miscellaneous MCQs – Page 36

Practise focused miscellaneous questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

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
705. The social science that deals with human use of the natural environment is______________?
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A. physiology

B. chemistry

C. geography

D. genetics

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

714. With the shift from family capitalism to industrial capitalism the important unit became the_______________?
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A. government

B. union

C. corporation

D. commune

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

718. Primary group are basic to the development of____________________?
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A. social change

B. politics

C. law

D. personality
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