Sociology Quiz 17

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

Language is usually considered to be_______________?

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

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

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

In which of these regions is public education expenditure lowest?

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

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

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

The primary function of the family is to reproduce______________?

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 ?

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

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 compulsion of proximity describes_______________?

Science aims to be both______________?

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

Socialization is______________?

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 ?

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

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

Ibne Khaldun was born in______________?

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

A sect is organized around______________?

The final stage in demographic transition is marked by_____________?

Arnett proposed an interesting distinction of types of socialization_______________?

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

The shift form civil religion to common religion means that________________?

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 ?

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

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

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 ?

Communism is a form of government in which _____________?

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

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

Robert Merton,s contributions to sociology include______________?

Downward mobility factors are_________________?

White-collar crime is low in visibility because______________?

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

Social constructionism studies the processes which create and sustain ?

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

An open society is one that_____________?

Harry Harlow conducted study of______________?

Chodorow (1978) argued that gender socialization occurred through____________?

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

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

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

Everything which is socially learned and shared is called______________?

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

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

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? ?