Question 1

Which of the following is a latent function of schooling?

Accepted Answer

A)  ensuring some common culture 
B)  teaching about the U.S. way of life 
C)  providing child-care 
D)  teaching job skills 
A)  ensuring some common culture 
B)  teaching about the U.S. way of life 
C)  providing child-care 
D)  teaching job skills

Question 2

Comparing school performance, researchers have found that the most important cause of the achievement gap between rich and poor children is

Accepted Answer

A)  differences in schools. 
B)  differences in home environments. 
C)  differences in personal ability. 
D)  differences in personal health. 
A)  differences in schools. 
B)  differences in home environments. 
C)  differences in personal ability. 
D)  differences in personal health.

Question 3

Which of the following world regions is experiencing the most severe epidemic of AIDS?

Accepted Answer

A)  Latin America 
B)  sub-Saharan Africa 
C)  the Middle East 
D)  eastern Asia 
A)  Latin America 
B)  sub-Saharan Africa 
C)  the Middle East 
D)  eastern Asia

Question 4

To improve U.S.schooling, A Nation at Risk recommended

Accepted Answer

A)  requiring all students to complete several years of math, English, social studies, science, and computer science. 
B)  improving teacher training. 
C)  raising teachers' salaries. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  requiring all students to complete several years of math, English, social studies, science, and computer science. 
B)  improving teacher training. 
C)  raising teachers' salaries. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 5

Of all high-income nations, which country relies the most on a direct-fee market system to pay for medical treatment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain 
B)  Sweden 
C)  the United States 
D)  Japan 
A)  Great Britain 
B)  Sweden 
C)  the United States 
D)  Japan

Question 6

Because of so many auto accidents, death rates among young people are much higher than they were a century ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Industrialization gradually led to dramatic improvements in human health.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In his structural-functional analysis, Talcott Parsons claimed that society responds to illness by

Accepted Answer

A)  punishing ill people. 
B)  withholding treatment to those who need it most. 
C)  using the "sick role" to relieve ill people of many daily responsibilities. 
D)  forcing people, sick or not, to perform important work. 
A)  punishing ill people. 
B)  withholding treatment to those who need it most. 
C)  using the "sick role" to relieve ill people of many daily responsibilities. 
D)  forcing people, sick or not, to perform important work.

Question 9

Society shapes human health because

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural patterns define what is or is not healthy. 
B)  social inequality affects a population's health. 
C)  society's technology affects people's health. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  cultural patterns define what is or is not healthy. 
B)  social inequality affects a population's health. 
C)  society's technology affects people's health. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 10

Research shows that, in the typical college classroom, most students are active participants who speak up.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe the changes that have taken place in the scope of formal education over the course of U.S.history.When was mandatory education universal? When did a majority of people become high school graduates? What is the extent of U.S.educational achievement today?

Accepted Answer

The scope of formal education in the Uni

Question 12

A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes

Accepted Answer

A)  the meanings people attach to health and illness. 
B)  social inequality in terms of health. 
C)  how societies must excuse ill people from most responsibilities. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  the meanings people attach to health and illness. 
B)  social inequality in terms of health. 
C)  how societies must excuse ill people from most responsibilities. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 13

The problem of functional illiteracy means that

Accepted Answer

A)  many young people leave school without having learned basic skills. 
B)  many older people have forgotten the lessons they learned in school. 
C)  a significant share of U.S. children never attend school. 
D)  many teachers in U.S. schools do not know how to teach. 
A)  many young people leave school without having learned basic skills. 
B)  many older people have forgotten the lessons they learned in school. 
C)  a significant share of U.S. children never attend school. 
D)  many teachers in U.S. schools do not know how to teach.

Question 14

Getting into college in Japan, compared to the United States, is more a matter of

Accepted Answer

A)  athletic ability. 
B)  performance on achievement tests. 
C)  family ties. 
D)  being rich. 
A)  athletic ability. 
B)  performance on achievement tests. 
C)  family ties. 
D)  being rich.

