Sociology Mcqs

A. Cultural groups
B. Social and economic classes
C. Ethnic groups
D. None of these

A. Max Weber
B. John Goldthorpe
C. Karl Marx
D. Pierre Bourdieu

A. senior executives
B. industrial entrepreneurs
C. finance capitalists
D. none of the above

A. endogamy
B. endogeny
C. exegesis
D. exclusion

A. social research should highlight the positive aspects of social life
B. knowledge should be produced based on evidence from observations
C. sociologists should make more use of official statistics
D. none of the above

A. the best possible outcome available
B. a perspective emphasizing the primacy of ideas
C. a model based on certain features of a phenomenon
D. the social agenda of political idealists

A. the tendency for the working class not to realize their own interests
B. a dominant ideology that legitimates economic political
C. a form of dual consciousness based on ideology and everyday experiences
D. a mode of payment given for outstanding topiary

A. capitalists are being replaced by salaried managers with bureaucratic authority
B. the affluent working class is adopting middle class values and ways of life
C. white collar occupations are being deskilled by the introduction of new technologies into the workplace
D. the class structure has fragmented and there are no longer any distinct social classes

A. the division of each social class into the more or less privileged.
B. a growing gap between rich and poor resulting in class consciousness
C. the growth of intermediate strata in the middle classes
D. the tendency for the working class to live in very could places

A. a level in the social hierarchy comprising people with d life chances
B. a methodological tool used to identify a person’s social class
C. the boundary between two levels of the social hierarchy
D. a symbol of status used to differentiate between social classes