Multiple Choice - Mr. Stolze, SHS Red Devils
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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|[pic] | 1. |People who focus on the forces in society that promote competition and change employ the |
| | |a. |
| | |conflict perspective. |
| | |c. |
| | |interactionist perspective. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |functionalist perspective. |
| | |d. |
| | |dysfunctionalist perspective. |
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|[pic] | 2. |The social science that studies human society and social behavior is |
| | |a. |
| | |sociology. |
| | |c. |
| | |anthropology. |
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| | |b. |
| | |psychology. |
| | |d. |
| | |political science. |
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|[pic] | 3. |The social science that deals with the behavior and thinking of organisms is |
| | |a. |
| | |sociology. |
| | |c. |
| | |anthropology. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |psychology. |
| | |d. |
| | |political science. |
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|[pic] | 4. |The study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants is |
| | |a. |
| | |political science. |
| | |c. |
| | |history. |
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| | |b. |
| | |social psychology. |
| | |d. |
| | |economics. |
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|[pic] | 5. |Social sciences are |
| | |a. |
| | |the observable facts or events that involve human society. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |how people relate to one another and influence each other’s behavior. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |the hidden meanings behind human actions. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |the disciplines that study human social behavior or institutions and functions of human society in a |
| | |scientific manner. |
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|[pic] | 6. |Who coined the term sociology to describe the study of society? |
| | |a. |
| | |Auguste Comte |
| | |c. |
| | |Herbert Spencer |
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| | |b. |
| | |Karl Marx |
| | |d. |
| | |Émile Durkheim |
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|[pic] | 7. |A theory is |
| | |a. |
| | |an explanation of the relationships among particular phenomena. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |an intended and recognized consequence of some element of society. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |a description comprised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |the meanings that individuals attach to their actions. |
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|[pic] | 8. |A symbol is |
| | |a. |
| | |the unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |anything that represents something else. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |a description comprised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |the consequence that an element of society produces for the maintenance of its social system. |
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|[pic] | 9. |People who view society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social |
| | |system are said to employ the |
| | |a. |
| | |manifest function. |
| | |c. |
| | |interactionist perspective. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |theoretical perspective. |
| | |d. |
| | |functionalist perspective. |
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|[pic] | 10. |The physical objects that people create and use form a group’s |
| | |a. |
| | |nonmaterial culture. |
| | |c. |
| | |language. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |material culture. |
| | |d. |
| | |values. |
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|[pic] | 11. |The tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior is called |
| | |a. |
| | |a subculture. |
| | |c. |
| | |cultural relativism. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |cultural universals. |
| | |d. |
| | |ethnocentrism. |
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|[pic] | 12. |Sociologists distinguish between these two types of norms: |
| | |a. |
| | |folkways and mores. |
| | |c. |
| | |laws and mores. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |folkways and culture traits. |
| | |d. |
| | |culture traits and mores. |
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|[pic] | 13. |Some groups in society share values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population. |
| | |The unique cultural characteristics of these groups form a |
| | |a. |
| | |cultural relativism. |
| | |c. |
| | |cultural universal. |
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| | |b. |
| | |subculture. |
| | |d. |
| | |counterculture. |
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|[pic] | 14. |A group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and |
| | |feeling of unity is a |
| | |a. |
| | |society. |
| | |c. |
| | |material culture. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |more. |
| | |d. |
| | |cultural universal. |
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|[pic] | 15. |Norms that exist in our society include |
| | |a. |
| | |financial responsibility. |
| | |c. |
| | |not paying bills. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |restrictions against campfires. |
| | |d. |
| | |not killing a human being. |
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|[pic] | 16. |When people gather in the same place at the same time but lack organization or lasting patterns of |
| | |interaction, they form a(n) |
| | |a. |
| | |primary group. |
| | |c. |
| | |both a and b |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |aggregate. |
| | |d. |
| | |neither a nor b |
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|[pic] | 17. |Behavior that violates significant social norms is called |
| | |a. |
| | |rude. |
| | |c. |
| | |deviant. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |a stigma. |
| | |d. |
| | |none of the above |
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|[pic] | 18. |To be labeled deviant, one must |
| | |a. |
| | |be detected committing a deviant act. |
| | |c. |
| | |both a and b |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |be stigmatized by society. |
| | |d. |
| | |neither a nor b |
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|[pic] | 19. |A stigma is |
| | |a. |
| | |a mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society. |
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| | |b. |
| | |used as a form of social control. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |an act that has serious negative consequences. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |none of the above |
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|[pic] | 20. |Of the five modes of adaptation, ____ is not a deviant response. |
| | |a. |
| | |rebellion |
| | |c. |
| | |conformity |
