
	b.	the costs of malpractice insurance
	c.	third party payment system
	d.	All of these are causes.

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Question 3

The criticism of credentialism is most associated with _____.

Answer

	a.	social exchange theory
	b.	symbolic interaction theory
	c.	conflict theory
	d.	functionalism

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Question 4

The extent to which standardized tests accurately predict future college grades is called the _____ of the tests.

Answer

	a.	assessment capacity
	b.	predictive validity
	c.	analytical viability
	d.	reliability

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Question 5

Even if the poor had better access to health care services, they would still have lower health status because

Answer

	a.	low-income neighborhoods are more likely to have elevated rates of pollution.
	b.	the psychological stress of financial burdens is related to ill health.
	c.	there are some detrimental personal habits, such as smoking, that are correlated with lower social class.
	d.	All of these choices are true.

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Question 6

According to the _____ perspective, the fundamental problem of the health care system is that it produces some problems that contribute to disharmony in society.

Answer

	a.	symbolic interactionist
	b.	feminist
	c.	conflict
	d.	functionalist

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Question 7

W Level of formal education achieved is strongly correlated with _____.

Answer

	a.	occupational prestige
	b.	life satisfaction
	c.	income
	d.	wealth

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Question 8

The capacity for abstract thinking is referred to as _____.

Answer

	a.	mental ability
	b.	cognitive ability
	c.	psychosocial ability
	d.	intellectual ability

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Question 9

Education in the U.S. was made compulsory in _____.

Answer

	a.	1778
	b.	1920
	c.	1900
	d.	1860

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Question 10

Research in social epidemiology has found that

Answer

	a.	white women are more likely to die in childbirth than African American women.
	b.	cervical cancer is the only disease for which Whites have a higher rate than Black women.
	c.	the mortality rate for breast cancer among African American women is much higher than for White women.
	d.	death in during pregnancy is three times more likely for White women than for African American women.

Question 1

Which of these statements regarding gays and lesbians in the military is false?

Answer

	a.	The policy “Don’t ask; don’t tell” has effectively kept gays and lesbians in the military from being discriminated against.
	b.	Homophobia is very pervasive within military culture.
	c.	There have long been gays and lesbians in service in the military.
	d.	The U.S. military does acknowledge that gays and lesbians have been serving in all branches of the armed forces.

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Question 2

According to the _____ model of state power, political power is diffused broadly throughout society and derives from the activities of interest groups.

Answer

	a.	autonomous state
	b.	pluralist
	c.	feminist theory
	d.	power elite

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Question 3

Sociologists define work as

Answer

	a.	productive activity that creates something of value, goods or services.
	b.	human activity in the public sphere.
	c.	human activity that is paid either by hourly wage or salary.
	d.	participation in any activity that increases the gross domestic product.

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Question 4

_____ theorists see economic restructuring as the result of tensions and power differences between groups vying for social and economic resources.

Answer

	a.	Social exchange
	b.	Conflict
	c.	Functionalist
	d.	Symbolic interaction

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Question 5

Which of the following is not included in the sociological concept of the state?

Answer

	a.	organized power and authority in society
	b.	the military
	c.	the court system
	d.	a state, like Alaska, within the U.S.

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Question 6

In terms of the frequency of occurrence of sexual harassment,

Answer

	a.	there is evidence that White women are harassed more often than women of color.
	b.	same-gender sexual harassment does not occur.
	c.	about three percent of sexual harassment cases involve men as the victims.
	d.	the rate has dropped to about only a fourth of working women who are ever harassed.

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Question 7

Autonomous state theory builds from the sociological discussion of _____ originally proposed by Max Weber.

Answer

	a.	identity
	b.	solidarity
	c.	capitalism
	d.	bureaucracy

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Question 8

According to research done for the Pentagon, _____ percent of women in the military have experienced sexual harassment including sexual coercion.

Answer

	a.	19
	b.	2
	c.	33
	d.	9

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Question 9

In the U.S. the class-based division of labor is correlated most closely with _____.

Answer

	a.	race
	b.	sex
	c.	education
	d.	age

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Question 10

Which of these types of work is valued most highly in the United States?

Answer

	a.	emotional labor
	b.	mental labor
	c.	manual labor
	d.	none of these choices

Question 1

Organized Latino groups used the aftermath of the Loma Prieta earthquake in California to mobilize for better housing and other services. This example supports which type of social movement theory?

