Question 1

Which of the following statements about liberation theology is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)   It dates back to the 1973 publication of the English translation of A Theology of Liberation.
B)   It has made significant inroads into eliminating social injustice in central Africa.
C)   It is actively and fully endorsed by the Pope and other church leaders.
D)   None of these answers is correct.

Question 2

One major sign of the fluidity of individual religion and spirituality is the rise of the electronic church.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which perspective generally takes a positive view of the bureaucratization of education?

Accepted Answer

A)   functionalist perspective
B)   conflict perspective
C)   interactionist perspective
D)   feminist perspective

Question 4

Which sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society?

Accepted Answer

A)   functionalist perspective
B)   conflict perspective
C)   interactionist perspective
D)   global perspective

Question 5

A denomination is a

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A)   generally small, secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.
B)   large, organized religion that is not officially linked with the state or government.
C)   religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and that is recognized as the national or official religion.
D)   relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.

Question 6

About how many children are homeschooled in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   88,000
B)   800,000
C)   1 million
D)   1.5 million

Question 7

When did the religion known as Buddhism first develop?

Accepted Answer

A)   the late 1800s B.C.
B)   6th century
C)   12th century
D)   the 1660s

Question 8

A particular college requires students to live on campus during their first two years to help foster a sense of community among diverse groups. This

Accepted Answer

A)   is illegal in most states.
B)   serves a latent function of education.
C)   serves a manifest function of education.
D)   is an attempt to re-socialize improper behavior.

Question 9

Federal Title IX policies required schools to

Accepted Answer

A)   offer sex-segregated classes.
B)   offer preference to females over males for financial aid.
C)   give girls more opportunities to play sports.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 10

Which sociologist(s)  argued that capitalism requires a skilled, disciplined labor force, and that the educational system of the United States is structured with that objective in mind?

Accepted Answer

A)   Émile Durkheim
B)   Talcott Parsons
C)   Max Weber
D)   Samuel Bowles and Harold Gintis

Question 11

Teaching students to read and write, to calculate numbers, and to master the facts of their society's history are all examples of

Accepted Answer

A)   latent functions of education.
B)   manifest functions of education.
C)   manifest dysfunctions of education.
D)   latent dysfunctions of education.

Question 12

Which of the college subcultures identifies with the intellectual concerns of the faculty and values knowledge for its own sake?

Accepted Answer

A)   academic
B)   collegiate
C)   fraternity
D)   nonconformist

Question 13

In the United States, schoolchildren are taught not to speak until the teacher calls on them and to regulate their activities according to clocks or bells. This learning experience illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   credentialism.
B)   the correspondence principle.
C)   the hidden curriculum.
D)   the teacher-expectancy effect.

Question 14

Which sociologist noted that religions often drug the masses into submission by offering a consolation for their harsh lives on earth and the hope of salvation in an ideal afterlife?

Accepted Answer

A)   Talcott Parsons
B)   Max Weber
C)   Émile Durkheim
D)   Karl Marx

Question 15

A particular teacher spends eighty-percent of her time filling out proper forms required by the school district and the rest of her time actually teaching. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A)   written rules and regulations
B)   impersonality
C)   division of labor
D)   hierarchy of authority

Question 16

The correspondence principle refers to schools that perpetuate social-class integration within a community setting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Religion and Education

When did the religion known as Buddhism first develop?

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Which sociologist noted that religions often drug the masses into submission by offering a consolation for their harsh lives on earth and the hope of salvation in an ideal afterlife?

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Which of the following statements about liberation theology is correct?

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Which of the college subcultures identifies with the intellectual concerns of the faculty and values knowledge for its own sake?

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Federal Title IX policies required schools to

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One major sign of the fluidity of individual religion and spirituality is the rise of the electronic church.

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Which sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society?

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A particular teacher spends eighty-percent of her time filling out proper forms required by the school district and the rest of her time actually teaching. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?

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Which sociologist(s) argued that capitalism requires a skilled, disciplined labor force, and that the educational system of the United States is structured with that objective in mind?

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In the United States, schoolchildren are taught not to speak until the teacher calls on them and to regulate their activities according to clocks or bells. This learning experience illustrates

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A particular college requires students to live on campus during their first two years to help foster a sense of community among diverse groups. This

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About how many children are homeschooled in the United States?

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Which perspective generally takes a positive view of the bureaucratization of education?

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Teaching students to read and write, to calculate numbers, and to master the facts of their society's history are all examples of

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The correspondence principle refers to schools that perpetuate social-class integration within a community setting.

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A denomination is a

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Exam 13: Religion and Education

When did the religion known as Buddhism first develop?

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Which sociologist noted that religions often drug the masses into submission by offering a consolation for their harsh lives on earth and the hope of salvation in an ideal afterlife?

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Which of the following statements about liberation theology is correct?

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Which of the college subcultures identifies with the intellectual concerns of the faculty and values knowledge for its own sake?

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Federal Title IX policies required schools to

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One major sign of the fluidity of individual religion and spirituality is the rise of the electronic church.

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Which sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society?

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A particular teacher spends eighty-percent of her time filling out proper forms required by the school district and the rest of her time actually teaching. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?

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Which sociologist(s) argued that capitalism requires a skilled, disciplined labor force, and that the educational system of the United States is structured with that objective in mind?

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In the United States, schoolchildren are taught not to speak until the teacher calls on them and to regulate their activities according to clocks or bells. This learning experience illustrates

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A particular college requires students to live on campus during their first two years to help foster a sense of community among diverse groups. This

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About how many children are homeschooled in the United States?

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Which perspective generally takes a positive view of the bureaucratization of education?

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Teaching students to read and write, to calculate numbers, and to master the facts of their society's history are all examples of

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The correspondence principle refers to schools that perpetuate social-class integration within a community setting.

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