miscellaneous Mcqs
701. In one sense of the term everyone is ethnocentric This is because______________?
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A. people are intolerant by nature

B. people are afraid and distrustful of strangers

C. it is virtually impossible not to view people and situations in terms of some of the norms and categories derived from one,s own cultural experiences

D. it is impossible to understand another culture or subculture without having been raised in it

702. What function do politicians serve according to pluralists ?
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A. Statesmen

B. Front men

C. Power and interest brokers

D. Shills or decoys

703. Deviant individuals______________?
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A. set examples for others thus reaffirming existing norms

B. are invented by society to promote group cohesion

C. prevent social change from occurring

D. hinder group cohesion by disrupting stability

704. The Untied States Constitution provides for the________________?
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A. doctrine of executive privilege

B. doctrine of elitist pluralism

C. concept of polis

D. principle of federalism
706. When the lk of Uganda lost their traditional hunting grounds they ?
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A. became outgoing accomplished entrepreneurs

B. rapidly became shepherds

C. their formerly outgoing personalities changed

D. became savage warriors

707. Scientific observation in the social sciences differs from that in the natural sciences because___________?
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A. the social sciences deal with the extraterrestrial

B. people behavior is predictable while the behavior of inanimate objects is not

C. the social sciences have developed concrete laws of behavior while the natural sciences have only theories

D. the social sciences deal with the behavior of people
708. The third function of the legislative branch is________________?
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A. none of the above

B. ensuring that jobs are provided equally

C. oversight

D. provide an opposition party to the administration in office

709. Role strain___________?
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A. may result from faulty role performance

B. all of the above

C. may occur when entrenched statuses become altered

D. may occur within the confines of a single role

710. Societies in which ascribed statuses have been prevalent include______________?
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A. occupationally-based caste systems as in pre-modern India

B. industrial societies like the United States

C. estate systems in feudal Europe

D. A and C only
711. Scientific research relates to________________?
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A. relationships among variables

B. consideration of independent and dependent variables

C. all of the above

D. controlled inquiry

712. The Protestant Ethic supported capitalism through the religious doctrine that praised_________________?
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A. buying indulgences

B. hard work and thrift

C. predestination

D. turning the other cheek

713. What is one difference between Freuds developmental stages and Eriksons ?
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A. Freud stopped at adolescence

B. Freud only worked with males

C. Freud thought all conflicts were conscious

D. Freud saw conflicts with parents as predominant

715. ideologies tend to arise during periods of_____________?
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A. conversations among intellectuals

B. natural disasters

C. prosperity

D. crisis
716. Open stratification systems are associated with__________________?
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A. industrialization

B. pastoralism

C. hunter-gatherers

D. agriculture

717. A prison is a______________?
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A. total institution

B. primary institution

C. secondary institution

D. tertiary socialization

719. The social sciences were initially concerned with the consequences of_______________?
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A. the American Revolution

B. the Industrial Revolution

C. the French Revolution

D. the Russian Revolution

720. Some American Indians cannot express the idea of time in their tribal languages This fact shows that_____________ ??
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A. like all lower-class persons they focus on the present

B. they have not yet reached the industrial stage of evolution when time is money

C. time is not an important value in their culture

D. their culture is still at a primitive stage

721. The chief function of interest group is to________________?
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A. choose candidates for political office

B. provide group representation above and beyond that provided by our elected officials in Congress

C. bring into the open obscure problems to be solved

D. provide geographic representation

722. Personal space is defined differently in different societies Therefore we can say that_____________?
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A. culture shapes both verbal and nonverbal behavior

B. personal space is controlled genetically

C. many people have no manners

D. nonverbal behavior is not part of culture

723. Which of the following is NOT an interest group ?
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A. Lobbyists of America

B. The National Rifle Association

C. The American Association of Retired people

D. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

724. Social life is organized and structured through____________?
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A. group situations and the positions of individuals

