SOC 111 Exam II

Question 1

Marriage partner chose from same social group

Answer 1

Endogamy

Question 2

Divorce in US when compared to other industrialized nations

Answer 2

Has a higher divorce rate

Question 3

Family unit with at least one parent + one child def.

Answer 3

Nuclear family

Question 4

Having a singular spouse

Answer 4

Monogamy

Question 5

Group most vulnerable to family violence

Answer 5

Children

Question 6

Deviance perspective: Belief that the good and bad of an act lies within the act itself and is independent of both time and culture

Answer 6

Absolutist

Question 7

Edwin Sutherland’s argument: concerning differential association theory, deviant patterns come from this source

Answer 7

Friends and family

Question 8

Deviant labeling example

Answer 8

“Deadbeat dads” on city billboards

Question 9

Country with highest incarceration rate

Answer 9

US

Question 10

Free-rider problem occurrence

Answer 10

When people don’t contribute to a free common resource

Question 11

National Education Association

Answer 11

Organization

Question 12

Division of labor

Answer 12

Job descriptions detail responsibilities of each employee

Question 13

Country with shortest school year

Answer 13

US

Question 14

Funding source for US public education

Answer 14

Property tax

Question 15

Feudal system synonym

Answer 15

Estate system

Question 16

Group with similar economic position based on wealth and income

Answer 16

Social class

Question 17

This group works with the means of production to earn wages according to Marx

Answer 17

Proletariat

Question 18

Middle to low class life

Answer 18

Relative poverty

Question 19

Ethnoracial group that has lowest life expectancy rate, highest infant mortality rate, and highest death rate from treatable illnesses

Answer 19

African Americans

Question 20

Type of discrimination that includes discomfort, fear, and avoidance

Answer 20

Quiet

Question 21

Trend of proportion of Latin Americans and blacks who attended minority schools

Answer 21

Increased

Question 22

Group that experiences racial transparency

Answer 22

Whites

Question 23

Term referring to treating another as an object than a human being

Answer 23

Objectification

Question 24

Most frequently committed but infrequently reported crime in the US

Answer 24

Rape

Question 25

Household activity done by men more than women

Answer 25

Lawn and garden care

Question 26

Rape = only serious crime that requires proof of lack of consent

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

Age structure trend

Answer 27

Vary from one society to the next

Question 28

Urbanization

Answer 28

Migration from rural areas to big cities

Question 29

Old cultural rules no longer apply and new rules haven’t replaced them

Answer 29

Anomie

Question 30

US women’s movement in 1970s example

Answer 30

Reform movement

Question 31

Relationship between political opportunity structure and likelihood of a successful social movement

Answer 31

Vulnerable political system = more likely a social movement will develop.