Sociology Quiz 11
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Career and mobility patterns for men and women are_______________?
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Positivism was first proposed by ___________ ?
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Which theorist is most associated with world-systems theory ?
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There are three basic sources of power within any political system?
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Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?
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According to the World Bank which of these is a middle-income country ?
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According to Castells Which of the following is a world city ?
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Political parties ?
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Ibne Khaldun is best known for______________?
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The difference between horticulture and agriculture is________________?
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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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What proportion of the world?s annual wealth output is concentrated in high-income countries ?
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The term assets refers to_______________?
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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 does Wilkinson identify as the main determinant of relative health in a society ?
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Weber (1919) said that the states monopoly of the use of force was legitimated by______________?
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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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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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The concept of collective consumption is most closely associated with______________?
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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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According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three ?
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A pastoralist society depends upon ?
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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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In pre-Communist China the aged were______________?
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Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination ?
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Multinational corporations______________?
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Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because____________?
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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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The depression that occurs when the last child leaves the home is called______________?
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form ?
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Sociology is well-equipped to uncover the truth about social problems because of______________?
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The Mafia is an example of____________?
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Lifespan is usually divided into seven or eight sages Adulthood legally begins at the age of____________?
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If a deviant act is ?normalized? it is______________?
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Judith Butler (1999) suggested that_______________?
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Which one of the following does not apply to social class systems ?
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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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Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them_____________?
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According to Malthus____________?
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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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_______________ Of what is the failure of companies to adhere to legal regulations that apply to them an example ?
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Durkheim defined social facts as______________?
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Conflict theory explains________________?
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The term manufactured risk refers to_______________?
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Sociology emerged in________________?
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The case of the former Soviet Union supports Kerr et al,s (1960) claims that___________?
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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 sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society ?
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What is religious fundamentalism ?
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