In which century was anorexia was first identified as a disorder ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Sociologists like Bordo (1993) have attributed the epidemic of anorexia in Western cultures to_____________?

   A. a generally ascetic frugal lifestyle that can be taken to extremes
   B. traditional images of women as emotional domesticated and unassertive
   C. the social construction of mental illness through which normal patterns of behaviour are pathologized
   D. the new ideal of independent self-assured femininity combined with cultural values of achievement and control

2. The decentralized city can be identified by______________?

   A. the shift of employment and services away from the inner city towards multiple centers in smaller towns and rural areas
   B. the degendering of public space as women use local facilities more
   C. gentrification the movement of middle-class people back into the inner city
   D. all of the above

3. The decentralized city can be identified by____________?

   A. the shift of employment and services away from the inner city towards multiple centers in smaller towns and rural areas
   B. the degendering of public space as women use local facilities more
   C. gentrification the movement of middle-class people back into the inner city
   D. all of the above

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 one of these is NOT a version of the sick role as identified by Friedson ?

   A. conditional
   B. unconditionally legitimate
   C. modified legitimate
   D. illegitimate

6. 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 ?

   A. the media
   B. fossil fuel corporations
   C. academic climate change researchers
   D. countries such as the Maldives at risk of rising sea levels

7. 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

8. Which of the following was not identified as a defining feature of culture ?

   A. Culture is symbolic
   B. Culture is transmitted
   C. Culture is cumulative
   D. Culture is shared
   E. Culture is learned

9. 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

10. Which of the following is not identified as a new form of community ?

    A. ethnic communities based on shard identity and experiences of discrimination
    B. gay villages which are formed in certain parts of large cities
    C. sociological communities formed by unpopular lectures
    D. virtual communities that exist only in cyberspace