Sociology Quiz 17

Language is usually considered to be_______________?

Pakistan with a population of 160 million stands as the _______ largest population country?

What proportion of malnourished children under the age of five in the world,s low-and middle-income countries live in countries that actually produce a food surplus ?

The compulsion of proximity describes_______________?

of those in the United States who obtain a divorce about what percent later remarry ?

Ibne Khaldun was born in______________?

Communism is a form of government in which _____________?

In ?Gesellschaft? the society of tradition is replaced with the society of ______________?

A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically called a (n)_____________?

What name did Norbert Elias give to the dynamic of competition between social units that eventually gave rise to a nation state ?

Pakistan ranks ________ out of 173 in the UNDP, s Human Development index ?

Which sociological perspective emphasizes that ethnocentrism that ethnocentrism serves to maintain a sense of solidarity by promoting group pride ?

Social constructionism studies the processes which create and sustain ?

Robert Merton,s contributions to sociology include______________?

The final stage in demographic transition is marked by_____________?

__________ are the alterations over time in social structures culture and behavioral patterns ?

Weber said that the spirit of capitalism could be traced back to______________?

The world urbanization rate is rising highly It was 49% in 2005 and is likely to be 60% till_____________?

Everything which is socially learned and shared is called______________?

________ usually last longer are better organized more goal-oriented and have a longer lasting impact than fads or crazes ?

Downward mobility factors are_________________?

Evolutionary theory is of the view that society like biological organisms moves from___________?

The term ______ refers to the socially shared and organized ways of thinking feeling and acting that concern ultimate meanings about the existence of the supernatural or ?beyond? ?

Socialization is______________?

A Group of people affiliated by consanguinity affinity and co-residence is______________?

A sect is organized around______________?

Which of the following would be an example of a random sample? A researcher_________________?

Which of the following theorists rejects the notion of essential categories of male and female through her discussion of the performative aspect of gender ?

The shift form civil religion to common religion means that________________?

Science aims to be both______________?

?Positive Philosophy the work of August Comte was published in______________?

What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society ?

In which of these regions is public education expenditure lowest?

Human behavior is guided by expectations held both by the individual and by other people is the basic notion of_____________?

Chodorow (1978) argued that gender socialization occurred through____________?

The primary function of the family is to reproduce______________?

Sorokin emphasizes that the group difference is mainly affected by differences in_______________?

What is the idea that racism pervades all of society?s structures in a systematic way called ____________?

New communications technologies have revolutionized social life in the last 30 years or so Which of the following is not one of the four most significant technological trends making this revolution possible ?

White-collar crime is low in visibility because______________?

In many contemporary conflict?s attempts are made to protect soldiers often at the expense of civilian lives in order to minimize political problems from media coverage of fatalities How are such conflicts described ?

Which sociological perspective makes the distinction between instrumental and expressive roles ?

Which term describes families in which at least one adult has children from a previous marriage or relationship ?

Labelling theory came into prominence during which decade of the twentieth century ?

Arnett proposed an interesting distinction of types of socialization_______________?

Harry Harlow conducted study of______________?

which of these concepts is addressed in Foucault?s work ?

What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generation called______________?

An open society is one that_____________?

Which of the following theorists described the family as the ultimate source of social inequality because of its role in the transfer of power property and privilege ?