Theoretical approaches can only be said to be, valid. if______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Theoretical approaches can only be said to be valid if______________?

   A. the theorist has researched the literature thoroughly
   B. they have been tested out by means of factual research
   C. they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove
   D. they are shared by a large enough number of theorists

2. Which of these is not a criticism that critical realists make of social constructionist approaches to the environment ?

   A. social constructionism reminds us that all environmental issues have an important social aspect and context
   B. social constructionism remains agnostic about the scientific reality of environmental issues
   C. social constructionism tells us more about social interactions than the relationship between society and the environment
   D. social constructionism applies standard which demand new theorizing and approaches

3. Among the approaches that seek to explain the causes of social movements which one states that revolutions are most likely to take place when a prolonged period of social and economic betterment is followed by a period of sharp reversal ?

   A. the resource mobilization approach
   B. the deprivation approaches
   C. the capitalist collapse approach
   D. none of the above

4. 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

5. Which theoretical approach emphasizes racism not as a deviation from the non-racist norm but rather as the everyday normal experience for people of color ?

   A. critical race theory
   B. conflict theories
   C. ethnocentrism
   D. primordialism

6. Which theoretical perspective defines the ecological environment as an ecosystem exhibiting a tendency toward equilibrium ?

   A. the interactionist perspective
   B. the conflict perspective
   C. the relativist perspective
   D. the functionalist perspective

7. Which theoretical perspective sees the family as benefiting some people more than others ?

   A. conflict
   B. functionalist
   C. interactionist
   D. structuralist

8. Pierre Bourdieu,s theoretical perspective makes use of the concept of capital Which of the following is not part of his scheme ?

   A. political
   B. economic capital
   C. social capital
   D. cultural capital

9. Noam Chomsky,s work is an example of which theoretical approach to the media ?

   A. functionalism
   B. symbolic interactionism
   C. postmodernism
   D. political economy

10. Which of the following influenced the theoretical approach known as symbolic interactionism ?

    A. Georg Hegel
    B. George Herbert Mead
    C. Talcott Parsons
    D. Ralf Dahrendof