Sociology MCQs

Option A: cultural imperialism

Option B: rise of digital media

Option C: virtual communities

Option D: the US is not the largest global exporter of films

Correct Answer: cultural imperialism ✔

Option A: cyberspace

Option B: the worldwide web

Option C: virtual communities

Option D: chatrooms

Correct Answer: virtual communities ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labeling theory

Correct Answer: interactionist perspective ✔

Option A: the Per row principle

Option B: the Peter principle

Option C: the school principal

Option D: normal accidents

Correct Answer: normal accidents ✔

Option A: William F. Ogburn

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Auguste Comte

Option D: Thorstein Veblen

Correct Answer: William F. Ogburn ✔

Option A: charisma

Option B: argot

Option C: equilibrium

Option D: virtual reality

Correct Answer: argot ✔

Option A: Karl Marx

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: each of the above

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: differentiation

Option B: value generalization

Option C: inclusion

Option D: adaptive upgrading

Correct Answer: value generalization ✔

Option A: charisma

Option B: magnetism

Option C: equilibrium

Option D: status quo

Correct Answer: equilibrium ✔

Option A: Albert Einstein

Option B: Charles Darwin

Option C: Harriet Martineau

Option D: Benjamin Franklin

Correct Answer: Charles Darwin ✔

Option A: repress it by promoting only the interests of elite groups

Option B: revive it by reaffirming a commitment of freedom of speech

Option C: reproduce it by emphasizing face-to-face contact with peer groups

Option D: replace it with a superior form of communication

Correct Answer: revive it by reaffirming a commitment of freedom of speech ✔

Option A: the media exaggerate reports of deviant groups generating hostile reactions

Option B: children watch violent or sexually explicit films and then copy the behavior

Option C: audiences challenge the ethnic stereotypes represented by the media

Option D: elitists express concern with the Americanization of culture

Correct Answer: the media exaggerate reports of deviant groups generating hostile reactions ✔

Option A: audiences selectively interpret what they want to hear

Option B: content analysis is the best way to identify the themes covered by the media

Option C: audiences passively absorb whatever messages they are given

Option D: social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select

Correct Answer: social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select ✔

Option A: the content of the media is determined market forces

Option B: the subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class

Option C: the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers

Option D: audiences make selective interpretations of media messages

Correct Answer: the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers ✔

Option A: it doesn’t pay attention to male victims

Option B: it lacks objectivity

Option C: it is too extreme

Option D: it is not testable

Correct Answer: it lacks objectivity ✔

Option A: interviews

Option B: experiments

Option C: quantitative measurement

Option D: observation

Correct Answer: observation ✔

Option A: minority rights

Option B: women

Option C: consensus

Option D: latent functions

Correct Answer: consensus ✔

Option A: Structural Functionalism

Option B: Feminism

Option C: Conflict

Option D: Staples

Correct Answer: Structural Functionalism ✔

Option A: there are no absolutes concerning social life

Option B: all though would eventually lead to justifying human action

Option C: early philosophers were too concerned with creating a utopian society

Option D: sociologists should be primarily concerned with solving problems

Correct Answer: humans would eventually seek out the most efficient means to accomplish a particular task ✔

Option A: Comte

Option B: Rousseau

Option C: Mead

Option D: Locke

Correct Answer: Durkheim ✔

Option A: the United States

Option B: Canada

Option C: Europe

Option D: Australia

Correct Answer: Europe ✔

Option A: wealthy aristocrats

Option B: sixteenth-century population growth

Option C: industrialization

Option D: developments in transportation and communication

Correct Answer: developments in transportation and communication ✔

Option A: Durkheim

Option B: Blumer

Option C: Lemert

Option D: Berger

Correct Answer: Mills ✔

Option A: taking a stand on the issues neglected by feminism

Option B: studying society from the perspective of women

Option C: the recognition of difference and diversity in women’s lives

Option D: a tendency to ignore the gendered nature of knowledge

Correct Answer: studying society from the perspective of women ✔

Option A: theory must be augmented by straightforward plausible methods

Option B: we can find true objective knowledge of the world through our senses

Option C: Knowledge is produced in everyday practical situations

Option D: the best social theory was developed in Prague

Correct Answer: Knowledge is produced in everyday practical situations ✔

Option A: affectual

Option B: affective

Option C: effective

Option D: infected

Correct Answer: affectual ✔

Option A: ways of acting thinking and feeling that are collective and social in origin

Option B: the way scientists construct knowledge in a social context

Option C: data collected about social phenomena that are proven to be correct

Option D: ideas and theories that have no basis in the external physical world

Correct Answer: ways of acting thinking and feeling that are collective and social in origin ✔

Option A: a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society

Option B: the precise scientific study of observable phenomena

Option C: a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them

Option D: an unscientific set of laws about social progress

Correct Answer: the precise scientific study of observable phenomena ✔

Option A: standard accounts of the origins of sociology focus on the industrial and French revolutions giving no weight to the significance of colonialism in shaping modern societies