B. patterns of actions

C. all of the above

D. rules and regulations

725. Institution are_________________?
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A. unimportant

B. found among all animals

C. places like schools and banks

D. traditional habits centering around fundamental human needs
726. The scientific method contains all but one of the following techniques ?
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A. systematic collection of data

B. selecting data to prove a point

C. scientific observation

D. making data public

727. The allocation of tasks to particular individuals who specialize in performing them is referred to as_______________?
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A. status specialization

B. status fulfillment

C. division of labor

D. ascribed status

728. Four primary social processes are________________?
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A. accommodation assimilation conflict and coercion

B. conflict exchange cooperation and competition

C. differentiation stratification conflict and coercion

D. exchange reciprocity competition and conflict

729. The writers of the Constitution intended the president to have________________?
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A. strong personal power

B. power only in declaring war

C. no power at all

D. weak personal power
730. The first step in the scientific method is____________?
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A. observation and recording of data

B. selection of area to be researched

C. obtaining a government grant

D. classification and organization of data

731. During the Enlightenment of the 18th century_______________?
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A. scholars denied the possibility of a scientific study of humans

B. a number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically

C. none of the above

D. scholars emphasized the supernatural

732. Social organization________________?
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A. is sometimes used interchangeably with social structure

B. is microsocial macrosocial and interchangeable with social structure

C. may be analyzed at the microsocial and the macrosocial levels

D. is a fixed set of rules?

733. Like Freud Erik Erikson maintains that_______________?
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A. there are five psycho sexual stages

B. the personality is fixed by age five

C. psychoanalysis including dream analysis is the only way to overcome personality problems

D. none of the above
734. The primary agent of socialization is the______________?
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A. school

B. peer group

C. mass media

D. family
735. The numbers of PACs ?
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A. quadrupled since 1974

B. doubled since 1974

C. increased nearly sevenfold since 1974

D. tripled since 1074

736. Specialized division of labor in industrial societies can make workers feel that they_______________?
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A. have no sense of accomplishment

B. have lack of control

C. are an anonymous group

D. all of the above
737. Anthropology is restricted to the study of_______________?
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A. primitive people only

B. modern peoples only

C. prehistoric people only

D. none of the above
738. Regarding capitalist industrial societies Marx asserted that______________?
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A. they contained the seeds of their own destruction

B. property is unimportant in the modern state

C. religion and philosophy are the foundations of society

D. the means of production are controlled by the masses

740. One British psychologist believes that the Western family causes most of the mental illness in individuals This theory implies that ___________??
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A. the primary group is always helpful to the individual

B. primary group relations can be harmful to the individual

C. none of the above are relevant

D. secondary relations are more important than primary ones

742. The mechanism of the market system provides for________________?
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A. the economy to function so that all participants derive some satisfaction

B. buyers and sellers not needing to know how the market works in order to act in it

C. all of the above

D. the content and flow of goods and services to take place without any fixed plan

743. Which of the following is an example of a culture trait ?
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A. the family

B. marriage

C. wedding rings

D. BOTH rings and exchanging wedding vows
744. Love of money peace and God are American ?
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A. mores

B. Norms

C. folkways

D. values
745. Martin Luther king,s status was based on his_____________?
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A. wealth

B. color

C. property

D. social influence
746. Hard money is_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. money actually tendered to campaigns

C. cash rather than checks or notes

D. money given during the campaign

747. Anger is_______________?
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A. a definite sharply defined emotion

B. an innate human response to deprivation and frustration

C. subject to manipulation

D. all of the above
748. Which economic orientations govern Western industrial societies ?
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A. Tradition

B. Command

C. Free Market

D. BOTH market and command
749. In an open or class society_________________?
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A. status is always achieved

B. status is always ascribed

C. status is both achieved and ascribed

D. status has no importance

750. A reference group is a(n) ?
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A. group of which one is member without having asked to be

B. formal or informal organization to which one belongs

C. hierarchical system in an organization

D. group to which an individual aspires to belong