Sociology Mcqs
A group of people who live within the same territory and share a common culture is called______________?

A. A culture
B. An iconoclastic enclave
C. A society
D. None of the above

Values_______________?

A. Provide explicit indications of which behaviors are acceptable and which are not.
B. Are narrow ideas about what is desirable correct and good
C. Are defined by symbols
D. Are general and abstract and do not explicitly specify which behaviors are acceptable and which are not

Cross-cultural research on infant care has found the following______________?

A. All cultures agree on the importance of exclusive mother-infant interaction to encourage bonding in the first 15 to months of life.
B. Methods of caring for babies are linked to other elements of a society’s culture
C. No culture supports waking a sleeping infant
D. Pediatricians are trained to teach parents the one universally accepted set of best practices for raising an infant

Laws are___________________?

A. Actions that others can legitimately insist that we perform
B. Actions that we can legitimately insist that others perform
C. Rules that are enforced by a special political organization composed of individuals who enjoy the right to use force
D. None of the above

Which of the following is a characteristic of a society ?

A. Members of a society possess a wide variety of values and norms based on their social status
B. A group must have at least 1,500 members to be considered a society
C. Another term for “society” is nation-state
D. Members of a society comprise a more or less self-sufficient social unit

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a post-industrial society ?

A. Increasing numbers of workers are employed in the service sector
B. Many processes in the work place are automated
C. Economic self-sufficiency is displaced by complex divisions of labour exchange relationships and national and international market systems
D. Changes are accompanied by the knowledge explosion based on the creation processing and distribution of knowledge

One strength of ethnography is tha______________?

A. The influence of specific variables can be controlled by the investigator
B. It usually generates richer and more in-depth information than other methods
C. It is essential when a study is primarily historical or has a historical dimension
D. It can only be used to study relatively small groups or communities