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WGU ACADEMY - INTRO TO
SOCIOLOGY - FINAL EXAM/110
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED
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Question: Which sociological perspective suggests that
the term medicalization of society refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?
Correct answer: conflict perspective
Question: Which of the following factors has contributed
to the rise in the cost of healthcare in the United States?
Correct answer: Health care is profit-driven
Question: A group of businesswomen meet on a monthly
basis to assist one another in advancing their careers.They give each other job leads and advice, and they invite business leaders to attend their sessions to provide further assistance. This group is an example of
Correct answer: social networking
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Question: Which sociological perspective would be most
likely to emphasize that a person's health and educational opportunities are affected by his or her class position in important ways?
Correct answer: conflict perspective
Question: A scientific company lays off employees by
seniority, retaining those that have been employed the longest. The majority of the female employees had been hired only in the past 10 years and were educated as part of the push to get more females into math and sciences.This situation is an example of
Correct answer: institutional discrimination
Question: Ageism is defined as
Correct answer: prejudicial and discriminatory behavior
directed against the elderly
Question: In most states in the U.S., an individual is not
permitted to marry a parent, a sibling, an aunt or an uncle,
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a grandparent, or a first or second cousin. These rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Correct answer: the incest taboo
Question: What is the general term for a marriage in
which an individual can have several husbands or wives at the same time?
Correct answer: polygamy
Question: Which of the following would be an example of
a man "redoing" traditional gender?
Correct answer: organizing a birthday lunch at work
Question: In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global
economic system is divided between nations that control wealth and nations from which resources are taken. This view is referred to as
Correct answer: world systems analysis
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Question: The failure of various government intelligence-
gathering organizations to detect the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly functioning aspect of government bureaucracy?
Correct answer: division of labor
Question: Invention is the
Correct answer: combination of existing cultural items
into a form that did not previously exist
Question: Trying to understand why your roommate
prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an example of using one's
Correct answer: sociological imagination
Question: A study of divorce rates among the populations
of Canada, England, the U.S., and France, is an example of