Intro to Sociology Final Exam Study Guide 2025
170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 NEW
UPDATE
___ are children of alumni who have "reserved seats" at colleges and universities,
regardless of their academic ability. - CORRECT ANSWER: legacies
___ capital refers to income and other monetary assets. - CORRECT ANSWER:
economic
___ capital refers to social assets, such as an elite education. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Cultural
___ capital refers to social networks and social support. - CORRECT ANSWER: social
___ coined the term "power elite" to refer to a pyramid of power that characterizes
American democracy. - CORRECT ANSWER: Charles Wright Mills
___ emphasize the benefits of education in their analyses. - CORRECT ANSWER:
functionalists
___ families are the most likely to welcome fictive kin. - CORRECT ANSWER: African
American
___ focus on issues of sexism within the institution of education. - CORRECT
ANSWER: feminist theorists
,___ have the highest infant mortality rate in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER:
African Americans
___ have the lowest infant mortality rate in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Asian Americans
___ is a personal quest in feeling connected to a reality greater than one's self. -
CORRECT ANSWER: spirituality
___ is a physical or mental impairment that limits a person's ability to perform an
important activity - CORRECT ANSWER: disability
___ is a physical or mental impairment that limits a person's ability to perform an
important activity. - CORRECT ANSWER: disability
___ is a social institution that transmits culture to its members through formal and
systematic training. - CORRECT ANSWER: education
___ is a state of physical, mental, and social well-being. - CORRECT ANSWER: health
___ is the assignment of students to specific education programs and classes on the
basis of test scores, perceived ability, or previous performance. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Tracking
___ maintain that education perpetuates social inequality. - CORRECT ANSWER:
conflict theorists
___ refers to formal training and instruction in a class room setting. - CORRECT
ANSWER: schooling
, ____ are a form of collective behavior that spreads rapidly and enthusiastically, but lasts
only a short time. - CORRECT ANSWER: fads
____ believe that the population is growing faster than the food supply needed to
sustain it - CORRECT ANSWER: Malthusian theorists
____ change is a change of overall temperatures and weather conditions over time. -
CORRECT ANSWER: climate
____ I an alteration of the normal physical and/or mental structures of the mind. -
CORRECT ANSWER: disease
____ is the ability to build objects and substances one atom or molecule at a time. -
CORRECT ANSWER: nanotechnology
____ is the movement of people from rural areas to cities. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Urbanization
____ is the movement of people into or out of a specific geographic area. - CORRECT
ANSWER: migration
____ is the number of babies born in a particular society during a specified period -
CORRECT ANSWER: fertility
____ is the scientific application of knowledge for practical purposes. - CORRECT
ANSWER: technology
____ is the scientific study of human populations - CORRECT ANSWER: demography
170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 NEW
UPDATE
___ are children of alumni who have "reserved seats" at colleges and universities,
regardless of their academic ability. - CORRECT ANSWER: legacies
___ capital refers to income and other monetary assets. - CORRECT ANSWER:
economic
___ capital refers to social assets, such as an elite education. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Cultural
___ capital refers to social networks and social support. - CORRECT ANSWER: social
___ coined the term "power elite" to refer to a pyramid of power that characterizes
American democracy. - CORRECT ANSWER: Charles Wright Mills
___ emphasize the benefits of education in their analyses. - CORRECT ANSWER:
functionalists
___ families are the most likely to welcome fictive kin. - CORRECT ANSWER: African
American
___ focus on issues of sexism within the institution of education. - CORRECT
ANSWER: feminist theorists
,___ have the highest infant mortality rate in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER:
African Americans
___ have the lowest infant mortality rate in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Asian Americans
___ is a personal quest in feeling connected to a reality greater than one's self. -
CORRECT ANSWER: spirituality
___ is a physical or mental impairment that limits a person's ability to perform an
important activity - CORRECT ANSWER: disability
___ is a physical or mental impairment that limits a person's ability to perform an
important activity. - CORRECT ANSWER: disability
___ is a social institution that transmits culture to its members through formal and
systematic training. - CORRECT ANSWER: education
___ is a state of physical, mental, and social well-being. - CORRECT ANSWER: health
___ is the assignment of students to specific education programs and classes on the
basis of test scores, perceived ability, or previous performance. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Tracking
___ maintain that education perpetuates social inequality. - CORRECT ANSWER:
conflict theorists
___ refers to formal training and instruction in a class room setting. - CORRECT
ANSWER: schooling
, ____ are a form of collective behavior that spreads rapidly and enthusiastically, but lasts
only a short time. - CORRECT ANSWER: fads
____ believe that the population is growing faster than the food supply needed to
sustain it - CORRECT ANSWER: Malthusian theorists
____ change is a change of overall temperatures and weather conditions over time. -
CORRECT ANSWER: climate
____ I an alteration of the normal physical and/or mental structures of the mind. -
CORRECT ANSWER: disease
____ is the ability to build objects and substances one atom or molecule at a time. -
CORRECT ANSWER: nanotechnology
____ is the movement of people from rural areas to cities. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Urbanization
____ is the movement of people into or out of a specific geographic area. - CORRECT
ANSWER: migration
____ is the number of babies born in a particular society during a specified period -
CORRECT ANSWER: fertility
____ is the scientific application of knowledge for practical purposes. - CORRECT
ANSWER: technology
____ is the scientific study of human populations - CORRECT ANSWER: demography
