Soci 1300 Final Exam review

Question 1

Which of the following types of societies first moved towards belief in a single divine power?

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Pastoral societies

Question 2

Jim is studying gender in the home & is interested in expressive & instrumental qualities. He's

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using a structural functional approach for his research.

Question 3

Which of the following is true of the Israeli Kibbutzim formed in the early 20th century?

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Goals were complete gender equality in all areas of kibbutz.

Question 4

Lisa can't get work lately. She says this is b/c minorities took all of the jobs. What theory?

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Scapegoat theory

Question 5

What disease are we most likely to find prevalently in a developing country like Somalia?

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Diarrhoeal diseases such as Cholera

Question 6

The process of marrying into one's own social group is known as

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endogamy

Question 7

A society has a healthcare system in which patients are billed by dr.'s. What's this system?

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Direct-fee

Question 8

Which of the following is true of formal schooling in the U.S.?

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It evolved from growing # of families moving to urban areas

Question 9

Which of the following is true of race and racism?

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Racism is a social construct evolving from American colonies

Question 10

Which contributed to an increase in women's status in the United States?

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Growing reproductive control & decreasing fertility rates.

Question 11

Durkheim argued that religion was

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both answer 2 and 3.

Question 12

Which of the following racial/ethnic categories has the smallest percentage of U.S. population?

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Native Americans

Question 13

What is the natural growth rate for the United States?

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.60%

Question 14

What would natural disasters be classified as when demographers think about migration?

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A push factor

Question 15

Jane Elliot's eye color experiment in her primary grade classroom uses which paradigm?

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Symbolic Interaction

Question 16

At what point did the majority of Americans live in urban areas?

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Late 19th century

Question 17

The beauty myth refers to which of the following?

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women measure their own importance by physical appearance.

Question 18

Because Texas has a greater # of minorities than Non-Hispanic whites, it is considered a

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minority majority state.

Question 19

Slaughterhouse workers experience which of the following?

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An opportunity to work that is also exploitative for many.

Question 20

Which of the following is true about life expectancy in the U.S.

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Both 1 and 2.

Question 21

Which of the following religious organizations forms around a highly charismatic leader?

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Cult

Question 22

Which of the following are benefits of private education vs. public education in the U.S.?

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Both 1 and 3

Question 23

Why did the infant mortality rate drop in the United States in the 19th century?

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Because medical innovation and pre-natal care increased

Question 24

Janice has remarried and combined her 2 children with her husband's kids. What's this an ex of

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Stepfamily

Question 25

Which of the following is true of the total number of bachelor's degrees in the United States?

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Women have a greater % of bachelor's degrees than men.

Question 26

Which of the following refers to a historical decline in a society of religion on the whole?

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secularization

Question 27

Which is the best reason for why people in colonial America had children?

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Because kids were economically viable.

Question 28

Which of the following was the peak natural growth rate for the world's population?

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2.1% in 1962

Question 29

Which paradigm says tracking students into classes that stress creativity creates inequality?

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Social Conflict

Question 30

What percentage of all bachelor's degrees do men & women each have?

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43%; 57%

Question 31

A population pyramid with a very wide base and increasingly narrowing peak demonstrates what about the population?

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A young population.

Question 32

The approach that views SES as predominantly responsible for differences in individual health.

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Fundamental cause theory

Question 33

1 reason why the U.S. has direct-fee medicine/private health insurance & not socialized med. is

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The federal govn't froze wages nationwide during WWII.

Question 34

According to Lever, even children demonstrate traditional gender roles on the playground b/c

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Primarily boys' play competitive games.

Question 35

Religious affiliation in the U.S. appears to be tied to social class and ethnicity because

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Episcopal, Presbyterians, & Jews have high social standing.

Question 36

When considering high school drop out rates, which of the following was true of Hispanics?

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The highest drop out rates of whites, blacks, & Asians

Question 37

U.S. laws like the 1882 Chinese Exclusionary Act halting Chinese immigration are ex's of what?

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Institutionalized discrimination

Question 38

Which of the following argues that humanity needs effective policies to control population growth & resource depletion.

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limits-to-growth

Question 39

Which components make up ethnicity?

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Race, religion, and culture

Question 40

Demographic transition theory shows that early industrialization immediately decreases the fertility rate.

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False

Question 41

Margaret Mead's research on the Tchambuli, Mudugumor, & Arapesh showed what?

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That gender expectations weren't universal across cultures.

Question 42

Family uses inheritance/property to produce/reproduce systems of inequality. What paradigm?

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Social Conflict

Question 43

Which of the following is a latent function of education?

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Custody and control of children

Question 44

Besides long term health outcomes, working in a slaughterhouse also has consequences for:

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domestic violence rates in the community

Question 45

What % of all women and all men have bachelor's degrees in the United States?

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37%; 30%

Question 46

All of Helga and Luis' kids have moved away for college. What family stage have they entered?

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Empty Nest

Question 47

What society would you be more likely to find acute illnesses as a major public health threat?

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Societies in which GDP is very low

Soci 1300 Final Exam review

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Soci 1300 Final Exam review

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