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.Management Sciences
Category: Social Institutions
According to sociologists the critical agent of socialization is thought to be_____________?
A. peers
B. the family
C. formal religion
D. schools
E. the media
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rising divorce rate in the West ?
A. women have become less economically dependent
B. a reduction in the stigma attached to divorce
C. marriage is seen in terms of personal satisfaction
D. increased acceptance of same-sex relationships
What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generations called ?
A. cultural reproduction
B. passive consumption
C. conceptual abstraction
D. formal communication
My husband and my daughters constitute my____________?
A. extended family
B. family of orientation
C. family of procreation
D. none of the above
Family is the basic point of _______ for the children ?
A. enculturation and socialization
B. Protection
C. Learning and growing
D. None of these
The primary function of the family is to reproduce______________?
A. Childer
B. Society
C. Biological and social evolution of society
D. None of these
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic in Glidden’s account in Transformations of Intimacy of intimate relationships in post-traditional societies ?
A. confluent love
B. social reflexivity
C. liquid desire
D. plastic sexuality
Which is the most recently established of the great world religions ?
A. Judaism
B. Islam
C. Hinduism
D. Christianity
There are three basic sources of power within any political system?
A. force influence and authority
B. force influence and democracy
C. force influence and charisma
D. influence charisma and bureaucracy
Which of the following is considered a total institution ?
A. a university
B. a mental hospital
C. a factory
D. each of the above
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