Sociology for Education Majors Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course introduces education majors to foundational sociological concepts and theories as they relate to schooling and educational institutions. Students will explore how factors such as class, race, gender, and culture impact educational experiences and outcomes, while examining the roles of schools in society. Through analysis of social structures, policy, and current trends, students will develop a critical understanding of the ways in which education both reflects and shapes broader social dynamics, preparing them to engage thoughtfully with diverse classrooms and communities.
Recommended Textbook Essentials of Sociology 9th Edition by
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Chapter 1: The Study of Society
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Q1) The sociological imagination does all of the following EXCEPT:
A) offer a new way to look at social issues.
B) offer a new way to solve social issues.
C) suggest the benefit of considering the impact of social forces as well as personal choices.
D) suggest that individuals bear no responsibility for their choices.
Answer: D
Q2) The ability to see the intimate realities of our own lives in the context of common social structures is what C.Wright Mills refers to as:
A) common human drama.
B) the family.
C) the sociological imagination.
D) a social script.
Answer: C
Q3) According to Kingsley Davis,a manifest function of prostitution is that it:
A) provides a sexual outlet for men who cannot compete in the marriage market.
B) protects the bargaining position of married women.
C) increases sexual crimes of violence.
D) keeps many women off the streets.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Culture
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Q1) Which of the following would likely be included in the category of high culture?
A) heavy metal music
B) murals painted on the side of buildings
C) stock car racing
D) opera and ballet
Answer: D
Q2) Sociobiology is defined in your text as the:
A) systematic study of human social interaction.
B) study of the biological basis of all forms of human behavior.
C) study of biological adaptations to social environments.
D) study of social evolution as influenced by biology.
Answer: B
Q3) Biological explanations are most likely to be accepted for behavioral patterns that are:
A) highly specialized.
B) different in each culture.
C) deviant and subversive.
D) universal.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Socialization
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Q1) Examples of children who are not socialized properly show us the:
A) importance of nurture over nature.
B) primary importance of meeting a child's physical needs in their social development.
C) importance of instinct.
D) importance of the physical environment over the social environment.
Answer: A
Q2) In Mead's theory,the me represents the:
A) selfish part of the self.
B) self that responds to others' actions.
C) spontaneous, creative part of the self.
D) instinctual nature of the self.
Answer: B
Q3) There is general agreement that television's role as an agent of socialization is to:
A) provide material that challenges our beliefs and makes us think.
B) fill the social need for entertainment and relaxation.
C) validate and supplement our prior knowledge of American roles and norms.
D) reflect the reality of our social conditions and interactions.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction
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Q1) A __________ would ask,"Who benefits from the current system of social institutions?"
A) conflict theorist
B) structural functionalist
C) symbolic interactionist
D) sociobiologist
Q2) Which image of culture is closest to that used by the sociology of everyday life?
A) culture as a blueprint for living
B) culture as a total way of life
C) culture as language and education
D) culture as a tool kit
Q3) The increase in the number and diversity of social institutions in society is primarily the result of:
A) an increase in population.
B) the ability to generate an economic surplus.
C) an intermingling of cultures.
D) a change in the environment.
Q4) What is the difference between a gemeinschaft and a gesellschaft society?
Q5) What is meant by dramaturgy?
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Chapter 5: Groups, Networks, and Organizations
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Q1) Ties created via the Internet are necessarily weak.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sociologist Jennifer Lundquist found that African American women were more satisfied with military life than were white men.Lundquist concludes this is because their level of satisfaction is largely dependent on:
A) comparing their situation relative to that of others within the military.
B) how well the women were treated compared to men.
C) the difference between how they were treated in the military and civilian life.
D) the occupational training programs open to each group.
Q3) An individual's total set of relationships is called his/her:
A) social bond.
B) social network.
C) primary group.
D) secondary group.
Q4) What is meant by the term organizational culture?
Q5) Weak ties between people are of little social value.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
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Q1) The Uniform Crime Report monitors all of the following major offenses EXCEPT: A) forcible rape.
B) prostitution.
C) arson.
D) motor vehicle theft.
Q2) Sending a juvenile delinquent to a boot camp rather than prison would be an example of:
A) deterrence.
B) retribution.
C) reform.
D) prevention.
Q3) The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the concept of medicalization.
Q5) Conflict theorists and structural-functionalists agree that members of the lower social classes are the most likely to engage in criminal behavior.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Stratification
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Q1) Most millionaires in the U.S.went from rags to riches.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The major ideology that justifies inequality in the U.S.is termed:
A) liberalism.
B) the American Dream.
C) conservativism.
D) imperialism.
Q3) Claudia and Marco think that it is only natural that Claudia should stay home with their children while Marco "goes out with the guys." They are most likely members of the: A) middle class.
B) poor.
C) working class.
D) upper class.
Q4) According to Marx,one's relationship to the means of production is known as: A) class.
B) status.
C) social mobility
D) employment.
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) "Slavery ended a long time ago.If you're black and poor now,you have only yourself to blame." This statement is an example of:
A) color-blind racism.
B) assimilationist racism.
C) stereotyping.
D) conservative racism.
Q2) When members of minority groups lose their defining features and adopt those of the majority culture,this is termed:
A) assimilation.
B) a melting pot.
C) pluralism.
D) acculturation.
Q3) Chinese Americans were not allowed to become naturalized U.S.citizens until: A) 1865.
B) the Great Depression.
C) World War II.
