Education is the great equalizer in U.S. society.
The economy of the United States is purely a free enterprise system.
Because the law is an inherently apolitical institution, a violation of law means that the
crime is ultimately an act that has negative effects for society.
According to the text, capitalism rewards the efforts of all enterprising individuals.
There is a great deal of pressure on people everywhere in American society to avoid the
use of drugs.
The “Don”t Ask, Don”t Tell” rule led to a large number of homosexuals in the military
coming “out of the closet.”
The number of those who are severely poor is on the rise.
African Americans have been replaced by Latinos as the United State’s largest minority
group.
Most immigrant families who have come to the United States have come from families
characterized by the “breadwinner”homemaker” arrangement.
Ecstasy, although referred to on the streets as a drug, is actually not a drug but a form of
methadone.
The gender inequality that women suffer has several different economic consequences
but no long-term psychological effects.
Though the courts routinely grant custody to heterosexual parents regardless of whether
the arrangement is better for the child or not, biological parents who are gay or lesbian
are often denied custody of their own children.
Being treated as a stigmatized “other” places the person in the position of facing
negative evaluation and being treated not just as different but as deficient.
Boys in impoverished nations are excluded from slavery and forced labor.
Under managed care, the healthcare of patients has been taken out of the hands of
hospitals and medical associations and left for doctors and their patients to manage.
The Depression era, which brought such programs as Social Security and
unemployment insurance, is evidence that a progressive period is possible in the United
States.
Sociologists’ study of social problems is a value-free pursuit.
Control of federal and state legislatures by political conservatives promises to advance
social reforms.
Homosexuality is classified as a mental disorder.
A key reason that criminal arrests involve the poor, undereducated, unemployed, and
the working poor is that those groups are more likely to commit the crimes that cost
society most.
Males are less likely to be in automobile accidents, use illegal drugs and cigarettes, and
take risky jobs than females.
Children are disproportionately the victims of chronic malnutrition.
The victim-blamer would attribute high rates of recidivism to faults and failures of the
individual criminals, including their greed, feelings of aggression, weak control of
impulses, and relative lack of conscience.
In addition to over a million soldiers on active duty, guard and reserve members can be
called up at any time to protect U.S. interests throughout the world.
Compulsory heterosexuality refers to the way that heterosexuality is glorified while
homosexuality is stigmatized in the United States.
States currently do not equalize monies to minimize disparities between rich and poor
school districts.
Alienation and the resultant feeling of work being meaningless is a problem
experienced almost exclusively by manual workers.
Since 1980 the federal government has made huge cuts in money and services to central
cities, leading to fiscal crisis, a shrinking tax base, poor services, and a declining
population.
Almost 10 percent of Non-Hispanic Whites are in poverty.
By making education entirely free to all children, communities could reduce dropout
rates among the poor.
The dominant cultural ideologies in U.S. society have tended to legitimize and
rationalize our wastefulness.
The data from official sources clearly indicate that people from certain social categories
are more likely than others to be arrested for criminal activities.
A strong union movement would almost certainly not support the government
implementing progressive social policies.
According to the text, the poor can lift themselves out of poverty.
Regardless of whether the case is heard by a judge or a jury, the outcome of a trial will
be the same.
The authors of the text argue for a decrease in taxes on the wealthy to spur a
progressive period in this country.
The U.S. Defense Department believes that __________.
A) future conflicts will be very similar to the conflicts of the past
B) the U.S. military has no humanitarian role to play; those things are best left to others
C) they must be actively prepared to combat cyberattacks
D) their importance will decline in the coming years as the world gets more peaceful
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was originally called the __________.
A) Education for all Handicapped Children Act
B) No Child Left Behind Act
C) Education for All Act
D) Children with Disabilities Education Act
Ricin is a toxin that is fatal to humans even in very small doses even if simply inhaled.
Ricin has been used to produce large scale death and injury. It is an example of
__________.
A) a nuclear weapon
B) a weapon of mass destruction
C) terrorism
D) habeas corpus
Welfare reform in 1996 __________.
A) required those on welfare to get a job immediately
B) capped welfare assistance at fifteen years
C) made large cuts in funding to the poor
D) created new education programs for poor children
About __________ percent of the world’s people live in the overpopulated and
poverty-afflicted developing world.
A) 10
B) 50
C) 75
D) 90
Strategies to maximize profits by designing products with a limited, useful life or
making superficial changes to existing products so that the previous product seems out
of date are examples of __________.
A) profit sharing
B) planned obsolescence
C) environmental racism
D) structural-functionalism
“Biological deficiency” theories posit that __________.
A) God predetermines people’s success in life
B) social opportunities affect groups in different ways
C) cultural groups have lifestyles and value systems that keep them from succeeding
D) genetic differences in intelligence separate racial groups
Eric was arrested for damaging property in a political protest while his friend John
engaged in the same activity during spring break and had his transgressions overlooked.
This is because __________.
A) intent matters when the powerful determine law and enforcement
B) Eric broke a moral code
C) John didn’t violate any laws
D) political protests violate human rights
Some behaviors do not conform to social norms. From a sociological perspective, these
behaviors are considered __________.
A) heterosexuality
B) master status
C) deviance
D) sexual orientation
“New slavery” in developing nations can be characterized by which of the following?
A) Girls frequently end up as domestic workers or prostitutes.
B) The majority of new slaves are White.
C) Slaves now share in the profit of their work.
D) Slaves can now easily apply for refugee status in the United States.
