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This section includes 1422 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Sociology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 401. |
Weber said that the spirit of capitalism could be traced back to______________? |
| A. | the movement towards religious pluralism |
| B. | inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas |
| C. | new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labor |
| D. | Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 402. |
Weber said that the spirit of capitalism could be traced back to_________________? |
| A. | the movement towards religious pluralism |
| B. | inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas |
| C. | new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labor |
| D. | Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 403. |
Weber said that the spirit of capitalism could be traced back to_______________? |
| A. | the movement towards religious pluralism |
| B. | inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas |
| C. | new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labor |
| D. | Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 404. |
Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant, because____________? |
| A. | sociologists like to put a value on different theories |
| B. | Knowledge refers to people and their values |
| C. | theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values |
| D. | attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable |
| Answer» D. attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable | |
| 405. |
Weber defined a class situation as____________? |
| A. | the exploitation of the working class by their capitalist employers |
| B. | a social groups consciousness of their status and life chances |
| C. | a person’s position in the capital product and labor markets based on their economic resources |
| D. | the lifestyle of a social class as defined by patterns of consumption |
| Answer» D. the lifestyle of a social class as defined by patterns of consumption | |
| 406. |
Weber (1919) said that the states monopoly of the use of force was legitimated by______________? |
| A. | charismatic authority |
| B. | rational -legal authority |
| C. | traditional authority |
| D. | value-rational authority |
| Answer» C. traditional authority | |
| 407. |
We internalize the norms of our culture and come to share values goals sentiments through ? |
| A. | Individual activities |
| B. | Families |
| C. | Group activities |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 408. |
We are not equally involved in all our in-groups To measure the degree of closeness or acceptance we feel toward other groups Bogardus developed a concept called______________? |
| A. | Measuring acceptance |
| B. | closeness degree |
| C. | Social distance |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 409. |
We all for most of the time try to be a model personality A model personality is one that represents ? |
| A. | All possible cultural traits |
| B. | Most of the cultural traits |
| C. | None of the cultural traits |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. None of the cultural traits | |
| 410. |
Walt Disney Sony and Time Warner are examples of________________? |
| A. | transnational corporations |
| B. | multi-media empires |
| C. | ownership concentrated within one medium |
| D. | government-owned companies |
| Answer» B. multi-media empires | |
| 411. |
Wallflowers are people who came to believe early in life that they can_____________? |
| A. | make conversation |
| B. | not make conversation |
| C. | Sometimes they are good speakers |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sometimes they are good speakers | |
| 412. |
Wallerstein’s world-systems theory is inspired by______________? |
| A. | Marxism |
| B. | interaction ism |
| C. | Functionalism |
| D. | Post structuralism |
| Answer» B. interaction ism | |
| 413. |
________________ view standards of deviant behavior as merely reflecting cultural norms whereas __________ and _______________ theorists point out that the most powerful groups in a society can shape laws and standards and determine who is (or is not) prosecuted as a criminal ? |
| A. | conflict theorists’ functionalists labelling |
| B. | labelling theorists conflict functionalist |
| C. | functionalists conflict labelling |
| D. | conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist |
| Answer» D. conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist | |
| 414. |
Values_______________? |
| A. | provide explicit indications of which behaviors are acceptable and which are not. |
| B. | are narrow ideas about what is desirable correct and good |
| C. | are defined by symbols |
| D. | are general and abstract and do not explicitly specify which behaviors are acceptable and which are not |
| Answer» E. | |
| 415. |
Values traditions, and beliefs are all examples of_______________? |
| A. | popular culture |
| B. | customs |
| C. | material culture |
| D. | non-material culture |
| E. | culture relativism |
| Answer» E. culture relativism | |
| 416. |
