Quiz 4

A  fear of infidelity

B  an inability to find a mate

C  the single lifestyle

D  the bohemian lifestyle

A  people who share a household

B  people who are emotionally and/or materially interdependent

C  parents living with minor children

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

A  sharing a moment with a child and developing shared interests

B  making bedtime fun and keeping everyone happy

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

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

A  in-group orientation

B  endogamy

C  heterogamy

D  exogamy

A  1865

B  1895

C  1967

D  1917

A  older people

B  young people

C  men

D  women

A  knowledge work.

B  resistance strategies.

C  service work.

D  collective bargaining.

A  shallow integration.

B  industrialization.

C  deep integration.

D  runaway shops.

A  different kinds of commodities

B  raw materials

C  stocks and bonds

D  their own labor

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

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

C  encouraging cooperation over competition.

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

A  pure communism.

B  a mixture of capitalism and socialism.

C  a mixture of capitalism and communism.

D  pure capitalism.

A  It has slowed down the process of globalization.

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

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

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

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

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

C  Anyone who works hard can get good grades.

D  Tracking helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve material success.

A  They function only at the macro level.

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

C  They are all social institutions.

D  They are all secular institutions.

A  the power elite.

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

C  the media.

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

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 macro elements of religion.

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

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

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