Exam 4



Exam 4

This is Exam 4. It covers Chapters 9-11. There are 50 questions with correct answers mentioned after the questions:

Sexism in education is most evident in: chosen answer is 'textbooks that present negative stereotypes of women'

The People's Republic of China, Vietnam, and Cuba are the remaining societies that serve as ideal types of communist systems: chosen answer True

Conflict theorists argue that the educational system socializes students into values dictated by the powerful that tends to stifle individualism and creativity: True

Where do the majority of foreign exchange students in the United States come from? : chosen answer is Developing nations

An example of nations reassessing the ways in which they transmit culture is the Chinese government's alterations of the history curriculum: chosen answer is true

Your sociology instructor probably decides what the class will do each time that you meet. The fact that your instructor can make these decisions and that the students follow his/her lead is an example of: chosen answer is power

When a United States corporation relocates its plants to a country where prevailing wages are lower than in the United States, this is the final stage of: deindustrialization

Which sociological perspective emphasizes that the common identity and social integration fostered by education contribute to overall societal stability and consensus? chosen answer is Functionalist perspective

Which of the following institutions of higher learning was the first to admit female students? chosen answer is Oberlin College

"Who gets what, when, how", is Harold D. Lasswell's definition of: chosen answer is politics

The teacher-expectancy effect reflects the views of which sociological perspective? chosen answer is Interactionist perspective

Harold Lasswell: defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how"

Which model of power relations suggests that society is ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests? chosen answer is Elite model

Which sociological perspective would be most likely to emphasize the unequal distribution of power in the political system of the United States, in maintaining social, economic, and political control? chosen answer is Conflict perspective

Karl Marx believed that: chosen answer is 'all of these'

The pluralist model of power relations in the United States suggests that: chosen answer is 'power is held by many competing groups in a community that have access to government, so that no single group is dominant'.

The orders of one's superiors are felt to be legitimate because "this is how things have always been done" in a political ...