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Which of the following statements concerning stepfamilies is correct?

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Children raised by stepmothers are likely to have less health care, education, and money spent on their food than children raised by biological mothers.

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In 2008, what was the median age for a woman in the U.S. at the time of her first marriage?

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26.3

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What is the difference between a family and a kin group?

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The family is a household unit, and kin do not always live together.

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What percentage of couples in the US will marry, divorce and remarry over the course of a lifetime?

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45%

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Which of the following factors have contributed the most to the shift in public attitudes for married couples to remain childless?

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economic considerations

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In some societies, a man will marry a woman and her sisters. This is an example of

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polygyny.

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The increasing divorce rate in the U.S. is attributable to... A) more liberal divorce laws. B) a general increase in family incomes and free legal aid. C) greater opportunities for women. D) all of these

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D) all of these

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Which of the following terms refers to the marriage of a man to more than one woman at the same time?

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polygyny

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Which college was the first institute of higher learning to admit female students?

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Oberlin

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Teaching students about the physical and political geography of their state, their country, and the world is a (an)

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manifest function of education.

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Critics of the hidden curriculum are concerned that

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discipline takes precedence over the learning process.

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Which sociological perspective is most critical of the differential way in which education bestows status?

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conflict perspective

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In schools in the U.S., bilingualism has been defended on the grounds

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that it is a means to encourage cultural diversity.

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How many new teachers quit within their first five years at poor urban schools?

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25% - 33%

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Bestowing status on students by awarding them a diploma after they have successfully completed all graduation requirements would be considered a

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B) manifest function of education.

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Which perspective generally takes a positive view on the bureaucratization of education?

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functionalist

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The Shia in the United States come primarily from which country?

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Iran AND Iraq

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Liberation theology was first advocated by

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Gustavo Gutiérrez

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Empahsis on the doctrinal conformity and literal intpretation of religious texts is known as:

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B) Fundamentalism

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Which of the following is the largest single denomination in the U.S.?

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Roman Catholic

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Which of the following is true regarding Judaism?

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God's true nature is revealed in the Torah

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Practices required or expected of members of a faith are known as

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religious rituals.

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What is the term used to refer to the pilgrimage by Muslims to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia?

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hajj

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According to your text, a table, an incense stick, and candelabra can all be considered

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both sacred and profane items.

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A restaurant experiences a decrease in business, and this leads to a budget deficit. To balance its budget, it initially pares down its menu so that there is less spoilage. It then dismisses its busboys and buys an inferior quality of meat and fish. Finally, it fires several waiters and waitresses and increases the workload of those who remain. These actions illustrate

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downsizing.

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Which of the following is an example of terrorism? A) A political group hijacks an airplane and keeps the passengers hostage. B) all of these C) A religious fanatic protests actions taken by a government and retaliates by planting bombs that explode in a government building. D) A group of pro-life activists bombs an abortion clinic.

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all of these

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The pluralist model of power relations in the U.S. suggests that

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power is held by many competing groups which have access to government, so that no single group is dominant

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Totalitarianism is a form of

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dictatorship.

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What percentage of eligible voters in the U.S. voted in the 2008 presidential election?

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62 percent

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Traditional authority refers to

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legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.

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How many Americans out of five have ever contacted an official of national, state, or local government about a political issue or problem?

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1

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Which of the following would most likely be an example of authority?

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a person who leads a group because of his or her charming and magnetic personality

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A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards is referred to as

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environmental justice

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The concept of the sick role is associated with which perspective?

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functionalist perspective

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In what year did the American Psychiatric Association vote to drop homosexuality from the standard manual on mental disorders?

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1974

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What term is used to describe the process of medical experts becoming influential in proposing and assessing relevant public policies?

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medical model

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A significant rise in the earth's surface temperatures can cause which of the following to happen? A) torrential downpours including typhoons B) increase the likelihood of wildfires C) shrink lakes and rivers D) all of these

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all of these

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Which sociologist has likened the position of medicine \"to that of state religions of yesterday-it has an officially approved monopoly of the right to define health and illness and to treat illness?

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Eliot Freidson

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How many Hispanics rely upon home remedies, defining illnesses as susto and atague?

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20%

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In examining health, illness, and medicine as a social institution, which sociological perspective generally focuses on microlevel study of the roles played by healthcare professionals and patients?

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interactionist perspective

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Which of the following are ways in which medicine manifest its social control?

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Medicine has greatly expanded its domain of expertise AND has retained absolute jurisdiction over many health care procedures.

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Genetically modified food is referred to as ____________ by its critics

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Frankenfood

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What is \"cultural information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires?\"

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technology

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The practice of colleges admitting more ethinc minorities and women would be:

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inclusion.

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Which of the following is true regarding women and social movements?

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Women tend to find it more difficult to assume a leadership role than men

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Which region of the world has the highest number of Internet users?

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Asia

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Those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo are called

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vested interests.

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Which one of the following is an example of a new social movement?

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an environmental social movement that focuses on the interconnection of all the world's people and resources

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Immigrants who sustain multiple social relationships that link their societies of origin with their societies of settlement are known as

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transnationals.

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Consistent with Immanuel Wallerstein's world system analysis, peripheral nations connecting to the Internet are required to depend on industrial giants such as North America and Europe to serve as their

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Internet hosts

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