Sociology Ch. 12,13,16 Quiz

Approximately _____ percent of the nation's population 16 years and older is functionally illiterate.

18

After how long do a majority of single mothers who receive welfare get off the welfare rolls in the United States?

2 years

In the 1960s, some social scientists, including Daniel Patrick Moynihan, argued that the strong role held by women in many African American families was...

A detrimental characteristic that undermined black men's roles in the family and caused a variety of problems that this minority group faces

Ethicalism is the _____; examples of it are _____.

Adherence to ethical principles in order to live a moral life; Taoism and Buddhism

A powerful example of the devaluation of housework in the United States was the original September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Ultimately, after feminist groups lobbied the U.S. government, what happened?

Both the deceased's future earnings and his or her estimated contributions to the family's unpaid household work were estimated to determine the family's amount of compensation

A curriculum that tries to make course material relevant to students coming from diverse backgrounds is called...

Either -Inclusive curriculum -Mainstreaming curriculum -Meritocratic curriculum

Tracking has become more common in higher education, which often includes encouraging students to choose a major early on that opens up the most labor-market opportunities. One of the issues this raises is...

Either -The risk of learning broad skills that will not help occupational performance -The inequality in occupational outcomes between traditionally-aged and older students -The tension between a pure learning curriculum and a job-training curriculum

Special education, the instructional practices designed for students with disabilities, is being increasingly...

Either -Implemented through mainstreaming with general education -Offered to low-income schools more than high-income schools -Funded through dedicated separate facilities for students with their instructional needs

In the United States, the labor force participation rate for women...

Increased steadily in the second half of the twentieth century but has now leveled out and even decreased slightly

Research on teacher quality demonstrates that...

It is difficult to identify characteristics that will make effective teachers because these characteristics are hard to quantify

One of the problems with credentialism is that more and more students (with their parents' help) are attempting to attend private schools or to be placed in the best tracks in their public school to improve their chances of getting into prestigious universities. This may be one of the reasons that...

Parents are attempting to have their children accepted at the "right" day care, sometimes even before they are born

Despite previous predictions of pluralism's negative effects on the strength of religion, scholars like Roger Finke and Rodney Stark argue that...

Pluralism is completely natural in a free market of religion

Durkheim's theory on religion is reflected BEST in which of the following statements?

Sacred objects have power and meaning because individuals collectively invest the power and meaning in the symbols

Maya believes that our educational system should emphasize rationality and the scientific perspective. She volunteers with a local organization that works to ensure that public schools uphold the church and state separation. What ideology and movement does Maya MOST likely support?

Secularism

With regard to biological or genetic differences between people, sociologists have found that...

Stigmatized minorities in all countries have lower IQ scores, lower educational attainment, and lower occupational status, indicating that the social processes of stratification and stigmatization affect the life chances of these groups

In 1996, national welfare reform under the Clinton administration led to the policy known as...

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

The Ozzie and Harriet Nelson-type of nuclear family, with a working father and a stay-at-home mother and their children, was in its prime during which time period?

The post-World War II economic boom

It is difficult to present generalizations about Latino families in the United States. The challenge lies in the fact that...

Their origins and geographic locations are so diverse

Max Weber argued that in order to understand what drives social action, we must try to understand what meanings social realities have for others. This is called _____.

Verstehen