Option B: the sociological gaze is Eurocentric failing to incorporate the experience of formerly colonized societies

Option C: sociology has described Western societies as developed or modem in opposition to the notion of non-Western societies as pre-modern traditional inferiors

Option D: the sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing

Correct Answer: the sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing ✔

Option A: sexuality

Option B: discipline

Option C: discourse

Option D: all of the these

Correct Answer: all of the these ✔

Option A: only women can write from a feminist perspective

Option B: other theoretical perspectives have not researched women

Option C: they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis

Option D: men and women view the and world in different ways

Correct Answer: they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis ✔

Option A: genetic modification of crops

Option B: volcanic eruptions

Option C: global warming

Option D: the threat of nuclear war

Correct Answer: volcanic eruptions ✔

Option A: ethnomethodology

Option B: symbolic interactionism

Option C: feminism

Option D: phenomenology

Correct Answer: feminism ✔

Option A: the problem of class conflict

Option B: the problem of economic restructuring

Option C: the problem of social welfare

Option D: the problem of social order

Correct Answer: the problem of social order ✔

Option A: feudalism

Option B: communism

Option C: capitalism

Option D: liberalism

Correct Answer: liberalism ✔

Option A: George Herbert Mead

Option B: Antonio Gramsci

Option C: Erving Goffman

Option D: Howard Becker

Correct Answer: Antonio Gramsci ✔

Option A: Macro-level analysis

Option B: micro-level analysis

Option C: resurgent fundamentalism

Option D: the interactionist approach to religion

Correct Answer: Macro-level analysis ✔

Option A: only women can write from a feminist perspective

Option B: other theoretical perspectives have not researched women

Option C: they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis

Option D: men and women view the world in different ways

Correct Answer: they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis ✔

Option A: cyclical theory

Option B: unilinear theory

Option C: multilinear theory

Option D: conflict theory

Correct Answer: unilinear theory ✔

Option A: Physicians serve as gatekeepers for the sick role either verifying a patient’s condition as illness or designating the patient as recovered.

Option B: Patients play an active role in health care by failing to follow a physician’s advice

Option C: Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits dumping unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries.

Option D: The designation healthy or ill generally involves social definition by others

Correct Answer: Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits dumping unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries. ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: dramaturgical approach

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labelling theory

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labelling theory

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: psychological perspective

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: George Herbert Mead

Option B: Charles Horton Cooley

Option C: Erving Goffman

Option D: Jean Piaget

Correct Answer: Erving Goffman ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: ethnocentric perspective

Correct Answer: interactionist perspective ✔

Option A: a comic book

Option B: patriotic attachment to the flag of the United States

Option C: burial of a family pet in a cemetery plot

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: macrosociology

Option B: the dramaturgical approach

Option C: Verstehen

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: the dramaturgical approach ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: dramaturgical approach

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: dramaturgical approach

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: conflict theory

Option B: Structural functionalism

Option C: role theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: role theory ✔

Option A: conflict theory

Option B: Role theory

Option C: Symbolic interactionism

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Symbolic interactionism ✔

A. Organic solidarity
B. Mechanical solidarity
C. Interdependence solidarity
None of these

Correct Answer: Organic solidarity ✔

Option A: Marx

Option B: weber

Option C: Durkheim

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Durkheim ✔

Option A: simple to complex

Option B: complex to simple

Option C: Complex to more complex

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: simple to complex ✔

Option A: Conflict theory

Option B: Social change

Option C: Society and science

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Conflict theory ✔

Option A: Increase the suicide rates

Option B: Decrease them

Option C: Have no effect upon them

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Decrease them ✔

Option A: its reliance on surveys

Option B: its theoretical grounding

Option C: its emphasis on careful reliable empirical research

Option D: its desire to solve problems

Correct Answer: its emphasis on careful reliable empirical research ✔

Option A: consensus

Option B: subjective meanings

Option C: manifest functions

Option D: negotiated social orders

Correct Answer: structured social inequality ✔

Option A: Symbolic Interactionism

Option B: Feminism

Option C: Conflict

Option D: Radical

Correct Answer: Symbolic Interactionism ✔

Option A: Abell

Option B: Mead

Option C: Marx

Option D: Pareto

Correct Answer: Marx ✔

Option A: political economy

Option B: symbolic interactionist

Option C: conflict

Option D: feminist

Correct Answer: feminist ✔

Option A: psychology

Option B: geography

Option C: economics

Option D: communism

Correct Answer: economics ✔

Option A: Enlightenment thinkers/philosophers

Option B: The Industrial Revolution

Option C: Globalization

Option D: Renaissance thinkers/philosophers

Correct Answer: Globalization ✔

Option A: religious integration

Option B: immigration

Option C: globalization

Option D: suicide

Correct Answer: disadvantaged groups ✔

Option A: testable

Option B: formulated prior to research

Option C: based on pre-existing facts

Option D: exclusively sociological

Correct Answer: testable ✔

Option A: we live in a world of superficial fragmented images

Option B: no theory is better than any other anything goes

Option C: society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: we live in a world of superficial fragmented images ✔

