Sociology MCQs 2006

The concepts of “Protestant” and “Bourgeois” were presented by ___________.
A. Talcat parson
B. Karl Marx
C. Max Weber
D. Emile Durkheim

In “The Division of Labor in Society”, Emile Durkheim presented the idea of __________.
A. Mechanical & organic solidarity
B. Social & psychological solidarity
C. Physical & social solidarity
D. Psychological & mechanical solidarity

A large kinship group whose members inhibit one geographical area and believe they are descendant from a common ancestor is known as:
A. clan
B. Tribe
C. class
D. Kin group

The process by which cultural traits spread from one group or society to another is called ________.
A. Folkways
B. cultural diffusion
C. counter culture
D. None of these

The phenomena when educated and highly skilled people emigrate to a new country, their home country loses, is referred as:
A. Chain migration
B. Life-time migration
C. Brain Drain
D. Mover

Any method of data collection that directly removes the researcher from research site is ________.
A. Erosion measure
B. Accretion measure
C. Unobtrusive measure
D. None of these

A social condition in which values are conflicting, weak or absent is called ____________.
A. Assimilation
B. Hawthrne effect
C. invasion
D. Anomie

Commonly used measure of variability whose size indicates the dispersion of a distribution is:
A. Standard deviation
B. Standard score
C. Co-efficient of variation
D. Variance

The key concept in labelling theory is that of____________.
A. stigma
B. commitment
C. aspiration
D. motivation

In sample selection a threat that occurs when individuals have been assigned to the experimental group on the basis of their extreme score on dependent variable is referred.as:
A. Experimental mortality
B. Regression artifact
C. Maturation
D. None of these