1. Introduction to Sociology: Professor John Rice

2.  1. Sex ◦ Male (M) ◦ Female (F)  2. Race ◦ White (W) ◦ Black (B) ◦ Hispanic (H) ◦ Native American (N)  3. Political Affiliation ◦ Democrat (D) ◦ Republican (R) ◦ Independent (I)  4. Religion ◦ Protestant (P) ◦ Catholic (C) ◦ Jewish (J) ◦ Other (O)

3.  5. I plan to get married someday. (True/False)  6. I want to love the person I marry. (T/F)  7. I would like to have 4 or more children. (T/F)  8. I would like to have 2, maybe 3, children. (T/F)  9. I would like to have 1 child. (T/F)  10. I do not want to have children. (T/F)

4.  11. People are born with the personality they will have throughout their lives. (T/F)  12. Society doesn’t really have much impact on what people are like. (T/F)  13. The richest 20% of Americans own 80% of all the private wealth in the country. (T/F)  14. It doesn’t really matter what your background is; everyone can succeed if they just work hard. (T/F)  15. A female college professor will make the same amount of $ over the course of her career as her male colleagues. (T/F)

5.  16. Religion is primarily a source of social stability, rather than social change. (T/F)  17. There is no real conflict between religious and scientific ways of understanding. (T/F)  18. There is no real conflict between a religious world view and the profit motive in business. (T/F)  19. Criminals are born, not made. (T/F)  20. Some actions/behaviors are just considered wrong by all people, and always have been. (T/F)  21. Crime is always a bad thing, and can and must be eliminated. (T/F)

6.  23. Men and women are different in their behaviors mainly because of their biological differences. (T/F)  24. Northeastern states have the highest divorce rates. (T/F)  25. The divorce rate in the United States is 1:2 (50% end in divorce). (T/F)