________ usually last longer are better organized more goal-oriented and have a longer lasting impact than fads or crazes ? |
| A. | Social movements |
| B. | Developments |
| C. | Conventions |
| D. | Hysterias |
| E. | Protests |
| Answer» B. Developments | |
| 417. |
_____________ uses multiple data collection methods on the same area of interest? |
| A. | Triangulation |
| B. | Ethnography |
| C. | Field research |
| D. | Variation |
| E. | Cluster sampling |
| Answer» B. Ethnography | |
| 418. |
Urbanization occurred in the nineteenth century because_______________? |
| A. | commuters started moving out of villages and into cities |
| B. | towns and cities were becoming increasingly planned and managed |
| C. | industrial capitalism led to a shift of population from rural to urban areas |
| D. | transport systems were not provided so it was easier to live in the city |
| Answer» D. transport systems were not provided so it was easier to live in the city | |
| 419. |
Urbanization is a ______ process ? |
| A. | Straight lined |
| B. | Cyclical |
| C. | Social |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Social | |
| 420. |
Urbanization in preindustrial cities was restricted by___________? |
| A. | reliance on animal power as a source of energy |
| B. | the high levels of surplus produced by the agricultural sector |
| C. | the ease of migration to the city |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. the high levels of surplus produced by the agricultural sector | |
| 421. |
Urbanization in preindustrial cities was restricted by_____________? |
| A. | reliance on animal power as a source of energy |
| B. | the high levels of surplus produced by the agricultural sector |
| C. | the ease of migration to the city |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. the high levels of surplus produced by the agricultural sector | |
| 422. |
Urbanization Causes many Social problems as___________? |
| A. | Inflation |
| B. | Poverty |
| C. | Unemployment |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 423. |
Urbanism is the study of________________? |
| A. | Cities |
| B. | human communities’ rural areas |
| C. | Transition |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. human communities’ rural areas | |
| 424. |
Urban recycling is shorthand for______________? |
| A. | encouraging existing residents to move out of an area |
| B. | introducing local environmental strategies to an area |
| C. | the refurbishment or replacement of old buildings and land |
| D. | providing incentives for urban dwellers to use public transport |
| Answer» D. providing incentives for urban dwellers to use public transport | |
| 425. |
Urban gentrification is an example of____________? |
| A. | segregation |
| B. | invasion |
| C. | redlining |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. redlining | |
| 426. |
Unverified information that is passed on from person to person is called a______________? |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | contagion |
| C. | convention |
| D. | rumor |
| E. | gossip |
| Answer» E. gossip | |
| 427. |
“Underclass “refers to____________? |
| A. | the poor who are concentrated in isolated rural areas |
| B. | individuals who experience occasional poverty but who move back into the “mainstream” of economic life within 12 months |
| C. | the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city |
| D. | both b and c |
| Answer» D. both b and c | |
| 428. |
Under what type of arrangement do people reckon descent and transmit property through the mother’s side of the family ? |
| A. | bilineal |
| B. | neolocal |
| C. | patrilineal |
| D. | matrilineal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 429. |
Two basic types of economic systems distinguish contemporary industrial societies ? |
| A. | capitalism and communism |
| B. | capitalism and socialism |
| C. | socialism and communism |
| D. | capitalism and dictatorships |
| Answer» B. capitalism and socialism | |
| 430. |
Turning points, a which people change direction in the course of their lives are_______________? |
| A. | age norms |
| B. | life events |
| C. | social clocks |
| D. | remarkably similar for men and women |
| Answer» C. social clocks | |
| 431. |
Traditional working-class identity was based around_________________? |
| A. | shared working conditions in the manufacturing industry |
| B. | the class consciousness of members of the proletariat |
| C. | local communities extended kinship networks and shared leisure pursuits |
| D. | collective aspirations to move into the middle class |
| Answer» D. collective aspirations to move into the middle class | |
| 432. |
totality of behavior of an individual with a given tendency system interacting with a sequence of situations” is termed as____________? |
| A. | Behavior |
| B. | Role |
| C. | Personality |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 433. |
Totalitarianism ? |
| A. | is the authoritative formulation of policies that are binding and pervasive throughout the society? |
| B. | is a state in which the government is concerned with satisfying the needs of the total person? |
