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1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 3/31 Question 4 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 5 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Which sociological approach views social and economic development as an outcome of unequal exchange between core and periphery nations? Select one: a. world systems theory b. structural-functionalist theory c. neo-Marxist theory d. critical theory 10b Social Movements The correct answer is: world systems theory Who coined the term sociology? Select one: a. Karl Marx b. Auguste Comte c. Emile Durkheim d. Max Weber 1a What is Sociology? The correct answer is: Auguste Comte

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 6/31 Question 10 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 11 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Which of the following refers to the detailed study of what people say, do, and think as they go about their daily lives? Select one: a. mesosociology b. psuedosociology c. macrosociology d. microsociology 1c The Sociological Imagination The correct answer is: microsociology The term “sociological imagination” was coined by which American sociologist? Select one: a. C. Wright Mills b. Herbert Blumer c. George Mead d. W.I. Thomas 1c The Sociological Imagination The correct answer is: C. Wright Mills

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 9/31 Question 16 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 17 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Which agent of socialization typically influences people in their earliest stage of life? Select one: a. mass media b. family c. school d. peers 2b Agents of Socialization The correct answer is: family The argument that people are products of a genetic timeline in which evolution has molded all of our ancestors highlights the role of Select one: a. nurture in human development. b. nature in human development. c. socialization in human development. d. environmentalism in human development. 2c Sociological Theory The correct answer is: nature in human development.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 12/31 Question 22 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 23 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 The social ties that exist among members of a college fraternity represent: Select one: a. an aggregate b. a stranger c. a social network d. an unobtrusive measure 3b Groups and Societies The correct answer is: a social network Sarah learns about a job offer from her close friend before the offer is made public. This is an example of leveraging which form of capital? Select one: a. economic b. cultural c. social d. embodied 3b Groups and Societies The correct answer is: social

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 15/31 Question 28 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 29 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Modernization describes the process whereby Select one: a. industrial societies are transformed into agrarian societies. b. communist societies are transformed into capitalist societies. c. capitalist societies are transformed into communist societies. d. agrarian societies are transformed into industrial societies. 3d Parts of Complex Societies The correct answer is: agrarian societies are transformed into industrial societies. The understandings that individuals hold about who they are and what is meaningful to them is referred to as Select one: a. personality. b. sexuality. c. orientation. d. identity. 4a Defining Culture and Society The correct answer is: identity.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 18/31 Question 34 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 35 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 The culture shared by the majority of a society's population that has mass accessibility and appeal is called Select one: a. folk culture. b. mainstream culture. c. popular culture. d. real culture. 4c Subcultures The correct answer is: popular culture. The tendency to judge another culture by the standards of our own based on the belief that our own culture is superior is called Select one: a. cultural relativism. b. ethnocentrism. c. discrimination. d. prejudice. 4d Ethnocentrism The correct answer is: ethnocentrism.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 21/31 Question 40 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 41 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Sociologists refer to middle-aged and elderly individuals devastated by divorce because they have dedicated themselves to managing a home and raising children while married as Select one: a. emotionally traumatized. b. displaced homemakers. c. lamentably divorced. d. severely depressed. 5b Challenges to Families The correct answer is: displaced homemakers. What is a characteristic of a democracy? Select one: a. Citizens control each other's personal freedoms. b. People vote to elect officials. c. A small group exercises full power. d. Royalty holds political and social control. 6a Defining Governments The correct answer is: People vote to elect officials.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 22/31 Question 42 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 43 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 What theory proposes that people are motivated by self-interest in relationships with other people? Select one: a. exchange b. interaction c. conflict d. structural 6a Defining Governments The correct answer is: interaction Since automation has eliminated many assembly line jobs in the United States, some social scientists maintain that lower paying jobs in the service sector are expanding. This is an example of: Select one: a. structural mobility b. false mobility c. exchange mobility d. ascriptive mobility 6b Economic Systems The correct answer is: structural mobility

