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

B.   a group of people living together with their pets

C.   any cohabitating couple

D.   a group of friends living in different cities

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.   the identification of potential marriage partners

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

C.   socialization into a bureaucratic society

D.   the provision of day-care facilities

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

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

C.   Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.

D.   Many parents today are working parents.

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

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

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

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

A.   endogamy

B.   heterogamy

C.   exogamy

D.   propinquity

A.   socializing children

B.   providing care and protection

C.   regulating sexual behavior

D.   raising delinquent children.

A.   never divorce

B.   are as effective as opposite-sex parents

C.   are much more effective as opposite-sex parents

D.   are not as effective as opposite-sex parents

A.   middle-school children

B.   children less than one

C.   age fifteen and older

D.   adolescents

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

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

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

D.   It is outlawed in every state.

A.   believed that all religions eventionally adapt to 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 religion always performs important functions in society

A.   secularism

B.   monotheism

C.   theism

D.   The Protestant Work Ethnic

A.   Emile Durkheim

B.   Max Weber

C.   Professor Clark

D.   Karl Marx

A.   consequence

B.   sect

C.   ritual

D.   belief

A.   latent functions of education.

B.   manifest and latent functions of education.

C.   manifest functions of education.

D.   the hidden curriculum.

A.   critical to a child's self perception.

B.   not correlated to the future success of students.

C.   unimportant to a child's academic achievement.

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

A.   excellent predictors of future student success

B.   are invalid academically and biased against minorities.

C.   are always valid indicators of student intelligent.

D.   are now uncommon in public schools.

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 are functionally illiterate when it comes to social skills.

B.   Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.

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

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

A.   Without religion, there could be no salvation.

B.   Religion unites all people of the world.

C.   It meets basic human needs.

D.   All societies have churches.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D.   The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits

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.   political systems

D.   economic systems

A.   Charismatic

B.   Traditional

C.   Democracy

D.   Rational-Legal

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.   Ritual and prayer

B.   Belief

C.   Profane

D.   Organization

A.   Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.

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

C.   Women are having more children nowadays.

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

A.   solidarity

B.   the sociological imagination

C.   social control

D.   sociology

A.   School construction projects have dropped significantly.

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

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

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

A.   increase the demand for social services.

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

C.   pay more in taxes.

D.   have no significant impact in society.

A.   democracy.

B.   dictatorship.

C.   authoritarian government.

D.   oligarchy.

A.   the pursuit of profit

B.   basic human needs

C.   the need for efficient economic production

D.   the desire to eliminate inequality

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

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

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

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

A.   It leads to severe social inequalities.

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

C.   It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption.

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