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| | |b. |
| | |ritualism |
| | |d. |
| | |innovation |
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|[pic] | 21. |Conflict theorist believe that |
| | |a. |
| | |competition leads to deviance. |
| | |c. |
| | |both a and b |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |social inequality leads to deviance. |
| | |d. |
| | |neither a nor b |
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|[pic] | 22. |Conflict theorist believe that |
| | |a. |
| | |social life is a struggle between those who possess and those who do not. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |people with power commit deviant acts to maintain their position. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |the ruling class labels any behavior that threatens their power base as deviant. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 23. |The interactionist perspective focuses on |
| | |a. |
| | |control theory. |
| | |c. |
| | |labeling theory. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |cultural transmission theory. |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 24. |____ explains deviance as a learned behavior. |
| | |a. |
| | |Control theory |
| | |c. |
| | |Labeling theory |
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| | |b. |
| | |Cultural transmission theory |
| | |d. |
| | |none of the above |
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|[pic] | 25. |The labeling theory |
| | |a. |
| | |focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |notes that all people commit deviant acts during their lives. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |describes two types of deviance. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 26. |Principle types of crime in the United States include |
| | |a. |
| | |violent crimes. |
| | |c. |
| | |white collar crime. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |crimes against property. |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 27. |The following are all more serious crimes EXCEPT |
| | |a. |
| | |arson. |
| | |c. |
| | |murder. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |fraud. |
| | |d. |
| | |robbery. |
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|[pic] | 28. |Statistics reveal all the following EXCEPT: |
| | |a. |
| | |men are more likely to be arrested than women. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |more than two thirds of all people arrested are white. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |almost half of the arrest involve people under age 25. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |people older than 35 account for nearly three quarters of all arrests. |
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|[pic] | 29. |The process of labeling an individual as deviant is called: |
| | |a. |
| | |labeling theory |
| | |c. |
| | |a degradation ceremony |
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| | |b. |
| | |primary deviance |
| | |d. |
| | |secondary deviance |
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|[pic] | 30. |Most Americans marry individuals with characteristics similar to their own, including |
| | |a. |
| | |religious faith. |
| | |c. |
| | |age. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |race. |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 31. |A nuclear family consists of |
| | |a. |
| | |one or both parents and their children. |
| | |c. |
| | |three generations of one family. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |two generations of one family. |
| | |d. |
| | |a single individual. |
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|[pic] | 32. |In 1960 there were a dozen U.S. states that made interracial marriages |
| | |a. |
| | |legal. |
| | |c. |
| | |illegal. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |common. |
| | |d. |
| | |none of the above |
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|[pic] | 33. |What do most sociologist argue is the most-devastating family disruption? |
| | |a. |
| | |interracial marriage |
| | |c. |
| | |family violence |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |changing religious faiths |
| | |d. |
| | |divorce |
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|[pic] | 34. |What is the family disruption that receives a great deal of media attention? |
| | |a. |
| | |divorce |
| | |c. |
| | |alcoholism |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |remarriage |
| | |d. |
| | |drug abuse |
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|[pic] | 35. |In recent decades, the traditional family has been replaced by |
| | |a. |
| | |dual-earner families. |
| | |c. |
| | |childless families. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |one-parent families |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 36. |The residential pattern found most commonly in industrial societies is |
| | |a. |
| | |patrilocality. |
| | |c. |
| | |matrilocality. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |bilocality. |
| | |d. |
| | |neolocality. |
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|[pic] | 37. |Today in the United States it is not at all uncommon for a woman to have her first child at what age? |
| | |a. |
| | |20 |
| | |c. |
| | |42 |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |30 |
| | |d. |
| | |18 |
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|[pic] | 38. |Which of the following describes a family where the mother and the father share authority? |
| | |a. |
| | |matrilocality |
| | |c. |
| | |egalitarian |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |patriarchy |
| | |d. |
| | |matriarchy |
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|[pic] | 39. |Today in the United States women are pursuing nontraditional careers as |
| | |a. |
| | |doctors. |
| | |c. |
| | |university professors. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |computer scientists |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 40. |Which of the following is NOT a cause of one-parent families? |
| | |a. |
| | |divorce |
| | |c. |
| | |death of a spouse |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |births to unwed mothers |
| | |d. |
| | |delayed marriage |
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|[pic] | 41. |Polygamy is relatively rare even in the societies where it is an acceptable marital system. This is |
| | |because |
| | |a. |
| | |men generally oppose polygamy. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |there are not enough people to marry. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |such a household is expensive to support. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |too much paperwork is involved. |
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|[pic] | 42. |The most important functions of religion include |
| | |a. |
| | |social cohesion. |
| | |c. |
| | |emotional support. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |social control. |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
| | | |
