SOCL 2001 - Exam 4 (Aggrey, LSU)
Question with 100% Solution
1. The form of Christian belief dedicated to combating poverty and
other forms of social injustice is called
Select one:
a. religious justice
b. humanitarian relief
c. liberation theology
d. egalitarian ideology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. liberation
theology
2. Why were marriages an important source of social stability in
preindustrial societies?
Select one:
a. They insured that families would pay a dowry, thus contributing to
the stability of both families' social status.
b. They gave children legitimacy by preventing unwed parenting.
c. They could serve as a means of defense and prosperity for two
kinship networks.
d. Divorce would undermine social stability. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔c. They could serve as a means of defense and prosperity for two
kinship networks.
,SOCL 2001 - Exam 4 (Aggrey, LSU)
Question with 100% Solution
3. In modern industrial societies, how is descent traced?
Select one:
a. patrilineally
b. bilaterally
c. unilineally
d. matrilineally - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. bilaterally
4. Kinship is traced to over multiple generations through
Select one:
a. descent
b. wealth
c. inheritance
d. extended networks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. descent
5. Muhammad and Alia are in their twenties. They share a household
and an intimate sexual relationship with one another. They feel that
their arrangement works well, since they are able to share the rent, the
bills, and household responsibilities with one another. As economic
conditions worsen, they see more of their friends in this type of
relationship as well. Also, both of their parents are divorced, and
Muhammad and Alia are both concerned that this could be a path that
, SOCL 2001 - Exam 4 (Aggrey, LSU)
Question with 100% Solution
they could follow. Muhammad and Alia's social relationship is best
described as
Select one:
a. an extended family
b. cohabitation
c. a trial marriage
d. a conjugal family - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. cohabitation
6. Around the world, what has been replacing extended family
households?
Select one:
a. single-parent households
b. nuclear family households
c. cohabiting couple households
d. gay or lesbian households - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. nuclear
family households
7. Which of the following is NOT a function of families, according to
functional sociologists?
Question with 100% Solution
1. The form of Christian belief dedicated to combating poverty and
other forms of social injustice is called
Select one:
a. religious justice
b. humanitarian relief
c. liberation theology
d. egalitarian ideology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. liberation
theology
2. Why were marriages an important source of social stability in
preindustrial societies?
Select one:
a. They insured that families would pay a dowry, thus contributing to
the stability of both families' social status.
b. They gave children legitimacy by preventing unwed parenting.
c. They could serve as a means of defense and prosperity for two
kinship networks.
d. Divorce would undermine social stability. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔c. They could serve as a means of defense and prosperity for two
kinship networks.
,SOCL 2001 - Exam 4 (Aggrey, LSU)
Question with 100% Solution
3. In modern industrial societies, how is descent traced?
Select one:
a. patrilineally
b. bilaterally
c. unilineally
d. matrilineally - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. bilaterally
4. Kinship is traced to over multiple generations through
Select one:
a. descent
b. wealth
c. inheritance
d. extended networks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. descent
5. Muhammad and Alia are in their twenties. They share a household
and an intimate sexual relationship with one another. They feel that
their arrangement works well, since they are able to share the rent, the
bills, and household responsibilities with one another. As economic
conditions worsen, they see more of their friends in this type of
relationship as well. Also, both of their parents are divorced, and
Muhammad and Alia are both concerned that this could be a path that
, SOCL 2001 - Exam 4 (Aggrey, LSU)
Question with 100% Solution
they could follow. Muhammad and Alia's social relationship is best
described as
Select one:
a. an extended family
b. cohabitation
c. a trial marriage
d. a conjugal family - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. cohabitation
6. Around the world, what has been replacing extended family
households?
Select one:
a. single-parent households
b. nuclear family households
c. cohabiting couple households
d. gay or lesbian households - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. nuclear
family households
7. Which of the following is NOT a function of families, according to
functional sociologists?
