A.   a group of friends living in different cities

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

C.   any cohabitating couple

D.   a group of people living together with their pets

A.   there is less stress in such arrangements

B.   of the decrease in the level of stigma

C.   partners are happier in cohabitating relationships

D.   many couples can not afford to get married

A.   the provision of day-care facilities

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

C.   the identification of potential marriage partners

D.   socialization into a bureaucratic society

A.   Many parents today are working parents.

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.   Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.

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

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

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

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

A.   heterogamy

B.   propinquity

C.   endogamy

D.   exogamy

A.   raising delinquent children.

B.   socializing children

C.   providing care and protection

D.   regulating sexual behavior

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.   adolescents

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.   believed that religion always performs important functions in society

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

C.   believed that religion was important in establishing Worldviews

D.   believed that all religions eventionally adapt to society

A.   theism

B.   monotheism

C.   secularism

D.   The Protestant Work Ethnic

A.   Max Weber

B.   Professor Clark

C.   Emile Durkheim

D.   Karl Marx

A.   ritual

B.   consequence

C.   sect

D.   belief

A.   manifest and latent functions of education.

B.   manifest functions of education.

C.   latent functions of education.

D.   the hidden curriculum.

A.   critical to a child's self perception.

B.   unimportant to a child's academic achievement.

C.   not correlated to the future success of students.

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

A.   are now uncommon in public schools.

B.   are always valid indicators of student intelligent.

C.   are invalid academically and biased against minorities.

D.   excellent predictors of future student success

A.   the central committee that decides what the country needs

B.   the level that the market will bear

C.   the industrialist who produces the goods

D.   the consumer who purchases the goods

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

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

C.   Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.

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

A.   All societies have churches.

B.   Religion unites all people of the world.

C.   It meets basic human needs.

D.   Without religion, there could be no salvation.

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 lower than the divorce rate of first marriages.

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

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

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

C.   The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits

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

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

B.   religious persecution; war and terrorism

C.   sexism in religion; social control

D.   social control; religious persecution

A.   political systems

B.   economic systems

C.   capitalism

D.   social institutions

A.   Traditional

B.   Rational-Legal

C.   Charismatic

D.   Democracy

A.   reflects genetic differences among people

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

C.   is a product of racial differences

D.   contributes to social inequality

A.   Ritual and prayer

B.   Profane

C.   Belief

D.   Organization

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.   sociology

C.   the sociological imagination

D.   solidarity

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

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

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

D.   School construction projects have dropped significantly.

A.   increase the demand for social services.

B.   have no significant impact in society.

C.   pay more in taxes.

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

A.   oligarchy.

B.   dictatorship.

C.   authoritarian government.

D.   democracy.

A.   the desire to eliminate inequality

B.   basic human needs

C.   the pursuit of profit

D.   the need for efficient economic production

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

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

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

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

A.   It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption.

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

C.   It leads to severe social inequalities.

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