Sociology Mcqs

A. Role playing
B. Role sets
C. Role adjustment
D. None of these

A. Role
B. Status
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

A. Broadening of role specification
B. Plurality of moralities
C. Increase in number of achievable positions
D. None of these

A. conditional
B. unconditionally legitimate
C. modified legitimate
D. illegitimate

A. front regions
B. back regions
C. public regions
D. social regions

A. a position
B. a role
C. a performance
D. an impression

A. age
B. income
C. verbal fluency
D. occupation

A. adolescence and gender roles varied between societies and so were culturally determined
B. gender roles in three New Guinea societies were identical and so must be biologically determined
C. adolescence in the USA is a time of relative calm compared to the experience in Japan and Europe
D. anthropological fieldwork can be problematic because the researcher’s values affect the way they interpret their observations

A. the unconscious mass of instinctive drives that may be repressed
B. the self as a whole an unstable mix of conscious and unconscious elements
C. the conscious part of the mind that regulates emotional drives on a practical rational level
D. the neurotic part of the mind that longs for belonging and may suffer an inferiority complex

A. we internalize and take on social roles from a pre-existing framework
B. we create and negotiate our roles through interaction with others
C. social roles are not fixed or stable but fluid and pluralistic
D. roles have to be learned to suppress unconscious motivations