SYG 2000 FINAL EXAMS SET VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
COMPLETE PREPARATION FILE
●● Knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and
bankable are known as:
a. human capital
b. implicit education
c. innumerate advantage
d. socialization
Answer: a. human capital
●● Which of the following is an argument against tracking in schools?
a. tracking is instrumental in preparing students for future positions in
higher education or jobs.
b. tracking creates a better learning environment because students' goals
and skills are matched to the curricula
c. students who are tracked into vocational training programs are less
likely to be unemployed and will enter the workforce as skilled
employees.
d. systems of tracking socialize students to inequalities they will
encounter in American society.
,Answer: d. systems of tracking socialize students to inequalities they
will encounter in American society.
●● Marilee Jones, former dean of admissions at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), resigned from her position in April 2007
after it came to light that she had claimed to have academic degrees she
did not have. While this is an extreme case, it illustrates the
overemphasis on qualifications such as college degrees in order to be
hired for a job. This is known as:_________
a. credentialism
b. overeducation
c. educationalism
d. college bias.
Answer: a. credentialism
●● Which of the following is a conflict perspective argument about why
education levels have continually risen in the United States over the
course of the last century?
a. competition for scarce jobs requires that Americans become
overqualified for the jobs they want.
b. as education became more common for all people, social elites needed
to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart from others.
c. a result of industrialization is that jobs have become more and more
skilled, and a more educated workforce is required to fill these positions.
, d. more education increase the amount of trust people have in others,
and this tends to reduce social conflicts.
Answer: b. as education became more common for all people, social
elites needed to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart
from others.
●● __________ is the practice of marriage of one individual to two or
more other individuals.
a. Patrilocalism
b. Patriarchy
c. Polygamy
d. Progressive plurality
Answer: c. polygamy
●● Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who live together in a
multigenerational household are considered a(n)family.
a. outer
b. extended
c. polymember
d. intergenerational
Answer: b. extended
●● Which of the following characterized the preindustrial family?
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
COMPLETE PREPARATION FILE
●● Knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and
bankable are known as:
a. human capital
b. implicit education
c. innumerate advantage
d. socialization
Answer: a. human capital
●● Which of the following is an argument against tracking in schools?
a. tracking is instrumental in preparing students for future positions in
higher education or jobs.
b. tracking creates a better learning environment because students' goals
and skills are matched to the curricula
c. students who are tracked into vocational training programs are less
likely to be unemployed and will enter the workforce as skilled
employees.
d. systems of tracking socialize students to inequalities they will
encounter in American society.
,Answer: d. systems of tracking socialize students to inequalities they
will encounter in American society.
●● Marilee Jones, former dean of admissions at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), resigned from her position in April 2007
after it came to light that she had claimed to have academic degrees she
did not have. While this is an extreme case, it illustrates the
overemphasis on qualifications such as college degrees in order to be
hired for a job. This is known as:_________
a. credentialism
b. overeducation
c. educationalism
d. college bias.
Answer: a. credentialism
●● Which of the following is a conflict perspective argument about why
education levels have continually risen in the United States over the
course of the last century?
a. competition for scarce jobs requires that Americans become
overqualified for the jobs they want.
b. as education became more common for all people, social elites needed
to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart from others.
c. a result of industrialization is that jobs have become more and more
skilled, and a more educated workforce is required to fill these positions.
, d. more education increase the amount of trust people have in others,
and this tends to reduce social conflicts.
Answer: b. as education became more common for all people, social
elites needed to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart
from others.
●● __________ is the practice of marriage of one individual to two or
more other individuals.
a. Patrilocalism
b. Patriarchy
c. Polygamy
d. Progressive plurality
Answer: c. polygamy
●● Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who live together in a
multigenerational household are considered a(n)family.
a. outer
b. extended
c. polymember
d. intergenerational
Answer: b. extended
●● Which of the following characterized the preindustrial family?