| C. | is a state in which the government seeks to control all subordinate governmental units all institutions and even personal associations and individual |
| D. | can incorporate only in a socialist society |
| Answer» D. can incorporate only in a socialist society | |
| 434. |
Total inhabitants of an area at a given time is termed as_____________? |
| A. | community |
| B. | Society |
| C. | Population |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 435. |
Tonnies divided the social structure into Gemeinschaft and Gesellschafts The tighter and cohesive social entity was the salient feature of___________? |
| A. | Gemeinschaft |
| B. | Gesellschafts |
| C. | Both of them |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Gesellschafts | |
| 436. |
To what does the term the new migration refer ? |
| A. | movement from Britain to commonwealth countries |
| B. | movement from former colonies to European countries |
| C. | movement from European countries to Africa |
| D. | movement between European countries |
| Answer» E. | |
| 437. |
To Simmel a mean of maintaining or increasing integration with groups is______________? |
| A. | Co-operation |
| B. | Competition |
| C. | Coercion |
| D. | Conflict |
| Answer» E. | |
| 438. |
To compliment your professor for delivering a particularly inspiring lecture would be to comment on his/her ? |
| A. | role modelling |
| B. | ascribed status |
| C. | status conception |
| D. | role performance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 439. |
To a major degree the study of deviant behavior is the study of________________? |
| A. | abnormal behavior |
| B. | Criminal behavior |
| C. | Social problem |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Social problem | |
| 440. |
Through association with people who are meaningful to us we achieve a sense of security love acceptance companionship and personal worth This is a(n) ? |
| A. | anticipatory bond |
| B. | expressive tie |
| C. | family tie |
| D. | instrumental bond |
| Answer» C. family tie | |
| 441. |
Those who cannot compete have on right for higher learning and must be refused accordingly who believed in the above thesis ? |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Spencer |
| C. | Karl Max |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Karl Max | |
| 442. |
Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________? |
| A. | social statics |
| B. | social dynamics |
| C. | social absolutes |
| D. | constructed reality |
| Answer» B. social dynamics | |
| 443. |
There are three basic sources of power within any political system? |
| A. | force influence and authority |
| B. | force influence and democracy |
| C. | force influence and charisma |
| D. | influence charisma and bureaucracy |
| Answer» B. force influence and democracy | |
| 444. |
There are three basic sources of power within any political system ? |
| A. | force influence and authority |
| B. | force influence and democracy |
| C. | force legitimacy and charisma |
| D. | influence charisma and bureaucracy |
| Answer» B. force influence and democracy | |
| 445. |
There are some important gender inequalities in paid employment and the chapter identifies three of these Which one of the following is not one of the three ? |
| A. | the division of household labor |
| B. | occupational segregation |
| C. | the wage gap in favor of men |
| D. | women’s concentration in part-time jobs |
| Answer» B. occupational segregation | |
| 446. |
There are many legal limits that are attached to age a few examples are_____________? |
| A. | voting age |
| B. | age of consent |
| C. | drinking age |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 447. |
Theories must be____________? |
| A. | testable |
| B. | formulated prior to research |
| C. | based on pre-existing facts |
| D. | exclusively sociological |
| E. | issue driven |
| Answer» B. formulated prior to research | |
| 448. |
Theories of racialized discourse suggest that________________? |
| A. | race is an objective way of categorizing people on biological grounds |
| B. | the idea of race is socially constructed through powerful ideologies |
| C. | race relations in Britain and America can be traced back to colonial times |
| D. | people choose their racial identity, and this becomes fixed |
| Answer» C. race relations in Britain and America can be traced back to colonial times | |
| 449. |
Theoretical approaches can only be said to be, valid. if______________? |
| A. | the theorist has researched the literatures thoroughly |
| B. | they have been tested out by means of factual research |
| C. | they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove |
| D. | they are shared by a large enough number of theorists |
| Answer» C. they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove | |
| 450. |
Theoretical approaches can only be said to be valid if______________? |
| A. | the theorist has researched the literature thoroughly |
| B. | they have been tested out by means of factual research |
| C. | they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove |
| D. | they are shared by a large enough number of theorists |
| Answer» C. they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove | |