STRAIGHTERLINE INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 101 GRADED EXAM 4 - MARCH 2022

Page path • SOC101_MH_V5 • Topic 12: Social Change Started on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 11:12 AM State Finished Completed on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 11:41 AM Time taken 28 mins 27 secs Points 112.51/125.01 Grade 112.50 out of 125.00 (90%) Question 1 Correct 4.18 points out of 4.18 Flag question Question text The lifelong process of learning the attitudes, values, and behavior considered appropriate to members of a particular culture is referred to as Select one: a. secularization. b. subculture. c. education. d. socialization. Question 2 Correct 4.18 points out of 4.18 Flag question Question text Studies of tracking show that children placed in nonacademic tracks tend to come from Select one: a. high-income households. b. two-parent families. c. minority groups. d. affluent neighbourhoods. Question 3 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text In a particular school system, a teacher's aide must report to her teacher, and the teacher must report to his assistant principal, who then must report to her principal, who then must report to the superintendent, who ultimately is responsible to the board of education. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy? Select one: a. written rules and regulations b. impersonality c. division of labor d. hierarchy of authority Question 4 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Teaching students to be on time, to respect authority, and to follow directions can be considered a Select one: a. manifest function of education. b. latent function of education. c. dysfunction of education. d. goal of the interactionist approach to education. Question 5 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which perspective views the bureaucratization of education as simply a reflection of the values of powerful groups in society? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. feminist perspective Question 6 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text In the past, the integrative function of education in the United States was most obvious in its emphasis on Select one: a. teaching diversity in the classroom. b. promotion of a common language. c. teaching strict discipline. d. teaching students that they share a common history. Question 7 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text The statements to which members of a particular religion adhere are known as Select one: a. religious beliefs. b. religious experiences. c. religious rituals. d. religious norms. Question 8 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text According to Émile Durkheim, religion is Select one: a. a unified system of beliefs and practices related to profane things. b. the feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality, such as a divine being. c. a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to worldly things. d. a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things. Question 9 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Giving meaning to the divine and defining the spiritual world are among religion's Select one: a. latent functions. b. manifest functions. c. manifest dysfunctions. d. latent dysfunctions. Question 10 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which of the following is the largest single denomination in the United States? Select one: a. Roman Catholic b. Protestant c. Judaism d. Muslim Question 11 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Practices required or expected of members of a faith are known as Select one: a. religious beliefs. b. religious experiences. c. religious rituals. d. religious norms. Question 12 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which of the following is true regarding Islam? Select one: a. Followers of Islam vary sharply in their interpretations of traditions. b. Islam recognizes Jesus as the son of God. c. Islam is more individualistic in its expression than Christianity. d. Muslim governments do not reinforce Islamic practices through laws. Question 13 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text In pointing out that the growth of the electronic media has facilitated the development of charismatic authority, sociologist Carl Couch draws on the Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. global perspective Question 14 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Studies of the pluralist model within distinct communities, such as Dahl's work in New Haven, have which important limitation? Select one: a. They are not scientific because they lack effective controls. b. Racial and ethnic minorities are largely absent from such studies. c. Observation is necessarily limited to local elites who belong to a larger national ruling class. d. They fail to address the potential of elites keeping certain matters out of government debate. Question 15 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Historically, voter turnout has been particularly low among which group? Select one: a. young adults b. the middle class c. senior citizens d. the wealthy Question 16 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Traditional authority refers to Select one: a. legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice. b. power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers. c. power made legitimate by law. d. the exercise of power through a process of persuasion. Question 17 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text In a society with leadership based on charismatic authority, leaders derive their authority from Select one: a. custom and accepted practice. b. their exceptional personal or emotional appeal. c. the written rules and regulations of the political system. d. threats to use coercion to impose their will on others. Question 18 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Max Weber defined force as Select one: a. the actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others. b. the exercise of power through a process of persuasion. c. the ability to exercise one's will over others. d. power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised. Question 19 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text The state of a population in which the number of births plus immigrants equals the number of deaths plus emigrants is known as the Select one: a. zero population growth. b. growth rate. c. birth rate. d. mortality rate. Question 20 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which theoretical perspective views medicine as a form of social control? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. global perspective Question 21 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which of the following perspectives points out that historically LGBT people and their families have encountered intolerance similar to that faced by racial and ethnic minorities? Select one: a. interactionist perspective b. global perspective c. conflict perspective d. functionalist perspective Question 22 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which type of medicine refers to therapies in which the health care practitioner considers the person's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual characteristics? Select one: a. traditional b. ayurveda c. holistic d. homeopathy Question 23 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text As part of which international agreement did representatives of 195 nations meet outside Paris in late 2015 to discuss lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions? Select one: a. NAFTA b. IMF Relief Fund c. Kyoto Protocol d. Warsaw Pact Question 24 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which of the following is true of public perceptions about mental illness in the U.S. since 1950? Select one: a. People have become much more likely to associate "violence" with "mental illness." b. The general public has become less sophisticated about mental illness. c. People have turned more often to holistic remedies for mental illnesses. d. The general public has become less open to disclosure, recognition, and response to mental health problems. Question 25 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, passed in 1986, requires the authorization of both the U.S. attorney general and a federal judge before surveillance of Select one: a. email. b. faxes. c. telephone calls. d. telegrams. Question 26 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which term refers to cultural information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires? Select one: a. invention b. society c. technology d. government Question 27 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Talcott Parsons viewed society as naturally being in a state of Select one: a. anarchy. b. goal displacement. c. equilibrium. d. relative deprivation. Question 28 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Which sociological perspective would likely be interested in the labels attached to activists associated with social movements, such as a feminist student referred to as a "bra burner"? Select one: a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. epidemiological perspective Question 29 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text Organized collective activities that address values and social identities as well as improvements in quality of life are called Select one: a. social movements. b. new social movements. c. false consciousness. d. resource mobilization. Question 30 Correct 4.17 points out of 4.17 Flag question Question text In Talcott Parsons's equilibrium model, the incorporation of groups that were previously excluded because of their race, ethnicity, and social class is known as Select one: a. differentiation. b. adaptation. c. inclusion. d. generalization.