sociology Mcqs
101. In the library Louanne observes a woman sitting at a table by herself A man comes up and sits at the other end of the table the woman frowns and shakes her head no The man gets up and moves to another table Lounne concludes that the woman did not want to share a study table The theoretical perspective Louanne is using is_______________?
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A. the functionalist perspective

B. the conflict perspective

C. the interactionist perspective

D. none of the above

102. A survey should avoid asking_____________?
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A. fixed-choice questions s

B. leading questions

C. funneled questions s

D. short questions s

103. Sociology can be considered a social science because________________?
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A. all of the above

B. its theories are logical explicit and supported by empirical evidence

C. ideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists

D. sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way
104. Scientific or positive phase is the____________?
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A. None of these

B. Second Phase

C. First phase

D. Last Phase
105. In western world urbanization has accompanied________________?
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A. Progress

B. Industrialization

C. Trade

D. None of these

106. Punishments, or negative sanctions, are especially important at the _______ level?
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A. societal

B. formal

C. adolescent

D. informal

E. traditional

107. Social Control theory attempts to explain_____________?
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A. white-collar crime

B. conformity

C. Psychologically-based crime

D. corporate crime

E. lower-class crime

108. Sociology is concerned with_______________?
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A. random human actions

B. all of the above

C. the behavior of an individual

D. patterns of human behavior
109. Tearoom Trade is typical of the s asked by sociologists because_______________?
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A. it investigates workings of society that are different from official accounts

B. it makes use of covert research methods

C. it takes place outside the university campus

D. the investigator is sympathetic to the activities that he is investigating

110. According to durkheim the greater rates of suicide in protestants were due to more emphasis on____________?
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A. Economic problem

B. none of these

C. Social Conesion

D. Individualism
111. In laboratory experiments the sociological research is done while people are_______________?
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A. brought into laboratory

B. Kept in their homes and observed

C. are not told about experiment

D. None of these

112. Those who cannot compete have on right for higher learning and must be refused accordingly who believed in the above thesis ?
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A. Spencer

B. Auguste Comte

C. None of these

D. Karl Max

113. Sometimes the scientist personally participates in some experiment to observe it fully It is Known as_____________?
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A. None of these

B. Participant-observer studies

C. Observational studies

D. Personal studies

114. Ibne Khaldun was born in______________?
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A. North Asia

B. North Africa

C. North America

D. None of these

115. A researcher was able to prove that, on average as age increases eyesight declines In research terminology this is called a (n) ?
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A. variation

B. measure of central tendency

C. spurious relationship

D. observation

E. correlation
116. According to Emily Durkheim the mechanic solidarity is based on______________?
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A. divine of labor and specialization

B. Blood relation and neighborhood

C. the contribution individuals make to each other

D. None of these

117. In survey research the group of respondents targeted for the naire is called _________________?
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A. population

B. respondents

C. sample

D. focus group

118. What is the initial element of sociological research ?
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A. carry out a research design

B. review the evidence

C. define the research problem

D. create a research design

119. Which branch of science according to comte would ultimately include all other sciences_____________?
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A. Biology

B. Sociology

C. History

D. Economics

120. Robert Mertons contributions to sociology include____________________?
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A. successfully combining theory and research

B. an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means

C. all of the above

D. an attempt to bring macro-and micro level analyses together

121. A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their level of education and includes response categories of some high school high school and university violated which important rule for constructing close-ended items for naires ?
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A. exhaustive

B. relevant

C. mutually exclusive

D. tangible

E. comprehensive

122. Karl Pearson said The unity of all science consists alone in its methods not in its material It relates to the importance of______________?
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A. None of these

B. Scientific research

C. Scientific method

D. Science unity

123. The second stage when people understand society as natural was named________________?
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A. Theological

B. Metaphysical

C. None of these

D. Scientific

124. In the past, history, politics philosophy and sociology were______________?
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A. None of these

B. Not studied

C. Same discipline

D. Separate Disciplines

125. Conflict theorys primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________?
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A. amelioration of social welfare activities

B. redefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal

C. Substantial reduction of economic inequality

D. repression of lower-class gang activities

E. Subordination of the agents of social control

126. An overall scheme of scientific activities which scientists engage in order to produce knowledge is a________________?
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A. Research model