Schumpeter’s concept of __________ refers to the process of economic transformation
that is associated with the ongoing mutation of capitalism.
A) destructive capitalism
B) creative destruction
C) mutative creativity
D) capitalistic creativity
The greenhouse effect occurs when__________.
A) plant decomposition takes place
B) the humidity from rainwater rises to the atmosphere
C) gases accumulate in the atmosphere and act as a glass roof
D) chlorofluorocarbons are absorbed by plants
Some Latino immigrants create informal settlements/shanty towns called __________
in order to provide housing in extreme conditions of poverty.
A) colonias
B) mobile ghettos
C) boomburgias
D) impromptu suburbias
What is a powerful label that affects a person’s social identity and self-concept in a way
that has a negative impact and is difficult to overcome?
A) A stigma
B) A status
C) Sodomy
D) Homophobia
The United States has __________.
A) the world’s smallest navy
B) the world’s second largest air force
C) the world’s most sophisticated weapons
D) an average size defense budget given its population
Martin has been dealing with hospital bills and paperwork from a recent emergency
room visit. His paperwork is mounting and is routinely mishandled and lost in the
system. He supports a __________ plan which would greatly reduce administrative
costs and complexity.
A) fee for service
B) employer supported insurance
C) single-payer
D) electronic medical records
The __________ approach to disability defines disability in terms of some
physiological impairment, either mental or physical, such as an inability to walk or
function with adequate mental capacity due either to genetics or accident.
A) social
B) medical
C) paralegal
D) parasocial
Families’ economic resources influence children’s education in that __________.
A) wealthy children are more likely than children of the poor to attend schools with
poor resources, forcing many of them to hire private tutors
B) most wealthy young people live in communities that have few opportunities to apply
academic skills because they are always in school
C) children from poor families cannot afford private early development programs
D) the redistribution of tax dollars to equalize school spending across all districts results
in inferior education for the middle class
In 2008, the United States spent __________ on foreign aid.
A) $1 billion
B) $26 billion
C) $110 billion
D) $1 trillion
Children of divorce __________.
A) account for the majority of all children
B) show no effects of their parental split
C) may experience a decline in school performance and behavioral problems
D) are at an all-time low
__________ is/are an example of child abuse.
A) Punishment for bad grades
B) Inadequate feeding
C) Not having a television in the house
D) Time-outs
Official crime rates from the UCR are __________ because the fluctuations they show
from year to year could really be due to many factors.
A) lies
B) misleading
C) over reported
D) underreported
Studies of the U.S. mass media demonstrate that highly stereotyped behavior can be
found in __________.
A) nearly all sectors including children’s programming
B) only in adult programming
C) every advertisement
D) exclusively in music
The majority of the 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS live in _________.
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) India
D) the United States
The fact that Lockheed Martin employs many people who either have or currently serve
as high-ranking government officials is an example of __________.
A) a conflict of interest
B) a cold war
C) national security
D) terrorism
Since graduating, Jeff has always lived alone. He is considered a __________.
A) modern family
B) postmodern family
C) nonfamily household
D) dual-worker family
Alex focuses on the labor market itself when explaining how workplace inequality
operates. She believes there are two separate segments with tiers that funnel women
into low paid, less prestigious fields. Alex’s ideas are consistent with __________
theory.
A) human capital
B) dual labor market
C) interactional
D) feminist
Stacey lives in a blended family after remarriage and her elderly mother lives with them
as well so Stacey can provide in-home care. Stacey’s family is an example of a
__________ family.
A) modern
B) nuclear
C) postmodern
D) abnormal
Ethnic groups are distinctive partially on the basis of their __________.
A) shared experiences
B) skin color
C) culture
D) political views
In 2010, women earned __________ cents for every dollar a man earned.
A) 81
B) 65
C) 53
D) 22
By the middle of the twenty-first century, minority groups will comprise about
__________ percent of the U.S. population.
A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60
If a pharmaceutical company decides to move all of its labs from suburban communities
because of complaints, and relocates them to poorer communities where they assume
people will not complain or have the political backing to force them to move, this
would be an example of __________.
A) environmental racism
B) environmental destruction
C) ecological Armageddon
D) environmental inequality
In general, homosexual couples have __________ problems than heterosexual couples.
All things considered, women receive __________ quality healthcare than men.
Why it is problematic that the information we receive is increasingly under
monopolized control? How do these monopolies affect social, cultural, and political
landscape?
Class, __________, and the fear of crime, play into the corporate motivation to move to
the fringes of urban areas.
Discuss the accomplishments of and challenges to the disability rights movement.
Disability rights are part of a larger more fundament goal for a progressive society that
falls under the umbrella term of __________.
The United States discards __________ percent of the world’s resources.
Can poverty be eliminated in the United States? Justify your
Identify the conditions that result from the “sex ratio” among the elderly and discuss the
implications of each.
__________ believed an “invisible hand” would control the marketplace.
Gambling, prostitution, and recreational drug use are examples of victimless crimes
known as __________.
Describe the two major consequences of deforestation and how the climate is impacted.
A person-blame approach assumes the ______________ should change.
As people leave the cities for the suburbs, they take their spending and their
__________ with them, leaving city businesses less profitable.
Gay couples live in over __________ percent of the counties in the United States.
Mary lost her arm as a result of a mountaineering accident and her brother John was
born with mental retardation. Of Mary and John, __________ is likely to be more
stigmatized in American society.