In recent elections, which nation or nations have seen a significant fall in voter turnout?
Correct answer B. Great Britain
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According to the World Health Organization, which of the following is NOT a main cause of chronic disease and long-term impairment in developing countries?
Correct answer C. Poor education
Which sociological perspective tends to play down change?
Correct answer C. Functionalist perspective
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Which social economist coined the term ‘vested interests’?
Correct answer D. Thorstein Veblen
Which approach argues that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a process of interaction through which one group comes to be defined as deviant?
Correct answer A. Labelling theory
To what have sociologists such as Bordo (1993) attributed the epidemic of anorexia in Western cultures?
Correct answer C. The new ideal of independent self-assured femininity combined with cultural values of achievement and control
Where does the term ‘terrorism’ originate?
Correct answer D. Revolutionary France
What is a person consciously motivated by, first and foremost?
Correct answer A. Social values
Which term refers to fundamental changes over time in patterns of culture, social structure and social behaviour?
Correct answer B. Social change
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What is the essential function of punishment in society?
Correct answer B. Affirmation of moral standards
In what way is deviance dysfunctional?
Correct answer D. Can impair and undermine organised social life
Which statement about evolutionary perspectives on social change is accurate?
Correct answer C. Lenski argues that evolution depends largely on changes in a society’s level of technology and mode of economic production
How do functionalists view social control?
Correct answer C. An indispensable functional requirement for social survival
What does cultural lag refer to?
Correct answer D. Is the adjustment gap between material and nonmaterial culture
What is the social condition called in which people find it hard to guide their behaviour by norms they feel are weak, unclear or contradictory?
Correct answer A. Anomie
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According to Marx, conflict between which groups is the main source of social change?
Correct answer D. Classes
Fred is a bright student who made the honour roll last year. This year he began spending time with friends who prefer video games to studying and routinely earn Cs and Ds. Gradually Fred stops doing homework and extra-credit work, leaves his honours classes, and his grades fall from mostly As to Cs. Which theory of deviance best explains this?
Correct answer B. Differential association theory
Which process involves a society moving from traditional to industrial social and economic arrangements?
Correct answer C. Modernisation
What do conflict theorists argue about crime?
Correct answer B. Argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal
Which statement about rumours is accurate?
Correct answer A. Rumours are transmitted from person to person in a relatively rapid fashion