Sociology MCQs

A. Legendary tales
B. Urban legends
C. Sports legends
D. Schoolyard tales

A. Social movements
B. Developments
C. Conventions
D. Hysterias

A. Globalization
B. Political process
C. Postmodernism
D. Linear evolutionary

A. Bureaucratization
B. Decline
C. Coalescence
D. Incipience

A. Functional theory
B. Interactionist theory
C. Conflict theory
D. Cyclical theory

A. Classes
B. Ethnic groups
C. Nations
D. Religions

A. Social values
B. Real traits
C. Picture of himself
D. None of these

A. Cultural lag
B. Diffusion
C. Social change
D. Modernization

A. Lenski argues that evolution depends largely on changes in a society’s level of technology and made of economic production
B. Social darwinists like spencer see evolution as inevitably leading to the downfall of society
C. Contemporary approaches take a unilinear view of evolution and assume all change equals progress
D. Parsons suggested that societies tend become simpler over time

A. Refers to new forms of social disintegration
B. Is the adjustment gap between material and nonmaterial culture?
C. Occurs when the dominant group forces change upon the subordinate group which lags behind
D. Is society’s way of avoiding the social problems that ensue from social change