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