Sociology Mcqs

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

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

A. role strain
B. role conflict
C. role hypersensitivity
D. role reversal

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 sleeg infant
D. Pediatricians are trained to teach parents the one universally accepted set of best practices for raising an infant

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

A. a culture
B. an iconoclastic enclave
C. a society
D. none of the above

A. Culture is genetic
B. Culture is passed down generation to generation
C. Culture includes physical artifacts not abstract creations
D. none of the above

A. Has to be against the existing ethos/values
B. May not be against the existing culture ethos/values
C. if different from the exiting culture may never survive
D. None of these

A. Travelling of traits and patterns space/territory
B. Transmission of trait complexes time
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above

A. Evaluating other cultures with the yardstick of your own values
B. Taking other nations as good as your own one but disowned
C. no other society is like yours and your society is superior to the others
D. None of these