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501SociologyMedium

What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations?

Afour fifths

Bhalf

Ctwo thirds

Done quarter

Correct answer

C. two thirds

Explanation

The correct answer is two thirds.

502SociologyMedium

The ecological approach to urban sociology involved studying?

Athe forms of wildlife and natural habitats that could be found on the edges of the city

Bthe way in which people organized collective protests about environmental issues

Chow social groups colonized different areas of the city and competed for resources

Dhow men and women used the city’s public spaces differently

Correct answer

C. how social groups colonized different areas of the city and competed for resources

Explanation

The correct answer is how social groups colonized different areas of the city and competed for resources.

503SociologyMedium

A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their level of education and includes response categories of some high school high school and university violated which important rule for constructing close-ended items for naires?

Amutually exclusive

Brelevant

Ccomprehensive

Dtangible

Eexhaustive

Correct answer

A. mutually exclusive

Explanation

The correct answer is mutually exclusive.

504SociologyMedium

Which sociologist writing in 1906 noted that individuals make distinctions between members of their own group (thein-group) and everyone else (the out-group)?

AWilliam I. Thomas

BWilliam Graham Sumner

CCharles Horton Cooley

DEmile Durkheim

Correct answer

B. William Graham Sumner

Explanation

The correct answer is William Graham Sumner.

505SociologyMedium

Disciplinary power was exercised in the 19th century factories by________?

Aexcluding women from participating in waged labor

Bmaking routine tasks less monotonous

Cpunctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal

Dthe use of corporal punishment by employers

Correct answer

C. punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal

Explanation

The correct answer is punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal.

506SociologyMedium

What research method is popular because it is comparatively inexpensive and well-suited to studying large numbers of people?

Ainterviews

Bcontent analysis

Cparticipant observation

Dsurveys

Eexperiments

Correct answer

D. surveys

Explanation

The correct answer is surveys.

507SociologyMedium

The secularization thesis________?

Anone of the above

Bconsiderations trends toward modernization

Cis assumed to accompany the transformation of human societies from simple to complex forms

Dstates that sacred considerations gain ascendancy over secular considerations

Correct answer

D. states that sacred considerations gain ascendancy over secular considerations

Explanation

The correct answer is states that sacred considerations gain ascendancy over secular considerations.

508SociologyMedium

According to feminists an androcentric bias in research is the direct result of________?

Aassuming that men and women are the same

Bwomen not being objective

Cthe funding of certain projects

Dusing males as the accepted norm

Ea lack of female researchers

Correct answer

D. using males as the accepted norm

Explanation

The correct answer is using males as the accepted norm.

509SociologyMedium

________ is the term commonly used to describe the early days of a social movement characterized by a general mood of discontent?

ADecline

BIncipience

CCoalescence

DBureaucratization

EArousal

Correct answer

B. Incipience

Explanation

The correct answer is Incipience.

510SociologyMedium

Diffusion of innovations among the cultures means________?

ATravelling of traits and patterns space/territory

BBoth A and B

CNone of the above

DTransmission of trait complexes time

Correct answer

B. Both A and B

Explanation

The correct answer is Both A and B.

The ecological approach to urban sociology involved studying?

Athe forms of wildlife and natural habitats that could be found on the edges of the city

Bthe way in which people organized collective protests about environmental issues

Chow social groups colonized different areas of the city and competed for resources

Dhow men and women used the city’s public spaces differently

Correct answer

C. how social groups colonized different areas of the city and competed for resources

Explanation

The correct answer is how social groups colonized different areas of the city and competed for resources.

Disciplinary power was exercised in the 19th century factories by________?

Aexcluding women from participating in waged labor

Bmaking routine tasks less monotonous

Cpunctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal

Dthe use of corporal punishment by employers

Correct answer

C. punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal

Explanation

The correct answer is punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal.

The secularization thesis________?

Anone of the above

Bconsiderations trends toward modernization

Cis assumed to accompany the transformation of human societies from simple to complex forms

Dstates that sacred considerations gain ascendancy over secular considerations

Correct answer

D. states that sacred considerations gain ascendancy over secular considerations

Explanation

The correct answer is states that sacred considerations gain ascendancy over secular considerations.