SOCIOLOGY 201 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Examples/ types of authority - answers - traditional, rational, charismatic; the opposite of
authority is coersion
Berger suggest that _____ is the ultimate foundation of any political state - answers -
violence
Types of democracy - answers - direct democracy and representative democracy
Pluralism - answers - power is divided among many special interest groups, so that it is
difficult for one group to dominate
Power elite - answers - those who make the big decisions in america
The three conditions identified by nicholas timasheff that is essential to incite war -
answers - a cultural tradition of war, an antagonistic situation in which two or more
states confront incompatible objectives and a 'fuel' that heats the antagonistic situation
to a boiling point so that war is finally declared.
The first noticeable conditions of social inequality occurred in human societies when: -
answers - surplus became available
Forms of capitalism - answers - laissez-faire and socialism
The theorist who contended that an item's value is based on the work that has gone into
it, and the only way that a profit can be made is to pay workers less than the value of
their work was: - answers - karl marx
The primary criticisms of socialism and captialism - answers - socialism: does not fully
respect individual rights
Capitalism: produces severe social inequality
Systems of descent - answers - bilateral
Patrilineal
Matrilineal
Functionalist argue that the incest taboo is a nearly universal norm because it: -
answers - helps families to avoid role confusion
Second shift - answers - women take on house work/ caring for kids along with having a
career
, Marital homogamy - answers - the marriage of people with the similar characteristics
There are approximately _____million married couples in the united states, of which
____ million are mixed marriages - answers - 60 million; 3.5 million
Marriage squeeze - answers - the effect on marriage of an imbalance between the
numbers of males and females
The primary source of strain in the typical one parent family is - answers -
money/income
Sociologist blumstein and schwartz found that same sex couples faced the same
problems that heterosexual couples did but they were: - answers - more likely to break
up
Serial fatherhood - answers - a pattern of parenting in which a father, adter a divorce,
reduces contact with his own children, serves as a father to the children of the woman
he marries or lives with, then ignores these children, too, after moving in with or
marrying again.
When it comes to injuries incurred during battering: - answers - gender equality
vanishes with more wives than husbands requiring medical attention
Credential society - answers - diplomas determine job eligibility
Manifest and latent functions of american education system - answers - manifest:
intended goals
Latent: consequences, not intended
According to conflict theorist, the hidden curriculum perpetuates - answers - social
inequality
Durkheim referred to any group of people united by their religious practices as an.... -
answers - moral community
Rituals - answers - ceremonies or repetitive practices; in religion, often intended to
evoke a sense of awe of the sacred.
Cosmology - answers - techniques or ideas that provide a unified picture of the world
The phrase "religion is the sigh of the oppressed...the opium of the people," can be
credited to - answers - karl marx
Protestant ethic - answers - weber's term to describe the ideal of a self-denying, highly
moral life accompanied by hard work and frugality
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Examples/ types of authority - answers - traditional, rational, charismatic; the opposite of
authority is coersion
Berger suggest that _____ is the ultimate foundation of any political state - answers -
violence
Types of democracy - answers - direct democracy and representative democracy
Pluralism - answers - power is divided among many special interest groups, so that it is
difficult for one group to dominate
Power elite - answers - those who make the big decisions in america
The three conditions identified by nicholas timasheff that is essential to incite war -
answers - a cultural tradition of war, an antagonistic situation in which two or more
states confront incompatible objectives and a 'fuel' that heats the antagonistic situation
to a boiling point so that war is finally declared.
The first noticeable conditions of social inequality occurred in human societies when: -
answers - surplus became available
Forms of capitalism - answers - laissez-faire and socialism
The theorist who contended that an item's value is based on the work that has gone into
it, and the only way that a profit can be made is to pay workers less than the value of
their work was: - answers - karl marx
The primary criticisms of socialism and captialism - answers - socialism: does not fully
respect individual rights
Capitalism: produces severe social inequality
Systems of descent - answers - bilateral
Patrilineal
Matrilineal
Functionalist argue that the incest taboo is a nearly universal norm because it: -
answers - helps families to avoid role confusion
Second shift - answers - women take on house work/ caring for kids along with having a
career
, Marital homogamy - answers - the marriage of people with the similar characteristics
There are approximately _____million married couples in the united states, of which
____ million are mixed marriages - answers - 60 million; 3.5 million
Marriage squeeze - answers - the effect on marriage of an imbalance between the
numbers of males and females
The primary source of strain in the typical one parent family is - answers -
money/income
Sociologist blumstein and schwartz found that same sex couples faced the same
problems that heterosexual couples did but they were: - answers - more likely to break
up
Serial fatherhood - answers - a pattern of parenting in which a father, adter a divorce,
reduces contact with his own children, serves as a father to the children of the woman
he marries or lives with, then ignores these children, too, after moving in with or
marrying again.
When it comes to injuries incurred during battering: - answers - gender equality
vanishes with more wives than husbands requiring medical attention
Credential society - answers - diplomas determine job eligibility
Manifest and latent functions of american education system - answers - manifest:
intended goals
Latent: consequences, not intended
According to conflict theorist, the hidden curriculum perpetuates - answers - social
inequality
Durkheim referred to any group of people united by their religious practices as an.... -
answers - moral community
Rituals - answers - ceremonies or repetitive practices; in religion, often intended to
evoke a sense of awe of the sacred.
Cosmology - answers - techniques or ideas that provide a unified picture of the world
The phrase "religion is the sigh of the oppressed...the opium of the people," can be
credited to - answers - karl marx
Protestant ethic - answers - weber's term to describe the ideal of a self-denying, highly
moral life accompanied by hard work and frugality
