Related Mcqs:

1. Ethnic identity refers to______________?

   A. the objective categories of ethnicity used in the census
   B. a felt sense of group of group membership on basis of religion language or history
   C. the imposition of a racial label on a minority by a powerful majority
   D. the fragmented and pluralistic nature of ethnicity

2. Prohibiting intermarriage across ethnic groups the physical separation of groups and restrictions on contact between ethnic groups are examples of______________?

   A. resource allocation
   B. ethnocentrism
   C. discrimination
   D. group closure

3. The iron law of oligarchy refers to_____________?

   A. regimes that use repression against their population
   B. the exclusion of women from the highest levels of politics
   C. the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top
   D. the legal system of the former communist countries

4. Socialization is a life process generally divided into two parts primary and secondary socialization Primary refers to_____________?

   A. Socialization at primary school level
   B. Socialization at home
   C. Socialization in early life, as a child
   D. None of these

5. The term feminization of poverty refers to_____________?

   A. the critical deconstruction of poverty by feminist theorists
   B. women’s increased chances of being in poverty due to low pay and greater welfare dependency
   C. the way in which managing a budget and avoiding poverty tends to be a women’s responsibility within the home
   D. the disproportionate number of female sociologists who do research on poverty

6. Global economic inequality refers primarily to_____________?

   A. systematic differences in wealth and income between global firms
   B. systematic differences in wealth and income between countries
   C. systematic differences in wealth and income within countries
   D. systematic differences in wealth and income between poorer countries

7. The demographic transition refers to_____________?

   A. an increase in the birth rate
   B. an increase in the death rate
   C. an exponential growth in population
   D. a change in the ratio of births to deaths

8. The term hegemony refers to_____________?

   A. the tendency for the working class not to realize their own interests
   B. a dominant ideology that legitimates economic political
   C. a form of dual consciousness based on ideology and everyday experiences
   D. a mode of payment given for outstanding topiary

9. Comte,s term positivism refers to_____________?

   A. a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society
   B. the precise scientific study of observable phenomena
   C. a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them
   D. an unscientific set of laws about social progress

10. Bias in research practice refers to_____________?

    A. the investigator being committed to a particular ideology
    B. the research team prejudging the meaning of the data
    C. the data being unbalanced by the design or execution of the research
    D. interpretations being applied to the results