Which term describes a society in which women can marry more than one husband at a time but men may marry only one wife at a time ?

A. Monogamy
B. Polygamy
C. Polygyny
D. Polyandry

Which term describes societies where the family name and the inheritance of property passes down the male line ?

A. Matrilineal
B. Androlineal
C. Homolineal
D. Patrilineal

Norbert Elias argued that effective communication systems have an evolutionary survival value How did he illustrate this in humans ?

A. By studying whole body language
B. By studying the face
C. By studying sign language
D. By studying small tribal groups

What is ethnomethodology ?

A. The study of sociological research methods
B. The study of the methods people uses to make sense of the world
C. The study of language in everyday conversations
D. The use of experiments in sociological research

The most common master statuses are based on what ?

A. Gender and race
B. Class and income
C. Education and occupation
D. Family and peer groups

What is social role ?

A. An achieved occupational status
B. A persons overall social status within their family
C. A social position that becomes a master status for the person occupying it
D. Socially defined expectations of people in a given social position

What is the compulsion of proximity ?

A. The dominance of spoken language in interactions
B. The need to meet each other face to face
C. The ability to read peoples body language
D. The desire for intimacy in personal relationships

Conflict theorists contend that_______________?

A. Organizational goals reflect the priorities of those who occupy the top positions
B. Bureaucracies are arenas for cooperation in which the dominant social values of justice and equality take precedence
C. Factories are organized and operate independently of market pressures
D. Bureaucracies result from the centralizing tendencies of socialism and help to redistribute wealth and power

The nuclear family means_____________?

A. A group of people sharing living accommodation and meals
B. A network of relatives extended within or between generations
C. The new family created when an adult leaves home and gets married
D. A two-generation unit of parents and their children

The social construction of childhood can be traced back to_____________?

A. The introduction of compulsory education
B. Increasingly emotional ties between parents and children
C. New consumer goods for children such as clothes toys and books
D. All of the above