Sociology Quiz 7
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Approximately how long on average did a Victorian marriage last ______________?
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According to Freud______________?
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The term ethnocentrism was coined by sociologist____________?
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The global spread of democracy is probably the most striking trend in geopolitics but in the established Western democracies what has now become a source of major concern ?
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The notion of citizenship rights is associated with______________?
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Which of these is NOT viewed as a strength of surveys ?
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Lombroso claimed that______________?
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What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations ?
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of totalitarian societies ?
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Which sociological perspective examines human activities on the micro level by is shaped by the distinctive norms values and demands of a particular society ?
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Mass-society theory suggests that_______________?
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Ludwig Feuerbach,s views on the alienation involved in transferring human values and ideas onto gods and spirits as distinct from human societies influenced the ideas of which classical sociologist ?
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A change in occupational position or role without involving any change in its position in the social hierarchy is called____________?
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A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?
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For Thomas Robert Malthus the appropriate way to control population was to_____________?
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The term ?Socio Cultural? Change refers to______________?
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Which of the following statements about the status of women around the world is correct _____________?
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The lower class is often considered to be living in_______________?
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Both the functionalist and conflict perspectives agree that ?
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Karl Marx saw religion as________________?
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Comte argued that knowledge passed through which three stages ?
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Education is undergoing a transformation in which the boundary between schooling and the outside world is breaking down allowing for workplace education beyond the confines of the classroom and at many different times How is this broad change usually described ?
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Which of the following would experience role exit ?
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In what type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans have been on planet Earth ?
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The first step in any sociological research project is to_____________?
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Which sociological perspective emphasizes that in comparison with women men can drw on larger social networks that are useful in locating employment opportunities ?
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A minority group is one that is both disadvantaged and______________?
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Which of the following is not a term for work that takes place outside the formal paid employment sector ?
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When Comet wrote of sociology as a positive science he meant ?
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In Which of these countries is Orthodox Christianity the dominant religion ?
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William F Whyte?s study of a low-income Italian neighborhood in Boston was a classic example of_____________?
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Unverified information that is passed on from person to person is called a______________?
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The intellectual tradition at the heart of conflict theory begins principally with the work of_____________?
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Which of the following statements about norms is correct ?
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According to Conflict theory, culture is maintained through the_________ of society?
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The society which lacks consistent guidelines for people to learn is termed as_____________?
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Sociologists using Evolutionary Perspective look for________________?
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Which of the following is not identified by Fulcher & Scott as a criterion of community ?
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Pure Sociology is a search for knowledge without primary concern for its______________?
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Experiments are of two types_____________?
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Sociology is introduced as an academic discipline by______________?
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Human and animal societies share all but one of the following characteristics ?
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Social norms are______________?
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What is the term used by Francis Fukuyama (1992) to describe the triumph of Western-style democracy has over other forms of government ?
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Sociologists________________?
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Causes of necrosis includes ________ ?
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A useful distinction between conformity and obedience was made by social psychologist ?
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Which term does John Thompson use to describe the sort of social relations created by the mass media ?
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The middle classes that developed over the nineteenth century were_____________?
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How do fashions differ from fads ?
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