A. Interactionist believe that groups will experience conflict only if they are of two distinct ethnic groups
B. Interactionists downplay the role of communication in ethnicity
C. Interactionists believe the world we experience is socially constructed
D. all of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Symbolic interactionists ?
A. view “sickness” as a condition to which we attach socially devised meanings
B. are not interested in how the medical profession defines certain conditions as diseases
C. refer to the rising geriatric prisoner population in need of medical treatment as the “medicalization of deviance
D. none of the above - Modern Interactionists are______________?
A. Erving Goffman
B. Herbert Blumer
C. Both a & b
D. None of these - Which of the following is true regarding discrimination ?
A. In order for a person to discriminate he or she must hold prejudicial attitudes
B. Discrimination is an action
C. Discrimination is not a form of racism
D. none of the above - Which of the following statements is true according to the sociological study of deviance ?
A. Deviant behavior is an anomaly in social life
B. Deviance is a property conferred upon particular behaviors by social definitions
C. Deviance exists independently of a culture’s norms
D. none of the above - Which of the following statements is true of reference groups ?
A. They are membership groups
B. They provide comparative but not normative functions
C. Those which do not match membership groups may create feelings of relative deprivation
D. They are groups to which we refer in our conversations - Which of the following is true regarding social mobility ?
A. Social mobility occurs only when shifts occur in the availability of different types of talent in the work force
B. Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labor
C. Social mobility is controlled by those in the higher strata through control of opportunities for training and education
D. none of above - Which of the following is true regarding the functionalist and conflict theories of social stratification ?
A. Conflict theory is better at explaining inequality
B. Only functionalist theory has merit when discussing social structure
C. Some sociologists have tried to synthesize the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict
D. none of the above - Which of the following is a true statement ?
A. Human beings have existed on earth for about half million years
B. agriculture is only around twelve thousand years old
C. civilizations date back around six thousand years
D. all of the above - Which of the following is a true statement ?
A. human beings have existed on earth for about half a million years
B. agriculture is only around twelve thousand years old
C. civilizations date back around six thousand years
D. all of the above - Which one of the following statements is true ?
A. sociologists use both quantitative and qualitative methods
B. sociologists no longer use quantitative methods
C. sociologists always prefer to use qualitative methods
D. sociologists cannot use a mixed methods approach