D) 1965.
Q4) What are the three general patterns of interaction between majority and minority groups discussed in the text?
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Chapter 9: Sex,Gender,and Sexuality
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Q1) The concept of sex is used to refer to which of the following?
A) masculine/feminine
B) male/female
C) sexual self-concept
D) gender role
Q2) __________ is the belief that men and women have biologically different capacities and that these form a legitimate basis for unequal treatment.
A) Sexism
B) Gender discrimination
C) Feminism
D) Homophobia
Q3) According to the text,________ have no observable physical differences between themselves and others of the same sex,but they psychologically feel as if they were born into the wrong body.
A) transvestites
B) transsexuals
C) intersex people
D) bisexuals
Q4) What is the difference between sex and gender?
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Chapter 10: Health and Health Care
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Q1) How do single-payer health-care systems keep down the costs of care?
A) They are very efficient; only one payer needs to be billed by providers.
B) They are non-profit, motivated solely by the desire to provide health care.
C) As the only payer, the government can pressure providers to keep their costs down.
D) All of these are ways in which the single-payer systems reduce the cost of care.
Q2) At what age do the social class differences in health start to emerge?
A) infancy
B) childhood
C) middle adulthood
D) old age
Q3) The classic sociological theory of illness was first formulated by:
A) Karl Marx.
B) Max Weber.
C) Talcott Parsons.
D) Emile Durkheim.
Q4) The single most important factor affecting health,illness,and death is gender.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Family
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Q1) According to the research presented in the text,bachelorette parties symbolize:
A) the joys of becoming a new bride.
B) the sexuality forthcoming in the honeymoon.
C) modern women's ambivalence about marriage.
D) women's ambivalence about motherhood.
Q2) Mary and Jane are both married to Paul.This is an example of:
A) monogamy.
B) serial monogamy.
C) polygamy.
D) polyandry.
Q3) Studies suggest that violence is most common when:
A) families have more children than they can handle.
B) incomes are low.
C) individuals feel they are losing control over their spouse or some other situation.
D) single parents are stressed from the time bind they feel.
Q4) Describe the process of mate selection in the U.S.,including the factors that are most important.How does the "marriage market" differ for men and women of different races?
Q5) What are polygamy and monogamy?
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Chapter 12: Education and Religion
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Q1) Critics of school choice programs argue that they:
A) perpetuate inequality because only upper- and middle-class student can afford to participate in them.
B) perpetuate inequality, but this negative is offset by the increased racial integration they achieve.
C) benefit lower-income children at the expense of higher-income students.
D) All of these are criticism of school choice programs.
Q2) Modern conflict theory differs from Marx's view of religion in that it:
A) recognizes that religion may be a source of power for the oppressed.
B) recognizes the role of religion in fostering or repressing conflict between social groups.
C) recognizes that changes in society may lead to changes in religion, and vice versa.
D) All of these are characteristics of modern conflict theory that differ from Marx.
Q3) In 2011,which group was least likely to be unemployed?
A) People with less than a high school degree
B) People with just a high school degree
C) People with some college, but no degree
D) People with a college degree
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Chapter 13: Politics and the Economy
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Q1) Postindustrial society is characterized by the growth of:
A) secondary production.
B) a service industry
C) blue-collar jobs.
D) increasing inequality.
Q2) A government such as that of Afghanistan under the Taliban or Cuba under Castro is best characterized as:
A) authoritarian.
B) democratic.
C) fascist.
D) charismatic.
Q3) __________ is the process through which government services are farmed out to private,capitalistic firms.
A) Transnationalism
B) Welfare capitalism
C) Globalization
D) Privatization
Q4) Give one example of each of the three sectors of production in preindustrial and postindustrial societies.
Q5) What is privatization?
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Chapter 14: Population and Urbanization
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Q1) What are the three major trends in internal migration within the U.S.?
Q2) Wirth argued that the greater size,heterogeneity,and density of urban life would:
A) lead to a breakdown of the normative and moral fabric of everyday life.
B) cause urban residents to look to new types of people to form their social network.
C) lead to increases in kindness toward strangers.
D) be offset by the critical mass enabling virtually every type of social network possible.
Q3) High fertility is:
A) the only cause of poverty in the least developed nations.
B) the only problem in the least developed nations.
C) not even the primary cause of poverty in the developing nations.
D) the primary cause of poverty in the least developed nations.
Q4) What is the difference between the birth rate and the fertility rate?
Q5) Discuss the economic,political,and cultural consequences of current patterns of low fertility in Italy and other European countries.
Q6) Compare and contrast urbanization in the U.S.to the less-developed world.
Q7) What is the demographic transition?
Q8) What is the structural-functional view of urbanization?
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Chapter 15: Social Change
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Q1) The abortion rights movement first developed in the:
A) 1940s.
B) 1960s.
C) 1970s.
D) 1980s.
Q2) According to relative-deprivation theory,social movements arise:
A) in situations of poverty and injustice.
B) when ongoing efforts have fallen short of goals.
C) when organized groups develop internal solidarity.
D) when people experience an intolerable gap between their rewards and what they expect.
Q3) Alcoholics Anonymous is an example of which type of movement?
A) alternative
B) redemptive
C) reformist
D) revolutionary
Q4) What three conditions encourage the development of a countermovement?
Q5) Define cultural lag.Give two examples of a technological change that has led to cultural lag and the negative impacts this lag has had.
Q6) What is frame alignment?
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