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This section includes 1534 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Sociology Mcqs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 501. |
What is the idea that racism pervades all of society’s structures in a systematic way called ? |
| A. | new racism |
| B. | cultural racism |
| C. | ethnocentrism |
| D. | institutional racism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 502. |
A minority group is one that is both disadvantaged and_______________? |
| A. | has some sense of collective or group solidarity? |
| B. | numerically small compared to the main social group |
| C. | identifiably different from others in a society |
| D. | holds views contrary to the social norm |
| Answer» B. numerically small compared to the main social group | |
| 503. |
The process of turning the class concept into something measurable is called_____________? |
| A. | operational research |
| B. | modus operandum |
| C. | operationalization |
| D. | operant conditioning |
| Answer» B. modus operandum | |
| 504. |
Marx said that the development of the labor movement through factory-based production would turn the working class into____________? |
| A. | a class in itself |
| B. | a-class by itself |
| C. | a class for itself |
| D. | a ruling class |
| Answer» D. a ruling class | |
| 505. |
According to Wright some class locations are contradictory because______________? |
| A. | their holders do not believe in the notion of class |
| B. | they share features of the positions above and below them |
| C. | there is disagreement about how to interpret them |
| D. | they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify |
| Answer» E. | |
| 506. |
Mass-society theory suggests that_______________? |
| A. | the content of the media is determined by market forces |
| B. | the subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class |
| C. | the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers |
| D. | audiences make selective interpretations of media messages |
| Answer» D. audiences make selective interpretations of media messages | |
| 507. |
Which of the following is NOT associated with functionalism ? |
| A. | Talcott Parsons |
| B. | Ralf Dahrendorf |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Robert Merton |
| Answer» C. Emile Durkheim | |
| 508. |
The capitalist class of the mid-twentieth century were said to join the upper class because them___________? |
| A. | Participated in the same leisure pursuits and events of the social calendar |
| B. | emulated the lifestyle and cultural values of the traditional aristocracy |
| C. | owned companies and financial assets that generated wealth through corporations |
| D. | had direct personal ownerships of land and businesses as physical assets |
| Answer» D. had direct personal ownerships of land and businesses as physical assets | |
| 509. |
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 | |
| 510. |
Social relations are directly proportional to_____________? |
| A. | social Class |
| B. | Social status |
| C. | Caste system |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Social status | |
| 511. |
When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people’s movement between them they call this____________? |
| A. | social stratification |
| B. | social control |
| C. | social conflict |
| D. | social solidarity |
| Answer» B. social control | |
| 512. |
socialization in children takes place___________? |
| A. | In the same class |
| B. | among the children of different classes |
| C. | between lower and middle classes |
| D. | both a and c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 513. |
Global studies indicate that one_______________ of all women have been beaten coerced into sex, or otherwise physically abused in their lifetime? |
| A. | half |
| B. | third |
| C. | quarter |
| D. | tenth |
| Answer» C. quarter | |
| 514. |
Principles such as efficiency calculability and predictability are all part of what Ritzer called____________? |
| A. | McDonaldization |
| B. | post-modernization |
| C. | the service industry |
| D. | the culture of commerce |
| E. | post-industrialization |
| Answer» B. post-modernization | |
| 515. |
Which of the following was not identified as a major theoretical perspective on social change ? |
| A. | Functional theory |
| B. | interactionist theory |
| C. | Conflict theory |
| D. | Cyclical theory |
| E. | Evolutionary theory |
| Answer» C. Conflict theory | |
| 516. |
_____________ is the term commonly used to describe the early days of a social movement characterized by a general mood of discontent ? |
| A. | Bureaucratization |
| B. | Decline |
| C. | Coalescence |
| D. | Incipience |
| E. | Arousal |
| Answer» E. Arousal | |
| 517. |
Rumors about a bizarre event that supposedly happened to someone far removed from the individual telling the story are often called_______________? |
