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