Principles of Sociology Prep for Final: Multiple choice & True or False Questions. Study for Sociology with ease. Riveraglo published on October 05, 20111 response 1 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/50 Discrimination is not unfair treatment directed against someone. True False 2/50 Someone who prejudges another person in a negative way is? Racist Prejudice Individual discrimination None of the above 3/50 What is a group of people with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish them from another group? Primary groups Culture Race Social Stratification 4/50 What is a highly prejudice person who believe that things are right or wrong? The Minority The Authoritarian Personality The Institutional Discrimination None of the above 5/50 The 5 ethnic groups are Minority groups, Dominant groups, Discrimination, Individual discrimination and Institutional discrimination? True False 6/50 What is racism? Discrimination of a religion Discrimination of a race Discrimination cult 7/50 Gender Stratification is a males' and females' unequal access to property, power, and prestige. True False 8/50 What do you call an invisible barrier that keeps women from reaching top positions in large corporations? Glass ceiling Glass escalator Feminism 9/50 Glass escalator means accelerating men into higher level positions who are in traditionally women occupations. True False 10/50 What is feminism? Biology is not destiny and social stratification by gender is wrong Biology is not destiny and stratification by gender is wrong Biology is not destiny and class stratification by gender is wrong None of the above 11/50 What were the first three women waves fought for? Women's right to vote, gender inequalities, and fundamental rights Women's rights to work, abortion, and gender inequalities None of the above 12/50 Ageism refers to prejudice, discrimination and hostility directed against a person because of their age. True False 13/50 The growing percentage of older people in the U.S. population is called? Cohabition Childbirth Graying of America None of the above 14/50 What is dependency ratio regarding social security? The number of people who collect social security The number of people who contribute to social security All of the above None of the above 15/50 Power to the people is the definition of? Capitalism Democracy Sociailism None of the above 16/50 Voters who are older, more educated, wealthy or affluent, and employed are the typical voter characteristics? True False 17/50 Almost total control of people by the government is? Totalitarianism Voter Apathy Democracy 18/50 The use of violence to create fear in an effort to bring about political objective is called? Homogamy Capitalism Terrorism 19/50 Indifference towards elections is called? Institutional Discrimination Vote Apathy Democracy 20/50 What is Capitalism? An economic system based on public ownership An economic system based on private ownership None of the above 21/50 Socialism is not an economic system based on public ownership. True False 22/50 Norms to marry within ones own group is called Endogamy. True False 23/50 Norms of specifying people marry outside their group. True False 24/50 A person who takes the groom's last name shows equality and is also known as Egalitarian. True False 25/50 Name three family life stages. Romantic love, Homogamy, and Empty Nest Homogamy, Marriage, Boomerang Equality, Romantic love, Marriage 26/50 Postponing marriage, childbirth, cohabition, birth to unwed mother's, and grandparents as parents are not 4 current trends in U.S. families. True False 27/50 Bommerang/ Adultolesecents are children who return home to live with their parents. True False 28/50 What are some effects divorce have on children from divorced families? Emotional problems, Suicides, juveniles deliquents Less likely to complete high school, emotional problems, juvenile deliquents None of the above 29/50 A divorced father who maintins high contact with his children during the first two years of the divorce is called? Patriarchy Serial Fatherhood Postponing marriage None of the above 30/50 A society where diplomas and degrees are determined who is eligible for jobs is called? Credential Society Social class Social stratification 31/50 Manifest functions is to teach the knowledge and skills including the 3R's, cimputer and so on. True False 32/50 Sorting students into different educational "tracks" or programs n the basis of their personal abilities is called Tracking. True False 33/50 A unified system of beliefs and practices to sacred things is also known as Religion. True False 34/50 The three components are Belief, practice, and a moral community. True False 35/50 A conclusion of each child's journey through school was determined by the eighth day of kindergarden is called The Rist Research Project. True False 36/50 A new or different religions whose beliefs and practices are at odds with dominant cultures and religions is called? Clique Cult Culture Resocialization 37/50 Who proposed the Malthus theorem which states population increases would outstrip the food supply? Max Weber Thomas Malthus Darlene and Latene 38/50 Modern follower of Mathus' original prediction, that the earth's population will outstrip the food supply is called? Anti Malthusians New Malthusians Malthus Theorem 39/50 Optimistic demographers who do not rely on Demographic Transition Theory which is based on the birth, death rates and claims population growth will stabilize is also known as Anti- Malthusians. True False 40/50 Three reasons why people in the least industrialized nations have so many children is because of fertility, mortality, and migration. True False 41/50 What are two main reason why people are starving? Poverty and over- populated There are too many people and Food the world produces does not reach them Racism and Capitalism None of the above 42/50 Diffusion of responsibility is when someone of a group relieves themselves of personal responsibility. True False 43/50 Urbanization means? People moving from city to more populated cities Masses of people moving to cities Large groups moving to the city from the suburbs None of the above 44/50 Suburbanization means? People moving from city to suburbs People moving to cities People moving to suburbs with families None of the above 45/50 The three process' of social change was founded by William Ogburn was based on? Global warming, Diffussion and social class Invention, Diffussion, and Discovery None of the above 46/50 Enviornmental probems in the Most Industrialized Nations include? Feminism, Poverty and Racism Unemployment, Illegal Immigrants and Capitalism Global Warming, Toxic wastes and Energy Shortage None of the above 47/50 A shift in characteristics of culture and society is called? Social change Discrimination The Minority 48/50 What is the social movement? A large religion who learn new practices A large number of people promote to resist social change A large number of people promote or resist social change 49/50 Propaganda is the presentation of information in attempt to influence people. True False 50/50 What are the two social organizations of the social movement? Proactive promote social change and Reactive react to resist social change Democracy and Minority promote Capitalism None of the above