Question 15

Most people who do not complete their schooling have parents who also did not receive much schooling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following diseases is the biggest killer in today's high-income nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  heart disease 
B)  influenza 
C)  pneumonia 
D)  cholera 
A)  heart disease 
B)  influenza 
C)  pneumonia 
D)  cholera

Question 17

An example of the cultural capital advantage of well-to-do students in U.S.schooling is parents who

Accepted Answer

A)  spend more time reading to their children. 
B)  value schooling and encourage their children. 
C)  encourage the development of imagination in their children. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  spend more time reading to their children. 
B)  value schooling and encourage their children. 
C)  encourage the development of imagination in their children. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 18

"Type A personalities," which are linked to masculinity, are harmful to human health.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

About one month after being infected, most people with HIV begin to display symptoms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Rather than schools creating violence, in most cases violence spills into schools from the surrounding society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is a latent function of schooling?

Comparing school performance, researchers have found that the most important cause of the achievement gap between rich and poor children is

Which of the following world regions is experiencing the most severe epidemic of AIDS?

To improve U.S.schooling, A Nation at Risk recommended

Of all high-income nations, which country relies the most on a direct-fee market system to pay for medical treatment?

Because of so many auto accidents, death rates among young people are much higher than they were a century ago.

Industrialization gradually led to dramatic improvements in human health.

In his structural-functional analysis, Talcott Parsons claimed that society responds to illness by

Society shapes human health because

Research shows that, in the typical college classroom, most students are active participants who speak up.

Describe the changes that have taken place in the scope of formal education over the course of U.S.history.When was mandatory education universal? When did a majority of people become high school graduates? What is the extent of U.S.educational achievement today?

A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes

The problem of functional illiteracy means that

Getting into college in Japan, compared to the United States, is more a matter of

Most people who do not complete their schooling have parents who also did not receive much schooling.

Which of the following diseases is the biggest killer in today's high-income nations?

An example of the cultural capital advantage of well-to-do students in U.S.schooling is parents who

"Type A personalities," which are linked to masculinity, are harmful to human health.

About one month after being infected, most people with HIV begin to display symptoms.

Rather than schools creating violence, in most cases violence spills into schools from the surrounding society.

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Which of the following is a latent function of schooling?

Comparing school performance, researchers have found that the most important cause of the achievement gap between rich and poor children is

Which of the following world regions is experiencing the most severe epidemic of AIDS?

To improve U.S.schooling, A Nation at Risk recommended

Of all high-income nations, which country relies the most on a direct-fee market system to pay for medical treatment?

Because of so many auto accidents, death rates among young people are much higher than they were a century ago.

Industrialization gradually led to dramatic improvements in human health.

In his structural-functional analysis, Talcott Parsons claimed that society responds to illness by

Society shapes human health because

Research shows that, in the typical college classroom, most students are active participants who speak up.

Describe the changes that have taken place in the scope of formal education over the course of U.S.history.When was mandatory education universal? When did a majority of people become high school graduates? What is the extent of U.S.educational achievement today?

A symbolic-interaction approach to health and medicine emphasizes

The problem of functional illiteracy means that

Getting into college in Japan, compared to the United States, is more a matter of

Most people who do not complete their schooling have parents who also did not receive much schooling.

Which of the following diseases is the biggest killer in today's high-income nations?

An example of the cultural capital advantage of well-to-do students in U.S.schooling is parents who

"Type A personalities," which are linked to masculinity, are harmful to human health.

About one month after being infected, most people with HIV begin to display symptoms.

Rather than schools creating violence, in most cases violence spills into schools from the surrounding society.

Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Culture

Socialization

Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Groups and Organizations

Sexuality and Society

Deviance

Social Stratification

Global Stratification

Gender Stratification

Race and Ethnicity

Economics and Politics

Family and Religion

Population, Urbanization, and Environment

Social Change: Modern and Postmodern Societies

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