SOCI 111 Week 6 Chapters 12,13&16 Quiz

SOCI 111 Week 6 Chapters 12,13&16 Quiz  | Ivy Tech Community College

M06 Chapters 12,13&16 Quiz  

Question 1

In relation to the division of household chores, gay and lesbian couples  

·         have a more equal distribution of household responsibilities between the two spouses than do heterosexual couples.  

·         have a less equal distribution of household responsibilities between the two spouses than do heterosexual couples.  

·         gay women, but not gay men, have a more equal distribution of household responsibilities between the two spouses than do heterosexual couples.  

·         There is no difference in the distribution of household responsibilities based on the sexual orientation of a couple.

 

Question 2

According to research in Dalton Conley's The Pecking Order (2004), what do we know about the daughters raised by stay-at-home mothers? The daughters of stay-at-home mothers typically    

·         end up earning less than their brothers.    

·         end up earning more than their brothers.  

·         earn approximately the same as their brothers.  

·         are more likely to graduate from college, but less likely to earn a salary-based income.

 

Question 3

A 13-year-old Zambian girl recently had a fight with her best friend. If she were to follow the norms of her culture, she would more than likely seek advice from    

·         her sister.  

·         her mother.  

·         her aunt.    

·         her father.

 

Question 4

Which of the following is true regarding domestic violence?    

More than a third of women and a quarter of men have been victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner at some point in their life.

  

·         Genetics play a significant role in determining if abusive parents will transmit such a behavior to the next generation.  

·         Punishing children physically helps teach children obedience to rules, which contributes to a lower rate of domestic abuse in adulthood.  

 

Question 5

Loving v. Virginia (1967) struck down America's ________ laws.    

·         Jim Crow  

·         racial purity  

·         anti-miscegenation    

·         exogamy

 

Question 6

When looking at the number of babies born to unmarried women, what can explain the high rates among Latinas?    

·         In their culture, many couples decide to wait until after having children before they get married.  

·         Latino couples have sex at a younger age than other ethnic groups in the United States and are therefore less likely to be married when they get pregnant.  

·         Latino couples are less likely than couples from other backgrounds to use birth control and thus have higher rates of pregnancy.  

·         As devout Catholics, Latinas are less likely to have an abortion compared to black and white women.

 

Question 7

Which point about sibling relationships is illustrated by the family of former president Bill Clinton?    

·         Parents, often unknowingly, tend to favor one child over the others.  

·         Two siblings with similar starting points can have very unequal outcomes.    

·         In families with three or more siblings, the middle ones tend to get shortchanged.  

·         Higher expectations for success and propriety are put upon daughters than sons.

 

Question 8

Research has shown that the ________ the family, the ________ the children's achievement on test scores and grades.   

·         smaller; lower  

·         larger; lower    

·         larger; higher  

·         wealthier; lower

 

Question 9

The Coleman Report was a systematic, large-scale evaluation of data from students and school facilities. It concluded that differences in school characteristics explained    

·         only a small portion of educational differences between schools.    

·         the racial divide in the nation as a whole.  

·         gender-based disparities that are evident in adulthood.  

·         differential literacy skills gained by children of different social classes.

 

Question 10

Results from the Coleman Report found that    

·         students' family backgrounds and school peers best explained achievement differences.    

·         black children would do best in schools that have a majority of black students.  

·         genetic factors matter more than social factors in predicting school success.  

·         schools enhance social capital more than academic skills.

 

Question 11

Which of the following examples would be supported by the research findings on the influence of home characteristics on education?    

·         The activities of summer camps, community programs, and home environments are not important factors in the academic achievements of higher-social-class children who are performing well during the school year.  

·         During the summer, children from higher socioeconomic status backgrounds make educational gains, while children from lower socioeconomic status families experience greater summer setbacks.  

·         During the summer, low-income children do not experience summer setbacks in achievement, but high-income children do experience educational gains.  

·         Many of the differences in black–white educational achievement gaps can be explained by racial differences rather than social class differences.

 

Question 12

There is fierce debate over how to spend federal educational funds. As your textbook notes, the current Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is a strong advocate for    

·         school voucher programs.    

·         educational tracking.  

·         mainstreaming.  

·         inclusive curriculum.

 

Question 13

Black students are more likely to be referred to special education than white students with the same characteristics. This demonstrates support for the argument that    

·         black students require more resources than white students.  

·         white students and black students have different levels of school performance.  

·         tracking is mostly helpful and does little to maintain educational inequality.  

·         social forces are important contributors to the black–white differences in school performance.

 

Question 14

Results from Rosenthal and Jacobson's 1968 study of elementary schools provided evidence of the self-fulfilling prophecy because    

·         students who were already getting better grades continued to earn high GPAs.  

·         school administrators labeled students with lower test scores as discipline problems.  

·         teachers' expectations of students affected students' test scores.    

·         teachers who were given positive feedback on their methods improved their teaching skills.

 

Question 15

According to Max Weber, identify the duties in Protestantism that contributed to the development of capitalism.    

·         the duty to fulfill a calling in a vocation and the duty to earn money with one’s labor    

·         the duty to earn money with one’s labor and the duty to enjoy the fruits of one’s labor  

·         the duty to earn money with one’s labor and the duty to earn one’s salvation by working to deserve it  

·         the duty to enjoy the fruits of one’s labor and the duty to earn one’s salvation by working to deserve it

 

Question 16

According to rational choice theorists, identify the reason why religious pluralism in a society is good for religion.    

·         The government is less likely to interfere.  

·         Religion is forced to become more secular.  

·         There is strength in numbers.  

·         Competition is good for quality

 

Question 17

Which of the following reflects the growing trend of "buy and return" activity, or "religious shopping," in reference to faith?    

·         the fast-growing market for Christian-themed products  

·         a tendency among teens to participate in multiple congregations in order to explore the market    

·         the unwillingness of most Christians to change religious affiliations  

·         the decline in annual income for megachurches

 

Question 18

The faith of Americans tends to be more broad than deep. This is evidenced by which of the following results from research?    

·         People from 65 countries were asked to rate, on a scale of 1 to 10, the importance of God in their lives; 50 percent of Americans responded with a 10.  

·         Of those Americans who agree that the Bible is the inspired word of God, only half can name the first book of the Bible.    

·         Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe in the devil and 77 percent believe in heaven.  

·         A little more than 26 percent of Americans are white evangelical Protestants.

 

Question 19

has at least 500 attendees each week and is typically a liberal, or mainstream, Protestant congregation.  

·         has at least 2,000 attendees each week and is typically a conservative Protestant congregation.     

·         is usually a Catholic congregation located on the East Coast of the United States.  

·         is usually a liberal, or mainstream, Protestant congregation located in the South.

 

Question 20

From Marx's perspective, one of the ways that factory owners (the bourgeoisie) would control their workers (the proletariat) was through religion. This was done by    

·         teaching the workers that they would reap their rewards in the afterlife.  

·         locking them in church unless they were on the assembly line.  

·         keeping them so busy with church activities they didn't have time to form a rebellion.  

·         teaching them that they were entirely worthy of earthly pleasures.