SOC 101 Final exam

Which of the following people had an important influence on the development of the social-conflict approach?

Karl Marx

Throughout the last two centuries the Native Americans have experienced what patterns of majority/minority interaction? (select all that apply)

assimilation genocide segregation

Education is the social institution by which society provides people with important knowledge, including teaching them: (select all that apply)

basic facts and information job skills cultural norms and values

According to Davis and Moore, inequality promotes productivity (select all that apply)

by encouraging to get the schooling and skills needed to perform more important jobs by encouraging people to want more important jobs

The social-conflict approach might lead a sociologist to highlight: (select all that apply)

class differences in a high school population gender inequality in college sports racial inequality in a company's hiring and promotion practices

What are the four basic principles of stratification? (select all that apply)

generational creation of variable systems involves beliefs not a trait of the individual

What has been some of the major causes of the nuclear family's decline? (Select All That Apply)

increased divorce rate increase cohabitation

What is an oligopoly and why is it considered a social problem? (select all that apply)

market controlled by a few firms; causes fixed prices market controlled by a few firms; lack of competition

As a social institution, our economy:

organizes the production and distribution of goods and services

Maintaining racial and ethnic inequality within our society is done through what behaviors and actions? (select all that apply)

racism discrimination

Learning more about sociology helps us to: (select all that apply)

see the opportunities in our lives see the constraints in our lives be more active participants in society

Five main functions of marriage and the nuclear family include: (Select All That Apply)

sexual regulation economic cooperation socialization reproduction emotional support

Labels can lead to (select all that apply)

stigmatization