The Ku Klux Klan is an example of what part of culture?

Counterculture

23. Modern-day hipsters are an example of:

subculture

24. Some jobs today advertise in multinational markets and permit telecommuting in lieu of working from a primary location. This broadening of the job market and the way that jobs are performed can be attributed to:

globalization

25. The major difference between invention and discovery is:

Discovery involves finding something that already exists, but invention puts things together in a new way

26. That McDonald’s is found in almost every country around the world is an example of:

diffusion

A sociologist conducts research into the ways that Hispanic American students are historically underprivileged in the American education system. What theoretical approach is the sociologist using?

Conflict theory

The Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011 grew to be an international movement. Supporters believe that the economic disparity between the highest economic class and the mid to lower economic classes is growing at an exponentially alarming rate. A sociologist who studies that movement by examining the interactions between members at Occupy camps would most likely use what theoretical approach?

Symbolic interactionism

What theoretical perspective views society as having a system of interdependent inherently connected parts?

Functionalism

The “American Dream”—the notion that anybody can be successful and rich if they work hard enough—is most commonly associated with which sociological theory?

Conflict theory

Which of the following fictional societies is an example of a pastoral society?

The Hunti, a wandering group of nomads who specialize in breeding and training horses

Which of the following societies were the first to have permanent residents?

Horticultural

Which of the following best depicts Marx’s concept of alienation from the process of one’s labor?

A supermarket cashier always scans store coupons before company coupons because she was taught to do it that way.

The Protestant work ethic is based on the concept of predestination, which states that ________.

God has already chosen those who will be saved and those who will be damned

Mary works full-time at an office downtown while her young children stay at a neighbor’s house. She’s just learned that the childcare provider is leaving the country. Mary has succumbed to pressure to volunteer at her church, plus her ailing mother-in-law will be moving in with her next month. Which of the following is likely to occur as Mary tries to balance her existing and new responsibilities?

Role strain

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