Sociology Test #4

In part b/c of their educational success, which group has been called the "model minority" in America?

Asian Americans

If affirmative action programs were eliminated which group would be most likely to see an increase in chances of admission to elite colleges & universities?

Asian students

Marriages that cross racial/ethnic lines are more common in the U.S., although, most U.S. marriages are still racially/ethnically endogamous. What factors might discourage exogamy?

Facing ostracism from within one's tightly knit community

Karl Marx referred to religion as the "opium of the masses." By this, he meant which of the following statements?

Religion pacifies people with promises of rewards in the afterlife; therefore they do not challenge the subjugating, exploitative & alienating social conditions in this life.

A religious movement that makes some new claims about the supernatural & does not easily fit within sect-church cycle is called

a cult

Civil religion is...

a set of sacred beliefs that become so commonly accepted by most people that they become part of a national culture

Which of the following statements is FALSE

abolishing affirmative action programs would significantly increase white students' chances of gaining admission to elite schools

According to political theorist T.H. Marshall, a group of protestors picketing a political speech is exercising:

civil rights

The major historical transition from small-scale artisan labor to the Industrial Revolution was mainly due to:

development of new technologies

Organizations ruled by traditional authority run into problems when a situation occurs:

for which the 1st leader did not set a precedent

The 1st student to sit at his/her desk wins a star for the day. The students love this little bit of competition. This example of nonacademic socialization teaching students the benefit of competition is referred as:

hidden curriculum

According to the text's discussion, cohabitation:

higher the rate of divorce b/c people who cohabitate probably have fewer qualms about divorce

Legal-rational authority is pervasive in modern society today. That is probably b/c it

means everyone is treated the same, based on clear & consistent procedures

The president vetoes a bill although there is disharmony among supporters. This is an example of

power

The sacred realm is:

special, reserved, set apart from everyday use, unknowable, & mystical

The domestic duties that still fall disproportionately on working women's shoulders are labeled by Hochschild as:

the second shift

During the agricultural revolution, the enclosure movement caused many former serfs to move to cities in search of work & led to the vise of:

wage labor