Sociology Mcqs
The internet rearranges our experience or space-time by making it possible to_____________?

A. Communicate instantly with people far away
B. Experience what it,s like to be a different gender
C. Interact in an unreal and alienated way
D. Communicate without non-verbal cues

Oops! is an example of______________?

A. A response cry
B. Netiquette
C. Interactional vandalism
D. Civil inattention

The act of moving from one social class to another is termed as_____________?

A. Social class
B. Social groups
C. Social mobility
D. None of these

Which of these is not part of Judith Butlers theory of gender identity ?

A. Gender is performative
B. People, s biological sex underpins their gendered identity
C. Gender is about what we do not who we are
D. There is no essential or biological basis to gender

The term ethnomethodology was coined by______________?

A. Harold garfinkel
B. Max weber
C. Erving goffman
D. Anthony giddens

Social occasions in which individuals act out formal roles are called_____________?

A. Front regions
B. Back regions
C. Public regions
D. Social regions

Social constructionism studies the processes which create and sustain ?

A. Social structures
B. Social space
C. Social reality
D. Social inequality

The compulsion of proximity describes_______________?

A. Wanting to meet face-to-face whenever possible
B. Seeking experience of intimacy on the internet
C. Travelling to see foreign locations for holidays
D. Creating feelings of security in on-line settings

According to recent findings from across Europe which of the following statements best characterizes cohabitation ?

A. An experimental stage before marriage
B. A family form only found among st younger people
C. A short-lived experiment from the 1960 s that is now in decline
D. An alternative to traditional marriage