Option A: social solidarity and cohesion

Option B: the interpretive understanding of action

Option C: women’s experiences and gendered knowledge

Option D: Power domination and conflict

Correct Answer: Power domination and conflict ✔

Option A: a complex network of interaction at a micro-level

Option B: a source of conflict inequality and alienation

Option C: an unstable structure of social relations

Option D: a normative framework of roles and institutions

Correct Answer: a normative framework of roles and institutions ✔

Option A: sociologists like to put a value on different theories

Option B: knowledge refers to people and their values

Option C: theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values

Option D: attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable

Correct Answer: theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values ✔

Option A: the hyperreality of media imagery

Option B: the significance of expert discourses

Option C: societies use of surveillance and discipline

Option D: the archaeology of scientific knowledge

Correct Answer: the hyperreality of media imagery ✔

Option A: Joan Acker

Option B: Judith Butler

Option C: Helene Cixous

Option D: Simone de Beauvoir

Correct Answer: Judith Butler ✔

Option A: the main dynamic of modern development is capitalist economics

Option B: modem societies are in transition towards a socialist model

Option C: rationalization is bound to progress further in all spheres of life

Option D: all history is the history of class struggles

Correct Answer: rationalization is bound to progress further in all spheres of life ✔

Option A: integration

Option B: conflict

Option C: social facts

Option D: consensus

Correct Answer: conflict ✔

Option A: male domination in society

Option B: male bias in sociological theory

Option C: the gendered character of knowledge

Option D: the experience of black women

Correct Answer: the experience of black women ✔

Option A: the exploitation of the working class

Option B: the desire for more material wealth

Option C: the continual reinvestment of profits back into businesses

Option D: the belief in free markets

Correct Answer: the continual reinvestment of profits back into businesses ✔

Option A: George Herbert Mead

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: Robert Merton

Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim ✔

Option A: theological metaphysical positive

Option B: ignorance understanding truth

Option C: philosophical biological sociological

Option D: functionalist marxist interactionist

Correct Answer: theological metaphysical positive ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: interactionist perspective ✔

Option A: neutral

Option B: misleading

Option C: illusory

Option D: distorting

Correct Answer: neutral ✔

Option A: that it should show people in the best possible light

Option B: that it should attempt to appeal to as many people as possible

Option C: that it should apply the same methods as physics or chemistry

Option D: that it should progress by positing new concepts and theories

Correct Answer: that it should apply the same methods as physics or chemistry ✔

Option A: Functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labelling theory

Correct Answer: interactionist perspective ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: neo-Malthusian view

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: the contact hypothesis

Option B: a self-fulfilling prophecy

Option C: amalgamation

Option D: reverse discrimination

Correct Answer: the contact hypothesis ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: anomie theory of deviance

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Ferdinand Tonnies

Correct Answer: Max Weber ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: psychoanalytic perspective

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: folkways

Option B: mores

Option C: values

Option D: laws

Correct Answer: laws ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: George Murdock

Option C: Margaret Mead

Option D: William F. Ogburn

Correct Answer: George Murdock ✔

Option A: recognized that it is impossible for scholars to prevent their personal values from influencing their work

Option B: stressed that researchers had to maintain the confidentiality of their subjects

Option C: emphasized that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: emphasized that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: psychological perspective

Correct Answer: interactionist perspective ✔

Option A: a manifest function

Option B: a latent function

Option C: a dysfunction

Option D: a manifest dysfunction

Correct Answer: a latent function ✔

Option A: Integration theory

Option B: Cohesion theory

Option C: Role theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Integration theory ✔

Option A: It overlooks micro-level interaction

Option B: It overlooks macro-level interaction

Option C: It cannot count for culture

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: It overlooks macro-level interaction ✔

Option A: Performing their respective functions

Option B: Contributing in social equilibrium

Option C: Beneficial to the society

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Organic solidarity

Option B: Mechanical solidarity

Option C: both a & b

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Mechanical solidarity ✔

Option A: An anarchist society

Option B: A perfect man in a perfect society

Option C: An industrial society

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: A perfect man in a perfect society ✔

Option A: conflict between countries

Option B: conflict between individuals

Option C: Class conflict

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Class conflict ✔

Option A: Harmony among classes

Option B: Dependence-among classes

Option C: Struggle to dominate

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Struggle to dominate ✔

Option A: Solidarity

Option B: Enemy

Option C: Chaos

Option D: None of theses

Correct Answer: Chaos ✔