Sociology true or false

• The concept of unemployment does not exist in traditional societies

  True
• One reason companies form conglomerates is to gain access to the technology, skills, and experiences of the acquired company.

  True
• Job loss anxiety has negative consequences for society because it reduces the amount of money that people are willing to spend and it contributes to voter dissatisfaction.

  True
• The salaries of CEOS have increased as the number of employees they fire has also increased.

  True
• A leader cannot have both legal-rational and charismatic authority.

  False
• Industrialization aided the development of liberal democracy.

  True
• The United States was founded on the basis of legal-rational authority, but it also contains elements of traditional and charismatic authority.

  True
• Totalitarian states exert more oppression over their citizens than authoritarian states.

  True
• Some nations exist without states.

  True
• The power elite model is based on the idea that a large number of special interest groups controls society.

  False
• According to the pluralist model, democracy in the United States works as it was intended to work.

  True
• Too much pluralism in a society leads to poor leadership, a lack of coordination, and a lack of focus.

  True
• The pluralist model recognizes that some people in society have considerably more power than others.

  True
• In postindustrial societies, children are considered members of the work force.

  True
• Laurel and James recently divorced. Their children spend equal time with each parent. This is known as a binuclear family.

  True
• Romantic love is the reason that most couples marry throughout the world.

  False
• Polygamy is permitted throughout the world, but is not illegal in the United States.

  True
• The United States supports bilineal descent.

  True
• Many communal societies were matriarchal.

  False
• Couples who cohabitate before marriage are more likely to experience marital dissolution than those who do not cohabit.

  True
• One reason African American families tend to be matricentric is that African American men have been denied access to well-paying jobs.

  True
• Mexican American families are often child centered and authoritarian.

  True
• Lower- and working-class wife abusers often punch their wives in the face, in contrast with middle- and upper-class wife abusers, who are more likely to attack portions if the body that are not visible to casual observers.

  True
• Critics of conflict theory state that many women enjoy family life, even though it may require them to do an unequal share of the work.

  True
• The education system in the United States teaches subjects that relate to careers. This reflects the cultural value of credentialism.

  False
• The factory system hindered the development of mass education in America.

  False
• The Japanese believe that all students have about the same innate ability, and that differences in academic performance are due to differences in effort.

  True
• In American schools, English is the official language of instruction.

  False
• The U.S. has a system of comprehensive standardized tests that are administered by the federal government.

  False
• Pantheism is the tolerant acceptance of the worship of all gods.

  True
• The social organization of Islam and Christianity is alike in that both have highly bureaucratic and centralized leadership.

  False
• Durkheim said that religion was a narcotic that dulled the pain of the masses.

  False
• Medical students are socialized in medical school to be unemotional about sickness.

  True
• Primate cities develop in industrial societies.

  False
• Natural disasters usually result in panics

  False
• Social movements occur when people perceive that things are getting worse for them.

  False
• The charismatic movement that is currently occurring among Catholics and Protestants is an example of a resistance movement.

  False
• Emergent norm theory argues that crowd unity develops from the like-mindedness of members.

  False
• Institutional ecology is that faction of the environmental movement that consists mainly of formal organizations funded by independent financial contributions with a combination of professional staffs and volunteer workers.

  False
• According to Smelser's structural strain theory, collective behavior is more likely to occur when the agencies of social control are indecisive and fail to act swiftly and firmly.

  True