👥Sociology MCQs
Sociology MCQs
486 MCQs351
A university that serves as a meeting ground for people seeking marital partners is performing______________?
Aa manifest function
Ba latent function
Ca dysfunction
Da manifest dysfunction
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Robert Merton’s contributions to sociology include____________________?
Asuccessfully combining theory and research
Ban analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means
Can attempt to bring macro-and micro level analyses together
Dall of the above
353
In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with_______________?
Asuicide rates and how they varied from county to country
Bpersonalities of individual suicide victims
Cmeans people used to take their own lives
Deffects of suicide on the families of victims
354
Sociology can be considered a social science because________________?
Aits theories are logical explicit and supported by empirical evidence
Bsociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way
Cideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists
Dall of the above
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Society cannot be studied in the same way as the natural world because_____________?
Ahuman behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures
Bit is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory
Csociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach
Dwe cannot collect empirical data about social life
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Social norms are_____________?
Acreative activities such as gardening cookery and craftwork
Bthe symbolic representation of social groups in the mass media
Creligious beliefs about how the world ought to be
Drules and expectation about interaction that regulate social life
357
Which of the following is not recognized as a level of society ?
Athe household
Bthe office
Cthe global village
Dthe nation states
358
Labelling theory encourages ________ as a way to completely avoid the stigmatization process?
Arestitution
Blegalization
Cradical non-intervention
Ddecriminalization E. retribution
359
Labelling theory came into prominence during which decade of the twentieth century ?
A1950s
B1980s
C1940s
D1960s E. 1970s
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Which branch of science according to comte would ultimately include all other sciences_____________?
ABiology
BHistory
CSociology
DEconomics