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|[pic] | 43. |Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are examples of |
| | |a. |
| | |monotheistic religion. |
| | |c. |
| | |ethical religion. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |polytheistic religion. |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 44. |A relatively small religious organization that typically has split off from a denomination is referred to|
| | |as |
| | |a. |
| | |cult. |
| | |c. |
| | |opportunistic. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |sect. |
| | |d. |
| | |none of the above |
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|[pic] | 45. |Changing immigration patterns in the United States have |
| | |a. |
| | |decreased attendance at religious services. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |added to the variety of religions. |
| | | |
| | |c. |
| | |increased belief in the value of religion. |
| | | |
| | |d. |
| | |hurt membership in Protestant denominations. |
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|[pic] | 46. |The largest religious membership in the United States belongs to the |
| | |a. |
| | |Jehovah’s Witnesses. |
| | |c. |
| | |Baptist Church. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |Roman Catholic Church. |
| | |d. |
| | |Methodist Church. |
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|[pic] | 47. |An example of a religious ritual is |
| | |a. |
| | |baptism. |
| | |c. |
| | |funeral. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |wedding. |
| | |d. |
| | |all of the above |
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|[pic] | 48. |Examples of subjects included in core curriculum are |
| | |a. |
| | |language and literature. |
| | |c. |
| | |physical education. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |history and mathematics. |
| | |d. |
| | |both a and b |
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|[pic] | 49. |After families, schools are the most important and obvious means through which children learn |
| | |a. |
| | |loyalty. |
| | |c. |
| | |religious beliefs. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |social norms, values, and beliefs. |
| | |d. |
| | |patriotism. |
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|[pic] | 50. |The following serves to screen and select the members of society for the work they will do as adults |
| | |a. |
| | |religion. |
| | |c. |
| | |education. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |social status. |
| | |d. |
| | |none of the above |
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|[pic] | 51. |The assignment of students to different types of educational programs is considered |
| | |a. |
| | |hidden curriculum. |
| | |c. |
| | |diversity. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |placement. |
| | |d. |
| | |tracking. |
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|[pic] | 52. |Americans have long believed that education is the key to |
| | |a. |
| | |social mobility. |
| | |c. |
| | |the formation of religious beliefs. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |political success. |
| | |d. |
| | |social conflict. |
| | | |
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|[pic] | 53. |Parents may receive a voucher equal to the amount their state spends on education for their child under |
| | |the concept of |
| | |a. |
| | |homeschooling. |
| | |c. |
| | |schooling. |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |school choice. |
| | |d. |
| | |bilingual education. |
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|[pic] | 54. |People whose bodies have both female and male characteristics are. |
| | |a. |
| | |Hermaphrodite |
| | |c. |
| | |Transexuals |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |Intersexual |
| | |d. |
| | |Transgendered |
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|[pic] | 55. |People who feel they are one sex even though biologically they are the other are. |
| | |a. |
| | |Transexuals |
| | |c. |
| | |Hermaphrodite |
| | | |
| | |b. |
| | |Transgendered |
| | |d. |
| | |Intersexual |
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|True/False |
|Indicate whether the statement is true or false. |
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|[pic] | 56. |Social sciences are the observable facts or events that involve human society. |
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|[pic] | 57. |Psychology is the social science that studies human society and social behavior. |
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|[pic] | 58. |A symbol is anything that represents something else. |
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|[pic] | 59. |People who employ the interactionist perspective focus on the forces in society that promote competition |
| | |and change. |
| | | |
|[pic] | 60. |A theory is a description comprised of the essential characteristics of a feature of society. |
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|[pic] | 61. |Political science is the study of past events. |
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|[pic] | 62. |Economics is the study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants. |
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|[pic] | 63. |Symbolic interaction is where interactionists focus on how people use symbols when interacting. |
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|[pic] | 64. |The physical objects that people create and use form a group’s nonmaterial culture. |
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|[pic] | 65. |Society consists of people, and culture consists of the material and nonmaterial products that people |
| | |create. |
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|[pic] | 66. |Basic components of a culture vary from society to society. |
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|[pic] | 67. |Organized crime families and the hippie movement of the 1960s are examples of countercultures in the |
| | |United States. |
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|[pic] | 68. |Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior. |
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|[pic] | 69. |All groups create norms to enforce their cultural values. |
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|[pic] | 70. |The in-group represents people that interact with one another regularly on the Internet. |
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|[pic] | 71. |A triad is a group with two members. |
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|[pic] | 72. |Providing law enforcement jobs is a positive function of deviance. |
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|[pic] | 73. |The functionalist perspective views deviance as an unnatural part of society. |
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|[pic] | 74. |The conflict perspective explains deviance in terms of power and inequality. |
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|[pic] | 75. |The interactionist perspective looks at how the interaction between individuals influence deviance. |
