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SOCI 1510 EXAM 3 QUIZZES AND
SOLUTIONS
Politics - Method of maintaining, managing, and gaining control of government (who gets what,
when, and how)
Education - Process by which a society transmits knowledge, values, and expectations
Teaches youth follow society's rules and to respect authority.
Develops qualities that lead to efficient and obedient workers
Religion - Any institutionalized system of shared:
Beliefs: Propositions and ideas held on the basis of faith Rituals: Practices
Dictatorship - Seizes power and becomes an absolutist ruler
Social Institutions - Systems and structures that shape the activities of groups and individuals in
society. Ex: Govt, Edu, Religion.
Totalitarianism - Government seeks to control every aspect of citizens' lives
Pluralism - Wide variety of individuals and groups have equal access to resources and power
Power elite - Small number of people control the economic, political, and military institutions of
a society
Pygmalion Effect - Idea that teachers' attitudes about their students influences their academic
performance
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Tracking - Selective placement into programs of study (GATE and AVID)
Hidden curriculum - the informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in
school
Earliest American economy - Hunting and gathering. Horticultural societies.
Industrial Revolution - Rapid transformation of social life resulting in Technological and
economic developments:
Assembly line• Steam power• Urbanization
knowledge workers - individuals valued for their ability to interpret and analyze information
service workers - people who provide services directly to individuals
Capitalism - Free Market. Privatization of resources.
Socialism - Collective ownership of the means of production• Collective distribution of goods
and services• Government regulation of the economy
Union - Collectively bargain for increased wages, benefits, and better working conditions
Globalization - Cultural and economic changes resulting from dramatically increased
international trade and exchange
SOCI 1510
SOCI 1510 EXAM 3 QUIZZES AND
SOLUTIONS
Politics - Method of maintaining, managing, and gaining control of government (who gets what,
when, and how)
Education - Process by which a society transmits knowledge, values, and expectations
Teaches youth follow society's rules and to respect authority.
Develops qualities that lead to efficient and obedient workers
Religion - Any institutionalized system of shared:
Beliefs: Propositions and ideas held on the basis of faith Rituals: Practices
Dictatorship - Seizes power and becomes an absolutist ruler
Social Institutions - Systems and structures that shape the activities of groups and individuals in
society. Ex: Govt, Edu, Religion.
Totalitarianism - Government seeks to control every aspect of citizens' lives
Pluralism - Wide variety of individuals and groups have equal access to resources and power
Power elite - Small number of people control the economic, political, and military institutions of
a society
Pygmalion Effect - Idea that teachers' attitudes about their students influences their academic
performance
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Tracking - Selective placement into programs of study (GATE and AVID)
Hidden curriculum - the informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in
school
Earliest American economy - Hunting and gathering. Horticultural societies.
Industrial Revolution - Rapid transformation of social life resulting in Technological and
economic developments:
Assembly line• Steam power• Urbanization
knowledge workers - individuals valued for their ability to interpret and analyze information
service workers - people who provide services directly to individuals
Capitalism - Free Market. Privatization of resources.
Socialism - Collective ownership of the means of production• Collective distribution of goods
and services• Government regulation of the economy
Union - Collectively bargain for increased wages, benefits, and better working conditions
Globalization - Cultural and economic changes resulting from dramatically increased
international trade and exchange
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