Related Mcqs:

1. The correspondence principle (Bowles & Gintis) suggests that________________?

   A. schools prepare children work by teaching them to be obedient
   B. teachers and parents tend to have similar attitudes to learning
   C. children who write lots of letters develop a better grasp of language
   D. boys’ and girls’ educational achievements have recently become similar

2. Which one of the following is not part of Bowles and Ginits,s (1976) Marxist thesis on schooling under capitalism ?

   A. head teachers often encourage working class children to be ambitious
   B. the structures of school life correspond to the structures of working life
   C. education is a great divider not a leveler
   D. schools provide the right kind of future workers for capitalist employers

3. Mass-society theory suggests that_______________?

   A. the content of the media is determined by market forces
   B. the subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class
   C. the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers
   D. audiences make selective interpretations of media messages

4. Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________?

   A. it concentrates too much on kinship ties
   B. the government should be raising benefit levels
   C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
   D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries

5. The shift from civil religion to common religion means that_______________?

   A. the increasing bureaucracy of the state has made religion only a marginal part of our lives
   B. despite the weakening of traditional authority our everyday lives and common sense remain shaped by religious beliefs and values
   C. religious participation in collective worship may have declined but people still practice their faiths in private
   D. people are much more likely to discuss their religious beliefs in public informal settings

6. Sutherlands study of the professional thief suggested that_______________?

   A. people are socialized into a life of crime by associating with others who define it in positive terms
   B. the majority of crime is committed by middle class people in professional occupations
   C. those who were arrested and charged with theft did not define themselves as thieves
   D. the most dangerous criminals on the street were those who were highly skilled thieves

7. The shift from custodial to joint parenthood after divorce means that_______________?

   A. fathers are more likely to be absent from their children’s lives
   B. one parent has total responsibility for the child’s welfare and socialization
   C. both parents are expected to co-operate in the continued care of their children
   D. parents must provide for all of their children in equal measure

8. Conflict theorists contend that_______________?

   A. organizational goals reflect the priorities of those who occupy the top positions
   B. bureaucracies are arenas for cooperation in which the dominant social values of justice and equality take precedence
   C. factories are organized and operate independently of market pressures
   D. bureaucracies result from the centralizing tendencies of socialism and help to redistribute wealth and power

9. Sociology differs from common sense in that_______________?

   A. it focuses on the researchers own experiences
   B. it makes little distinction between the way the world is and the way it ought to be
   C. its knowledge is accumulated from many different research contexts
   D. it is subjective and biased

10. According to Weber rationalization meant that_______________?

    A. there are no absolutes concerning social life
    B. all though would eventually lead to justifying human action
    C. early philosophers were too concerned with creating a utopian society
    D. sociologists should be primarily concerned with solving problems
    E. humans would eventually seek out the most efficient means to accomplish a particular task