Related Mcqs:

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

   A. schools prepare children for 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. The Thomas theorem states that________________?

   A. nonverbal communication constitutes the majority of a message in communication
   B. verbal communication is more important than touch and touch is more important than artifacts in communicating a message
   C. definitions of the situation differ, and common understanding is impossible
   D. if situations are defined as real they are real in their consequences

4. The shift form 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 practise their faiths in private
   D. people are much more likely to discuss their religious beliefs in public informal settings

5. Theories of racialized discourse suggest that________________?

   A. race is an objective way of categorizing people on biological grounds
   B. the idea of race is socially constructed through powerful ideologies
   C. race relations in Britain and America can be traced back to colonial times
   D. people choose their racial identity, and this becomes fixed

6. Critics of the culture of poverty thesis point out that________________?

   A. the poor simply do not want the same things that other members of society want
   B. the poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order
   C. the theory is too cultural and fails to take into account psychological implications
   D. not enough research has been done to come to any meaningful conclusion

7. Interventionist Perspective emphasizes that________________?

   A. People interact mainly through symbols
   B. People perceive the world mostly subjectively
   C. All reality is not subjective
   D. All of the above

8. The limitation of symbolic interactionism is that________________?

   A. It overlooks micro-level interaction
   B. It overlooks macro-level interaction
   C. It cannot count for culture
   D. None of these

9. Role-learning theory suggests that______________?

   A. we internalize and take on social roles from a pre-existing framework
   B. we create and negotiate our roles through interaction with others
   C. social roles are not fixed or stable but fluid and pluralistic
   D. roles have to be learned to suppress unconscious motivations

10. The functionalist theory of inequality suggests that_____________?

    A. high rewards and incentives ensure that the most skilled individuals will take the most important social positions
    B. inequality is inevitable, and we are born into poverty or wealth
    C. there are no social functions of inequality, so it should be eradicated
    D. the idea of a meritocracy is a dangerous ideology