A. Malthusianism
B. demography
C. forecasting
D. official statistics
Related Mcqs:
- The activity of measuring and explaining the size of populations is known as___________________?
A. Malthusianism
B. demography
C. forecasting
D. official statistics - Which conception of welfare refers to the provision of a “safety net” for disadvantaged populations ?
A. behaviorist
B. egalitarian populist
C. residua list
D. social insurance - Functionalists view social control as_______________?
A. operating to favor powerful groups at the expense of others
B. an indispensable functional requirement for social survival
C. a source of social chaos
D. both b and c - Structural-Functionalists describe society as_______________?
A. a complex network of interaction at a micro-level
B. a source of conflict inequality and alienation
C. an unstable structure of social relations
D. a normative framework of roles and institutions - Older people living in housing for the elderly workers in an offshore oil rig rodeo cowboys and circus performers-all are examples of what sociologists refer to as_______________?
A. subcultures
B. countercultures
C. cultural universals
D. argot - Constructionist studies of old age view it as_______________?
A. a medical condition
B. a period of life
C. a state of mind
D. a social category - An experiment can be defined as_______________?
A. an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
B. a piece of research conducted in a laboratory
C. a piece of research trying out new methods
D. an attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose - Social Sciences are pejoratively known as_______________?
A. Soft sciences
B. hard sciences
C. Theoretical
D. None of these - A series of complexes centering upon an important activity is___________________?
A. Institution
B. Trait
C. Religion
D. None of these - According to Strain theory, retreatants are likely to engage in what type of deviant activity ?
A. Sexual assault
B. terrorism
C. counterfeiting
D. drug abuse
E. robbery
