Why do sociologists use the category race ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Why do sociologists use the category race ?

   A. it distinguishes between biological and social factors
   B. it denotes something fixed and unchanging
   C. it is social category which has real effects on people’s lives
   D. it enables comparisons between groups in different countries

2. Why do many sociologists use scare quotes when discussing race ?

   A. it,s a complex concept with multiple meanings
   B. to reflect the fact that the number of races is disputed
   C. the concept has no scientific basis but is still widely used
   D. to distinguish the science of race from discussions of ethnicity

3. Which method of identifying social classes views social class as a statistical category formed by sociologists or statisticians or statisticians on the basis of income occupation education or some combination of these ?

   A. the combined approach
   B. the reputational method
   C. the self-placement method
   D. the objective method

4. While predictions are not always reliable sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of_____________?

   A. women
   B. racial minorities
   C. ethnic minorities
   D. all of the above

5. Many sociologists argue that older theories of inherited intelligence and IQ tests have been discredited What concept did Gillborn and Youdell (2001) find had replaced of IQ in many Uk schools ?

   A. skill
   B. talent
   C. capacity
   D. ability

6. Which group of sociologists note that developers’ bankers and other powerful real estate interests view housing as an investment and are primarily concerned with maximizing profit not with solving social problems?

   A. urban ecologists
   B. new urban sociologist
   C. functionalists
   D. human ecologists

7. In a study of styles of grand parenting sociologists Andrew Cherlin and Frank Furstenberg Jr concluded that the most common style was for grandparents to ___________?

   A. be actively involved in everyday routine care of their grandchildren and exercise substantial authority over them
   B. carry on a “ritualistic”(primarily symbolic) relationship with their grandchildren
   C. never see their grandchildren
   D. function as “specialists in recreational care-giving”

8. Which of the following are viewed by sociologists as analytically distinct components of stratification ?

   A. conformity deviance and social control
   B. class status and power
   C. class caste and age
   D. class prestige and esteem

9. Which of the following sociologists never wrote a book and about whose thoughts most of our knowledge is presented in an edited volume of his lectures published by his students after his death ?

   A. George Herbert Mead
   B. Kari Marx
   C. Em-ile Durkheim
   D. Max Weber

10. Sociologists believe that no behavior is____________?

    A. Without a deal of grate variation
    B. inherently deviant
    C. totally in keeping with tradition
    D. Without a corresponding judgment
    E. Completely irrelevant