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191SociologyMedium

Mobility oriented behavior education Work habits are________?

AIndividual factor

BStructural

CNone of these

Dboth a and b

Correct answer

A. Individual factor

Explanation

The correct answer is Individual factor.

192SociologyMedium

Approximately how long on average did a Victorian marriage last ________?

A12 years

B42 years

C22 years

D32 years

Correct answer

A. 12 years

Explanation

The correct answer is 12 years.

193SociologyMedium

Of the two types of religious organizations that have a negative relationship with society which one accepts pluralistic legitimacy?

Aa cult

Ba church

Ca denomination

Da sect

Correct answer

A. a cult

Explanation

The correct answer is a cult.

194SociologyMedium

Positivism was first proposed by ________?

ANone of these

BHerbert Spencer

CAugustus Comte

DEmily Durkheim

Correct answer

C. Augustus Comte

Explanation

The correct answer is Augustus Comte.

195SociologyMedium

The concept of collective consumption is most closely associated with________?

AHarvey

BSaunders

CMoloch

DCastells

Correct answer

D. Castells

Explanation

The correct answer is Castells.

196SociologyMedium

In idealized views of science the experimental method is said to involve________?

Atesting out new research methods to see which one works best

Bisolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another

Cinterpreting date subjectively drawing on theoretical paradigms

Dusing personal beliefs and values to decide what to study

Correct answer

B. isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another

Explanation

The correct answer is isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another.

197SociologyMedium

Which one of the following statements in not a key charge of postcolonial critiques against mainstream sociology?

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

Bthe sociological gaze is Eurocentric failing to incorporate the experience of formerly colonized societies

Cstandard 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

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

Correct answer

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

Explanation

The correct answer is the sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing.

198SociologyMedium

Mass-society theory suggests that________?

Athe content of the media is determined market forces

Bthe subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class

Caudiences make selective interpretations of media messages

Dthe media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers

Correct answer

D. the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers

Explanation

The correct answer is the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers.

199SociologyMedium

Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew on the ideas of________?

AKarl Marx

BBretton Woods

CWalt Rostow

DImmanuel Wallerstein

Correct answer

A. Karl Marx

Explanation

The correct answer is Karl Marx.

200SociologyMedium

The validity of laboratory experiment is doubtful in sociology because the people being observed are________?

Aconscious and behave artificially

Bunconscious

CNone of these

Dbehave naturally

Correct answer

A. conscious and behave artificially

Explanation

The correct answer is conscious and behave artificially.

In idealized views of science the experimental method is said to involve________?

Atesting out new research methods to see which one works best

Bisolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another

Cinterpreting date subjectively drawing on theoretical paradigms

Dusing personal beliefs and values to decide what to study

Correct answer

B. isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another

Explanation

The correct answer is isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another.

Which one of the following statements in not a key charge of postcolonial critiques against mainstream sociology?

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

Bthe sociological gaze is Eurocentric failing to incorporate the experience of formerly colonized societies

Cstandard 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

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

Correct answer

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

Explanation

The correct answer is the sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing.

Mass-society theory suggests that________?

Athe content of the media is determined market forces

Bthe subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class

Caudiences make selective interpretations of media messages

Dthe media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers

Correct answer

D. the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers

Explanation

The correct answer is the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers.