Related Mcqs:

1. Which type of theorists would argue that relentless class conflict between capitalists and workers boom and bust economic cycles and intercorporate conflict place limits on the ability of the capitalist class to manipulate political institutions at will?

   A. instrumental conflict theorists
   B. reactionary conflict theorists
   C. structural conflict theorists
   D. dysfunctional conflict theorists

2. Structural-Functionalists describe society as_______________?

   A. a complex network of interaction at a micro-level
   B. a source of conflict inequality and alienation
   C. an unstable structure of social relations
   D. a normative framework of roles and institutions

3. Structural-Functionalists describe society as_____________?

   A. a complex network of interaction at a micro-level
   B. a source of conflict inequality and alienation
   C. an unstable structure of social relations
   D. a normative framework of roles and institutions

4. 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

5. Deviance is dysfunctional in that it_______________?

   A. can impair and undermine organized social life
   B. increases our willingness to play our roles
   C. increases our willingness to contribute to the larger social enterprise
   D. enhances our trust of one another

6. Some conflict theorists argue that the state is an instrument that is manipulated by the capitalist class This manipulation is accomplished through ?

   A. lobbying campaign financing and corruption
   B. socialization outside the capitalist class to enforce discriminatory norms
   C. class warfare economic cycles and intercorporate conflict
   D. corporate corruption through interlocking directorates

7. Functionalists view social control as_______________?

   A. operating to favor powerful groups at the expense of others
   B. an indispensable functional requirement for social survival
   C. a source of social chaos
   D. both b and c

8. Functionalists accept “Change” as a _____________?

   A. Function
   B. Constant
   C. Change
   D. None of these

9. Freud saw self and society in basic conflict not in harmony He named this self as_________________?

   A. Antisocial self
   B. Generalized other
   C. looking glass self
   D. None of these

10. According to Conflict theory, culture is maintained through the_________ of society?

    A. Proletariat
    B. cultural universals
    C. language
    D. dominant ideology
    E. popular culture