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Sociologists describe race as a social construct. What does this statement mean?
a. Race is a natural phenomenon based on unchangeable traits found in individuals.
1 b. Race is a system that is invented, created by human beings.
c. Race is believed to be a part of a person's "essence," or their very being.
d. Race is based on an objective measure of physical resemblances.
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
, The _______ theory of the family, developed by Talcott Parsons, argues that nuclear
families are necessary for child rearing and fulfilling society's need for productive
workers.
3 a. functionalist
b. Malinowskian
c. nuclear
d. traditional
Which of the following is true regarding the applicability of network analysis within
sociological research?
a. It can be used in both micro-level and macro-level studies.
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b. It can be used in micro-level studies only.
c. It can be used in macro-level studies only.
d. It has not yet been applied to either micro-level or macro-level studies.
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A Marxist theorist of b. make students class conscious
education would critique
schools for socializing
children to accept the
status quo, because
schools____
a. are pawns of the lower
classes
b. make students class
conscious
c. teach skills that make
students subordinate
d. socialize children to
rebel against dominant
cultural values.
, Knowledge and skills that a. human capital
make someone more
productive and bankable
are known as:
a. human capital
b. implicit education
c. innumerate advantage
d. socialization
Which of the following is d. systems of tracking socialize students to
an argument against inequalities they will encounter in American society.
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.