A.   a group of people living together with their pets

B.   any cohabitating couple

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

D.   a group of friends living in different cities

A.   partners are happier in cohabitating relationships

B.   of the decrease in the level of stigma

C.   there is less stress in such arrangements

D.   many couples can not afford to get married

A.   the identification of potential marriage partners

B.   the provision of day-care facilities

C.   socialization into a bureaucratic society

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

A.   Many parents today are working parents.

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

C.   Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.

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

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

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

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

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

A.   endogamy

B.   heterogamy

C.   exogamy

D.   propinquity

A.   regulating sexual behavior

B.   providing care and protection

C.   socializing children

D.   raising delinquent 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.   adolescents

B.   children less than one

C.   middle-school children

D.   age fifteen and older

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

B.   It is outlawed in every state.

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

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

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

B.   believed that all religions eventionally adapt to society

C.   believed that religion always performs important functions in society

D.   believed that religion was important in establishing Worldviews

A.   monotheism

B.   secularism

C.   theism

D.   The Protestant Work Ethnic

A.   Max Weber

B.   Karl Marx

C.   Professor Clark

D.   Emile Durkheim

A.   ritual

B.   belief

C.   consequence

D.   sect

A.   manifest functions of education.

B.   the hidden curriculum.

C.   manifest and latent functions of education.

D.   latent functions of education.

A.   unimportant to a child's academic achievement.

B.   not correlated to the future success of students.

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

D.   critical to a child's self perception.

A.   are always valid indicators of student intelligent.

B.   excellent predictors of future student success

C.   are invalid academically and biased against minorities.

D.   are now uncommon in public schools.

A.   the industrialist who produces the goods

B.   the level that the market will bear

C.   the central committee that decides what the country needs

D.   the consumer who purchases the goods

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

B.   Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.

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

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

A.   Religion unites all people of the world.

B.   All societies have churches.

C.   Without religion, there could be no salvation.

D.   It meets basic human needs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

C.   The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits

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

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

B.   social control; religious persecution

C.   religious persecution; war and terrorism

D.   sexism in religion; social control

A.   capitalism

B.   political systems

C.   economic systems

D.   social institutions

A.   Charismatic

B.   Rational-Legal

C.   Democracy

D.   Traditional

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

B.   is a product of racial differences

C.   reflects genetic differences among people

D.   contributes to social inequality

A.   Belief

B.   Organization

C.   Ritual and prayer

D.   Profane

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

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.   Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.

A.   social control

B.   the sociological imagination

C.   sociology

D.   solidarity

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

B.   School construction projects have dropped significantly.

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

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

A.   pay more in taxes.

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

C.   increase the demand for social services.

D.   have no significant impact in society.

A.   authoritarian government.

B.   democracy.

C.   dictatorship.

D.   oligarchy.

A.   basic human needs

B.   the need for efficient economic production

C.   the pursuit of profit

D.   the desire to eliminate inequality

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

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

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

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

A.   It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption.

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

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

D.   It leads to severe social inequalities.