Peer involvement in adolescence is generally thought to be______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Social exclusion refers to ways in which people are cut off from full involvement in society How has Veit-Wilson (1998) distinguished the main variants of this concept ?

   A. primary/secondary
   B. weak/strong
   C. general/specific
   D. old/new

2. Peer approval of your actions would be a good example of_____________?

   A. age-specific support
   B. informal social control
   C. internalization of norms
   D. formal social control
   E. positivism

3. According to sociologists the critical agent of socialization is thought to be_____________?

   A. peers
   B. the family
   C. formal religion
   D. schools
   E. the media

4. Who thought that within organizations there exists an iron law of oligarchy ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. Zygmunt Bauman
   C. Michel Foucault
   D. Robert Michel’s

5. What proportion of the world’s societies today are thought to be authoritarian rather than democratic ?

   A. about half
   B. one fifth
   C. one third
   D. one tenth

6. Bernstein thought that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because____________?

   A. this pattern of speech made them the target of bullying
   B. they referred to explicit context independent meanings
   C. they prevented children from communicating outside of their peer groups
   D. they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

7. Embracing language and ethnic and cultural difference is thought to be a core Canadian value called______________?

   A. belief in equality and fairness
   B. importance of accommodation and tolerance
   C. support for diversity
   D. belief in consultation and dialogue
   E. compassion and generosity

8. Falling in love and marrying someone similar to your self is generally referred to as_____________?

   A. selective perception
   B. homogamy
   C. heterogeneity
   D. self-selection
   E. homogeneity

9. The caste system is generally associated with______________?

   A. Hinduism
   B. Islam
   C. Judaism
   D. Buddhism

10. The birthplace of sociology is generally considered to be_______________?

    A. the United States
    B. Canada
    C. Europe
    D. Australia