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Sociology - Introductory Sociology

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Describe the influence of the family wage system on the nuclear family
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In girls' teen magazines, the "black" media, as compared to mainstream white media, generally
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According to sociologist Emile Durkheim, all religions share three elements. Which of the following is NOT one of these elements?
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Which of the following stages of socialization proposed by Mead would be most important for a second grade teacher to be aware of?
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Which of these statements regarding race is true? a. Race is a socially constructed category
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Which theorist believed that human populations would outgrow the food supply and enter into a struggle for existence?
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Robert Merton explained that what is functional for one category of a society’s population:
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Which of the following is one of educator John H. Holt's findings to support home schooling?
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What is the relationship between mean income, educational degree, and gender?
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An attempt to remake someone by removing his or her current identity and replacing it with a new one is __________.
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How are in-groups and out-groups different?
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In a hypothesis, the researcher considers the __________ to be the cause
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Martha is in love with her first cousin Daniel, and they decide to get married. Their families are not happy with their decision because, traditionally, nobody in the family has married within the group. This cultural practice followed by Martha's and Daniel's families is known as _____.
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Pattern variables are an extension of a renowned dichotomy first formulated by whom?
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Which argues that most talented people would not go to school for many years to become biochemists if they could make as much money and gain as much respect working as elevator workers?
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Women in male-female households do about ________ of the housework
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Professor Conway is reading published research papers related to his research question. Professor Conway is best described as
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A prejudice is an action that one individual directs toward another individual.
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The United States is made up of diverse groups that have learned to compromise differences in a peaceful manner
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Among the residents of Riverton, one of the suburbs studied by Lacy, the children in this neighborhood learn what it is like to be black
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Rational-legal authority is best described as:
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Explain the distinction between propinquity and homogamy in choosing marriage partners
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One factor that distinguishes a minority group from a dominant group is that minority groups always have fewer members.
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Violence against women occurs:
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The term gold collar was introduced in the 1990s to categorize which of the following?
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William B. believes that his position of wealth and superior prestige is the result of the fact that his great-grandfather was successful at adapting to the environment and that these traits were passed down to subsequent generations of his family. This belief can best be summarized by the phrase:
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For most people the most influential agent of socialization is the:
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__________ theories posit that different paths still end up in the same developmental phase.
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Which of the following is a reason for researchers to select samples to represent a population?
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__________ theory emphasizes global commodity chains — worldwide networks of labor and production processes — and notes that the most profitable activities are done in core countries while the least profitable activities are done in peripheral countries
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The probability that a high school baseball player, will make it into the professional leagues is about ____
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Abe's parents send him to world language camp each summer. Now Abe is fluent in Chinese and can communicate easily with native speakers. Abe possesses capital
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Functionalists see the free flow of immigrants, even when it is legally restricted, as one way for economies to maximize their use of human labor.
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According to Omi and Winant, which concept refers to how despite talk of racial equality, racism and racial inequalities persist because of both individual and structural practices?
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The ________ is defined as a system of stratification under which peasants were required to work on land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services.
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What is the relationship between conventionality and the religiosity of women?
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Couples who wait to have sex in a dating relationship:
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The first demographic transition involved ____.
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Individuals typically engage in deviant behavior only on a temporary basis. Long-term deviance requires
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Ethnic conflict is most likely within ______ societies and between ______ societies
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Type of social movement whose goal is to provide gratification through self-expression:
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Men are more likely than women to withdraw from the workforce when their skills far exceed the jobs offered them.
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Humanist sociology is the study of human freedom and of all the obstacles that must be overcome in order to insure this freedom
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People who are born into a caste:
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North American Indian tribes are very homogeneous with few differences in physical characteristics, language, and social organization
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The impact on an individual's social identity when they are devalued due to an identifiable characteristic is termed _____
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The concept "environmental deficit" refers to
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Although the median family income for Blacks is lower than for Hispanics, because Hispanics tend to have larger families, their per-person income is actually lower than for Blacks
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The differences between race and ethnicity are easily identified.
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What does research indicate regarding homeschooling?
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