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sociology Mcqs

241. Which sociologist introduced the concept of culture lag ?
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A. William F. Ogbum

B. Auguste Comte

C. Talcott Parsons

D. Thorstein Veblen

242. Pure Sociology is a search for knowledge without primary concern for its______________?
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A. None of these

B. Applied use

C. Practical use

D. Basic understanding

243. Labelling theory encourages ________ as a way to completely avoid the stigmatization process?
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A. radical non-intervention

B. legalization

C. decriminalization

D. restitution

E. retribution

244. Sociological definitions of deviance consist of behaviors, beliefs, and_______________?
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A. realities

B. Choices

C. attributes

D. records

E. Conditions

245. A close connection between religion and economic forces has been presented by____________?
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A. C-Wright Mills

B. Max Weber

C. Emile Durkheim

D. Karl Max

246. In order to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population a survey must be based on precise ?
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A. surveys

B. experiments

C. hypotheses

D. representative sampling

247. When a research is not deceptive about the field research that he/she is this person is probably assuming the role of____________?
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A. complete participant

B. ethnographer

C. social scientist

D. secondary observer

E. participant-as-observer

248. What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society ?
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A. rationalization

B. colonization

C. socialization

D. McDonaldization

249. Erving Goffman made a distinctive contribution to sociology by popularizing a particular type of interactionist method known as_________________?
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A. Verstehen

B. the dramaturgical approach

C. macrosociology

D. I,m O.K, you,re O.k

250. What is defined as non-conformity to a given set or norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society ?
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A. criminality

B. deviance

C. recidivism

D. degeneracy

251. The sociology was simply the Science of Social facts is the view of______________?
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A. Durkheim

B. Weber

C. All of above

D. Marx

252. Sociology emerged in________________?
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A. Mid seventeenth Century

B. None of these

C. In Eighteenth Century

D. In early 19th Century

253. The Mafia is an example of____________?
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A. White collar crime

B. none-criminal deviance

C. global terrorism

D. organized crime

254. Which of the following was not identified as a major research design ?
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A. surveys

B. experiments

C. field research

D. ethnography

E. secondary research

255. Science aims to be both______________?
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A. valid and reliable

B. philosophical and progressive

C. complex and against commonsense

D. experimental and statistical

256. Urbanism is the study of________________?
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A. Cities

B. None of these

C. human communities rural areas

D. Transition

257. Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?
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A. parameter

B. mean

C. range

D. median

258. The Communist Manifesto was written by____________?
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A. Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

B. Karl Marx and Georg Hegel

C. Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton

D. George Herbert Mead and Jane Addams

259. The concepts in a hypothesis are stated as______________?
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A. ideas

B. indices

C. variables

D. theories

E. populations

260. Louis Wirth argued that a relatively large and permanent settlement leads to distinctive patterns of behavior which he called_______________?
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A. urbanism

B. gentrification

C. linear development

D. squatting

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