Sociology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

Fred is a intelligent student Last year he was on the honor roll This year he began hanging out with friends who spend more time playing video games than studying they routinely earn C, s and D, s Over time Fred slowly stops doing his homework and turning in work for extra credit. He drops out of his honors classes and his grades drop out from mostly A, s to C, s Which theory of deviance best explains what has happened here?

Accepted Answer

differential association theory

Question 2

Spread of cultural traits from group to group is called________?

Accepted Answer

diffusion

Question 3

Who described urbanism as a way of life ________?

Accepted Answer

Wirth

Question 4

What percentage of the global population lives in What the World Bank describes as high-income countries?

Accepted Answer

15%

Question 5

According to Mead the earliest stage of socialization is called the ________ stage?

Accepted Answer

preparatory

Question 6

Martha and Susan work at the local factory ten hours a day five days a week They make the minimum wage with no overtime pay insurance or benefits One day they discuss their situations over lunch and express frustration over the fact that they never seem to make enough money to “get ahead “By the end of the conversation they have motivated each other to volunteer to work on Sundays They figure that if they work just a little harder they will make enough money to increase their social status Marx would say these women are demonstrating?

Accepted Answer

false consciousness

Question 7

The most extreme form of legalized social inequality for individuals or groups is ________?

Accepted Answer

slavery

Question 8

Sociologists believe that no behavior is________?

Accepted Answer

inherently deviant

Question 9

The interaction between physician and patient?

Accepted Answer

may be evolving into a new type of relationship based on consumerism

Question 10

Constructionist studies of old age view it as________?

Accepted Answer

a social category

Sociology MCQs with Explanations