SO11S Lesson 4 & 5 Exam SCORE 100 PERCENT

Question 1

What is Durkheim's term for a condition in which people become detached from the norms that guide their behavior?

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	Compurgation
	Primogeniture
	Negative affective state
	Anomie
Question 2

What is the significant difference between the class system and the systems of slavery, caste, and estate?

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	The class system is not based on religion.
	The class system has fluid boundaries.
	The class system works in democracies.
	The class system existed before the other three.
Question 3

What is the major means of control used by the neocolonialists to maintain global stratification?

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	Using military occupation as a form of coercion
	Bribing the country's government officials
	Creating debt along with ever-mounting interest
	Controlling the country's mass media
Question 4

Ken belongs to a church in which the worship services are highly expressive with spontaneous "Amens" and "Praise Jesus" outbursts accompanied by loud, inspirational organ music. Ken is most likely a member of the __________ class.

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	capitalist
	upper-middle
	middle
	lower
Question 5

Numerically, what is the race of the majority of the poor in the United States?

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	White
	African American
	Latino
	Native American
Question 6

The occupation with the highest prestige in the United States is a:

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	college professor.
	physician.
	lawyer.
	professional athlete.
Question 7

The Acme Corporation has adopted "Tiny Brothers" as a means of controlling employees. What is a "Tiny Brother"?

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	A corporate spy
	A security camera
	A security officer
	A computer spyware program
Question 8

In the estate system, the practice of the firstborn son inheriting all land owned by the father was called:

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	ablution.
	endogamy.
	primogeniture.
	bourgeoisie.
Question 9

Which two theorists concluded that the universality of stratification can be explained by the necessity to motivate the most qualified people to fill the most important and demanding positions in a society?

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	Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
	Max Weber and Emile Durkheim
	Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore
	Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin
Question 10

Which of the following led to the discontinuation of the terms "First World," "Second World," and "Third World" to describe global stratification?

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	The Industrial Revolution
	The end of World War II
	The collapse of the Soviet Union
	The emergence of the postindustrial society
Question 11

What is the primary way by which the British maintain their class system from one generation to the next?

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	Religious doctrine
	Occupational placement
	Educational achievement
	Racial and ethnic background
Question 12

The trend in the United States in which most poor families are headed by women is called the:

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	male supremacy.
	economic genderization.
	feminization of poverty.
	culture of poverty.
Question 13

Changes in society that cause large numbers of people to move up or down the class ladder, which causes one class to increase while others decrease, is called __________ mobility.

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	exchange
	automatic
	structural
	intragenerational
Question 14

The sociologist who believed that social class is made up of three components – property, power, and prestige – was:

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	Max Weber.
	Talcott Parsons.
	Karl Marx.
	Lewis Coser Jr.
Question 15

The belief by many Americans that they actually contribute to major governmental decisions through the power of their vote is referred to by Hellinger and Judd as: Skill Level: Understand the Concepts

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	false consciousness.
	the power of persuasion.
	constitutional mandate.
	the democratic façade.
Question 16

What is the strongest variable in developing correlations to which social groups are in poverty?

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	Geographic location
	Race/ethnicity
	Sex
	Education
Question 17

There were much-publicized myths of the late 1800s that centered around the rags-to-riches exploits of fictional boy heroes. These myths were perpetuated by their author:

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	Horatio Alger.
	Mark Twain.
	Samuel Clemens.
	George Orwell.
Question 18

Which of the following family names is a member of the "nouveau riche"?

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	The DuPont family, who arrived in America in the 18th century
	The Rockefeller family, who became the oil barons of the 19th century
	The Gates family, who founded Microsoft
	The Carnegie family, who built America's steel empire
Question 19

To determine the poverty line, the U.S. government calculates a low-cost food budget for a family of a specific size, then subjects that number to which modification?

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	It divides the food budget by five.
	It multiples the food budget by five.
	It divides the food budget by three.
	It multiplies the food budget by three.
Question 20

A system of beliefs that justifies a particular social arrangement, such as slavery, is called:

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	a constitution.
	class consciousness.
	a caste system.
	an ideology.
Question 21

The majority of students graduating with a degree in library science are women. Research has shown that this sex typing of majors is primarily due to:

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	gender discrimination in education.
	women's natural strength in reading and language.
	gender socialization.
	the prestige of library science.
Question 22

Dominance behavior, such as winning a game, produce higher levels of:

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	testosterone.
	aggressive behavior.
	progesterone.
	stress.
Question 23

Which phrase best describes Miss Rivers' Lodge?

