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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a post-industrial society ?
A. Increasing numbers of workers are employed in the service sector
B. Many processes in the work place are automated
C. Economic self-sufficiency is displaced by complex divisions of labour exchange relationships and national and international market systems
D. Changes are accompanied by the knowledge explosion based on the creation processing and distribution of knowledge
Older people living in housing for the elderly workers in an offshore oil rig rodeo cowboys and circus performers-all are examples of what sociologists refer to as_______________?
A. subcultures
B. countercultures
C. cultural universals
D. argot
A preference for foreign culture and products is called________________?
A. Xenocentrism
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Cultural Adjustment
D. None of these
Subcultures which oppose the dominant culture are_______________?
A. New Cultures
B. cultural relativism
C. Countercultures
D. None of these
Which of the following statements about values is correct ?
A. Values never change
B. Values of a culture may change but most remain relatively stable during any one person’s lifetime
C. Values are constantly changing sociologists view them as being very unstable
D. All of the above statements are correct
A social condition in which values are conflicting weak or absent is called____________?
A. Assimilation
B. Hawthorne affect
C. invasion
D. anomie
Social facts have their independent existence and must be studied likewise Who remarked above when discussing scientific method ?
A. Ibn-e-khaldun
B. Emile Durkheim
C. Auguste Conte
D. None of these
The view of things in which ones won group is superior to others is_____________?
A. Counter Culture
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Xenocentrism
D. None of these
Which sociological perspective emphasizes that ethnocentrism that ethnocentrism serves to maintain a sense of solidarity by promoting group pride ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. dramaturgical perspective
The psychological stress caused when a person faces rapid cultural change is called_____________?
A. Cultural shock
B. role strain
C. role conflict
D. None of these
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