Social norms are_____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. If we fail to respect and obey social norms we may face punishment through informal or formal ?

   A. techniques of neutralization
   B. deviance
   C. cultural transmission
   D. sanctions

2. The social condition in which people find it difficult to guide their behavior by norms they experience as weak unclear or conflicting is called______________?

   A. social disorganization
   B. anomie
   C. deviance
   D. none of the above

3. Social norms are______________?

   A. creative activities such as gardening cookery and craftwork
   B. the symbolic representation of social groups in the mass media
   C. religious beliefs about how the world ought to be
   D. rules and expectations about interaction that regulate social life

4. Which sociological perspective examines human activities on the micro level by focusing on how day-to-day social behavior is shaped by the distinctive norms, values and demands of a particular society ?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. None of these

5. The collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (the norms of reciprocity) is called ____________ ??

   A. Social cohesion
   B. Social Capital
   C. Social bond
   D. None of these

6. According to Durkheim social facts are_____________?

   A. ways of behaving that are external to individuals
   B. only things that have been shown to be true
   C. social insights into collective behavior
   D. information captured by official statistics

7. Social institutions are_____________?

   A. God-given and cannot be changed
   B. Buildings and people who operate them
   C. Constellation of folkways and mores
   D. None of these

8. The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?

   A. new social movement theory
   B. collective behavior theory
   C. social strain theory
   D. resource mobilization theory

9. A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?

   A. slavery
   B. Social class
   C. caste
   D. estates

10. Which of the following statements about norms is correct ?

    A. People do not follow norms in all situations in some cases they evade a norm because they know it is weakly enforced
    B. In some instances, behavior that appears to violate society’s norms may actually represent adherence to the norms of a particular group
    C. Norms are violated in some instances because one norm conflicts with another
    D. all of the above