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Practise multiple-choice questions from sociology for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

sociology Mcqs

261. The natural law approach is essentially concerned with__________________?
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A. family law

B. the protection of universal human rights

C. limiting the powers of government

D. civil law or torts

E. limiting the powers of wealthy businessmen

262. According to Durkheim social facts are________________?
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A. only things that have been shown to be true

B. social insights into collective behavior

C. ways of behaving that are external to individuals

D. information captured by official statistics

263. An experiment can be defined as_______________?
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A. an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions

B. a piece of research trying out new methods

C. an attempt to deceive participants about the researchs true purpose

D. a piece of research conducted in a laboratory

264. Drug is a very wide term and can be used for both medicinal and__________________?
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A. Surgical

B. non-medicinal

C. None of these

D. treatment

265. In idealized views of science the experimental method is said to involve_____________?
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A. testing out new research methods to see which one works best

B. using personal beliefs and values to decide what to study

C. interpreting date subjectively drawing on theoretical paradigms

D. isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another

266. Comets final stage was______________?
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A. None of these

B. Metaphysical Stage

C. Theological stage

D. Scientific Stage

267. Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?
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A. control theory

B. labelling theory

C. conflict theory

D. functionalist theory

268. Standard deviation in statistics is the measure that indicates in the essence of______________?
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A. Central tendency

B. spread of the sample means/values

C. Both A an B

D. None of these

269. An attempt to understand the social world by situating social events in their corresponding environment is called_____________?
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A. None of these

B. Social work

C. Sociology

D. Society

270. Which of the following sociologists never wrote a book and about whose thoughts most of our knowledge is presented in an edited volume of his lectures published by his students after his death ?
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A. Max Weber

B. Kari Marx

C. George Herbert Mead

D. Em-ile Durkheim

271. Who coined the term sociology and is generally considered to be the founder of sociology ?
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A. Auguste Comte

B. Karl Marx

C. Emile Durkheim

D. Max Weber

272. An instructor wants to determine if giving essay tests increases student learning In one class that the instructor teaches she continues to test as she has always done In another class She then measures the differences in learning if any between the two classes The class that is given essay s is the______________?
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A. representative group

B. correlation group

C. experimental group

D. control group

273. Comte gave the law of_______________?
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A. Two phases

B. All of above

C. Four phases

D. three phases

274. A double barreled has the potential of having______________?
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A. two respectable responses/answers

B. two answers but incompatible with each other

C. Both A and B

D. None of these

275. Secularization involves the two related ideas of__________________?
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A. disappointment and disproportion

B. distribution and distillation

C. disengagement and disenchantment

D. disbelief and disintegration

276. Students at Bailey University staged a sit-in to protest the Universitys decision to cancel its longstanding policy of exempting graduating seniors from final exams Which strongest framework for analyzing this situation?
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A. Functionalist because teaching college students to protest is a manifest function of education

B. Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest

C. none of the above

D. Interactionist because the University and the students didnt share the same understanding about final exams

277. Max Weber_______________?
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A. recognized that it is impossible for scholars to prevent their personal values from influencing their work

B. emphasized that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data

C. all of the above

D. stressed that researchers had to maintain the confidentiality of their subjects

278. Auguste Comte was a_______________?
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A. American

B. None of these

C. British

D. French thinker

279. Which one of the following statements is not part of the Code of Ethics developed by the American Sociological Association? Researchers must_______________?
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A. acknowledge research collaboration and assistance

B. preserve the confidentiality of their subjects

C. make all research notes available for public scrutiny

D. protect their subjects from personal harm

280. Sociology is study of________________?
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A. Human political life

B. None of these

C. Human social life

D. Human economic life

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