| A. | legendary tales |
| B. | urban legends |
| C. | sports legends |
| D. | schoolyard tales |
| E. | rural legends |
| Answer» C. sports legends | |
| 518. |
________ 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 | |
| 519. |
What approach focuses on the ever-changing relationship over time between social movements and macro-level economic and political systems ? |
| A. | Globalization |
| B. | Political Process |
| C. | Postmodernism |
| D. | Linear Evolutionary |
| E. | Counter-modernization |
| Answer» C. Postmodernism | |
| 520. |
Which of the following describes a central change in contemporary life that has been identified by futurists ? |
| A. | The United States is being restructured from an agrarian to an industrial society |
| B. | Modern societies are increasingly shifting from a national to a global economy |
| C. | High tech industries are becoming energy-and materials-intensive |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. High tech industries are becoming energy-and materials-intensive | |
| 521. |
Mass hysteria ? |
| A. | involves contained anxiety |
| B. | is usually associated with some mysterious force |
| C. | never involves physical symptoms |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. never involves physical symptoms | |
| 522. |
Which of the following is not a function the family discussed by William Ogburn ? |
| A. | providing of social status |
| B. | reproduction |
| C. | economic |
| D. | protection |
| Answer» D. protection | |
| 523. |
According to contagion theory the “mob mind” develops through_____________? |
| A. | imitation suggestibility and circular reaction |
| B. | precipitating factors structural strain and structural conduciveness |
| C. | norms of the status quo emergent norms and new norms |
| D. | fashions fads and crazes |
| Answer» B. precipitating factors structural strain and structural conduciveness | |
| 524. |
Among the approaches that seek to explain the causes of social movements which one states that revolutions are most likely to take place when a prolonged period of social and economic betterment is followed by a period of sharp reversal ? |
| A. | the resource mobilization approach |
| B. | the deprivation approaches |
| C. | the capitalist collapse approach |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. the capitalist collapse approach | |
| 525. |
Which of the following is an accurate statement about rumors ? |
| A. | Rumors are effective ways to disseminate reliable information |
| B. | Rumors are easy to verify |
| C. | Rumors are transmitted from person to person in a relatively rapid fashion |
| D. | Rumors typically arise when people trust official sources of information |
| Answer» D. Rumors typically arise when people trust official sources of information | |
| 526. |
________ is the process by which a society moves from traditional to industrial social and economic arrangements? |
| A. | Development |
| B. | Evolution |
| C. | Modernization |
| D. | Social change |
| Answer» D. Social change | |
| 527. |
Which sociological perspective minimizes change? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | each of the above |
| Answer» B. conflict perspective | |
| 528. |
A new combination or a new use of existing knowledge is termed as______________? |
| A. | Invention |
| B. | discovery |
| C. | Social Change |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. discovery | |
| 529. |
Gossip usually consists of information about a person ? |
| A. | family |
| B. | personal affairs |
| C. | crimes |
| D. | military record |
| E. | work |
| Answer» C. crimes | |
| 530. |
Functionalists accept “Change” as a _____________? |
| A. | Function |
| B. | Constant |
| C. | Change |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Change | |
| 531. |
According to Marxian view each stage contained within itself the seeds of_____________? |
| A. | progress |
| B. | it’s won destruction |
| C. | next stage |
| D. | both b and c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 532. |
Auguste Comte described _________________? |
| A. | Four stages of social change |
| B. | Two stages |
| C. | Three stages |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 533. |
Changes of relationships are primarily___________________________? |
| A. | Individual changes |
| B. | Social Change |
| C. | Cultural Change |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Cultural Change | |
| 534. |
Changes in the social structure of a society is called_______________? |
| A. | Social Change |
| B. | Cultural Change |
| C. | Structural Change |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Structural Change | |
| 535. |
What theory argues that only certain people will be attracted by the opportunity to participate in a given episode of collective behavior ? |
| A. | Contagion |
| B. | Convergence |
| C. | Emergence |
