A. case study
B. cross sectional sample
C. longitudinal sample
D. experiment
Related Mcqs:
- “The ability of one individual or group to control the actions of another individual or group without the latter’s consent” is a definition of____________?
A. coercion
B. violence
C. power
D. force - An anthropologist living with a group of people and engaging in some of their rituals is using the following research method ?
A. sample survey
B. participant observation
C. statistical survey
D. experiment - The research method in which the researcher controls one variable and observes and records the results is called_____________?
A. case study
B. observation
C. experiment
D. social research - To assign uniform characteristics to an entire group of people without allowing for individual differences is called_____________?
A. prejudging
B. characterizing
C. stereotyping
D. discriminating - Change felt through new patterns of individual and small-group interaction is called_______________?
A. diffusion
B. micro-level change
C. innovation
D. macro-level change - The study of human group behavior is the definition of________________?
A. psychology
B. geology
C. sociology
D. none of the above - Another way of saying that position in a group are value-rated by group members is_______________?
A. statuses are ascribed
B. authority is hierarchical
C. statuses are ranked
D. roles are scripted - When a minority group accepts the culture of the dominant group it is called_______________?
A. accommodation
B. acculturation
C. amalgamation
D. assimilation - According to the labeling theory which of the following concepts explains why a labeled individual becomes deviant ?
A. Resocialization
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Self-fulfilling prophecy
D. Rebellion - Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an upwardly mobile individual ?
A. Urban resident
B. More educated than parents
C. Comes from a large family of several brothers and sisters
D. Marries later and limits family to no more than two children
