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381SociologyMedium

Secondary groups are________?

AImpersonal

Bboth a & b

CNone of these

Dformal

Correct answer

B. both a & b

Explanation

The correct answer is both a & b.

382SociologyMedium

Which sociological perspective views race from the macro level and sees the economic structure as a central factor in the exploitation of minority groups?

Afunctionalist perspective

Bconflict perspective

Clabelling theory

Dinteractionist perspective

Correct answer

B. conflict perspective

Explanation

The correct answer is conflict perspective.

383SociologyMedium

Which of the following conducted observation research on two groups of high school males-the Saints and the Roughnecks-and concluded that social class played an important role in the varying fortunes of the two groups?

AWilliam Chambliss

BEmile Durkheim

CRichard Quincy

DEdwin Sutherland

Correct answer

A. William Chambliss

Explanation

The correct answer is William Chambliss.

384SociologyMedium

The “looking-glass self” essentially explains?

Aour self-concept both positive and negative

Bour sense of knowledge from all of the agents of socialization

Cour imagination of how others see us

Dour reflections on our own personal shortcomings

Eour sense of individuality

Correct answer

C. our imagination of how others see us

Explanation

The correct answer is our imagination of how others see us.

385SociologyMedium

Sometimes we feel happy to pay more for imported goods It shows our________?

AEthnocentrism

BNone of these

CQuality consciousness

DXenocentric Approach

Correct answer

D. Xenocentric Approach

Explanation

The correct answer is Xenocentric Approach.

386SociologyMedium

In Primitive societies everyone performed similar tasks and so their was a________?

ANone of these

Bboth a & b

COrganic solidarity

DMechanical solidarity

Correct answer

D. Mechanical solidarity

Explanation

The correct answer is Mechanical solidarity.

387SociologyMedium

“Geme in schaft”refers to a social system in which most relationships are ________?

AImpersonal

BOrganizational

CPersonal or traditional

DNone of these

Correct answer

C. Personal or traditional

Explanation

The correct answer is Personal or traditional.

388SociologyMedium

A researcher was able to prove that, on average as age increases eyesight declines In research terminology this is called a (n)?

Avariation

Bspurious relationship

Cmeasure of central tendency

Dcorrelation

Eobservation

Correct answer

D. correlation

Explanation

The correct answer is correlation.

389SociologyMedium

What term is used to describe the way that the varied aspects of an individual’s identity-such as class ethnicity gender disability and location -interact to produce complex patterns of inequality poverty and discrimination?

Ameritocracy

Bintersectionality

Cascription

Dmobility

Correct answer

B. intersectionality

Explanation

The correct answer is intersectionality.

390SociologyMedium

Civil society in Pakistan has gone through________?

ATwo stages

BThree stages

CNone of these

DFour stage

Correct answer

B. Three stages

Explanation

The correct answer is Three stages.

The “looking-glass self” essentially explains?

Aour self-concept both positive and negative

Bour sense of knowledge from all of the agents of socialization

Cour imagination of how others see us

Dour reflections on our own personal shortcomings

Eour sense of individuality

Correct answer

C. our imagination of how others see us

Explanation

The correct answer is our imagination of how others see us.