A.   any cohabitating couple

B.   a group of friends living in different cities

C.   a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption

D.   a group of people living together with their pets

A.   there is less stress in such arrangements

B.   partners are happier in cohabitating relationships

C.   of the decrease in the level of stigma

D.   many couples can not afford to get married

A.   socialization into a bureaucratic society

B.   the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society

C.   the identification of potential marriage partners

D.   the provision of day-care facilities

A.   Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.

B.   The number of nuclear families has doubled over the past 30 years.

C.   There are more single-parent households today than in the past 30 years.

D.   Many parents today are working parents.

A.   There is a greater degree of financial and emotional commitment in marriage.

B.   The age at which people cohabitate usually ends at around 30

C.   Marriage is more fragile and more likely to end in separation.

D.   Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.

A.   exogamy

B.   endogamy

C.   propinquity

D.   heterogamy

A.   providing care and protection

B.   raising delinquent children.

C.   regulating sexual behavior

D.   socializing children

A.   are not as effective as opposite-sex parents

B.   are much more effective as opposite-sex parents

C.   are as effective as opposite-sex parents

D.   never divorce

A.   children less than one

B.   age fifteen and older

C.   middle-school children

D.   adolescents

A.   Studies have shown that spanking is not an effective form of punishment and may lead to aggression by the victim.

B.   A growing number of parents are spanking their children.

C.   Studies have shown that the spanking of children is always beneficial for their healthy development.

D.   It is outlawed in every state.

A.   believed that religion always performs important functions in society

B.   believed that religion was important in establishing Worldviews

C.   saw religion as the tool that the upper classes used to maintain control of society and to dominate the lower classes

D.   believed that all religions eventionally adapt to society

A.   The Protestant Work Ethnic

B.   theism

C.   secularism

D.   monotheism

A.   Karl Marx

B.   Emile Durkheim

C.   Professor Clark

D.   Max Weber

A.   ritual

B.   consequence

C.   sect

D.   belief

A.   latent functions of education.

B.   manifest and latent functions of education.

C.   the hidden curriculum.

D.   manifest functions of education.

A.   unimportant to a child's academic achievement.

B.   the most significant predictor of whether a student will attend college

C.   critical to a child's self perception.

D.   not correlated to the future success of students.

A.   are now uncommon in public schools.

B.   excellent predictors of future student success

C.   are invalid academically and biased against minorities.

D.   are always valid indicators of student intelligent.

A.   the central committee that decides what the country needs

B.   the industrialist who produces the goods

C.   the level that the market will bear

D.   the consumer who purchases the goods

A.   Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.

B.   Home-schooled students are functionally illiterate when it comes to social skills.

C.   Home-schooled students are equal or do better than conventional schooled students.

D.   Home-schooled students are shy and timid when encountering new social situations.

A.   Without religion, there could be no salvation.

B.   Religion unites all people of the world.

C.   All societies have churches.

D.   It meets basic human needs.

A.   It varies based on the new dual income of the couple

B.   It is about the same as the divorce rate of first marriages.

C.   It is higher than the divorce rate of first marriages

D.   It is lower than the divorce rate of first marriages.

A.   The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits

B.   It is a condensed way for the wearer to say, "I am a follower of Jesus Christ."

C.   The cross acts as a badge of courage for fundamentalists.

D.   The cross is considered appropriate jewelry only for Christians.

A.   sexism in religion; social control

B.   social control; religious persecution

C.   religious persecution; war and terrorism

D.   contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion

A.   capitalism

B.   social institutions

C.   economic systems

D.   political systems

A.   Democracy

B.   Rational-Legal

C.   Traditional

D.   Charismatic

A.   is culturally biased because the tests are designed for lower-class students

B.   reflects genetic differences among people

C.   contributes to social inequality

D.   is a product of racial differences

A.   Organization

B.   Profane

C.   Ritual and prayer

D.   Belief

A.   Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.

B.   Women are having more children nowadays.

C.   Many women in the chilbearing years do not see postponment of masrriage and childbearing as pathways to a good job and economic independence.

D.   Childnessness among married couples has been increasing in recent years.

A.   solidarity

B.   sociology

C.   the sociological imagination

D.   social control

A.   Since 1978, the cost of higher education has increased 1,225 percent.

B.   In the years between 1991 and 2010, states funding for full-time students dropped 26 percent.

C.   School construction projects have dropped significantly.

D.   The cost of college education has shifted from states to students and their families.

A.   have no significant impact in society.

B.   pay more in taxes.

C.   increase the demand for social services.

D.   are as equally likely to vote as high-school graduates.

A.   democracy.

B.   oligarchy.

C.   authoritarian government.

D.   dictatorship.

A.   the pursuit of profit

B.   basic human needs

C.   the desire to eliminate inequality

D.   the need for efficient economic production

A.   It is a doctrine emphasizing conspicuous consumption and individual success.

B.   It is a doctrine legitimating the social order and the inequalities that accompany it

C.   It is a new approach to work and money that emphasizes investment to make profit.

D.   It is a way of thinking about the supernatural and its part in religion.

A.   It leads to severe social inequalities.

B.   It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption.

C.   It violates the basic economic law of supply and demand.

D.   It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.