Quiz

Question 1

Family

Answer 1

Two or more individuals who identify themselves as being
related to one another, usually by blood, marriage, or adoption, and
who share intimate relationships and dependency

Question 2

Marriage

Answer 2

A culturally approved relationship, usually between two
individuals, that provides a degree of economic cooperation,
emotional intimacy, and sexual activity.

Question 3

Nuclear

Answer 3

Families characterized by parents living with their
biological children and apart from other kin.

Question 4

Talcott Parsons

Answer 4

describes males and females as
complementary to maintain the family and be the
primary socialization of individuals i.e. instilling of social
norms.

Question 5

George Murdock

Answer 5

studied 200 societies and concluded
four functions.

Question 6

Stable satisfaction of the sex drive

Answer 6

within monogamous
relationships

Question 7

The biological reproduction of the next generation

Answer 7

without
which society cannot continue.

Question 8

Socialization of the young

Answer 8

teaching basic norms and values

Question 9

Meeting its members economic needs

Answer 9

producing food and
shelter for example.”

Question 10

Sexual division of labor in modern societies

Answer 10

The
phenomenon of dividing production functions by gender and
designating different spheres of activity, the “private” to women
and the “public” to men.

Question 11

Theism

Answer 11

a belief in one or more supernatural
deities

Question 12

Religion

Answer 12

A system of common beliefs and
rituals centered on “sacred things” that
unites believers and provides a sense of
meaning and purpose

Question 13

Durkheim beliefs on religion

Answer 13

Divided world into two parts:
Profane: Sphere of routine, everyday life
Sacred: That which is set apart from the ordinary, the
sphere that is endowed with spiritual meaning

Question 14

Karl Marx’s beliefs on religion

Answer 14

Believed Religion Reinforced Class inequality

Question 15

Church

Answer 15

well-established religious organization
that exists in a fairly harmonious relationship
with larger society

Question 16

Sect

Answer 16

religious organization that has splintered
off from an established church in an effort to
restore perceived “true” beliefs and practices
believed to have been lost by the established
religious organization

Question 17

New religious movement

Answer 17

new religious
groups or communities that occupy a
peripheral place in a country’s dominant
landscape.

Question 18

Cult

Answer 18

a religious organization that is thoroughly
unconventional with regard to the larger
society.

Question 19

Secularization

Answer 19

The rise of worldly thinking, particularly as seen in the rise of science,
technology, and rational thought, and a simultaneous decline in the influence of religion

Question 20

5 major religions

Answer 20

*Christianity
* Islam
* Hinduism
* Buddhism
* Judaism

Question 21

Education

Answer 21

the transmission of society’s norms, values, and knowledge base by means of direct instruction.

Question 22

Formal education

Answer 22

education that occurs within academic institutions.

Question 23

Mass education

Answer 23

the extension of formal schools to wide segments of the population.

Question 24

Public education

Answer 24

universal education system provided by the government by tax revenues rather than student fees

Question 25

credentialed society

Answer 25

access to desirable work and social
status depend on the possession of a certificate or diploma certifying completion of a formal education.

Question 26

US rankings

Answer 26

• 17th Math
• 17th in Reading
• 21st in Science

Question 27

Moral education

Answer 27

schools teach students the
norms and values necessary to maintain society.

Question 28

Hidden Ciriculum

Answer 28

The unspoken classroom socialization into norms, values, and roles of a society that school provide along with the “official curriculum,
that reinforces social stratification.”

Question 29

De Facto Segregation

Answer 29

racial, ethnic, or other segregation
resulting from societal differences between groups, as
socioeconomic or political disparity, without institutionalized legislation intended to segregate.
* Neighborhood segregation of schools
* Disparity in income creates disparity resources

Question 30

Social construction of health

Answer 30

What we consider healthy and
what we consider illness is defined
by our culture.

Question 31

Illness

Answer 31

the condition of being
unhealthy in your body or mind
that prevents an individual from
functioning normally.

Question 32

preventive medicine

Answer 32

medicine emphasizing a healthy
lifestyle that will prevent poor health before it occurs.

Question 33

Health

Answer 33

the extent to which a person experiences a state
of mental, physical, and social well-being.

Question 34

Health Care

Answer 34

all activities intended to sustain, promote, and enhance health.