Dr. Loomis' introductory sociology class is composed entirely of first-year students who are 18 ...

Dr. Loomis' introductory sociology class is composed entirely of first-year students who are 18 years old. Together, these 55 students, and all other 18-year-olds, comprise a(n) ________.
 
  A) age cohort
  B) longitudinal sample
  C) adolescent universe
  D) young adult population

Question 2

In the globalization of capitalism, the dominant European nation is ________.
 
  A) Germany
  B) Great Britain
  C) Italy
  D) France

Question 3

To qualify as having an age cohort, what factor must exist in a research study?
 
  A) The sample must have volunteers of various ages.
  B) The members of the sample must represent all ages.
  C) The members of the sample must be born roughly at the same time.
  D) There subjects must be chosen totally at random, regardless of age.

Question 4

Explain the difference between prejudice and discrimination. Is it possible to be prejudiced but not to discriminate? Or, to discriminate without being prejudiced?
 
  What will be an ideal response

Question 5

The author suggests that former capitalist nations could adopt features of socialism, while former socialist nations adopt features of capitalism. This theory is referred to as ________.
 
  A) excess value
  B) convergence
  C) transformation
  D) private ownership

Question 6

What is ethnic work and how do people construct ethnic work?
 
  What will be an ideal response

Question 7

In U.S. society, men with graying hair and wrinkles are seen as mature, while women with the same features are seen as old. This is referred to as ________ age.
 
  A) biological
  B) gender
  C) gerotranscendent
  D) societal

Question 8

What theory is based on the idea that the two economic systems  capitalism and socialism  will eventually adopt features of one another until there is a hybrid economic system in all societies?
 
  A) convergence theory
  B) transformation theory
  C) Marxism
  D) welfare capitalism