A. the ability to control the behavior of others
B. the principle that meaning derives from social interaction in daily life
C. the observed consequences that permit the adaptation or adjustment of a system
D. and artificial explanation of culture that exists apart from any social reality or shared social meaning
Related Mcqs:
- When Berger & Luckman said that reality is socially constructed they meant ?
A. scientists are guided in their work by social values and interests, so they define and measure phenomena that will support their theories
B. people negotiate shared definitions of their situation and live according to these often forgetting that these social worlds are not fixed and external
C. sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that
D. terms like reality have no deeper meaning beyond the level of discourse - What does Berger (1963) describe as a metaphor for social reality ?
A. a fairground rides
B. a circus
C. a puppet theatre
D. a ballet - Which sociological theory emphasizes the meanings that people attach to various aspects of reality ?
A. Symbolic Interactionism
B. Feminism
C. Conflict
D. Radical
E. Structural Functionalism - According to Jean Baudrillard What is hyper reality ?
A. modern theme parks such as Disneyland
B. the merging of reality and media representations
C. the virtual world made possible by the Internet
D. people, s affinity with soap characters rather than real people - The first step in scientific method is________________?
A. Observation
B. Recollection
C. Addition to already experimented material
D. None of these - Once formed the self is________________?
A. interactive
B. proactive
C. rigid
D. None of these - A social stratum is________________?
A. a level in the social hierarchy comprising people with shared life chances
B. a methodological tool used to identify a person’s social class
C. the boundary between two levels of the social hierarchy
D. a symbol of status used to differentiate between social classes - The difference between horticulture and agriculture is________________?
A. Agriculture employs machinery but horticulture not
B. Horticulture employs machinery and other tools
C. Horticulture only depends on humans for cultivation
D. a and c both - The major advantage of interviews is________________?
A. that people are more likely to be honest
B. they are not time consuming
C. the interviewer can guess the age of the respondent
D. the response rate is high
E. that the researcher can ask more detailed s - The application of evolutionary notions and the concept of the survival of the fittest to society is called_______________?
A. class conflict
B. Dialectical materialism
C. Social dynamics
D. Social Darwinism
