sociology Mcqs
452. The term vested interests was coined by social economist______________?
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A. Auguste Comte

B. Talcott Parsons

C. Thorstein Veblen

D. William F. Oghurn

453. Alteration is the state of affairs in which_____________?
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A. None of these

B. the individual has no claim over the product that he has finished

C. the society has no norms and if there are any nobody follows them

D. the worker is least emotionally related to the product that he develops the co-workers and the work environment

454. Bias in research practice refers to_____________?
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A. the research team prejudging the meaning of the data

B. interpretations being applied to the results

C. the investigator being committed to a particular ideology

D. the data being unbalanced by the design or execution of the research
455. Disengagement theory holds that it is functional for society if as people reach old age they_____________?
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A. take one new and demanding civic roles

B. take on less taxing and important roles

C. take on more active political roles

D. take on full-time paid employment

456. Embracing language and ethnic and cultural difference is thought to be a core Canadian value called______________?
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A. support for diversity

B. belief in equality and fairness

C. belief in consultation and dialogue

D. compassion and generosity

E. importance of accommodation and tolerance

458. Which one of the following is the odd one out _______________ ?
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A. Howard Becker

B. Antonio Gramsci

C. George Herbert Mead

D. Erving Goffman

459. The effect of the Internet upon the public sphere has been to_____________?
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A. replace it with a superior form of communication

B. repress it by promoting only the interests of elite groups

C. reproduce it by emphasizing face-to-face contact with peer groups

D. revive it by reaffirming a commitment of freedom of speech
460. Comte,s term positivism refers to_____________?
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A. a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them

B. an unscientific set of laws about social progress

C. a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society

D. the precise scientific study of observable phenomena
461. The dependency ratio describes______________?
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A. the size of working population supporting the young and the old

B. the number of children dependent upon the adults in a family

C. the amount of care both give and received by older people

D. the number of welfare professionals that support a population

462. Social institutions are_____________?
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A. God-given and cannot be changed

B. Constellation of folkways and mores

C. None of these

D. Buildings and people who operate them

463. Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because____________?
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A. all of the above

B. the median is a more accurate measurement of earnings than the mean

C. they lead more people to be defined as in poverty

D. the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution
465. Children living in poverty tend to be more likely______________?
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A. none of the above

B. to live in male-headed households

C. to be killed in road accident

D. to have a diet consisting primarily of vegetables

466. Feminism is often criticized on the grounds that_____________?
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A. it lacks objectivity

B. it is not really a theory

C. it is too extreme

D. it doesnt pay attention to male victims

E. it is not testable

467. What do separatist movements around the world seek to achieve ?
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A. the creation of an independent nation state

B. acceptance of an ethnic groups that to use a separate minority language

C. recognition of the equal rights of an ethnic group within a nation state

D. the expulsion of an ethnic group from a disputed region

468. A process through which cultural elements become closely connected and mutually interdependent is also known as______________?
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A. cultural genocide

B. cultural proscriptions

C. cultural integration

D. cultural lag

E. cultural relativism

469. An instance of focused interaction is called_________________?
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A. an event

B. an Encounter

C. a moment

D. a meeting

470. The view of things in which ones won group is superior to others is_____________?
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A. Xenocentrism

B. Ethnocentrism

C. Counter Culture

D. None of these

473. According to Conflict theory, culture is maintained through the_________ of society?
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A. dominant ideology

B. popular culture

C. language

D. Proletariat

E. cultural universals

474. Karl Marx is Best known for_______________?
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A. Conflict theory

B. None of these

C. Social change

D. Society and science

475. The use of scientific research procedures to measure the effectiveness of an action program is called____________?
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A. analytical research

B. Scientific research

C. Evaluation research

D. None of these

476. Walt Disney Sony and Time Warner are examples of________________?
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A. ownership concentrated within one medium

B. transnational corporations

C. government-owned companies

D. multi-media empires

477. Which of these is not an example of social exclusion ?
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A. gated communities

B. none of these

C. homelessness

D. tax avoidance

479. Dahrendorf Rex and Habermas focused their attention on_____________?
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A. womens experiences and gendered knowledge

B. social solidarity and cohesion

C. Power domination and conflict

D. the interpretive understanding of action

481. Theoretical approaches can only be said to be, valid. if______________?
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A. they are shared by a large enough number of theorists

B. they have been tested out by means of factual research

C. the theorist has researched the literatures thoroughly

D. they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove

483. The limitation of symbolic interactionism is that________________?
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A. It overlooks macro-level interaction

B. It cannot count for culture

C. None of these

D. It overlooks micro-level interaction

484. Who stated that war is the continuation of political intercourse by other means ?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Mary Kaldor

C. Carl von Clausewitz

D. Martin Shaw
485. Which of the following is NOT an example of an American folkway ?
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A. the courtesy of arriving on time for a religious service

B. the practice of shaking hands when greeting someone for the first time

C. the custom of chewing food with one,s mouth closed

D. the habit of driving on the right-hand side of the road
486. A researcher can obtain a higher response rate by using which type of survey ?
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A. representative samples

B. observation techniques

C. interviews

D. nares

489. The notion of citizenship rights is associated with______________?
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A. E.H Carr

B. A.H Halsey

C. T.H Huxley

D. T.H Marshall
490. A university that serves as a meeting ground for people seeking marital partners is performing_______________?
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A. a manifest function

B. a latent function

C. a manifest dysfunction

D. a dysfunction

491. What name did Norbert Elias give to the dynamic of competition between social units that eventually gave rise to a nation state ?
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A. the courtizaion process

B. the decivilizing process

C. the monopoly mechanism

D. the absolutist mechanism

493. Evolutionary theory is of the view that society like biological organisms moves from___________?
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A. complex to simple

B. Complex to more complex

C. simple to complex

D. None of these

496. Experiments are of two types_____________?
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A. Laboratory

B. Field

C. both A & B

D. None of these

497. Which of the following statements concerning roles is FALSE ?
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A. A single status may have multiple roles attached to it

B. Roles define duties but only statuses define rights

C. A role does not exist in isolation but is integrated with the activities of other people

D. Groups consist of complexes of interlocking roles

498. The print revolution of the nineteenth century resulted in_____________?
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A. the public ownership of newspapers as a shared resource

B. more people going to the cinema as a new leisure activity

C. a reduction of virtual communities on the internet

D. mass production mass circulation and the decline of serious content
499. The global economy and the concept of global interdependence is often accused of having_______________?
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A. a positive influence on multicultural development

B. too many rules and regulations that weigh progress down

C. a disregard for cultural assimilation

D. few boundaries

E. too much concern for non-material culture

500. Social norms are______________?
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A. creative activities such as gardening cookery and craftwork

B. the symbolic representation of social groups in the mass media

C. religious beliefs about how the world ought to be

D. rules and expectations about interaction that regulate social life