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miscellaneous Mcqs

661. The research method in which the researcher controls one variable and observes and records the results is called_____________?
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A. case study

B. social research

C. observation

D. experiment

662. The five pivotal institutions are__________________?
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A. the economy medicine family religion and education

B. the family the economy government the military and education

C. the military religion government family and education

D. the economy government religion family and education

663. The classic textbook model of democracy is referred to as the__________________?
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A. referendum model

B. majoritarian model

C. Lockean model

D. Madisonian model

664. Marx,s view of social class is that______________?
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A. private ownership of the means of production perpetuates class divisions

B. the bourgeoisie will eventually triumph

C. religion helps fight social inequality

D. talented people will always rise to the top

665. If culture is comparable to a script for a play then______________?
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A. the economy may be compared to the director

B. society may be compared to a troupe of actors

C. individuals may be compared to playwrights

D. social scientists may be compared to stage hands

666. The market system consists of planning by__________________?
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A. tradition

B. command

C. inducement

D. direction

667. Bureaucracy and extensive social differentiation initially occur in the historical transition from_____________?
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A. pastoral to horticultural society

B. agricultural to industrial society

C. hunting and gathering to pastoral society

D. horticultural to agricultural society

668. Which is NOT an aim of the process of socialization ?
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A. To transmit skills important in the society

B. To teach infants the fundamentals of life in society

C. To teach infants to sit stand walk and run in that order

D. To instill societal aspirations

669. The term constitutional is reserved to describe________________?
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A. a government that is no subject to restraints on political power

B. a government that operates in accordance with general rules and limitations

C. a government that acts arbitrarily

D. an agreement or treaty in written form

670. Sapir and Whorf believe that______________?
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A. the structure of a language shapes a people view of the world

B. preverbal communication is more important than verbal

C. languages are limited to the number of words for any given object

D. language has no part in mental attitudes

671. The smallest group is constituted by the________________?
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A. monad

B. quadrad

C. dyad

D. triad

672. To some degree according to some research heredity determines_____________?
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A. leadership abilities

B. sociability

C. the ability to control impulses

D. all of the above

673. Corporations and labor unions_____________?
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A. may establish their own PACs

B. cannot contribute to congressional candidates

C. can give soft money to a national party for state and local campaigns

D. may use union or corporate funds to administer PACs

E. all of the above

674. Scientific conclusions are_________________?
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A. personal opinions of important scholars

B. absolute truths for all times

C. universally accepted

D. relative to time and place of study and subject to revision

675. The opposite of the rule of law is________________?
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A. the rule of reason

B. the rule of men

C. anarchy

D. the rule of custom

676. Kohlberg,s three stages of moral development are_______________?
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A. pre-conventional conventional and post-conventional

B. charismatic traditional and legal-rational

C. conventional post conventional and legal-rational

D. pre-conventional authoritarian and post-conventional

677. A person who is suddenly set down on a commune in rural China would most likely undergo ?
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A. the process of resocialization

B. the process of the Lookingglass

C. change to conform to the Chinese modal personality

D. a severe anxiety attacks

678. A secondary group is characterized by_________________?
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A. small size

B. formal interaction

C. intimacy

D. daily contact

679. Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are associated with the following theories of personality.
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A. environmental determinism

B. psychoanalytic

C. development

D. stressing self-concept and self-actualization

680. A persons family in addition to being a primary group is also a______________?
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A. Gesellschaft

B. membership

C. reference group

D. voluntary group

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