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SOC202 Final Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Sociology of Education Answer: Examines formal education and
schooling in industrial societies
Education Answer: The social institution responsible for the systematic
transmission of knowledge, skills, and cultural values within a formally
organized structure
Family Answer: A group of people who take responsibility for meeting
each other's needs
Functions of the Family Answer: Regulating sexual behavior, patterning
reproduction, organizing production and consumption, socializing
children, providing care and protection, and providing social identity
Nuclear Family Answer: Most basic family form; compromised of a
married couple and their children
Extended Family Answer: Nuclear family plus additional generation (ex.
aunts, uncles, grandparents) all living in the same household
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Monogamous Marriages Answer: Marriage pattern that involves one
male and one female
Polygamous Marriages Answer: Marriage pattern that involves one
individual of one sex and two or more of the other sex
Polygyny Answer: Subform of polygamous marriages that involves one
central male who is married to two or more females (Iran, Egypt, Sudan,
and India)
Polyandry Answer: Subform of polygamous marriages that in involves
one central female who is married to two or more males (Tibet, Nepal,
and some parts of China)
Polyamory Answer: Practice of having multiple romantic relationships
with all parties having full knowledge and consent (not related to
marriage)
Single Answer: Person not in a committed relationship, partnership, or
union
Patriarchal Authority Structure Answer: Major affairs of the family are
dominated and controlled by men
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SOC202 Final Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Sociology of Education Answer: Examines formal education and
schooling in industrial societies
Education Answer: The social institution responsible for the systematic
transmission of knowledge, skills, and cultural values within a formally
organized structure
Family Answer: A group of people who take responsibility for meeting
each other's needs
Functions of the Family Answer: Regulating sexual behavior, patterning
reproduction, organizing production and consumption, socializing
children, providing care and protection, and providing social identity
Nuclear Family Answer: Most basic family form; compromised of a
married couple and their children
Extended Family Answer: Nuclear family plus additional generation (ex.
aunts, uncles, grandparents) all living in the same household
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Monogamous Marriages Answer: Marriage pattern that involves one
male and one female
Polygamous Marriages Answer: Marriage pattern that involves one
individual of one sex and two or more of the other sex
Polygyny Answer: Subform of polygamous marriages that involves one
central male who is married to two or more females (Iran, Egypt, Sudan,
and India)
Polyandry Answer: Subform of polygamous marriages that in involves
one central female who is married to two or more males (Tibet, Nepal,
and some parts of China)
Polyamory Answer: Practice of having multiple romantic relationships
with all parties having full knowledge and consent (not related to
marriage)
Single Answer: Person not in a committed relationship, partnership, or
union
Patriarchal Authority Structure Answer: Major affairs of the family are
dominated and controlled by men
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