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Sociology Unit 4 Review - Social Institutions
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1
What are religious organizations that most members of a society accept as legitimate?
Cult
Church
Sect
Denomination
2
In what type of society is descent traced through the female side of the family?
Monogamous
Matrilineal
Matrilocal
Bilateral
3
What type of family structure states the oldest female has authority?
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
Matrilineal
Patrilineal
4
Functionalists state that sports
negatively affect our self-concept
provide a safe release for feelings and aggression
encourage people with power to exploit and manipulate others
maintain the unequal distribution of power and money
5
When a sociologist refers to an object as being profane, he or she means that it is
secular
sacred
unclean
evil
6
The rewards an individual receives in a meritocracy are based primarily on
competition
a person’s race or ethnicity
a person’s intellectual abilities
the status of a person’s parents
7
What type of family structure states the oldest male of the family has authority?
Patriarchy
Matrilineal
Matriarchy
Patrilineal
8
In the U. S., which of the following is not received from the family a child is born into?
a lifetime social status
a heritage
a name
an identity
9
Which of the following best describes the symbolic interactionist view of the family role?
The family is where an individual is unconditionally loved
Men should be in control and women should remain submissive
socialization of children and development their self-concept
The purpose of the family is to pro-create and reproduce
10
What is course content created by students and teachers together referred to as?
integrative curriculum
open curriculum
integrative classroom
cooperative learning
11
According to sociologists, the Roman Catholic Church is an example of a
church
cult
denomination
sect
12
Which of the following best describes Political Socialization?
Government control through ongoing force
processes by which a person develops political opinions
Authority to control the behavior of others
Power that is accepted as legitimate by those subject to it
13
What type of schools have a bureaucratic form of education that has set curriculum?
charter schools
magnet schools
traditional schools
for profit schools
14
Who believed
economic organization determines the major features of any society?
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
15
Symbolic interactionists state that sports
help people identify with their society
encourage those people with power to manipulate others
affect our self-concept
maintain the unequal distribution of power in society
16
Mr. Hampton allowed students to create test questions for the test. What is this an example of?
cooperative learning
integrative curriculum
hidden curriculum
an open classroom
17
Which of the following statements is a common characteristic of modern American families?
authority is a patriarchy
authority is a matriarchy
inheritance is patrilineal
authority is equalitarian
18
Two or more generations of the same family share economic resources and a common household
happy family
extended family
blended family
nuclear family
19
What is it called when your social status is based on ability and achievement?
aristocracy
meritocracy
democracy
theocracy
20
The rigid adherence to traditional religious beliefs best describes
fundamentalism
religiosity
conflict theory
secularization
21
A previously married spouse who brings children into the family is what type of family?
blended family
chaotic family
extended family
nuclear family
22
Which of the following is an example of hidden curriculum?
teaching geography
encouraging children to be cooperative
memorizing multiplication tables
developing language and reading skills
23
Which of the following best describes the voucher system?
Families are given funds to spend on their child’s education
Voucher schools educate though cooperative learning
Public schools specialize in particular areas
Students are placed into classes based on their test scores
24
Why are traditional public schools bureaucratic?
this method provides for multiple intelligences
it's an efficient way of educating large numbers of children
it encourages democracy
it encourages students to cooperate and share ideas
25
Natalie thinks she will go to heaven after she dies. This is an example of a
belief
ritual
sacred object
denomination
26
Which of the following institutions has the greatest effect on individual behavior?
Peer Groups
Government
Family
Schools
27
Burial services and baptisms are both examples of
sacred objects
denominations
rituals
beliefs
28
What are schools run as private businesses known as?
charter schools
magnet schools
for profit schools
voucher schools
29
Which perspective says the ruling class uses religion to justify power of the oppressed?
Conflict Theory
Religiosity
Symbolic Interactionism
Fundamentalism
30
Distribution of authority, exercise of power, and relationships to other societies describes
political institutions
functionalist theory
economic institutions
conflict theory
31
What type of family is composed of one or both parents and children?
nuclear family
equalitarian family
extended family
blended family
32
Commonly, a function of the family is to accept and love all its members. This is known as,
cohabitation
the reproduction function of the family
socioemotional maintenance
transmitting social status
33
What type of school attempts to excel in specific areas, such as mathematics or graphic arts?
Formal School
For profit school
Magnet School
Charter School
34
Which of the following is not legal in nearly all states today?
Polygamy
Cohabitation
having children outside of marriage
Monogamy
35
The fastest growing religion in the world today is
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
36
Which of the following is an advantageof a meritocracy?
Students and teachers develop curriculum together
People are encouraged to work hard
The importance of reading, writing, and math are emphasized
Parents are likely to send their children to private schools
37
Which of the following is a latent function of a typical elementary school class?
teach children to reason
teach children mathematics
teach children to read
teach children to cooperate and share with others
38
Which of the following is not an example of a social institution?
polygyny
a school
a nuclear family
a church
39
What is a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption known as?
Cult
Family
Sect
Gang
40
Native Americans consider the eagle feather a religious symbol. To them, the eagle feather is
a church
an example of a sect
Profane
Sacred
41
According to sociologists, sports
can be any leisure activity in which people engage
are competitive activities with physical performance
are anything people pay to watch
are anything where people keep score
42
What is a unified system of beliefs and practices concerned with sacred things?
Denomination
Sect
Religion
Cult
43
Religious organizations whose characteristics are not drawn from existing religious traditions?
gang
denomination
sect
cult
44
Religiosity refers to
ways people express religious interests and convictions
setting objects aside and treating them as sacred
the increasing fundamentalism of many religions
the increasing power of the charismatic religious movement
45
A class is learning about architecture by splitting into groups to design scale models. This is
open-classroom
cooperative learning
integrative curriculam
standardized learning
