SOC1010:0AAA Intro to Soc FINAL EXAM REVIEW!!

Question 1

Which is the world’s fastest-growing religion?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 2

Allowing the state to claim monopoly over legitimate use of coercion means:

Accepted Answer

The state can determine who can use coercion legitimately

Question 3

The ability to take conclusions from a study and apply them to the larger population is called:

Accepted Answer

Generalizability

Question 4

The ability to get others to do something against their own will is called:

Accepted Answer

Power

Question 5

Most grandparents report good relationships with their grandkids, who they see approximately:

Accepted Answer

Once per month

Question 6

Which is NOT a criticism of Relative Deprivation Theory?

Accepted Answer

Doesn't specify conditions for deprivation → social movement

Question 7

Choose one factor that does not lead to greater social mobility:

Accepted Answer

Lessened Immigration

Question 8

The average American generates how many pounds of garbage per week?

Accepted Answer

35

Question 9

This phase of feminism formed because white, upper-class women were overrepresented in others:

Accepted Answer

Multiracial Feminism

Question 10

Children’s education in the US was made compulsory in what year?

Accepted Answer

1900

Question 11

The spiritual life of the secluded “Manson family” included drug-infused orgies. They were a:

Accepted Answer

Cult

Question 12

People who coerce others to perform sex acts for their profit, as a business, are guilty of:

Accepted Answer

Sex Trafficking

Question 13

Since 1990, America’s rate of teen pregnancy has:

Accepted Answer

Decreased

Question 14

One of the following is FALSE: Men, in general…

Accepted Answer

Live longer than women

Question 15

The 2010 Census allowed individuals to self-identify as to race. How many chose “mixed race”?

Accepted Answer

3.0%

Question 16

Individuals born with ambiguous genitalia and reproductive structures are termed:

Accepted Answer

Intersex

Question 17

Which of the following statements regarding global stratification is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

The majority of the world lives in impoverished countries

Question 18

The United States, making up 5% of world's population, consumes ______ of its available energy.

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 19

Former colonial nations are politically independent, but financially dependent. This is called:

Accepted Answer

Neocolonialism

Question 20

Public opinion on abortion:

Accepted Answer

Has remained relatively constant over the last 20 years

Question 21

The various levels at which phenomena are studied, related to theoretical perspectives, are:

Accepted Answer

Levels of analysis

Question 22

About what percentage of US children are born to unmarried women?

Accepted Answer

40%

Question 23

We are each the product of several overlapping status characteristics. This is known as:

Accepted Answer

Intersectionality

Question 24

In the recession of 2009, people in the top 1% of the wealth distribution:

Accepted Answer

Saw little to no decrease in net worth

Question 25

The following describes a society in which heritage is traced primarily through the mother:

Accepted Answer

Matrilineal

Question 26

A person who is not personally prejudiced, but fails to acknowledge systemic racism, embodies:

Accepted Answer

Color-Blind Racism

Question 27

Sociologists define “the state” as:

Accepted Answer

The organized system of power and authority in society

Question 28

Which is TRUE regarding workplace segregation by gender?

Accepted Answer

Occupations more populated with women pay less, on average

Question 29

As per Dependency Theory, multinational corporations:

Accepted Answer

Contribute to poverty and dependency in developing nations

Question 30

Being single in the US is:

Accepted Answer

Increasing, through lack of marriage and not just divorce

Question 31

As per the textbook, 1% of the US population control around _____ of the nation’s net worth.

Accepted Answer

35%

Question 32

Rational-Legal Authority is best described as:

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Authority derived from a set of reasonably established rules

Question 33

As per Gordon Allport, the Contact Theory of race interactions will work if:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 34

C. Wright Mills is the central figure in the development of which theory?

Accepted Answer

The power elite model of power

Question 35

Norms that describe the most severe cultural transgressions, with the harshest sanctions, are:

Accepted Answer

Taboos

Question 36

This method of qualitative research involves in-depth analysis of cultural symbols and texts:

Accepted Answer

Content Analysis

Question 37

A phenomenon which leads to greater interdependency of socioeconomic outcomes worldwide is:

Accepted Answer

Globalization

Question 38

In the 1960s, Charles Manson persuaded a group of teenagers to murder for him. Manson embodied:

Accepted Answer

Charismatic Authority

Question 39

The following term refers specifically to a family structure of one husband and multiple wives:

Accepted Answer

Polygyny

Question 40

In education, using early evaluation to encourage a specific course path for a child is called:

Accepted Answer

Tracking

Question 41

Which of these lead to unequal educational outcomes?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 42

The phenomenon of individuals marrying people similar to themselves is called:

Accepted Answer

Homogamy

Question 43

Which describes Durkheim's conception of groups' cohesion due to similar beliefs and roles?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical solidarity

Question 44

As per the 2010 US Census, the nation’s population is approximately:

Accepted Answer

311 million

Question 45

In 2011, the world’s population reached:

Accepted Answer

7 billion

Question 46

Which violent crimes have increased in frequency in recent decades according to FBI statistics?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 47

Since the legalization of abortion, the number of abortions performed has…

Accepted Answer

Decreased

Question 48

This theorist studied labor, organization, modernization, and religious influence on economy:

Accepted Answer

Max Weber

Question 49

As of the 3rd fiscal quarter, 2017, what percentage of US adults are without health insurance?

Accepted Answer

12.3%

Question 50

Data indicate that when men end up single (never married, divorced, widowed):

Accepted Answer

Their health suffers

Question 51

Which comprises a compound measure of income, wealth, education, and/or occupation?

Accepted Answer

Socioeconomic Status

Question 52

Rates of depression are highest among:

Accepted Answer

Married mothers and unemployed women

Question 53

How might a structural functionalist view gendered work and gendered pay inequity?

Accepted Answer

An effective and established division of labor

Question 54

Durkheim's term for elements that influence many personal outcomes on a sociological level is:

Accepted Answer

Social Facts

Question 55

The first example of open, large-scale sexual politics in US history was:

Accepted Answer

The Feminist movement

Question 56

The increased prestige of medicine and medical professions coincided with:

Accepted Answer

The establishment of medicine as a scientific field

Question 57

The continuous accomplishment of a gender identity through interaction is known as:

Accepted Answer

Doing Gender

Question 58

An individual who rejects the institutionalized means to achieve culturally defined success is:

Accepted Answer

An Innovator

Question 59

Which does your book cite as an example of egoistic suicide?

Accepted Answer

Elder suicide

Question 60

Manson's followers killed to start a race war called “helter skelter”. To Merton, Manson was a:

Accepted Answer

Rebel

Question 61

Who conceptualized status as social & cultural capital, usually connected to economic capital?

Accepted Answer

Pierre Bourdieu

Question 62

Cultural hegemony is defined as:

Accepted Answer

The pervasive dominance of one culture in the social order

Question 63

Those who think one's gender identity and sexual orientation stem from one's sex, believe in:

Accepted Answer

Biological Determinism

Question 64

Who spoke of African-Americans' dual consciousness, and pioneered a more empirical sociology?

Accepted Answer

W.E.B. DuBois

SOC1010:0AAA Intro to Soc FINAL EXAM REVIEW!!

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SOC1010:0AAA Intro to Soc FINAL EXAM REVIEW!!

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