Rumors about a bizarre event that supposedly happened to someone far removed from the individual telling the story are often called_______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Fred is a intelligent student Last year he was on the honor roll This year he began hanging out with friends who spend more time playing video games than studying they routinely earn C, s and D, s Over time Fred slowly stops doing his homework and turning in work for extra credit. He drops out of his honors classes and his grades drop out from mostly A, s to C, s Which theory of deviance best explains what has happened here ?

   A. structural strain theory
   B. social control theory
   C. differential association theory
   D. Each of these theories explains the situation equally well

3. Falling in love and marrying someone similar to your self is generally referred to as_____________?

   A. selective perception
   B. homogamy
   C. heterogeneity
   D. self-selection
   E. homogeneity

4. Changes in the social structure of a society is called_______________?

   A. Social Change
   B. Cultural Change
   C. Structural Change
   D. None of these

5. In less developed countries this percentage is far less It is_____________?

   A. 10%
   B. 7.7%
   C. 6.5%
   D. None of these

6. The theoretical perspective that views social life as similar to performances staged in a theater is called_______________?

   A. impression management
   B. the Thomas theorem
   C. the looking -glass self
   D. the dramaturgical approach

7. The coexistence of diverse groups is called_______________?

   A. gatekeeping
   B. pluralism
   C. assimilation
   D. continued subjugation

8. The potential number of children that women are capable of bearing is called_______________?

   A. fertility
   B. fecundity
   C. femininity
   D. facticity

9. A person’s overall position in society is called_______________?

   A. achieved status
   B. ascribed status
   C. master status
   D. status set

10. A data collection method in which the researcher does not interact with the subject(s) being studied is called_______________?

    A. an unobtrusive
    B. field research
    C. qualitative analysis
    D. content analysis
    E. ethnography