Intro To Sociology Final

Your text poverty as a condition of deprivation due to:

Which nation has one of highest poverty rates in the advanced world?

Susan Mayer, author of What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances, found in her study:

What is one shortcoming of the current calculation of the poverty rate?

What is one fundamental change that critics argue is necessary for reforming the poverty threshold calculation?

A policy maker wants to recalculate poverty based on a set percentage of the median income for each metropolitan area in the United States instead of a national average. Example would be:

Why is the official formula for calculating the poverty line outdated?

Minimizing the amount of time welfare programs require of their recipients was one of the many rationales behind:

Some policy experts believe that welfare creates more problems than it solves because it discourages people from finding work. This is also known as:

Jane is a single mother in poverty. She has intermittent, low-paying employment. Because she is forced to move a lot, she hasn't established a reliable social network for support or friendships factors would the parenting stress hypothesis examine?

Poverty has a strong effect on children's life changes because:

The stress that poor parents experience manifests itself in:

One of the results of the negative income tax experiment was that more and more women left their marriages. This was because:

Your text suggests that the researchers for the negative income tax should have focused on:

According to the underclass thesis, the poor men:

One of the major ways that poverty affects children's life chance is through:

What do policy experts mean by the terms perverse incentives and unintended consequences?

A family that cannot afford the basic necessities of life, or purchase enough to physically sustain its members, lives in:

The Moving to Opportunity study found that those in the group who received assistance in relocating and life-skills training in addition to housing vouchers:

Theorists who believe in poverty is relational measure poverty by determining:

Broadly defined, education is:

William, a 17 year-old high school student, chooses products in the grocery store by looking at the pictures on the labels of the goods on the shelves because he cannot read many of the words. William would be considered:

Though she graduated from high school, Jenny does not possess the skills necessary to balance her checkbook or make change for a customer without the aid of a cash register. Jenny is:

Knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and bankable are known as:

At 9:05 a.m., the bell rings and children file into their third grade classroom. The first student to sit as his or her desk- book open and pencil ready to write- wins a star for the day. The students love this little bit of competition. This example for nonacademic socialization (which can teach students the benefit of competition) is referred to, by sociologists, as the:

A paradox of the American education system is that education is:

The Coleman Report is a systematic:

What was the name of the landmark court ruling that mandated desegregation of Americans schools?

Which of the following is NOT a finding of research examining the effects of class size on educational achievement?

Social capital is:

When classrooms are divided into ability levels, type of preparation, or according to future plans is called:

In 2010, approximately _________________ percent of American adults over the age of 25 had a college degree.

Which of the following is NOT an element of socioeconomic status?

Suzanne and Jessica are best friends. Both have been in the same class throughout elementary school and have performed similarly with respect to grades. Suzanne's dad owns his own company and her mom is a lawyer. Jessica's dad is a plumber and her mom works at Wal-Mart. All other things being equal, which is a true statement?

Research has shown that the _______________ the family, the _________________ the children's achievement on test scores and grades.