Sociology Quiz 7
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Human and animal societies share all but one of the following characteristics ?
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What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations ?
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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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Unverified information that is passed on from person to person is called a______________?
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Sociologists using Evolutionary Perspective look for________________?
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Lombroso claimed that______________?
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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 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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According to Freud______________?
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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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When Comet wrote of sociology as a positive science he meant ?
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The term ?Socio Cultural? Change refers to______________?
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A useful distinction between conformity and obedience was made by social psychologist ?
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Mass-society theory suggests that_______________?
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Which of the following is not identified by Fulcher & Scott as a criterion of community ?
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A minority group is one that is both disadvantaged and______________?
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The middle classes that developed over the nineteenth century were_____________?
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The term ethnocentrism was coined by sociologist____________?
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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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Which of the following statements about norms is correct ?
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Sociology is introduced as an academic discipline by______________?
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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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The first step in any sociological research project is to_____________?
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Which of the following statements about the status of women around the world is correct _____________?
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Both the functionalist and conflict perspectives agree that ?
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The lower class is often considered to be living in_______________?
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Sociologists________________?
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In Which of these countries is Orthodox Christianity the dominant religion ?
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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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Causes of necrosis includes ________ ?
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Which of the following would experience role exit ?
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Approximately how long on average did a Victorian marriage last ______________?
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According to Conflict theory, culture is maintained through the_________ of society?
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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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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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Experiments are of two types_____________?
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How do fashions differ from fads ?
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Pure Sociology is a search for knowledge without primary concern for its______________?
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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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Which of these is NOT viewed as a strength of surveys ?
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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 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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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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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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For Thomas Robert Malthus the appropriate way to control population was to_____________?
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Social norms are______________?
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The notion of citizenship rights is associated with______________?
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The society which lacks consistent guidelines for people to learn is termed as_____________?
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