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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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

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361. Cultural change can also occur through______________?
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A. invention and discovery

B. language and symbols

C. multiculturalism and assimilation

D. mass media and adaptation

E. diffusion and technology

362. One of the difficulties in open rationalizing concepts like social class is that____________?
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A. it takes all the fun out of armchair theorizing

B. definitions and indicators can vary making valid comparisons problematic

C. there are no reliable indicators of such widely contested ideas

D. it has little use for applied empirical research about the topic

363. The writings of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim are examples of______________?
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A. cyclical theory

B. multilinear theory

C. unilinear theory

D. conflict theory

364. Which of these constitute the three worlds of welfare-capitalism ?
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A. social democratic socialist communist

B. social democratic Christian-democratic nationalist

C. social democratic corporatist liberal

D. none of the above

365. The use of language label people can lead to a_______________?
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A. sense of ethnocentrism

B. self-fulfilling prophecy

C. cultural lag

D. development of a subculture

E. cultural adaptation

366. naire and interview studies are systematic ways of asking s under______________?
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A. Scientific control

B. Normal circumstances

C. None of these

D. Experiment situation

367. The process that enables a culture to maintain equilibrium despite fluctuations in their culture is known as______________?
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A. ethnocentrism

B. enculturation

C. cultural integration

D. adaptation

E. diffusion

368. In contrast to Marxian theory structural functionalism views different parts of society________________?
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A. Contributing in social equilibrium

B. Performing their respective functions

C. All of the above

D. Beneficial to the society

369. which of these concepts is addressed in Foucaults work ?
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A. all of the these

B. discipline

C. discourse

D. sexuality

370. Which of the following is an aspect of culture ?
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A. a comic book

B. burial of a family pet in a cemetery plot

C. patriotic attachment to the flag of the United States

D. all of the above

371. Values traditions, and beliefs are all examples of_______________?
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A. popular culture

B. culture relativism

C. material culture

D. customs

E. non-material culture

372. The term culture industry used by members of the Frankfurt School referred to________________?
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A. the way in which culture products were bought and sold for profit

B. the development of subcultures and counter-cultures society

C. the way in which industrialization had created new means of communication

D. the globalization of cultural through new technologies

373. New style terrorism differs from old style terrorism in three main ways Which of the following is not one of the three ?
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A. it is global in the scope of its aims

B. it is more ruthless in the recourse to violent means

C. it has a nationalist ideology

D. it adopts a loose international type of organization

374. The media-themes model of media influence claims that_____________?
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A. content analysis is the best way to identify the themes covered by the media

B. social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select

C. audiences selectively interpret what they want to hear

D. audiences passively absorb whatever messages they are given

375. Horticultural societies______________?
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A. have complex divisions of labor and exchange relationships

B. have no specialized and enduring work groups governments, or standing armies

C. exhibit increased power of the state and size of the territory it controls

D. experience the emergence of social stratification due to production of a social surplus

376. social aggregations that emerge from the (Inter)Net when enough people carry on. public discussions long enough with sufficient human feeling to form webs of personal relationships What is Rheingold (2000) describing here ?
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A. cyberspace

B. chatrooms

C. the worldwide web

D. virtual communities

377. Conflict and feminist theories both focus on______________?
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A. manifest functions

B. consensus

C. structured social inequality

D. subjective meanings

E. negotiated social orders

378. August Comte viewed cultural development in_____________?
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A. Four Stages

B. None of these

C. Two stages

D. Three Stages

379. Which of these countries has the smallest proportion of people living on less than $1 a day_______________?
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A. Pakistan

B. Bangladesh

C. Mozambique

D. China

380. Karl Marx emphasized ____________ as a major factor in shaping social life ?
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A. social psychology

B. geography

C. economics

D. communism

E. psychology

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