A. cyberspace
B. the worldwide web
C. virtual communities
D. chatrooms
Related Mcqs:
- __________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?
A. primary
B. secondary
C. out-groups
D. formal organizations - Which of the following in NOT a criterion for groupthink to emerge ?
A. Members demand conformity and apply pressure to those who express doubts about a proposed course of action
B. Members withhold dissent and exercise self- censorship
C. Members share an illusion of invulnerability
D. Members share a common socioeconomic background - __________________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?
A. primary
B. secondary
C. out-groups
D. formal organizations - Which sociological perspective would be especially interested in studying how people communicate with each other and develop relationships through MUDS (multi -user domains) and electronic chat rooms ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. labeling theory - “Geme in schaft”refers to a social system in which most relationships are _______________?
A. Personal or traditional
B. Impersonal
C. Organizational
D. None of these - Wirth (1938) said that social relationships in the urban way of life were segmental because______________?
A. they were confined to particular areas of the city
B. people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals
C. there were distinctive patterns of activity of each social class
D. they were based on face to face interaction with close friends and family - Wirth (1938) said that social relationships in the urban way of life were segmental because______________?
A. they were confined to particular areas of the city
B. people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals
C. there were distinctive patterns of activity for each social class
D. they were based on face to face interaction with close friends and family - The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?
A. new social movement theory
B. collective behavior theory
C. social strain theory
D. resource mobilization theory - A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?
A. slavery
B. Social class
C. caste
D. estates - Which sociological perspective would be especially interested in studying how people communicate with other and develop relationships through MUDS (multi-user)?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. labeling theory
