sociology MCQs – Page 42

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
821. In the United States often formalize norms into_______________?
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A. values

B. laws

C. mores

D. folkways

822. Mobility of women was usually decided the past through ?
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A. Status of women in society

B. Status of their husbands

C. Both a and b

D. None of these

823. Which of the following would experience role exit ?
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A. a recovering alcoholic

B. retired person

C. nun who leaves her religious order

D. each of the above
824. Mass hysteria ?
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A. none of the above

B. never involves physical symptoms

C. involves contained anxiety

D. is usually associated with some mysterious force
825. The preoccupation with eating habits following the Atkins diet is an example of a(n) _____________?
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A. interest

B. resistance

C. fashion

D. craze

E. fad

826. The internet rearranges our experience or space-time by making it possible to_____________?
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A. communicate instantly with people far away

B. interact in an unreal and alienated way

C. experience what it,s like to be a different gender

D. communicate without non-verbal cues

827. Which one of the following is not an example of non-verbal communication ?
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A. smiling

B. talking

C. waving

D. frowning

828. In developing nations which of the following influence(s) social change towards the liberal Western democratic style of society ?
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A. literacy education and communication

B. a centrally dominated social order

C. homogenous social groups and organizations

D. extreme social inequalities

829. Parsons argued that the two main functions of the modern family were ?
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A. primary socialization and personality stabilization

B. secondary socialization and strict discipline

C. oppressing women and reproducing the labor force

D. emotional support and sexual gratification

830. Career and mobility patterns for men and women are_______________?
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A. quite different

B. growing more nearly alike

C. none of these

D. all alike

831. A ___________ is a substantial number of people who interact on the basis of loosely defined norms ?
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A. contagion

B. mob

C. craze

D. group

E. collectivity
832. The purpose of a reference group is to serve a (n)_________________?
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A. normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief

B. comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and others

C. elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose

D. both a and b
833. Some groups are neither clearly primary nor secondary but are intermediate with some features of each usually formed for performing some task They are called______________?
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A. Tertiary groups

B. Intermediate groups

C. Task-groups

D. None of these

834. Social revolutions_______________?
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A. appear to follow no natural history

B. involve the gradual evolution of existing state and class structures into new social arrangements

C. are most likely to occur when political

D. often begin with intellectuals withdrawing their support of the existing regime
835. socialization in children takes place___________?
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A. In the same class

B. among the children of different classes

C. between lower and middle classes

D. both a and c
836. Conflict theorists_____________?
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A. emphasize that the values of society serve all members of society

B. argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal

C. None of the above reflects the thinking of conflict theorists

D. see the capitalist ruling class as protecting the masses

837. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rising divorce rate in the West ?
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A. women have become less economically dependent

B. a reduction in the stigma attached to divorce

C. marriage is seen in terms of personal satisfaction

D. increased acceptance of same-sex relationships
838. To Simmel a mean of maintaining or increasing integration with groups is______________?
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A. Coercion

B. Competition

C. Co-operation

D. Conflict
839. Norbert Elias argued that effective communication systems have an evolutionary survival value How did he illustrate this in humans ?
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A. by studying the face

B. by studying small tribal groups

C. by studying sign language

D. by studying whole body language

840. Close friends who have known each other since childhood would be an example of a (n)_______________?
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A. out-groups

B. secondary group

C. Primary group

D. formal organizations