Mass-society theory suggests that______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Role-learning theory suggests that______________?

   A. we internalize and take on social roles from a pre-existing framework
   B. we create and negotiate our roles through interaction with others
   C. social roles are not fixed or stable but fluid and pluralistic
   D. roles have to be learned to suppress unconscious motivations

2. Mass-society theory suggests that_______________?

   A. the content of the media is determined by market forces
   B. the subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class
   C. the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers
   D. audiences make selective interpretations of media messages

3. Ritzer presented a theory that the different components of social life work together to influence society and behavior This theory is called_______________?

   A. Integration theory
   B. Cohesion theory
   C. Role theory
   D. None of these

4. The functionalist theory of inequality suggests that_____________?

   A. high rewards and incentives ensure that the most skilled individuals will take the most important social positions
   B. inequality is inevitable, and we are born into poverty or wealth
   C. there are no social functions of inequality, so it should be eradicated
   D. the idea of a meritocracy is a dangerous ideology

5. Margaret Mead suggested that______________?

   A. adolescence and gender roles varied between societies and so were culturally determined
   B. gender roles in three New Guinea societies were identical and so must be biologically determined
   C. adolescence in the USA is a time of relative calm compared to the experience in Japan and Europe
   D. anthropological fieldwork can be problematic because the researcher’s values affect the way they interpret their observations

6. Proponents of the family planning approach to fertility reduction argue that______________?

   A. economic development will lead to a reduction in fertility
   B. governments consider modern contraceptive measures to be a threat to the preservation and continuation of their way of life.
   C. if contraceptives are made available and if information about the value and need for birth planning is disseminated people will reduce their fertility
   D. people can be coerced into using family planning techniques

7. The rise of new social movements indicates that______________?

   A. people vote according to pragmatic issues and concerns
   B. consumer identities are more important than class identities
   C. personal cultural and environmental issues can mobilize political consciousness just as much as economic interests
   D. all of the above

8. New-style terrorism differs from the old-style in that______________?

   A. it is less predictable than previous manifestations
   B. it has ambitions that are global in scope
   C. it is rooted in religious ideologies
   D. it concerns local territorial disputes

9. Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that______________?

   A. it concentrates too much on kinship ties
   B. the government should be raising benefit levels
   C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
   D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries

10. Post-modernist writers have argued that______________?

    A. we live in a world of superficial fragmented images
    B. no theory is better than any other anything goes
    C. society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory
    D. all of the above