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491SociologyMedium

The term manufactured risk refers to________?

Arisks associated with the activities of manufacturing industries

Brisks which result from human interaction with the natural world

Crisks that only affect advanced industrial economies

Drisks that have been exaggerated by the output of the media

Correct answer

B. risks which result from human interaction with the natural world

Explanation

The correct answer is risks which result from human interaction with the natural world.

492SociologyMedium

Which of these is not a concept associated with Left Realist explanations of criminal subcultures?

Asocial exclusion

Bpolitical marginalization

Cindividual pathology

Drelative deprivation

Correct answer

C. individual pathology

Explanation

The correct answer is individual pathology.

493SociologyMedium

The society which lacks consistent guidelines for people to learn is termed as________?

AAnomic Society

BIncoherent society

CNone of these

DInconsistent society

Correct answer

A. Anomic Society

Explanation

The correct answer is Anomic Society.

494SociologyMedium

Sociologists using Evolutionary Perspective look for________?

APatterns of Change and development

Bboth of these

CCauses of social change

DNone of these

Correct answer

A. Patterns of Change and development

Explanation

The correct answer is Patterns of Change and development.

495SociologyMedium

In biology the senescence is________?

Ainfant period

BNone of these

Cthe process of aging

Dthe process of growth

Correct answer

C. the process of aging

Explanation

The correct answer is the process of aging.

496SociologyMedium

People who are open to new experience and who tend to reject traditional patterns of authority are said to be experiencing?

Ahysteria

Bcountenance

Cmodernity

Danomie

Ea cultural hangover

Correct answer

C. modernity

Explanation

The correct answer is modernity.

497SociologyMedium

Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because________?

Aall of the above

Bthey lead more people to be defined as in poverty

Cthe mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution

Dthe median is a more accurate measurement of earning than the mean

Correct answer

C. the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution

Explanation

The correct answer is the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution.

498SociologyMedium

Which of the following is not part of ecological modernization theory?

Aconsumer demand and market mechanisms can bring about ecologically benign outcomes

Benvironmental protection and economic growth are incompatible aims

Cenvironmental protection cannot be achieved without high tech solutions

Dan ecological form of economic growth is possible

Correct answer

B. environmental protection and economic growth are incompatible aims

Explanation

The correct answer is environmental protection and economic growth are incompatible aims.

499SociologyMedium

In Merton’s terms, a person who has abandoned the goal of material success and become compulsively committed to the institutional means is a (an)________?

Ainnovator

Britualist

Cretreatism

Drebel

Correct answer

B. ritualist

Explanation

The correct answer is ritualist.

500SociologyMedium

What is the compulsion of proximity?

Athe desire for intimacy in personal relationships

Bthe dominance of spoken language in interactions

Cthe need to meet each other face to face

Dthe ability to read peoples body language

Correct answer

C. the need to meet each other face to face

Explanation

The correct answer is the need to meet each other face to face.

The term manufactured risk refers to________?

Arisks associated with the activities of manufacturing industries

Brisks which result from human interaction with the natural world

Crisks that only affect advanced industrial economies

Drisks that have been exaggerated by the output of the media

Correct answer

B. risks which result from human interaction with the natural world

Explanation

The correct answer is risks which result from human interaction with the natural world.

Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because________?

Aall of the above

Bthey lead more people to be defined as in poverty

Cthe mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution

Dthe median is a more accurate measurement of earning than the mean

Correct answer

C. the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution

Explanation

The correct answer is the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution.

Which of the following is not part of ecological modernization theory?

Aconsumer demand and market mechanisms can bring about ecologically benign outcomes

Benvironmental protection and economic growth are incompatible aims

Cenvironmental protection cannot be achieved without high tech solutions

Dan ecological form of economic growth is possible

Correct answer

B. environmental protection and economic growth are incompatible aims

Explanation

The correct answer is environmental protection and economic growth are incompatible aims.

What is the compulsion of proximity?

Athe desire for intimacy in personal relationships

Bthe dominance of spoken language in interactions

Cthe need to meet each other face to face

Dthe ability to read peoples body language

Correct answer

C. the need to meet each other face to face

Explanation

The correct answer is the need to meet each other face to face.