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.Management Sciences
Category: Miscellaneous Economics Mcqs
Which statement is FALSE ?
A. In simple societies social differences among individuals are nonexistent
B. Slavery serfdom and caste are all instances of inequalities that are social in nature
C. People rank themselves according to wealth prestige and power
D. Stratification occurs in every society that has produced a surplus
Some American Indians cannot express the idea of time in their tribal languages This fact shows that_____________ ??
A. their culture is still at a primitive stage
B. they have not yet reached the industrial stage of evolution when time is money
C. like all lower-class persons they focus on the present
D. time is not an important value in their culture
A ghetto tends to contain________________?
A. slums
B. a concentration of one racial group in an area
C. residents who make up an economic underclass
D. all of the above
Statistics that allow researchers to generalize to a population from a sample are called______________?
A. correlational
B. descriptive
C. inferential
D. longitudinal
Biological explanations of deviance________________?
A. were popular during the first half of the 20th century
B. agree on the causes of deviance
C. are strongly supported scientifically
D. explain all types of deviance
White -collar crime_____________?
A. is based on violence
B. gains small amounts of money for its perpetrators
C. is very costly to society
D. is punished more severely than blue-collar crime
Power is legitimate if_________________?
A. it is enforced on members of society
B. a majority of societal members accept its use as right and proper
C. it has been transmitted in a traditional way
D. it is rational
In the case of the male twin castrated during circumcision________________?
A. he was content living as a female
B. he behaved as a little girl once he was given female hormones
C. in spite of attempted socialization as a female he was unhappy in his gender
D. his case proves that nurture is stronger than nature
Credentialism opens jobs _______________?
A. to all people
B. to members of skilled professions
C. to members of academia
D. but has no bearing on the job market
The media present gender roles_____________?
A. realistically
B. according to Victorian model
C. stereotypically
D. idealistically
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