A. Neighborhood
B. Class
C. Family
D. None of these
Social Institutions
Family is the basic point of ……. for the children ?
A. enculturation and socialization
B. Protection
C. Learning and growing
D. None of these
Which of the following is considered a total institution ?
A. a university
B. a mental hospital
C. a factory
D. each of the above
Which of the following is a factor that has contributed to the rise of the dual income model of the family ?
A. increase in the number of men with a college education
B. increasing birth-rate
C. shift in the economy of the United States from manufacturing to service industries
D. all of the above
In a study of styles of grand parenting sociologists Andrew Cherlin and Frank Furstenberg Jr concluded that the most common style was for grandparents to ………..?
A. be actively involved in everyday routine care of their grandchildren and exercise substantial authority over them
B. carry on a “ritualistic”(primarily symbolic) relationship with their grandchildren
C. never see their grandchildren
D. function as “specialists in recreational care-giving”
of those in the United States who obtain a divorce about what percent later remarry ?
A. two-thirds of divorced men
B. three-fourths of divorced women
C. two-thirds of divorced women
D. 80 percent of divorced women
Which of the following perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion ?
A. Max Weber
B. Emile Durkheim
C. Karl Marx
D. Talcott Parsons
Which one of the following is an economic system that is typically found in contemporary societies ?
A. socialism
B. feudalism
C. slavery
D. all of the above
There are three basic sources of power within any political system?
A. force influence and authority
B. force influence and democracy
C. force influence and charisma
D. influence charisma and bureaucracy
Marx proclaimed that religion would disappear when ?
A. a new trend of moral individualism became established
B. a socialist revolution removed the need for capitalist ideology
C. church attendance dropped below 15%
D. people came to believe more in science and technology