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Category: Sociology Mcqs
The term vested interests was coined by social economist ?
A. William F. Ogburn
B. Talcott Parsons
C. Auguste Comte
D. Thorstein Veblen
In demographic terms what is the main argument associated with Malthusianism ?
A. population growth creates the conditions for the spread of disease
B. all countries must pass through the demographic transition
C. population growth tends to outstrip food production
D. birth control is irrelevant for the control of population growth
The destructive consequences of tensions between in-groups and out-groups are stressed by____________?
A. functionalists
B. conflict theorists
C. interactionists
D. classical theorists
The internet rearranges our experience or space-time by making it possible to_____________?
A. communicate instantly with people far away
B. experience what it,s like to be a different gender
C. interact in an unreal and alienated way
D. communicate without non-verbal cues
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
The scientific study of aging is called______________?
A. gerontology
B. gerontocracy
C. the maturational method
D. maturational reform
E. global greying
In which of these regions is public education expenditure lowest?
A. Central Asia
B. North America and Western Europe
C. Latin America and the Caribbean
D. Arab States
A split labor market ?
A. Underlies the development of ethnic tensions
B. results in more well-defined norms and roles
C. divides managerial and line workers
D. none of the above
The nuclear family means______________?
A. a group of people sharing living accommodation and meals
B. a network of relatives extended within or between generations
C. the new family created when an adult leaves home and gets married
D. a two-generation unit of parents and their-children
Which term describes societies where the family name and the inheritance of property passes down the male line ?
A. matrilineal
B. androlineal
C. homolineal
D. patrilineal
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