Sociology Quiz 11
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form ?
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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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Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because____________?
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According to Castells Which of the following is a world city ?
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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 Mafia is an example of____________?
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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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Judith Butler (1999) suggested that_______________?
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The term assets refers to_______________?
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A pastoralist society depends upon ?
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Durkheim defined social facts as______________?
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Sociology emerged in________________?
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Career and mobility patterns for men and women are_______________?
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According to the World Bank which of these is a middle-income country ?
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Which one of the following does not apply to social class systems ?
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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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In pre-Communist China the aged were______________?
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Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them_____________?
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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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Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?
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Ibne Khaldun is best known for______________?
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Political parties ?
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If a deviant act is ?normalized? it is______________?
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Weber (1919) said that the states monopoly of the use of force was legitimated by______________?
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The term manufactured risk refers to_______________?
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Lifespan is usually divided into seven or eight sages Adulthood legally begins at the age of____________?
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Positivism was first proposed by ___________ ?
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Multinational corporations______________?
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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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Sociology is well-equipped to uncover the truth about social problems because of______________?
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The media-themes model of media influence claims that_____________?
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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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The concept of collective consumption is most closely associated with______________?
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Which sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society ?
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Conflict theory explains________________?
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Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination ?
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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 difference between horticulture and agriculture is________________?
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According to Malthus____________?
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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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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 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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What is religious fundamentalism ?
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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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Which one of the following does Wilkinson identify as the main determinant of relative health in a society ?
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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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Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because_____________?
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