| D. | Structural |
| E. | Reformist |
| Answer» C. Emergence | |
| 536. |
Central to the concept of social movement is the idea that _____________? |
| A. | social movements appear only in times of controlled slow social change |
| B. | social movements occur inside the institutional framework of everyday life |
| C. | people intervene in the process of social change |
| D. | people do not readily undertake joint activity |
| Answer» D. people do not readily undertake joint activity | |
| 537. |
A ___________ is a substantial number of people who interact on the basis of loosely defined norms ? |
| A. | craze |
| B. | group |
| C. | contagion |
| D. | collectivity |
| E. | mob |
| Answer» E. mob | |
| 538. |
Crowds have three characteristics in common Which of the following is NOT one of those characteristics ? |
| A. | deindividualization |
| B. | invulnerability |
| C. | suggestibility |
| D. | transformation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 539. |
According to Smelser’s model which of the following determinants of collective behavior occurs first ? |
| A. | growth of a generalized belief |
| B. | precipitating factors |
| C. | structural conduciveness |
| D. | structural strain |
| Answer» D. structural strain | |
| 540. |
Which of the following is likely to occur as a result of the computer revolution in the United States ? |
| A. | a restriction in the amount of information available to the general public |
| B. | a plateauing of the amount of automation the workplace |
| C. | a centralized accumulation of power in the hands of those who have access to computers |
| D. | an increased involvement in society by people with disabilities |
| Answer» D. an increased involvement in society by people with disabilities | |
| 541. |
How do fashions differ from fads ? |
| A. | Fashions are norms fads are not |
| B. | Fashions are long-lived fads are short-lived |
| C. | Fashions enjoy widespread acceptance within society fads enjoy acceptance only among a segment of the population |
| D. | Fashions include crazes fads do not Mass hysteria |
| Answer» D. Fashions include crazes fads do not Mass hysteria | |
| 542. |
The four principles of McDonaldization are________________? |
| A. | efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor |
| B. | efficiency calculability uniformity automation |
| C. | efficiency dehumanization automation high calories |
| D. | efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake |
| Answer» C. efficiency dehumanization automation high calories | |
| 543. |
In developing nations which of the following influence(s) social change towards the liberal Western democratic style of society ? |
| A. | literacy education and communication |
| B. | a centrally dominated social order |
| C. | extreme social inequalities |
| D. | homogenous social groups and organizations |
| Answer» B. a centrally dominated social order | |
| 544. |
The feeling of aimlessness or despair often associated with unsettling conditions is_____________? |
| A. | alienation |
| B. | amorality |
| C. | anomie |
| D. | ascription |
| Answer» D. ascription | |
| 545. |
Cyclical theorists_______________? |
| A. | try to predict the course of a civilization or society |
| B. | focus on analyzing a single society at a time |
| C. | believe that cultures pass through stages of growth quite different from the ones individuals pass through |
| D. | postulate that each culture possesses a life span of approximately 200 years |
| Answer» B. focus on analyzing a single society at a time | |
| 546. |
Nineteenth-century theories of social change reflect the pioneering work in biological evolution done by ____________? |
| A. | Albert Einstein |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Harriet Martineau |
| D. | Benjamin Franklin |
| Answer» C. Harriet Martineau | |
| 547. |
The term informal economy is used to describe_____________? |
| A. | work where no money changes hands |
| B. | the activities of small businesses |
| C. | transactions outside the sphere of regular employment |
| D. | organizations with less rigid rules and procedures |
| Answer» D. organizations with less rigid rules and procedures | |
| 548. |
Change is nearly always____________? |
| A. | Priceless |
| B. | Costly |
| C. | Ineffective |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Ineffective | |
| 549. |
Ogburn distinguished three forms of the social effects of inventions One is Dispersion or multiple effects of a single mechanical invention for example ? |
| A. | Automobile |
| B. | Radio |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 550. |
The native people of Tasmania a large island just south of Australia are now extinct because they failed to______________? |
| A. | teach new recruits |
| B. | preserve order |
| C. | replace personnel |
| D. | provide and maintain a sense of purpose |
| Answer» C. replace personnel | |