👥Sociology MCQs
Sociology MCQs
486 MCQs11
A Hispanic woman and a Jewish man working together as computer programmers for an electronics from overcome their initial prejudices and come to appreciate each other,s strengths and talents This is an example of____________?
Athe contact hypothesis
Ba self-fulfilling prophecy
Camalgamation
Dreverse discrimination
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An important aspect of labelling theory is the recognition that some people or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others This view recalls the emphasis placed on the social significance of power by the______________?
Afunctionalist perspective
Bconflict perspective
Cinteractionist perspective
Danomie theory of deviance
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Which pioneer of sociology first directed researchers to the significance of bureaucratic structure ?
AEmile Durkheim
BMax Weber
CKarl Marx
DFerdinand Tonnies
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Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?
Afunctionalist perspective
Bconflict perspective
Cinteractionist perspective
Dpsychoanalytic perspective
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Structural-Functionalists describe society as_____________?
Aa complex network of interaction at a micro-level
Ba source of conflict inequality and alienation
Can unstable structure of social relations
Da normative framework of roles and institutions
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Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant because_____________?
Asociologists like to put a value on different theories
Bknowledge refers to people and their values
Ctheorists interpret the world in terms of their own values
Dattempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable
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Which of the following ins NOT a key theme in Michel Foucault’s writing ?
Athe hyperreality of media imagery
Bthe significance of expert discourses
Csocieties use of surveillance and discipline
Dthe archaeology of scientific knowledge
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Which of the following theorists rejects the notion of essential categories of male and female through her discussion of the performative aspect of gender ?
AJoan Acker
BJudith Butler
CHelene Cixous
DSimone de Beauvoir
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Which of these is a broadly Weberian idea ?
Athe main dynamic of modern development is capitalist economics
Bmodem societies are in transition towards a socialist model
Crationalization is bound to progress further in all spheres of life
Dall history is the history of class struggles
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Which of the following has not been central to feminist theorizing ?
Amale domination in society
Bmale bias in sociological theory
Cthe gendered character of knowledge
Dthe experience of black women