SOC 001 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers- DeAnza College

SOC 001 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers- DeAnza College 1,Janet is in the sixth grade, and she has received failing grades in all of her classwork. At the end of the school year she is allowed to move on to the seventh grade for the following year, even though she has not learned the basic required material. This is an example of what is called: social placement social promotion(Akane Found answer on the study guide)(Ann check) grade inflation too big to fail inclusion 2 Jack and Jill just purchased a home together. Jack brought his daughter from a previous marriage to live with them. Jack and Jill, have a young son together, that also lives with them All together, these people make up a(n): ( choose the best answer) traditional nuclear family extended family extended household Both an extended family and extended household blended family (Joyce From book) (Akane Agree) 3 What did Durkheim call the common beliefs of everyday life, that have no relationship to religion? sanctified Profane (Stella)(Joyce check) sacred civil atheistic 4With respect to population trends believe that overpopulation is fast approaching, and with this population explosion there are going to be fewer resources for more and more people. Whereas, state that population trends go in cycles, and nations with high populations will start to decline as the birth rates start to better adjust to the death rates, eventually dropping below the death rates, and the world will actually start to experience a population shrinkage. New Malthusians / Anti-Malthusians (young maybe)(Yuki)(Akane) Anti-Malthusians / New Malthusians Social Darwinists / Malthusians Malthusians / Social Darwinists 5 The Japanese adopted baseball as a national sport after they saw American soldiers playing it following World War II. This adoption of baseball by the Japanese is an example of ________. a discovery propaganda an invention cultural lag diffusion (young) (yuki) 6 According to conflict theorists, the most significant predictor of whether a student will attend college is his/her ________. personality family background (yukie's answer from quizlet) (Akane Agree) motivation test scores 7 Wanda is a demographer, and she is looking at population trends in South Wales. She gathers the data for how many people immigrated into South Wales last year, and compares that to the number of people that emigrated out of South Wales during the same period of time. Wanda is looking at: crude death rates fecundity net migration ( Maron’s anwer ) (kevin) (Akane check)yuki) population pyramids 8 Which of the following is not true with regards to traditional authority? monarchies are typical examples of traditional authority traditional authority is based on long-held beliefs and practices many tribal societies rely on custom as the basis for traditional authority totalitarianism is always a part of traditional authority (James)(yuki) (Akane Check) 9 Alan was legally adopted as an infant by the Lamberts, and has always considered them his real family. What do sociologists classify the Lambert family as it is regarded by Alan? It is his family of marriage. It is his family of obligation. It is part of his fictive kin It is his family of procreation.( Maron’s answer)(Stella) It is his family of orientation.（Ann not sure）(JAMES NOT SURE)(Akane) (yuki)(Young) (kevin) 10 Carly lives in a small New England town where she and other residents attend monthly town meetings. At these meetings, they publicly vote on issues concerning the town. These monthly town meetings are an example of ________ democracy. Direct (Akane Answer from Study Guide)(Ann check) universal indirect representative . . . . . . . . .