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miscellaneous Mcqs

201. Redemptive movements include________________?
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A. the civil rights movement

B. fundamentalist Christianity

C. the antinuclear movement

D. the womens liberation movement

202. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an upwardly mobile individual ?
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A. Marries later and limits family to no more than two children

B. Urban resident

C. Comes from a large family of several brothers and sisters

D. More educated than parents

203. sociocultural change means that______________?
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A. social change is really separate from cultural change

B. the concept is a contradiction in terms

C. cultural change has nothing to do with social change

D. social and cultural change are interrelated

204. Durkheim,s approach to religion involved the opposed concepts of_________________?
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A. children of light and children of darkness

B. sacred and profane

C. natural and supernatural

D. good and evil

205. The technological revolution that led to the control of food production is called the_______________?
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A. Agricultural revolution

B. Paleolithic revolution

C. Industrial revolution

D. Cultural revolution

206. The mechanisms of upward mobility of minorities did NOT include?
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A. development of a middle class

B. geographic concentration

C. internal economic development and specialization

D. a social caste system

207. People who are suddenly thrust in a situation for which they know no precedent are vulnerable to_______________?
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A. collective behavior

B. social behavior

C. normative behavior

D. criminal behavior

208. Social movements are forms of collective behavior that have____________________?
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A. no particular program of action

B. no specific ideology

C. an insignificant number of persons involved

D. a sense of solidarity

209. Which statement is an example of stereotyping ?
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A. Judge each individual on his own merits

B. Talent is not the exclusive property of any ethnic group

C. All blacks are good basketball players

D. There are good and bad among all ethnic or racial groups

210. Islam was established_________________?
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A. around the time of the apostle Paul

B. well after the founding of either Judaism or Christianity

C. about the time of Moses

D. 400 years before the birth of Jesus Christ

211. The emergence of the sate as a result of a social contract is the hypothesis found in the work of________________?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

C. Thomas Hobbes

D. Talcott Parsons

212. The participants in a market include_____________?
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A. governments

B. firms

C. households

D. all of the above

213. Structural functionalism is the intellectual descendent of________________?
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A. Social Darwinism

B. Marxism

C. Classical conservatism

D. Classical liberalism

214. The differences in behavior between men and women______________?
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A. are due strictly to biology

B. are due strictly to culture

C. are due both to biology and culture

D. are the product of totalitarian governments?

215. Which is NOT a theory of socialization into gender roles ?
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A. social learning theory

B. identification theory

C. string theory

D. cognitive development theory

216. The term minority may be defined as______________?
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A. any group in society that is socially dominated by another group through discrimination because of race culture religion or sex

B. a small group of people living within a large nation

C. a group of people who possess the same access to prestige privilege and power but who differ in looks

D. any small group in society which is disliked and abused

217. Following a divorce both partners remarry in what percentage of cases ?
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A. 90%

B. 50%

C. 60%

D. 80%

218. Which statement is false regarding prejudice ?
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A. it is almost never found in persons with an authoritarian personality type

B. It may reflect the norms of the community

C. It may be culture-conditioned or character -conditioned

D. Its source may be the personality of a specific person

219. Religions__________________?
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A. link the human and divine orders

B. all of the above

C. reinforce societys nation of good and evil

D. provide a special feeling of belonging and power

220. The difference in attitudes of whites and African Americans is related to_______________?
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A. age

B. social status

C. social class

D. none of these

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