A. much of the workforce in now involved in physical production of goods
B. the economy is dominated by the constant flow of information and opinions
C. this is a phase of development beyond industrialism
D. investment in public education and software development is more significant
Related Mcqs:
- The term informal economy is used to describe ?
A. work where no money changes hands
B. the activities of small businesses
C. transactions outside the sphere of regular employment
D. organizations with less rigid rules and procedures - Which of these key early figures in sociology had an interest in issues of labor and the economy ?
A. Karl Marx
B. Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim
C. Karl Marx and Max Weber
D. All three of them - Which sociological perspective points out that while pure monopolies are not a basic element of the economy of the United States competition is much more restricted than one might expect in what is called a free enterprise system ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. labeling theory - Durkheim,s famous definition of religion includes three main elements Which of these is not one of the three ?
A. religion is a form of culture
B. religion involves belief in God
C. religion provides a sense of purpose
D. religion involves beliefs and ritual practices - Which of the following is not part of a sociological definition of a minority group ?
A. the minority group is disadvantaged compared to the more powerful and dominant group
B. minority groups are always non-white
C. the minority group has a strong sense of group solidarity
D. the minority group often experiences prejudice and discrimination - In developed countries the official definition of poverty used for statistical purposes is based on_____________?
A. Absolute poverty
B. Relative poverty
C. both a and b
D. None of these - A social class is a group of people who stand in a common relationship to the means of production Whose perspective does this definition describe ?
A. Max Weber
B. Erik Olin-Wright
C. John Goldthorpe
D. Karl Marx - which definition best describes the process of globalization ?
A. capitalist companies are spreading across the planet
B. we all now live in a single society
C. individuals’ groups and nations are becoming more interdependent
D. human beings now live on every continent of the planet - When a number of researchers use the same operational definition to measure a variable and achieve the same results the measure is said to be_______________?
A. valid
B. reliable
C. factual
D. internally consistent
E. instrumental - What is Howard Becker’s famous definition of deviance ?
A. deviant behavior is behavior that is labelled so by the law
B. deviant behavior is behavior that people so label
C. deviant behavior is that labelled by the perpetrators
D. deviant behavior is that which causes public offence
