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Sociology MCQs 1551 MCQs [All-Courses]

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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 stratum of people of similar positions in the social status continuum are termed as_____________?
A Social class
B clan or tribe
C Community
D None of these
Correct Answer: Social class
A set of behavioral expectations that are linked to chronological and biological age that change as we get older are referred to as____________?
A maturational motivations
B activity norms
C age grades
D continuity contingencies
Correct Answer: age grades
The word stratification derives from the geological concept “Strata “meaning ?
A class
B groups
C Rock layers
D None of these
Correct Answer: Rock layers
The depression that occurs when the last child leaves the home is called______________?
A the nurturing complex
B empty-nest syndrome
C childless anxiety
D the fear of singularity
Correct Answer: empty-nest syndrome
Resistance to certain aspects of development and social change in an effort to neutralize their efforts is called________________?
A countermovement
B social amelioration
C counter modernization
D countenance
Correct Answer: countermovement
The biggest difference between the theories of Freud and Erikson is that Erikson believed ?
A That culture rather than biology plays the biggest part in socialization
B that psychology is the dominant theory the social sciences
C that biology/genetics explains everything
D that there is no such thing as a superego
Correct Answer: That culture rather than biology plays the biggest part in socialization
Principles such as efficiency calculability and predictability are all part of what Ritzer called____________?
A McDonaldization
B post-modernization
C the service industry
D the culture of commerce
Correct Answer: McDonaldization
How people behave towards one another when they meet is referred to as ___________ by sociologists ?
A social interaction
B sociobiology
C social psychology
D socialization
Correct Answer: social interaction
Which of the following was not identified as a major theoretical perspective on social change ?
A Functional theory
B interactionist theory
C Conflict theory
D Cyclical theory
Correct Answer: interactionist theory
Aalia aged 7 lives in a private home with her parents her grandmother and her aunt Alice,s family is an example of a(n)?
A nuclear family
B dysfunctional family
C extended family
D polygynous family
Correct Answer: extended family