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