study questions

Who is more likely to return home after a full day of paid labor and then have to put in a "second shift" at home taking care of domestic work?

Women

What term applies to a child who leaves home at 18, but later returns for at least a short period of time?

boomerang kid

According to Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol, how do schools reinforce inequality?

by using local property taxes to fund public schools, trapping poor children in poor schools

What is religiosity?

c. the extent of a person's commitment to a religion

You were listening to a story on the news about the murder of a 25-year-old woman, married with one child. You had to leave before you heard who the murderer was. Who would you guess is the most likely culprit?

her husband or boyfriend

How does the U.S. Census Bureau define "family"?

two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share a household

What do sociologists call the tendency to marry someone of a similar background?

Endogamy

As an agent of socialization, who does the family influence?

Everyone

Religious groups that emphasize literal interpretation of sacred texts are called:

Fundamentalist

JDate is a website that helps Jewish men and women, especially those who aren't practicing Jews or who live in areas where there aren't many other Jews, form romantic relationships. What do Jewish people who use this website care about?

Homogamy

In the Sermon on the Mount, in the Christian New Testament, believers are told, "Whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them." Which of the functions or dysfunctions of religion does this remind you of?

Religion provides morals, values, rules, and norms for participants.

Why do critics object to school vouchers?

They believe that vouchers will drain funds from vulnerable public schools and cause them to deteriorate further.

A heterosexual couple living in the same household and raising children is defined as:

a nuclear family

How would a sociologist define "family"?

an interdependent social group bound by legal, biological, or emotional ties

A large-scale, longitudinal study of students in America found that those who pick a major in the humanities or social sciences attended religious services less often and rated religion as being less important in their lives than students who picked either education or science majors. What were the researchers trying to measure?

d. both extrinsic and intrinsic religiosity

What is the central means by which modern society transmits knowledge, values, and expectations to it members?

education

Arlie Hochschild's study of two-income families found that women were much more likely to do the majority of the unpaid labor inside the home even after a full day's work outside the home. What term is used to describe this extra labor?

the second shift

According to conflict theory, how does the nuclear family facilitate exploitation?

through a sexual division of labor within the home