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|[pic] | 76. |Conformity is the acceptance of culturally approved goals and the means for achieving these goals. |
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|[pic] | 77. |People who use innovation do not accept the cultural goals of their society but do accept the approved |
| | |means for achieving these goals. |
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|[pic] | 78. |Innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion employ deviant behavior. |
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|[pic] | 79. |People with power commit deviant acts to obtain economic rewards. |
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|[pic] | 80. |The stronger the commitment to a community, the less likely people are to engage in deviant behavior. |
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|[pic] | 81. |Cultural transmission theory views all individuals as conformists. |
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|[pic] | 82. |The results of an individual being labeled as deviant and accepting the label as true are referred to as |
| | |secondary deviance. |
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|[pic] | 83. |White collar crime is described as offenses committed by individuals of high social status in the course |
| | |of their professional lives. |
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|[pic] | 84. |Racial profiling is most likely to happen to white Americans. |
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|[pic] | 85. |Plea bargaining allows courts to reduce their already huge caseloads. |
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|[pic] | 86. |Police discretion is used when deciding who will be arrested. |
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|[pic] | 87. |The most universal social institution is the family; every society organizes its members into families. |
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|[pic] | 88. |Worldwide men and women are only permitted to have monogamous marriages. |
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|[pic] | 89. |The majority of American adults marry at least once during their lifetime. |
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|[pic] | 90. |Remarriage rarely occurs in the United States. |
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|[pic] | 91. |Patrilocal, matrilocal, and bilocal rules of residence encourage the development of extended family |
| | |living. |
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|[pic] | 92. |Single parenthood has no effect on either parents or children. |
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|[pic] | 93. |Few families can survive on a single salary. |
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|[pic] | 94. |An increase in childlessness is a recent trend in American family life. |
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|[pic] | 95. |Families do not perform similar functions across cultures. |
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|[pic] | 96. |All societies regulate the sexual activities of their members to some degree. |
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|[pic] | 97. |Delayed childbearing is one type of family disruption. |
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|[pic] | 98. |Divorce greatly effects children but not former partners. |
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|[pic] | 99. |One of the functions of the family is to teach children how to survive in the society around them. |
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|[pic] | 100. |Family violence affects all social classes and racial and ethnic groups. |
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|[pic] | 101. |Today more woman work as lawyers and doctors, which was rare in the 1800s. |
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|[pic] | 102. |Homogamy is marriage between individuals who have different social characteristics. |
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|[pic] | 103. |Since the 1970s the percentage of married women with children and careers has grown. |
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|[pic] | 104. |It is very common for religious individuals to marry individuals from different religious backgrounds. |
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|[pic] | 105. |Homogamy is based on characteristics such as age, socioeconomic status, religion, and race. |
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|[pic] | 106. |Society’s future largely depends on the successful socialization of new members. |
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|[pic] | 107. |Sociologists have concluded that the most important functions of religion are social cohesion, social |
| | |control, and emotional support. |
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|[pic] | 108. |Schools do not teach socially acceptable forms of behavior. |
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|[pic] | 109. |According to conflict sociologists, social control and tracking help maintain inequality in education. |
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|[pic] | 110. |Generally, income increases as education increases. |
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|[pic] | 111. |Conflict sociologists seek to explain educational achievement by looking at the interaction that takes |
| | |place among students and teachers. |
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|[pic] | 112. |Some parents homeschool their children for ideological or religious reasons. |
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|[pic] | 113. |Some educators believe the worst approach to curbing violence in schools is to teach young people how to |
| | |resolve their disputes peacefully. |
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|[pic] | 114. |After families, schools are perhaps the most important and obvious means through which children learn |
| | |social norms, values, and beliefs. |
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|[pic] | 115. |Suicide rates are the highest among those people who have strong attachments to religious groups. |
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|[pic] | 116. |Sex and gender are the same. |
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|[pic] | 117. |Premarital sex is often viewed more negatively than extra marital sex. |
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|[pic] | 118. |Bill Cosby has made controversial remarks regarding parenting and children in the African-American |
| | |communities. |
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|[pic] | 119. |America’s cultural attitudes toward sexuality has always been something of a contradiction. |
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|[pic] | 120. |Men are subjected to more sexual regulation than women. |
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