Which of these statements reflects what sociologists believe?
Correct answer B. Individual is the product of social group within which he is socialised
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- Nations, War and Terrorism 14
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How did Weber define a class situation?
Correct answer C. A person's position in the capital, product and labour markets based on their economic resources
A person deprived of all human communication from birth would lack all but one of the following. Which one?
Correct answer C. Rudimentary personality
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What does mass-society theory suggest?
Correct answer B. The media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers
What is the process of social interaction through which people acquire the knowledge, attitudes, values and behaviour needed to take part effectively in society?
Correct answer C. Socialisation
Marx argued that the labour movement, growing out of factory-based production, would turn the working class into what?
Correct answer C. A class for itself
What does the Thomas theorem state?
Correct answer D. If situations are defined as real they are real in their consequences
What mainly determines whether a person’s self-esteem is high or low?
Correct answer B. Social comparisons
Which of these thinkers is NOT associated with functionalism?
Correct answer C. Ralf Dahrendorf
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What are the main developmental tasks of middle adulthood?
Correct answer C. Love and work
Which statement about dying is correct?
Correct answer D. Requires a new definition of self
Arlie Hochschild’s ‘The Managed Heart’ is an influential application of which approach?
Correct answer C. Symbolic interactionism
After doing badly in a college chemistry test, a student tells a friend: ‘The exam wasn’t fair! There were trick questions and it covered material we weren’t assigned!’ What does this illustrate?
Correct answer D. Face-work
Into which category does stratified sampling fall?
Correct answer C. Probability sampling design
What is a system in which people find it very hard to change their status called?
Correct answer B. Closed system
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What does economic standing include?
Correct answer A. Wealth (what people own)
Which method of identifying social classes treats class as a statistical category created by researchers using income, occupation, education or a mix of these?
Correct answer D. The objective method
What are life chances?
Correct answer C. The likelihood that individuals and groups will enjoy desired goods, services, experiences and opportunities for living long and healthy lives
What do critics of the culture of poverty thesis argue?
Correct answer D. The poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order
Carolyn supported her family as an administrative assistant while attending law school. After passing the bar, she joined a small firm specialising in family law. What kind of mobility did she experience?
Correct answer A. Vertical mobility