sociology MCQs – Page 45

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
881. The socially defined expectations that a person in a given status follows are called______________?
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A. an impression

B. a role

C. a position

D. a performance

882. Which of the following is NOT a function of a primary group ?
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A. social control

B. accomplishing a specific practical purpose

C. socialization

D. meeting important personal needs

883. What term describes ties between individuals established through marriage or blood ?
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A. kinship

B. family

C. tribe

D. network

884. Dahrendorf Rex and Habermas focused their attention on_____________?
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A. social solidarity and cohesion

B. womens experiences and gendered knowledge

C. power domination and conflict

D. the interpretive understanding of action

885. The feeling of aimlessness or despair often associated with unsettling conditions is_____________?
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A. alienation

B. ascription

C. anomie

D. amorality

886. __________ are the alterations over time in social structures culture and behavioral patterns ?
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A. Social movements

B. Reformist movements

C. Social changes

D. Collective behaviors

E. Modernization movements

887. Europeans gave firearms whiskey and small pox to India in exchange of corn potatoes tobacco This is an example of_____________?
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A. None of these

B. Imperialism

C. cultural Exchange

D. Diffusion
888. Cultural lag________________?
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A. occurs when the dominant group forces change upon the subordinate group which lags behind

B. is the adjustment gap between material and nonmaterial culture?

C. refers to new forms of social disintegration

D. is societys way of avoiding the social problems that ensue from social change

889. Which sociologist saw that the definition of the situation could mold the thinking and personality of the individual ?
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A. Philip Zimbardo

B. William I. Thomas

C. Erving Goggman

D. Herbert Blumer

890. What approach focuses on the ever-changing relationship over time between social movements and macro-level economic and political systems ?
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A. Globalization

B. Postmodernism

C. Counter-modernization

D. Political Process

E. Linear Evolutionary

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

B. functionalist theory

C. flict theory

D. control theory

892. Geme in schaftrefers to a social system in which most relationships are _______________?
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A. Personal or traditional

B. None of these

C. Impersonal

D. Organizational

893. Technological forms of surveillance have made it easier to_____________?
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A. access and exchange private information about consumers

B. monitor employees activities at work

C. all of the above

D. reduce prison overcrowding by the use of electronic tagging

894. To a major degree the study of deviant behavior is the study of________________?
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A. abnormal behavior

B. Social problem

C. None of these

D. Criminal behavior
895. _________ is a model whereby public funds are extensively used to promote economic development?
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A. Neo-democracy

B. A welfare states

C. A liberation government

D. Democracy

E. State capitalism
896. Invention can be further divided into material inventions and social inventions democratic government is an example of____________?
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A. material invention

B. Social Invention

C. both of these

D. None of these

897. Oops! is an example of______________?
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A. a response cry

B. netiquette

C. interactional vandalism

D. civil inattention

898. What theory of social movement development currently dominates academic though ?
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A. Contagion

B. Conflict

C. Resource Development

D. Linear Evolutionary

E. Frame Alignment

899. Spread of cultural traits from group to group is called______________?
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A. None of these

B. diffusion

C. Cultural contacts

D. Intercultural harmony

900. The term inter-generational mobility refers to______________?
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A. movement into a different occupational category over a persons lifetime

B. movement into a higher occupational category

C. movement into different occupational categories between generations

D. movement into an occupation that generates a lower income