Sociology 1010 Exam 3 questions with
correct answers 2025/2026
extended family - correct answer ✔✔A(n) ________ is one in which close relatives other than
just a married couple and their children live in the same
household or in a close and continuous relationship with one another.
matrilocal - correct answer ✔✔A married couple living in or very near the home of the bride's
parents is in a situation called
polygamy - correct answer ✔✔A marriage system that allows a husband or wife to have more
than one spouse is called
the spread of western ideals of romantic love, development of centralized gov'ts, large scale
migration from rural to urban. - correct answer ✔✔Why are family systems in the Third World
changing?
increase in cohabitation, increase in post secondary school enrollment, women in the labor
force, modernization and a secular change in attitudes promote individualism and downplay
marriage. - correct answer ✔✔What accounts for the trend toward later marriages in recent
decades?
25% - correct answer ✔✔What percentage of American children live in a household in which
the husband works for pay and the wife stays at home, taking care of children and household?
divorce rate - correct answer ✔✔The ________ in the United States rose rapidly from the 1960s
to the late 1970s, peaking in 1980.
, people whose parents divorce, people who cohabit before marriage, people who marry after
having children, people who marry as teenagers, couples w/out children, couples w/ low
income. - correct answer ✔✔Who is more likely to get a divorce at some point in the life cycle?
The education system expanded and developed. - correct answer ✔✔As industrialization
progressed and cities expanded, the education system
social reproduction - correct answer ✔✔To the extent that schools help perpetuate social and
economic inequalities across generations, they are part of the process of
traits of behavior or attitudes that are learned at school but not included in the formal
curriculum. for example gender differences - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is part
of the hidden curriculum in schools?
Sociological research - correct answer ✔✔The education system that we experience in the
United States developed largely because of
religion - correct answer ✔✔A cultural system of commonly shared beliefs and rituals that
provides a sense of ultimate meaning and purpose by creating an idea of reality that is sacred,
all-encompassing, and supernatural would be termed ________ by sociologists.
religions can be understood as organizations in competition w/ one another for followers.
Competition is preferable to monopoly for ensuring religious vitality. - correct answer
✔✔According to the religious economy approach,
sect - correct answer ✔✔A religious organization that forms by breaking away from an
established church, which relies on people joining rather than being born into the group and
which generally rejects or tries to change the surrounding society, would be termed a
Church membership has grown steadily since the United States was founded. - correct answer
✔✔Which of the following best describes the trend in the United States of religious affiliation?
correct answers 2025/2026
extended family - correct answer ✔✔A(n) ________ is one in which close relatives other than
just a married couple and their children live in the same
household or in a close and continuous relationship with one another.
matrilocal - correct answer ✔✔A married couple living in or very near the home of the bride's
parents is in a situation called
polygamy - correct answer ✔✔A marriage system that allows a husband or wife to have more
than one spouse is called
the spread of western ideals of romantic love, development of centralized gov'ts, large scale
migration from rural to urban. - correct answer ✔✔Why are family systems in the Third World
changing?
increase in cohabitation, increase in post secondary school enrollment, women in the labor
force, modernization and a secular change in attitudes promote individualism and downplay
marriage. - correct answer ✔✔What accounts for the trend toward later marriages in recent
decades?
25% - correct answer ✔✔What percentage of American children live in a household in which
the husband works for pay and the wife stays at home, taking care of children and household?
divorce rate - correct answer ✔✔The ________ in the United States rose rapidly from the 1960s
to the late 1970s, peaking in 1980.
, people whose parents divorce, people who cohabit before marriage, people who marry after
having children, people who marry as teenagers, couples w/out children, couples w/ low
income. - correct answer ✔✔Who is more likely to get a divorce at some point in the life cycle?
The education system expanded and developed. - correct answer ✔✔As industrialization
progressed and cities expanded, the education system
social reproduction - correct answer ✔✔To the extent that schools help perpetuate social and
economic inequalities across generations, they are part of the process of
traits of behavior or attitudes that are learned at school but not included in the formal
curriculum. for example gender differences - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is part
of the hidden curriculum in schools?
Sociological research - correct answer ✔✔The education system that we experience in the
United States developed largely because of
religion - correct answer ✔✔A cultural system of commonly shared beliefs and rituals that
provides a sense of ultimate meaning and purpose by creating an idea of reality that is sacred,
all-encompassing, and supernatural would be termed ________ by sociologists.
religions can be understood as organizations in competition w/ one another for followers.
Competition is preferable to monopoly for ensuring religious vitality. - correct answer
✔✔According to the religious economy approach,
sect - correct answer ✔✔A religious organization that forms by breaking away from an
established church, which relies on people joining rather than being born into the group and
which generally rejects or tries to change the surrounding society, would be termed a
Church membership has grown steadily since the United States was founded. - correct answer
✔✔Which of the following best describes the trend in the United States of religious affiliation?