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 23/31 Question 44 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 45 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 The focus of dependency and world systems theories is known as Select one: a. the control of the state. b. the inequality among nations. c. the Protestant Reformation. d. the collapse of command economies. 6b Economic Systems The correct answer is: the inequality among nations. The pluralist model believes that power Select one: a. is based on how successful you are. b. is material and held by a superior minority. c. is immaterial and dispersed among groups. d. is based on how wealthy you are. 6c Political Systems The correct answer is: is immaterial and dispersed among groups.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 24/31 Question 46 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 47 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Which of the following are agents of formal social control? Select one: a. government officials b. peers c. family members d. bystanders 6c Political Systems The correct answer is: government officials Functionalists would say what about religion? Select one: a. Religious institutions are features of a capitalistic society leading to false consciousness. b. Religious institutions give everyday meaning to one's beliefs and sacred practices. c. Religious institutions are important in the creation of social solidarity and value consensus. d. Religious institutions are sources of contention that stratify society. 7a Religion The correct answer is: Religious institutions are important in the creation of social solidarity and value consensus.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 25/31 Question 48 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 49 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Which social theorist viewed religion as a function of social change? Select one: a. Max Weber b. Talcott Parsons c. Emile Durkheim d. Karl Marx 7a Religion The correct answer is: Max Weber Research indicates that education has the greatest importance for status attainment for people: Select one: a. with two-parent families b. with a low-income background c. with an affluent background d. with political connections 7b Education The correct answer is: with a low-income background

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 26/31 Question 50 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 51 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Which of the following is an example of the values reinforced by the hidden curriculum? Select one: a. how to achieve the highest test score b. how to learn a challenging science concept not taught in class c. how to perceive different races or classes of people d. Caste systems are based on social attributes while class systems how to find shortcuts to solve math problems 7b Education The correct answer is: how to perceive different races or classes of people According to sick role theory, a person with a stomach virus would occupy the Select one: a. social construction of sickness role. b. conditional sick role. c. illegitimate sick role. d. unconditionally legitimate sick role. 7c Health The correct answer is: conditional sick role.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 27/31 Question 52 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 53 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Which of the following terms refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control? Select one: a. the medicalization of society b. medical labeling c. the sick role d. medical malpractice 7c Health The correct answer is: the medicalization of society According to Oscar Lewis's "culture of poverty" thesis: Select one: a. Lower-class individuals rarely succeed. b. With the exception of having substantially less money, life among the poor is similar to the rest of society. c. Alternative family structure among the poor are adaptive mechanisms. d. Poverty is more a function of people's values and attitudes than of their physical environment. 8a Defining Social Stratification The correct answer is: Poverty is more a function of people's values and attitudes than of their physical environment.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 28/31 Question 54 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 Question 55 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Which of the following described hierarchies of social stratification? Select one: a. They reflect individual rather than group differences. b. They distribute rewards equally. c. They are highly flexible, allowing for the easy improvement of life chances. d. They are systems of power and domination. 8a Defining Social Stratification The correct answer is: They are systems of power and domination. Social class is comprised of which constructs? Select one: a. life chances and race b. race and class privilege c. occupational prestige and class privilege d. life chances and occupational prestige 8b Social Stratification Theory The correct answer is: life chances and occupational prestige

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 29/31 Question 56 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 57 Correct 5.00 points out of 5.00 In a closed stratification system, people are ranked by Select one: a. ascribed status. b. achieved status. c. merit. d. voluntary status. 8b Social Stratification Theory The correct answer is: ascribed status. Which of the following is a key point in the structural explanation of class differences? Select one: a. The networks between families and institutions that provide opportunities and resources are shaped by social class. b. The poor are not as motivated as the non-poor. c. A large segment of the poor are trapped by welfare dependency. d. Lower class life encourages the development of self-defeating behaviors that perpetuate underclass status. 8c Poverty & Social Mobility The correct answer is: The networks between families and institutions that provide opportunities and resources are shaped by social class.

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 30/31 Question 58 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Question 59 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 The idea of "life chances" refers to Select one: a. the chance that someone who is poor will remain in poverty. b. the probability that a child will reach adulthood without being a victim of crime. c. the likelihood of moving up in the social class structure. d. the opportunities one has to live and experience the good things in a society. 8c Poverty & Social Mobility The correct answer is: the opportunities one has to live and experience the good things in a society. What is the difference between race and ethnicity? Americans tend to marry people who are of similar race, age, education, religious background, and social class. This behavior reflects: Select one: a. heterogamy b. homogamy c. hypogamy d. hypergamy 9a Minorities The correct answer is: homogamy

1/6/24, 10:15 PM Final Exam https://moodle.straighterline.com/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5450551&showall=1 31/31 © 2023 StraighterLine. All rights reserved Question 60 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 5.00 Prejudice Select one: a. cannot exist in someone who does not discriminate against others. b. is an attitude of hostility toward members of a group based solely on their membership in that group. c. is a feeling a minority individual has toward his or her own minority group. d. refers to hostile actions exhibited by someone who has been offended by a member of a group. 9a Minorities The correct answer is: is an attitude of hostility toward members of a group based solely on their membership in that group. Quiz navigation Show one page at a time Finish review 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60