WGU Academy - Intro to
Sociology - Final Exam /
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Answers, .
Quiz____?
Which sociological perspective suggests that the term medicalization of society
refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective -
Answer✓✓
conflict perspective
Quiz____?
Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise in the cost of
healthcare in the United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription drugs
-
Answer✓✓
Health care is profit-driven
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, Quiz____?
In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry a parent, a
sibling, an aunt or an uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin. These
rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Select one:
a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy. -
Answer✓✓
the incest taboo
Quiz____?
What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have several
husbands or wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry -
Answer✓✓
polygamy
Quiz____?
Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional
gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items -
Answer✓✓
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,organizing a birthday lunch at work
Quiz____?
In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic system is divided between
nations that control wealth and nations from which resources are taken. This
view is referred to as
Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model -
Answer✓✓
world systems analysis
Quiz____?
The failure of various government intelligence-gathering organizations to detect
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly functioning
aspect of government bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications -
Answer✓✓
division of labor
Quiz____?
Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.
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, b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to
society. -
Answer✓✓
combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist
Quiz____?
Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over
others, is an example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination -
Answer✓✓
sociological imagination
Quiz____?
A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, the U.S.,
and France, is an example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology -
Answer✓✓
macrosociology
Quiz____?
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Sociology - Final Exam /
Questions & Expertly Verified
Answers, .
Quiz____?
Which sociological perspective suggests that the term medicalization of society
refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective -
Answer✓✓
conflict perspective
Quiz____?
Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise in the cost of
healthcare in the United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription drugs
-
Answer✓✓
Health care is profit-driven
Page | 1
, Quiz____?
In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry a parent, a
sibling, an aunt or an uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin. These
rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Select one:
a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy. -
Answer✓✓
the incest taboo
Quiz____?
What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have several
husbands or wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry -
Answer✓✓
polygamy
Quiz____?
Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional
gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items -
Answer✓✓
Page | 2
,organizing a birthday lunch at work
Quiz____?
In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic system is divided between
nations that control wealth and nations from which resources are taken. This
view is referred to as
Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model -
Answer✓✓
world systems analysis
Quiz____?
The failure of various government intelligence-gathering organizations to detect
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly functioning
aspect of government bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications -
Answer✓✓
division of labor
Quiz____?
Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.
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, b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to
society. -
Answer✓✓
combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist
Quiz____?
Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over
others, is an example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination -
Answer✓✓
sociological imagination
Quiz____?
A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, the U.S.,
and France, is an example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology -
Answer✓✓
macrosociology
Quiz____?
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