Theories of racialized discourse suggest that________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Pluralist theories suggest that_______________?

   A. the state,s power can be exercised through several different administrative structures
   B. the ruling elite is composed of people from various class backgrounds
   C. political parties must compete for the votes of consumers in the electorate
   D. there is a close alignment between class background and party preference

2. The Thomas theorem states that________________?

   A. nonverbal communication constitutes the majority of a message in communication
   B. verbal communication is more important than touch and touch is more important than artifacts in communicating a message
   C. definitions of the situation differ, and common understanding is impossible
   D. if situations are defined as real they are real in their consequences

3. The correspondence principle (Bowles & Gintis) suggests that________________?

   A. schools prepare children work by teaching them to be obedient
   B. teachers and parents tend to have similar attitudes to learning
   C. children who write lots of letters develop a better grasp of language
   D. boys’ and girls’ educational achievements have recently become similar

4. The shift form civil religion to common religion means that________________?

   A. the increasing bureaucracy of the state has made religion only a marginal part of our lives
   B. despite the weakening of traditional authority our everyday lives and common sense remain shaped by religious beliefs and values
   C. religious participation in collective worship may have declined but people still practise their faiths in private
   D. people are much more likely to discuss their religious beliefs in public informal settings

5. Critics of the culture of poverty thesis point out that________________?

   A. the poor simply do not want the same things that other members of society want
   B. the poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order
   C. the theory is too cultural and fails to take into account psychological implications
   D. not enough research has been done to come to any meaningful conclusion

6. Interventionist Perspective emphasizes that________________?

   A. People interact mainly through symbols
   B. People perceive the world mostly subjectively
   C. All reality is not subjective
   D. All of the above

7. The limitation of symbolic interactionism is that________________?

   A. It overlooks micro-level interaction
   B. It overlooks macro-level interaction
   C. It cannot count for culture
   D. None of these

8. In reviewing capitalism worldwide following the downfall of communism in the Soviet Union some observers suggest that_____________?

   A. capitalist nations fully agree on the merits of capitalism practiced by all developed nations
   B. Russia Eastern Europe Latin America and Asia have fully accepted and are practicing the style of capitalism practiced in the United States
   C. in dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a “government-business symbiosis ” different from that in Europe and the United States
   D. the performance of the Asian economy and financial institutions in late 1997 and early 1998 strongly supports the “government-business /state capitalism/communal capitalism economic arrangement

9. Which of these trends did the New Right not suggest as evidence of declining family values ?

   A. the tendency for cohabitation before marriage
   B. the rising divorce rates
   C. the absence of fathers in many households
   D. the increasing number of single parent families

10. Sociological studies of colonialism suggest that____________?

    A. colonialism has largely disappeared
    B. colonialism was for the most part beneficial for poor uncivilized countries
    C. colonialism was inevitable and necessary for human civilization
    D. colonialism is perpetuated to this day by practices known as neo-colonialism