Post-modernist writers have argued that____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Post-modernist writers have argued that______________?

   A. we live in a world of superficial fragmented images
   B. no theory is better than any other anything goes
   C. society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory
   D. all of the above

2. The conflict perspective would note that____________?

   A. Physicians serve as gatekeepers for the sick role either verifying a patient’s condition as illness or designating the patient as recovered.
   B. Patients play an active role in health care by failing to follow a physician’s advice
   C. Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits dumping unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries.
   D. The designation healthy or ill generally involves social definition by others

3. The conflict perspective would note that____________?

   A. Physicians serve as “gatekeepers” for the sick role either verifying a patient’s condition as “illness” or designating the patient as “recovered”
   B. Patients play an active role in health care by failing to follow a physician’s advice
   C. Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits by “dumping” unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries
   D. The designation “healthy ” or “ill” generally involves social definition by others

4. Patterns of drug use in Britain reveal that____________?

   A. it has increased and is no longer confined to a hedonistic youth subculture
   B. the most commonly used recreational drug is Ecstasy
   C. teenage girls are more likely to experiment with hard drugs than teenage boys
   D. despite a series of moral panics, the use of illegal drugs is very rare

5. Sociological studies of colonialism suggest that____________?

   A. colonialism has largely disappeared
   B. colonialism was for the most part beneficial for poor uncivilized countries
   C. colonialism was inevitable and necessary for human civilization
   D. colonialism is perpetuated to this day by practices known as neo-colonialism

6. One of the difficulties in open rationalizing concepts like social class is that____________?

   A. definitions and indicators can vary making valid comparisons problematic
   B. there are no reliable indicators of such widely contested ideas
   C. it takes all the fun out of armchair theorizing
   D. it has little use for applied empirical research about the topic

7. Comte argued that knowledge passed through which three stages ?

   A. theological metaphysical positive
   B. ignorance understanding truth
   C. philosophical biological sociological
   D. functionalist marxist interactionist

8. Parsons argued that the two main functions of the modern family were ?

   A. secondary socialization and strict discipline
   B. emotional support and sexual gratification
   C. primary socialization and personality stabilization
   D. oppressing women and reproducing the labor force

9. Norbert Elias argued that effective communication systems have an evolutionary survival value How did he illustrate this in humans ?

   A. by studying whole body language
   B. by studying the face
   C. by studying sign language
   D. by studying small tribal groups

10. Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class ?

    A. Max Weber
    B. Talcott Parsons
    C. Karl Marx
    D. Margaret Mead