Sociology MCQs 1551 MCQs [All-Courses]

This category covers multiple-choice questions on core sociological concepts, social institutions, culture, social change, and major sociological thinkers. It is designed to help students and competitive-exam candidates (PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, CTS, OTS, BPSC, SPSC, KPPSC, BPSC etc.) quickly revise theories and apply sociological ideas to real-world social issues.

A form of learning in which the consequences of behavior determine the probability of its future occurrence is called______________?

A conditioning

B personal efficacy

C reflexive behavior

D egocentric bias

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Correct Answer: conditioning

Abstract sediments are________________?

A closer to the center of the self than the moral rules

B provide a focus for allegiance

C are compellers of action

D None of these

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Correct Answer: are compellers of action

The most pervasive of the social processes are________________?

A Religious ritual

B changelessness

C idealized ways of thinking and doing

D None of these

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Correct Answer: Religious ritual

Which one of the following does Chodorow NOT argue is a consequence for boys and men of separating from their early attachment to their mother ?

A feeling their self-esteem threatened by the lack a close relationship

B learning that to be a man is to reject being like a woman

C feeling endangered by close intimate emotional relationships

D developing a detached and analytical approach to the world

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Correct Answer: feeling their self-esteem threatened by the lack a close relationship

Marxist feminists explain patriarchy in terms of_________________?

A a lack of equal rights and opportunities for men and women

B sex classes through which men oppress women economically politically and sexually

C women’s domestic labor being exploited by the capitalist econorny

D the dual systems of capitalist and male domination

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Correct Answer: women’s domestic labor being exploited by the capitalist econorny

Socialization is______________?

A the formation of an attachment bond between an infant and its carer

B a tendency of social theorists to explain everything in terms of social causes

C the process of becoming part of a society by learning its norms and values

D the historical process by which societies change from traditional to modern

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Correct Answer: the process of becoming part of a society by learning its norms and values

What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society____________?

A rationalization

B colonization

C McDonaldization

D socialization

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Correct Answer: socialization

A child who is repeatedly criticized as being lazy and lacking intelligence eventually accepts these criticisms and uses them to justify poor performance in school. This is an example of_____________?

A the contact hypothesis

B a self-fulfilling prophecy

C scapegoating

D reverse discrimination

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Correct Answer: a self-fulfilling prophecy

The institution most closely associated with the process of socialization is the_________________?

A family

B peer group

C school

D state

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Correct Answer: family

Harry Harlow conducted study of______________?

A Isabelle and the impact of social isolation on the socialization process

B Nell and the impact of social isolation on the socialization process

C rhesus monkeys that had been raised away from their mothers

D nature versus nurture that focused on sociobiology

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Correct Answer: rhesus monkeys that had been raised away from their mothers

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A form of learning in which the consequences of behavior determine the probability of its future occurrence is called______________?

Abstract sediments are________________?

The most pervasive of the social processes are________________?

Which one of the following does Chodorow NOT argue is a consequence for boys and men of separating from their early attachment to their mother ?

Marxist feminists explain patriarchy in terms of_________________?

Socialization is______________?

What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society____________?

A child who is repeatedly criticized as being lazy and lacking intelligence eventually accepts these criticisms and uses them to justify poor performance in school. This is an example of_____________?

The institution most closely associated with the process of socialization is the_________________?

Harry Harlow conducted study of______________?