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Category: Sociology Mcqs
“Perspective “means____________?
A. A working set of assumptions
B. an approach
C. both a & b
D. None of these
Which of the following is a criticism of the sick role ?
A. Patients judgments regarding their own state of health may be related to their gender age social class and ethnic group
B. The sick role may be more applicable to people experiencing short-term illnesses than those with recurring long-term illnesses
C. Even simple factors such as whether a person is employed or not seem to affect willingness to assume the sick role
D. all of the above
Sorokin emphasizes that the group difference is mainly affected by differences in_______________?
A. biological factor
B. Physical environment
C. Culture
D. None of these
Between 1968 and 1998 global life expectancy at birth has______________?
A. risen from 56 to 67 years
B. fallen from 50 to 47 years
C. risen from 50 to 61 years
D. fallen from 54 to 50 years
Wallerstein’s world-systems theory is inspired by______________?
A. Marxism
B. interaction ism
C. Functionalism
D. Post structuralism
Society cannot be studied in the same way as the natural world because_____________?
A. human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures
B. it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory
C. sociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach
D. we cannot collect empirical data about social life
Which term does John Thompson use to describe the sort of social relations created by the mass media ?
A. face-to-face interaction
B. mediated interaction
C. mediated quasi interaction
D. mediated multiple -interaction
________________ view standards of deviant behavior as merely reflecting cultural norms whereas __________ and _______________ theorists point out that the most powerful groups in a society can shape laws and standards and determine who is (or is not) prosecuted as a criminal ?
A. conflict theorists’ functionalists labelling
B. labelling theorists conflict functionalist
C. functionalists conflict labelling
D. conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist
Chodorow (1978) argued that gender socialization occurred through____________?
A. both boys and girls being closely attached to their mothers, but then boys breaking away
B. girls being attached to their mothers but then breaking away
C. boys being attached to their fathers and girls to their mothers
D. both boys and girls being closely attached to their fathers, but girls breaking away
Which sociologist saw that the “definition of the situation “could mold the thinking and personality of the individual ?
A. Philip Zimbardo
B. Herbert Blumer
C. William I. Thomas
D. Erving Goggman
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