B. Research methodology

C. Research design

D. Research process

127. Contemporary sociology includes______________?
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A. liberal feminism and explicit examination of womens social roles and experiences

B. postmodernism feminism and critical theory

C. a combination of biological theory conflict theory and evolutionary theory

D. evolutionary relativism

128. Sutherlands Differential Association theory emphasizes that crime and deviance are basically______________?
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A. biological

B. learned

C. due to poor parenting

D. the result of being labelled

E. psychotic

129. Labelling theory came into prominence during which decade of the twentieth century ?
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A. 1950s

B. 1980s

C. 1970s

D. 1940s

E. 1960s
130. According to Durkheim the division of labor in industrial societies brings about______________?
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A. organic solidarity

B. a loss of social solidarity

C. mechanical solidarity

D. communal solidarity

131. An association between two variables which is in fact caused by other factor(s) is called a_____________?
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A. spurious correlation

B. multinomial distribution

C. multiple regression

D. causal mechanism

132. How is terrorism different from the types of crime described by the Chicago School ?
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A. all of the above

B. it is a committed on a larger, often global, scale, and is well organized

C. it can have far-reaching effects upon international relations

D. it is associated with political conflict between states and their citizens

133. Which one of the following statements is true ?
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A. sociologists use both quantitative and qualitative methods

B. sociologists no longer use quantitative methods

C. sociologists always prefer to use qualitative methods

D. sociologists cannot use a mixed methods approach

134. Which of these is not an example of a qualitative research method ?
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A. focus groups

B. biographical research

C. survey research

D. ethnography

135. In participant observation research the role of the complete participant forces the researcher to be_______________?
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A. taking copious notes

B. open and honest about his/her intentions

C. with the group for months and sometimes years

D. discreet about his/her research

E. close to the leadership of the group that he/she is studying

136. The study of the interracial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of____________?
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A. a survey

B. observation research

C. an experiment

D. content analysis

137. Asabiyah is an Arabic concept modernly referring to_______________?
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A. Social groups

B. Culture

C. Nationalism

D. All of above

138. Socialist theory was defined in the writings of karl Marx and______________?
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A. Adam Smith

B. Emile Durkheim

C. Friedrich Engels

D. the Marx

139. Which of these is NOT an example of target hardening ?
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A. anti-social behavior orders

B. CCTV

C. burglar alrams

D. Steering locks

140. Mertons term for the hidden or forgotten reason for a particular behavior was______________?
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A. latent function

B. middle-range function

C. structural function

D. consumption function

141. Which of the following statements about crime and deviance is false ?
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A. deviance is normally sanctioned by law

B. the concept of deviance can be applied to individuals and groups

C. the concept of deviance is much broader than crime

D. deviance and crime very often overlap

142. The application of evolutionary notions and the concept of the survival of the fittest to society is called_______________?
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A. Social Darwinism

B. Social dynamics

C. class conflict

D. Dialectical materialism

143. When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls we mean_________________?
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A. holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others

B. seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process

C. being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis

D. supervising the data collection process as closely as possible

144. Psychological positivism stresses the key role that _______ plays in the development of conformist of criminal belief systems?
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A. hormones

B. early childhood

C. genetic abnormalities

D. adolescence

E. pre-natal nutrition

145. Which of the following influenced the theoretical approach known as symbolic interactionism ?
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A. George Herbert Mead

B. Georg Hegel

C. Ralf Dahrendof

D. Talcott Parsons

146. Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination ?
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A. Karl Marx

B. C Wright Mills

C. Max Weber

D. Emile Durkheim

147. In most instances how well a student does on a test is determined by how much the student studies for it in this example studying for an exam is a (n) ?
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A. independent variable

B. dependent variable

C. sample

D. correlation

148. The first book with the term sociology in its title was written by_________________?
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A. None of these

B. Max Weber

C. Karl Marx

D. Herbert Spencer
149. The of who defines deviance has principally been addressed by what sociological theory ?
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A. Functionalism

B. Conflict

C. Social Control

D. Differential Association

E. Positivism

150. The term sociology was coined by________________?
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A. Emile Durkheim

B. August Comte

C. None of these

D. Max Weber