Sociology Quiz 22
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According to Durkheim an important component of social life was______________?
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Which one of the following is the most basic manifest function of education ?
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A plumber whose father was a physician is an example of_________________?
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Which sociological perspective minimizes change ?
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All early sociologists emphasized that_____________?
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It is difficult to ascertain the true extent of domestic violence because___________?
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Which of the following did Max Weber see as a potentially serious problem with the advance of modern bureaucracies ?
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In contemporary societies social institutions are_______________?
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Demographers who once believed that the U.S population would stabilize between 290 and 300 million people now believe that it will stabilize at around 390 million people because its________________?
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What is an education system in which children achieve their status based on their own worth called ____________?
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Spread of cultural traits from group to group is called______________?
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Theories of racialized discourse suggest that________________?
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Urbanism is the study of________________?
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Which term was used by Talcott Parsons in asserting that society tends toward a state of stability or balance ?
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The Functionalist Perspective says that_______________?
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Post-modernist writers have argued that____________?
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According to Foucault carceral organizations________________?
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Talcott Parsons,s structural functionalism attempted to tackle ?
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Which term describes a society in which women can marry more than one husband at a time but men may marry only one wife at a time ?
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Which of the following is NOT a feature of all socially stratified systems ?
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A combination of many traits a trait is______________?
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Informal organization________________?
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White-collar crime is low in visibility because_____________?
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The and purpose of Evolutionary theory is_____________?
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A society which is socially isolated but still provides for all the needs of its members, is called______________?
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Economic standing includes______________?
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Disengagement theory holds that it is functional for society if as people reach old age they_____________?
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The importance of socialization has been drawn upon few cases of children who were through neglect____________?
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Blended families are also known as_____________?
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According to __________ a variety of life experiences can come to be viewed as illnesses or not?
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Scientific theories in the nineteenth century tried to explain race in naturalistic terms Which of the following ideas was not considered ?
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Erving Goffman made a distinctive contribution to sociology by popularizing a particular type of interactionist method known as____________?
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Positivism is most accurately described as the belief that__________________?
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Which of these is NOT an explicit feature of Third Way politics ?
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Learning behavior in a social institution or developing social skills is called________________?
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Which country is currently experiencing a negative birthrate ?
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Older people living in housing for the elderly, workers in an offshore oil rig rodeo cowboys and circus performers-all are examples of what sociologists refer to as_____________?
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Herberg,s (1955) study of religion in America suggested that ?
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Which of these distinguishes modern nation-sates from traditional civilizations ?
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According to Durkheim the division of labor in industrial societies brings about______________?
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Which of the following is a personal document with closed access ?
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Freuds notion of the ego referred to________________?
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Meyer and Rowan,s assertion that roman rules are often myths means ?
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Role ascription by merit has also restricted the social statuses to those who has______________?
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In larger groups each person has ?
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What sociological approach argues that religions can be fruitfully understood as organization in competition with one another for followers ?
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The process of social interaction by which people acquire the knowledge attitudes values and behaviors essential for effective participation in society is called_____________?
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Durkheim,s famous definition of religion includes three main elements Which of these is not one of the three ?
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Functionalists argue that even though ethnic conflict is dysfunctional it my still serve some important functions in society Which of the following is NOT one of those important functions ?
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Which one of the following statements in not a key charge of postcolonial critiques against mainstream sociology ?
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