In the on-going climate change debates which of these groups is least likely to be identified as having an interest in overemphasizing the need for global action on climate change ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Which of the following has NOT been identified as a potential consequence of global warming ?

   A. falls in agricultural yields
   B. the spread of disease
   C. the use of unclear energy
   D. a rise in sea levels

3. The four ideal types of social action that Weber identified were as follows instrumentally-rational, value-rational traditional and_____________?

   A. affectual
   B. affective
   C. effective
   D. infected

4. The four ideal types of social action that Weber identified were as follows instrumentally-rational value-rational traditional and____________?

   A. affectual
   B. affective
   C. effective
   D. infected

5. Which of the following describes a central change in contemporary life that has been identified by futurists ?

   A. The United States is being restructured from an agrarian to an industrial society
   B. Modern societies are increasingly shifting from a national to a global economy
   C. High tech industries are becoming energy-and materials-intensive
   D. all of the above

6. Which of the following was not identified as a major theoretical perspective on social change ?

   A. Functional theory
   B. interactionist theory
   C. Conflict theory
   D. Cyclical theory
   E. Evolutionary theory

7. Which of the following was not identified as one of the four conditions that must be met before a researcher can say that an independent variable or variables caused the change in the dependent variable ?

   A. internal consistency
   B. correlation
   C. theory
   D. time order
   E. elimination of spuriousness

8. The global economy and the concept of global interdependence is often accused of having_______________?

   A. too many rules and regulations that weigh progress down
   B. a disregard for cultural assimilation
   C. a positive influence on multicultural development
   D. too much concern for non-material culture
   E. few boundaries

9. The destructive consequences of tensions between in-groups and out-groups are stressed by ?

   A. functionalists
   B. conflict theorists
   C. interactionists
   D. classical theorists

10. We are not equally involved in all our in-groups To measure the degree of closeness or acceptance we feel toward other groups Bogardus developed a concept called______________?

    A. Measuring acceptance
    B. closeness degree
    C. Social distance
    D. None of these