sociology Mcqs
1251. A minority group is one that is both disadvantaged and______________?
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A. identifiably different from others in a society

B. numerically small compared to the main social group

C. holds views contrary to the social norm

D. has some sense of collective or group solidarity
1252. Which of these does not include income earned by individuals or corporations outside a country ?
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A. Gross Domestic Product

B. Gross National Product

C. Purchasing Power Parity

D. Gross National Income

1253. of those in the United States who obtain a divorce about what percent later remarry ?
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A. three-fourths of divorced women

B. 80 percent of divorced women

C. two-thirds of divorced women

D. two-thirds of divorced men

1254. Proponents of the family planning approach to fertility reduction argue that______________?
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A. governments consider modern contraceptive measures to be a threat to the preservation and continuation of their way of life.

B. if contraceptives are made available and if information about the value and need for birth planning is disseminated people will reduce their fertility

C. economic development will lead to a reduction in fertility

D. people can be coerced into using family planning techniques

1255. What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generations called ?
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A. formal communication

B. cultural reproduction

C. passive consumption

D. conceptual abstraction

1257. Which of these is not an example of social exclusion ?
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A. tax avoidance

B. gated communities

C. none of the above

D. homelessness

1258. Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because_____________?
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A. they lead more people to be defined as in poverty

B. the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution

C. the median is a more accurate measurement of earning than the mean

D. all of the above

1259. The term assets refers to_______________?
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A. a stock of economic resources including land shares and bank deposits

B. the flow of money a person receives from their salary or wage

C. the slices of the population who own differing amounts of wealth

D. the culturally valued commodities and standards of living that make the poor feel relatively deprived

1260. According to Riley Dunlap which one of the following is not a basic function that the natural environment serves for humans ?
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A. The environment houses our species

B. The environment provides the resources essential for life

C. The environment provides a natural setting for social inequalities

D. The environment serves as a waste depository

1261. The demographic transition is social trend that involves____________?
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A. a reduction in population size caused by a higher rate of emigration than immigration

B. a change in the principal causes of death and disease since industrialization

C. a decline in the birth rate greater life expectancy and an ageing population

D. increased birth and death rates resulting in a relatively young population

1262. Pluralist theories suggest that_______________?
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A. the state,s power can be exercised through several different administrative structures

B. political parties must compete for the votes of consumers in the electorate

C. there is a close alignment between class background and party preference

D. the ruling elite is composed of people from various class backgrounds

1263. According to Mead the socialized self means that_____________?
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A. we think before we act

B. we are constantly learning

C. we have learned enough to function independently

D. we are capable of achieving at a maximum capacity

E. we are shaped by the primary agents of socialization in our life

1264. Why do sociologists use the category race ?
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A. it enables comparisons between groups in different countries

B. it distinguishes between biological and social factors

C. it is a social category which has real effects on people lives

D. it denotes something fixed and unchanging

1265. Which of the following is not a function the family discussed by William Ogburn ?
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A. protection

B. providing of social status

C. economic

D. reproduction

1266. In comparison with industrial cities preindustrial cities had_____________?
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A. relatively open class systems

B. a much more rigid division of labor by gender

C. all of the above

D. extensive social mobility

1267. The final stage in demographic transition is marked by_______________?
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A. low birthrates and high death rates

B. low birthrates and low death rates

C. high birthrates and low death rates

D. high birthrates and death rates

1269. The nuclear family means______________?
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A. a two-generation unit of parents and their-children

B. a group of people sharing living accommodation and meals

C. the new family created when an adult leaves home and gets married

D. a network of relatives extended within or between generations

1270. The demographic transition refers to_____________?
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A. an increase in the death rate

B. a change in the ratio of births to deaths

C. an increase in the birth rate

D. an exponential growth in population

1271. Urbanization in preindustrial cities was restricted by_____________?
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A. the ease of migration to the city

B. all of the above

C. reliance on animal power as a source of energy

D. the high levels of surplus produced by the agricultural sector

1273. According to the functionalist perspective what are the four functions served by the state ?
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A. enforcement of norms planning and direction arbitration of conflicting interests and protection against other societies

B. oppression of minorities enforcement of norms planning and direction protection against enemies within society

C. arbitration of conflicting interests maintaining social contracts distributing goods and services protection against internal threats

D. enforcement of norms planning and direction protection against other societies protection against enemies within society

1274. Which of the following is considered a total institution ?
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A. each of the above

B. a university

C. a mental hospital

D. a factory

1275. Which of these trends did the New Right not suggest as evidence of declining family values ?
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A. the increasing number of single parent families

B. the tendency for cohabitation before marriage

C. the absence of fathers in many households

D. the rising divorce rates

1277. Between 1968 and 1998 global life expectancy at birth has______________?
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A. risen from 56 to 67 years

B. fallen from 54 to 50 years

C. fallen from 50 to 47 years

D. risen from 50 to 61 years
1278. Herberg,s (1955) study of religion in America suggested that ?
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A. ethnic minorities practised religion to achieve social acceptance in the culture

B. all of the above

C. mainstream faiths were becoming increasingly identified with national identity

D. the moral teachings of the main religions were becoming relatively similar

1279. Family is the basic point of _______ for the children ?
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A. Protection

B. Learning and growing

C. enculturation and socialization

D. None of these

1280. The family structure has been profoundly altered by the twin processes of _______ and __________ ?
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A. urbanization/vertical mobility

B. industrialization /horizontal mobility

C. industrialization/urbanization

D. industrialization/vertical mobility

E. horizontal mobility /vertical mobility

1281. The principle of laissez-faire was expounded and endorsed by the British economist?
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A. John Maynard Keynes

B. Paul Samuelson

C. Adam Smith

D. Arthur Scargill

1285. According to _____________ a variety of life experiences can come to be viewed as illnesses or not ?
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A. functionalist perspective

B. interactionist perspective

C. conflict perspective

D. labeling theory
1288. Which is the JK,s largest university ?
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A. University of Manchester

B. The Open University

C. University of Cambridge

D. London Metropolitan University

1290. The biggest difference between the theories of Freud and Erikson is that Erikson believed ?
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A. that men lacks a system of checks and balances in his life

B. That culture rather than biology plays the biggest part in socialization

C. that psychology is the dominant theory the social sciences

D. that there is no such thing as a superego

E. that biology/genetics explains everything

1291. The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than_______________?
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A. 1 dollar per day

B. 2 dollars per day

C. 3 dollar per day

D. None of these

1293. The Nation of Islam group appealed to ?
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A. British-born second-generation immigrants from the Asian subcontinent

B. African-Caribbeans who lived in the inner cities and had a distinctive youth culture

C. White Americans who wanted to convert to Islam

D. African-Americans who felt excluded from the ethnic melting pot in the USA
1294. Why is force not he most effective means for political rule ?
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A. Force is the most effective means for political rule

B. Honor is denied to those who rule by force alone

C. The elites ideals are fulfilled but tainted by use of force

D. Force is very efficient but also very costly

1297. Stones research suggests that prior to industrialization the nuclear family ?
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A. a did not exist in any form

B. was simply another institution of patriarchal control?

C. had begun to disappear as extended networks of kin became more important

D. had begun to emerge through the separation of work and home life
1298. The first stage of the demographic transition is called the________________?
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A. post transition stage

B. transition stage

C. Pre-transition stage

D. initiation stage

1300. Divorce ?
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A. is less likely in second marriages

B. has little or no new effect on the lives of children

C. no longer displaces homemakers in these days of womens liberation

D. appears to lead to greater family disorganization