A. cultural diversity is increasing
B. cultural relativism is now the norm
C. cultural lag doesn,t last as long
D. culture shock is increasing
E. cultures are becoming more stable
Related Mcqs:
- Mary Kaldor (2006) argues that globalization processes lie at the heart of many new wars Which of the following is not an example of the increasing globalization of conflict ?
A. the presence of diaspora volunteer fighters
B. the recourse of combatants to small -scale guerrilla tactics
C. the involvement of international NGOs
D. the role of multinational United Nations peacekeeping troops - The ____ is the increase or decrease that results from immigration or emigration per 1000 member of the population in a given year ?
A. emigration rate
B. growth rate
C. immigration rate
D. net migration rate - The functionalist theory of inequality suggests that_____________?
A. high rewards and incentives ensure that the most skilled individuals will take the most important social positions
B. inequality is inevitable, and we are born into poverty or wealth
C. there are no social functions of inequality, so it should be eradicated
D. the idea of a meritocracy is a dangerous ideology - In reviewing capitalism worldwide following the downfall of communism in the Soviet Union some observers suggest that_____________?
A. capitalist nations fully agree on the merits of capitalism practiced by all developed nations
B. Russia Eastern Europe Latin America and Asia have fully accepted and are practicing the style of capitalism practiced in the United States
C. in dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a “government-business symbiosis ” different from that in Europe and the United States
D. the performance of the Asian economy and financial institutions in late 1997 and early 1998 strongly supports the “government-business /state capitalism/communal capitalism economic arrangement - Research on the family life course indicates that_____________?
A. women with a first child are more likely than women without a child to report that their husbands do not pay enough attention to them
B. the marital adjustment rating rises after the birth of a first child
C. most couples consider parenthood a crisis
D. the psychological well-being of parents is a little better than that of childless couples - Lombroso claimed that_____________?
A. criminals were socialized underworld of crime
B. no act is intrinsically deviant
C. biological failings drove some people into crime
D. women were less likely to be arrested than men - The work of Smart suggested that_____________?
A. the rates of violent crime were similar for men and women
B. women’s sexual delinquency was more likely to be normalized than men’s
C. women’s criminal behavior tended to reflect traditional gender roles
D. all of the above - An open society is one that_____________?
A. grants every member equal status
B. does not have any official secrets in its government
C. has permissive attitudes towards sexual behavior
D. allows people to move between levels of the hierarchy - All early sociologists emphasized that_____________?
A. sociology should follow scientific method
B. Sociology should be on personal theories
C. Sociology is not a science
D. None of these - The media-themes model of media influence claims that_____________?
A. audiences selectively interpret what they want to hear
B. content analysis is the best way to identify the themes covered by the media
C. audiences passively absorb whatever messages they are given
D. social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select