Answer

	a.	new social movement
	b.	political process
	c.	resource mobilization
	d.	exploitation

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Question 2

In the U.S., the most internal migration of African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians since WWI occurred _____.

Answer

	a.	during WWII
	b.	during the Depression
	c.	during the 1980s
	d.	in the early years of the 21ist century

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Question 3

For those opposed to permitting the self-selection of more than one race in the U.S. Census, an important argument is that

Answer

	a.	most people don’t really know what race they are.
	b.	there is no such thing as race, so multiracial makes no sense.
	c.	identifying as multiracial reduces the strength of numbers of already underrepresented minority groups.
	d.	None of these; there are no serious objections to the selection of more than one race.

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Question 4

According to modernization theory, the primary causes of social change are

Answer

	a.	changes in the economic structure.
	b.	technology and global development.
	c.	cycles of culture that advance and repeat.
	d.	evolution from less to more complexity.

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Question 5

Tönnies noted that in gesellschaft

Answer

	a.	the role of the family is considerably less prominent than in gemeinschaft.
	b.	the level of interpersonal trust is less.
	c.	a high division of labor exists.
	d.	all of the above

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Question 6

The pattern of disproportionate dumping of toxic waste and other forms of pollution in neighborhoods where the poor and people of color live is called _____.

Answer

	a.	industrial racism
	b.	polluter genocide
	c.	environmental racism
	d.	environmental inequity

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Question 7

Despite the revolutionary developments that have forestalled his predictions, Malthus made an important contribution by

Answer

	a.	creating the field of demography.
	b.	bringing attention to the limitations on subsistence and natural resources.
	c.	creating MSC: PICKUP positive checks on population increase.
	d.	promoting the development of better contraceptive.

Question 8

Which of these types of collective behavior tends to persist over time longer than the others?

Answer

	a.	fads
	b.	riots
	c.	social movements
	d.	fashions

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Question 9

Studies of ecosystems have demonstrated that

Answer

	a.	it is impossible for the social sciences to interconnect with the biological sciences.
	b.	with proper management all resources can eventually be renewed.
	c.	there are many social problems that are much more pressing than the environment.
	d.	a disturbance in one element has an impact on the entire system.

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Question 10

Stage two of the demographic transition is characterized by

Answer

	a.	high birth and death rates.
	b.	high death rates and declining birth rates.
	c.	declining birth and death rates.
	d.	high birth rates and a declining death rate.

Part #2:

Answer these questions in short essay (at least 300 words for each question)

1. List the major social institutions in our society (they overlap with the Agents of Socialization). Which of these institutions (or Agents) are more influential at what ages (Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, Late Adulthood)...?

2. Do you think we can we have unity in diversity? Why or Why not?

3. In your opinion, what are the different factors that lead someone to perform crime?

4. Do people perform crime out of their choice or circumstances?

5. Although class should not define someone.... do you think that the circumstances of class may shape the "trajectory" of one's life...? Why or why not...?

6. n thinking about poverty, do you think it is due to structural/systemic reasons or due to the behaviors/choices of individuals? Or both? What kinds of solutions might you suggest for dealing with the problem of poverty? In the US? In the world?

7. Explain your impressions of how race can be "socially constructed", and give examples of how race can be socially "defined" and "redefined", as cultures change.

8. Do you think there could be more than 2 sexes? Do you think there could be more than 2 genders? Explain your reasoning.

9. Interview an older adult, (preferably a grandparent, older family member, or friend of your family) choose American homestay, and ask this person how families have changed over the last couple of generations (e.g., in the last 50 years). Include a list of your questions. What similarities and differences do they see in families (over time), including family structures, traditions, activities, problems, etc....?

10. Examine the issue of Public versus Private Education, and Public versus Private Health Care. From your own perspective, describe the pros and cons of having Public Education. Then describe the pros and cons of having Public Health Care.

11. Interview an older adult, (preferably a grandparent, older family member, chose my American dad’s roommate. and ask this person how the Economy has changed, (particularly in the last 10-20 years but also over their lifetime), for them and their family. Include a list of your questions. What changes and/or trends have they observed and how has it affected them, their lives, their work, their families, etc. (including industry changes, income changes, work or profession choices, family planning, etc.) ....?

(Interview old family member or friend of your family), and ask this person what Social Changes they have observed in their lifetime. Include a list of your questions. What social changes and/or trends have they observed and how has it affected them, their lives, their work, their families, etc. (including Civil Rights, gender equality, the Technology Revolutio