Scientists start an investigation with by________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a subject investigated by social scientists ?

   A. The functioning of supply and demand
   B. Case study of an urban gay community
   C. The interaction of various drugs in humans
   D. The course of population growth and decline

2. Political scientists Dye and Zeigler maintain that____________?

   A. the elite may be influenced by the masses but it is more likely that it influences the masses
   B. the elite constitutes a monolithic ruling class
   C. elite groups have maximum control over decisions that affect the majority of people
   D. the elite works against the public good

3. The scientists skepticism extends to________________?

   A. the value of scientific objectivity
   B. his or her own credentials
   C. his or her own findings
   D. the usefulness of scientific inquiry

4. Scientists agree that________________?

   A. there are three races
   B. there are fifty two races
   C. there are no races
   D. all of humankind is descended from the same common stock

5. Social scientists are interested in collective behavior because it is________________?

   A. so predictable
   B. not tied to social factors
   C. often the basis of important social change
   D. reflective of purely animal behavior

6. When old rules and laws are ignored, and rebellious crowds set up new rules of behavior social scientists call this situation________________?

   A. convergence
   B. revolution
   C. collective behavior
   D. coup d,etat

7. Social scientists explain the incest taboo as_______________?

   A. biologically programmed
   B. a religious universal
   C. way of reducing family conflict
   D. all of the above

8. Scientists agree that________________?

   A. there are three races
   B. there are fifty two races
   C. there are no races
   D. all of humankind is descended from the same common stock

9. A detailed investigation of a single social unit in order to study it in depth is______________?

   A. a case studies
   B. participant observation
   C. sample survey
   D. laboratory experiment

10. Traditional autocracy has been replaced by________________?

    A. democracy
    B. egalitarianism
    C. authoritarian or totalitarian ideologies
    D. tyranny