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	A health care experiment at Tuskegee University
	A fishing retreat for African American men
	A segregated vacation complex in Georgia
	A brothel in the French Quarter of New Orleans
Question 24

The practice the South employed after the Civil War to segregate blacks from whites was called:

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	the Truman Amendment.
	Horatio Alger Law.
	the Baxter Principal.
	Jim Crow law.
Question 25

Which of the following food choices best illustrates the belief that America is a diverse nation?

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	A stew
	An American pie
	A tossed salad
	An Oscar Mayer wiener
Question 26

Which of the following statements best describes how feminists view sexual harassment?

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	It is a fundamental difference in how men and women think.
	It is based on the social process that guides society.
	It is based on the structural problems imbedded in society.
	It is caused by the biological differences between men and women.
Question 27

How did the 2010 U.S. Census instruct Americans to classify themselves in relation to race?

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	Respondents must pick the single term that best describes their race.
	Respondents may choose no more than two terms that describe their race.
	Respondents can choose one or more races that they consider themselves to be.
	Respondents must choose the race of their parents in declaring their own race.
Question 28

Slavery and apartheid are both examples of the ways in which a country's dominant group exploits minority groups for its economic advantage. What do sociologists call this policy?

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	Colonization
	Segregation
	Internal colonialism
	Assimilation
Question 29

Under czarist Russia, daily living conditions for Jews were made so intolerable that millions chose to leave Russia and migrate to other countries. This is an example of:

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	departmentalization.
	subhumanization.
	indirect transfer.
	direct transfer.
Question 30

Since the 1960s, Native Americans have won a series of legal victories giving them control over reservation lands. During that time they have opened businesses ranging from fishing canneries to industrial parks that serve metropolitan areas. More recently the business endeavor that has attracted the most attention is the __________ business.

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	oil
	illegal substances
	casino
	textiles
Question 31

Joan and Jim were both hired to do the same work at the Acme Tool Company, although Jim's title is slightly different from Joan's. Jim has received a higher starting salary. What do sociologists call this form of employment discrimination?

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	The testosterone bonus
	The good ol' boy network
	The blue-collar syndrome
	Management by gender
Question 32

The belief held by many African Americans that lighter skinned African American women are more attractive than those with darker skin is referred to as:

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	the reformulation of race at the micro-level.
	the internalization of the norms of the dominant group.
	reverse racism at the micro-level.
	race betrayal of the minority class.
Question 33

What are two ways a group becomes a minority?

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	Genocide and the expansion of political boundaries
	Migration and a change in the economy of a nation
	Genocide and a change in ethnic work by citizens
	The expansion of political boundaries and migration
Question 34

The systematic annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people based on their presumed race or ethnicity is called:

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	homicide.
	genocide.
	population transfer.
	manslaughter.
Question 35

What is the Implicit Association Test?

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	It is a test of cultural intelligence.
	It is a visual perception test that links race to desirable and undesirable words.
	It measures the percentage of "white blood" in African Americans.
	It is the instrument that differentiates between institutional and individual racism.
Question 36

To which ethnic heritage do more Caucasians in America trace their roots than any other?

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	English
	French
	German
	Italian
Question 37

The term for the unequal access to power, prestige, and property based on a person's sex is:

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	sex typing.
	sexual harassment.
	gender stratification.
	matriarchy.
Question 38

Tackling the issue of sexual harassment, women, prodded by feminists, began to understand that unwanted sexual advances at work and at school are, in fact __________ problems.

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	testosterone
	gender tracking
	structural
	life-style
Question 39

Agatha has worked for ten years in the public relations department of a large firm. She has been promoted to several higher paying managerial positions, but never to an executive position, even though she has directed several successful projects for the firm. Her lack of promotion most likely illustrates:

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	the "glass ceiling."
	the "glass elevator."
	the "mommy track."
	sexual harassment.
Question 40

In the symbolic interaction perspective old age: Answer: B

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	refers to the inevitable decline of biological functioning.
	has no inherent meaning.
	refers to peoples' eternal quest for youth.
	has different meaning form culture to culture.