The rise of new social movements indicates that______________?

A. People vote according to pragmatic issues and concerns
B. Consumer identities are more important than class identities
C. Personal cultural and environmental issues can mobilize political consciousness just as much as economic interests
D. All of the above

Which one of the following is the most basic manifest function of education ?

A. Bestowing status
B. Transmitting knowledge
C. Promoting social and political change
D. All of the above

Which one of the following is an economic system that is typically found in contemporary societies ?

A. Socialism
B. Feudalism
C. Slavery
D. All of the above

There are three basic sources of power within any political system?

A. Force influence and authority
B. Force influence and democracy
C. Force influence and charisma
D. Influence charisma and bureaucracy

Marx proclaimed that religion would disappear when ?

A. A new trend of moral individualism became established
B. A socialist revolution removed the need for capitalist ideology
C. Church attendance dropped below 15%
D. People came to believe more in science and technology

Herberg,s (1955) study of religion in America suggested that ?

A. Ethnic minorities practised religion to achieve social acceptance in the culture
B. Mainstream faiths were becoming increasingly identified with national identity
C. The moral teachings of the main religions were becoming relatively similar
D. All of the above

of those in the United States who obtain a divorce about what percent later remarry ?

A. Two-thirds of divorced men
B. Three-fourths of divorced women
C. Two-thirds of divorced women
D. 80 percent of divorced women

Which of the following perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion ?

A. Max weber
B. Emile durkheim
C. Karl marx
D. Talcott parsons

Which sociological perspective argues that to whatever extent religion actually does influence social behavior it reinforces existing patterns of dominance and inequality ?

A. Functionalist perspective
B. Conflict perspective
C. Interactionist perspective
D. Each of the above

Family is the basic point of _______ for the children ?

A. Enculturation and socialization
B. Protection
C. Learning and growing
D. None of these