Power legitimated by the sanctity of age-old customs is called ________ authority ?

Related Mcqs:

1. A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their age and includes response categories of age 20-30 age 30-40 age 40 50 and age 50+ violates which important rule for constructing closed-ended items for naires ?

   A. exhaustive
   B. tangible
   C. comprehensive
   D. relevant
   E. mutually exclusive

2. Weber (1919) said that the states monopoly of the use of force was legitimated by______________?

   A. charismatic authority
   B. rational -legal authority
   C. traditional authority
   D. value-rational authority

3. According to________________ theory unique customs develop and persist because they are adaptive?

   A. Conflict
   B. Symbolic Interactionism
   C. Functionalism
   D. Radical
   E. Feminism

4. In _______ authority rules are obeyed because their commands are within the impersonal formally defined scope of their office ?

   A. charismatic
   B. legal-rational
   C. state
   D. traditional

5. An important aspect of labelling theory is the recognition that some people or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others This view recalls the emphasis placed on the social significance of power by the______________?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. anomie theory of deviance

6. A researcher was able to prove that, on average as age increases eyesight declines In research terminology this is called a (n) ?

   A. variation
   B. correlation
   C. observation
   D. measure of central tendency
   E. spurious relationship

7. Authority generated by the personality or personal appeal of an individual is referred as______________?

   A. traditional authority
   B. charismatic authority
   C. rational domination
   D. Patrimonialism

8. A great deal of leadership and authority rests upon the skillful manipulation of the group as a___________?

   A. Source of power
   B. Source of help
   C. control device
   D. None of these

9. People who are open to new experience and who tend to reject traditional patterns of authority are said to be experiencing ?

   A. hysteria
   B. countenance
   C. modernity
   D. a cultural hangover
   E. anomie

10. Disengagement theory holds that it is functional for society if as people reach old age they_____________?

    A. take on full-time paid employment
    B. take on less taxing and important roles
    C. take one new and demanding civic roles
    D. take on more active political roles