Sociology MCQs 2016

What is meant by the term Bias Theory?
A. Theory that blames prejudice for the secondary status of minority groups
B. Biodiversity refers to the variety of life
C. The view that biology determines complex social behavior
D. None of these

Bicultural means:
A. The average number of children born to women
B. Capability to understand and function in more than one cultural group
C. The weakening of the social bond within a society
D. None of these

What is meant by the term Birth cohort?
A. The number of people born in a specific year
B. The average number of children born to women
C. A theoretical approach which explains social or cultural phenomena in biological terms
D. None of these

What is meant by the term Bricolage?
A. This French term describes the process of transforming the meaning of symbolic objects through novel uses
B. Unexpected arrangements of normally unrelated things
C. Both A & B
D. None of these

Cash nexus means:
A. The reduction of all human relationships in terms of monetary exchange
B. Authority and power concentrated into a few offices
C. A group of people who share a particular characteristic but have nothing else in common
D. None of these

Action research means:
A. A type of research in which the researcher not only studies something but also assists in changing it
B. Often in an experimental manner
C. Such studies reflect the fact that much social research is commissioned by groups and agencies who wish to understand some problem so as to solve it
D. All of the above

What is meant by the term Charisma?
A. A person's quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular support and enthusiasm
B. In general usage, charisma is now simply the property of being attractive and telegenic
C. Max Weber borrowed the term for a 'gift of grace' from the Christian tradition to signify extraordinary (and often divine) powers
D. All of the above

Actor network theory is a major concept of French social scientists, namely:
A. Michel Callon
B. Bruno Latour
C. Albert Cohen
D. None of these

What is meant by the term Civil Disorder?
A. Social conflict such as riots in which the government is involved to restore public order
B. The branch of law that deals largely with wrongs against the individual
C. Both A & B
D. None of these

What is meant by the term adaptation?
A. Act of changing behavior with the demands of a changing social or physical environment
B. According to structural-functionalism
C. It is one of the four functional prerequisites that all social systems must satisfy if they are to survive
D. All of the above