Sociology Mcqs

A. audiences selectively interpret what they want to hear
B. content analysis is the best way to identify the themes covered by the media
C. audiences passively absorb whatever messages they are given
D. social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select

A. the content of the media is determined 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

A. it doesn’t pay attention to male victims
B. it lacks objectivity
C. it is too extreme
D. it is not testable
E. it is not really a theory

A. interviews
B. experiments
C. quantitative measurement
D. observation
E. surveys

A. minority rights
B. women
C. consensus
D. latent functions
E. the rights of workers

A. Structural Functionalism
B. Feminism
C. Conflict
D. Staples
E. Symbolic Interaction ism

A. there are no absolutes concerning social life
B. all though would eventually lead to justifying human action
C. early philosophers were too concerned with creating a utopian society
D. sociologists should be primarily concerned with solving problems
E. humans would eventually seek out the most efficient means to accomplish a particular task

A. Comte
B. Rousseau
C. Mead
D. Locke
E. Durkheim

A. the United States
B. Canada
C. Europe
D. Australia

A. wealthy aristocrats
B. sixteenth-century population growth
C. industrialization
D. developments in transportation and communication
E. international migration