Sociology Mcqs

A. William F. Ogburn
B. William Graham Sumner
C. George Murdock
D. Max Weber

A. subcultures
B. countercultures
C. cultural universals
D. argot

A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. each of the above

A. People do not follow norms in all situations In some cases they evade
B. In some instances behavior that appears to violate society,s norms the norms of a particular group
C. Norms are violated in some instances because one norm conflicts with another
D. all of the above

A. invention
B. discovery
C. diffusion
D. cultural integration

A. Increasing numbers of workers are employed in the service sector
B. Many processes in the work place are automated
C. Economic self-sufficiency is displaced by complex divisions of labour exchange relationships and national and international market systems
D. Changes are accompanied by the knowledge explosion based on the creation processing and distribution of knowledge

A. Members of a society possess a wide variety of values and norms based on their social status
B. A group must have at least 1,500 members to be considered a society
C. Another term for “society” is nation-state
D. Members of a society comprise a more or less self-sufficient social unit

A. actions that others can legitimately insist that we perform
B. actions that we can legitimately insist that others perform
C. rules that are enforced by a special political organization composed of individuals who enjoy the right to use force
D. none of the above

A. role strain
B. role conflict
C. role hypersensitivity
D. role reversal

A. All cultures agree on the importance of exclusive mother-infant interaction to encourage bonding in the first 15 to months of life.
B. Methods of caring for babies are linked to other elements of a society’s culture
C. No culture supports waking a sleeping infant
D. Pediatricians are trained to teach parents the one universally accepted set of best practices for raising an infant