Sociology Quiz 11
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Which one of the following does Wilkinson identify as the main determinant of relative health in a society ?
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According to Castells Which of the following is a world city ?
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Merton describes types of response to a situation where there are widely socially endorsed values but limited means of achieving them Which of his types describes an acceptance of the values but willingness to use any means to achieve them ?
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The Mafia is an example of____________?
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Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because____________?
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The concept of collective consumption is most closely associated with______________?
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Which theorist is most associated with world-systems theory ?
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Career and mobility patterns for men and women are_______________?
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According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three ?
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Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination ?
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Compared With the sate formation process in industrialized countries which one of the following created major problems for developing societies ?
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The term assets refers to_______________?
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Sociology is well-equipped to uncover the truth about social problems because of______________?
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Which regions of the world currently have the highest and lowest proportions respectively of population living in cities ?
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A pastoralist society depends upon ?
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Durkheim defined social facts as______________?
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Of all of the steps in the research process the one that typically takes the most time is_____________?
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Which one of the following does not apply to social class systems ?
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If a deviant act is ?normalized? it is______________?
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Paul du Gay?s (2000) In Praise of Bureaucracy makes two important points in defense of bureaucratic forms of organization Which two points are they? A bureaucratic ethos ?
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Political parties ?
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The term manufactured risk refers to_______________?
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What proportion of the world?s annual wealth output is concentrated in high-income countries ?
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What is religious fundamentalism ?
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Conflict theory explains________________?
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Lifespan is usually divided into seven or eight sages Adulthood legally begins at the age of____________?
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Which approach framed their analysis of crime and deviance in terms of this preservation of power by the ruling class ?
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Positivism was first proposed by ___________ ?
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The difference between horticulture and agriculture is________________?
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The case of the former Soviet Union supports Kerr et al,s (1960) claims that___________?
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The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a ?social movement industry? ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?
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Weber (1919) said that the states monopoly of the use of force was legitimated by______________?
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In pre-Communist China the aged were______________?
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According to the World Bank which of these is a middle-income country ?
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Which sociological perspective emphasizes that the relationship between females and males has been one of unequal power with men in a dominant position over women ?
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_______________ Of what is the failure of companies to adhere to legal regulations that apply to them an example ?
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Which sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society ?
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Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them_____________?
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Judith Butler (1999) suggested that_______________?
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Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?
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Sociology emerged in________________?
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form ?
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There are three basic sources of power within any political system?
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The depression that occurs when the last child leaves the home is called______________?
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According to Malthus____________?
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Ibne Khaldun is best known for______________?
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The media-themes model of media influence claims that_____________?
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Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because_____________?
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Which one of the following crime rates was higher in the United States than in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s ?
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Multinational corporations______________?
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