miscellaneous MCQs – Page 47

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
921. Social systems are based on_______________?
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A. expectations as to the behavior of others

B. disorganization

C. haphazard behavior

D. chaos

922. Which of the following is NOT true of primary relations ?
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A. they cannot exist in secondary groups

B. they are always harmonious

C. the family is the only source of primary relation

D. all of the above
923. The following factors are important in production_______________?
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A. water space air

B. animal vegetable object

C. earth wind fire

D. technology time efficiency
924. Laissez-faire is a policy that appeals to_______________?
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A. political freethinkers

B. political liberals

C. political independents

D. political conservatives
925. The exchange system is based on_______________?
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A. supply and demand

B. lack of labor

C. government reaction

D. goods and service

926. Symbols differ from signals in that______________?
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A. symbols are intrinsically meaningful

B. symbols are biologically determined

C. symbols have universal meaning

D. none of the above
927. Deviance is relative because ____________?
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A. moralists prefer the term immorality

B. the definition of social norms varies by culture and subculture

C. no two people agree what deviance is

D. psychologists prefer the term abnormality

928. Material objects found in nature are called_______________?
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A. capital

B. labor

C. land

D. time

929. The treatment of mental illness based on rewards and punishment is referred to as_____________?
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A. chemotherapy

B. hypnotherapy

C. shock therapy

D. behavior therapy
930. The relationship of the mass media and politicians can be described as_________________?
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A. media subversion of government

B. political control of the media

C. symbiotic and adversarial

D. nonexistent

931. The price system_______________?
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A. is equitable

B. only B and C

C. rations products among consumers

D. allows wealthy consumers to obtain more products

932. The capacity of a nation to use its resources to affect the behavior of other nations is a definition of________________?
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A. diplomacy

B. power in the context of international relations

C. foreign policy

D. international law

933. Today most workers in the United States are employed in the_________________?
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A. quaternary sector

B. secondary sector

C. tertiary sector

D. primary sector

934. Personality must be considered as________________?
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A. more a function of heredity than anything else

B. role demands

C. a result of biology alone

D. interplay between environment and learned behavior
935. A mother who says If you hang out with bums you will become a bum favors which theory of deviance ?
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A. Labeling theory

B. Differential association

C. Anomie

D. Gang imitation theory

936. According to the text the following people were/are deviant ?
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A. Mozart

B. The Hell,s Angels

C. People with high IQs

D. Joan of Arc

937. Manipulation of taxation and spending levels is______________?
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A. monetary policy

B. fiscal policy

C. incomes

D. revenue policy

938. Ideologies____________?
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A. direct people to act in a certain way

B. always abhor fanaticism

C. never distort the truth

D. refer to the study of ideas

939. Descriptive statistics_______________?
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A. allow researchers to test hypotheses

B. convey information about central tendency

C. convey information about atypical behavior

D. permit researchers to generalize from samples

940. A major criticism of Fred,s theory is__________________?
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A. his overemphasis on adulthood

B. none his theory is widely accepted

C. his overemphasis on early childhood

D. his stress on the spiritual facet of personality