Sociology Quiz 11
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Career and mobility patterns for men and women are_______________?
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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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The Mafia is an example of____________?
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Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination ?
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Positivism was first proposed by ___________ ?
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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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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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Weber (1919) said that the states monopoly of the use of force was legitimated by______________?
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Which one of the following does not apply to social class systems ?
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The difference between horticulture and agriculture is________________?
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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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According to Castells Which of the following is a world city ?
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What is religious fundamentalism ?
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The case of the former Soviet Union supports Kerr et al,s (1960) claims that___________?
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The term manufactured risk 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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The term assets refers to_______________?
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Which sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society ?
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Political parties ?
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Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because_____________?
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According to the World Bank which of these is a middle-income country ?
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A pastoralist society depends upon ?
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The depression that occurs when the last child leaves the home is called______________?
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Judith Butler (1999) suggested that_______________?
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What proportion of the world?s annual wealth output is concentrated in high-income countries ?
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Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because____________?
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Durkheim defined social facts as______________?
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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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The media-themes model of media influence claims that_____________?
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According to Malthus____________?
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In pre-Communist China the aged were______________?
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Multinational corporations______________?
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If a deviant act is ?normalized? it is______________?
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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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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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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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Which approach framed their analysis of crime and deviance in terms of this preservation of power by the ruling class ?
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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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Conflict theory explains________________?
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Sociology is well-equipped to uncover the truth about social problems because of______________?
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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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Of all of the steps in the research process the one that typically takes the most time is_____________?
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Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them_____________?
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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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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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Ibne Khaldun is best known for______________?
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Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?
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