sociology MCQs – Page 46

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
901. Changes in the social structure of a society is called_______________?
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A. Social Change

B. None of these

C. Cultural Change

D. Structural Change

902. ________________ view standards of deviant behavior as merely reflecting cultural norms whereas __________ and _______________ theorists point out that the most powerful groups in a society can shape laws and standards and determine who is (or is not) prosecuted as a criminal ?
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A. conflict theorists functionalists labelling

B. functionalists conflict labelling

C. conflict theorists labelling functionalist

D. labelling theorists conflict functionalist

903. Auguste Comte described _________________?
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A. None of these

B. Two stages

C. Four stages of social change

D. Three stages
904. Which sociological perspective minimizes change?
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A. each of the above

B. interactionist perspective

C. functionalist perspective

D. conflict perspective

905. Selective confinement_______________?
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A. cannot keep hard core criminals off the street

B. maximizes effective use of prison bed space

C. is an effort to address the problem of one-time criminals

D. does keep hard core criminals off the street
906. Unverified information that is passed on from person to person is called a______________?
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A. contagion

B. rumor

C. convention

D. metaphor

E. gossip

907. The most common master statuses are based on what ?
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A. gender and race

B. family and peer groups

C. education and occupation

D. class and income

908. In Gesellschaft the society of tradition is replaced with the society of ______________?
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A. None of these

B. Contract

C. Modern ideas

D. Impersonal relations

909. Which of the following is NOT one of the three main types of social control processes ?
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A. formal and informal sanctions

B. internalization of norms

C. conformity with norms

D. the structure of social experience

910. The term ethnomethodology was coined by______________?
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A. Anthony Giddens

B. Harold Garfinkel

C. Erving Goffman

D. Max Weber

911. An open society is one that_____________?
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A. grants every member equal status

B. has permissive attitudes towards sexual behavior

C. does not have any official secrets in its government

D. allows people to move between levels of the hierarchy
912. The Prisoners Dilemma Game simulates a situation in which_____________?
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A. both partners can benefit if each play competitively

B. both partners can benefit if each plays cooperative

C. you are more likely to employ a cooperative strategy if your partner exhibits cooperation early and consistently

D. neither you nor your partner can win

913. The terms Primary and Secondary thus describe a type of relationship and do not imply that one is more____________ than other?
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A. formal

B. Important

C. Informal

D. None of these

914. It is difficult to ascertain the true extent of domestic violence because___________?
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A. researchers are not allowed access to official statistics

B. there is a large dark figure of unreported incidents

C. the changing definitions of legal categories have made it harder to convict offenders

D. there is no valid or reliable way of researching such a sensitive topic

915. Social mobility may be experienced by_____________?
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A. Only groups

B. Only by individuals

C. By individual or by entire group

D. None of these

916. Mobility oriented behavior education Work habits are______________?
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A. Individual factor

B. Structural

C. both a and b

D. None of these

917. Domestic violence is physical abuse by one family member against another which two of the following are most likely to be victims of such abuse ?
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A. male partners/spouses and children

B. female partners/spouses and older relatives

C. female partners/spouses and children

D. older relatives and children

918. Ethnic identity refers to______________?
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A. the imposition of a racial label on a minority by a powerful majority

B. a felt sense of group of group membership on basis of religion language or history

C. the objective categories of ethnicity used in the census

D. the fragmented and pluralistic nature of ethnicity

919. Downward mobility factors are______________?
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A. Same

B. different from those

C. Opposite to those of upward mobility

D. None of these

920. A person is consciously motive primarily by his_______________?
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A. Social values

B. None of these

C. Real traits

D. Picture of himself