Category: Sociology Mcqs

Fred is a intelligent student Last year he was on the honor roll This year he began hanging out with friends who spend more time playing video games than studying they routinely earn C, s and D, s Over time Fred slowly stops doing his homework and turning in work for extra credit. He drops out of his honors classes and his grades drop out from mostly A, s to C, s Which theory of deviance best explains what has happened here ?

Social Control 19/06/2020
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A. structural strain theory
B. social control theory
C. differential association theory
D. Each of these theories explains the situation equally well

Conflict theorists contend that_______________?

Social Groups 19/06/2020
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A. organizational goals reflect the priorities of those who occupy the top positions
B. bureaucracies are arenas for cooperation in which the dominant social values of justice and equality take precedence
C. factories are organized and operate independently of market pressures
D. bureaucracies result from the centralizing tendencies of socialism and help to redistribute wealth and power

Values_______________?

Culture 15/06/2020
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A. provide explicit indications of which behaviors are acceptable and which are not.
B. are narrow ideas about what is desirable correct and good
C. are defined by symbols
D. are general and abstract and do not explicitly specify which behaviors are acceptable and which are not