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 social condition in which values are conflicting weak or absent is called____________?

A Assimilation

B Hawthorne affect

C invasion

D anomie

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Correct Answer: anomie

Max Weber_______________?

A recognized that it is impossible for scholars to prevent their personal values from influencing their work

B stressed that researchers had to maintain the confidentiality of their subjects

C emphasized that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data

D all of the above

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Correct Answer: emphasized that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data

One strength of ethnography is tha______________?

A the influence of specific variables can be controlled by the investigator

B it usually generates richer and more in-depth information than other methods

C it is essential when a study is primarily historical or has a historical dimension

D it can only be used to study relatively small groups or communities

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Correct Answer: it usually generates richer and more in-depth information than other methods

Which one of the following is exposed to an independent variable ?

A the control groups

B the representative group

C the experimental group

D none of the above

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Correct Answer: the experimental group

The use of terms such as flaming and chat rooms by the subculture of early internet users is an example of______________?

A charisma

B argot

C equilibrium

D virtual reality

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Correct Answer: argot

Which of the following would be an example of a random sample? A researcher_____________?

A administers a naira to every fifth woman who enters a business office

B examines the attitudes of residents of a city by interviewing every twentieth name in the city’s telephone book

C studies the attitudes of Democratic voters by choosing every tenth name found on a city’s list of registered Democrats

D None of the above

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Correct Answer: None of the above

The term ethnocentrism was coined by sociologist____________?

A William F. Ogburn

B William Graham Sumner

C George Murdock

D Max Weber

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Correct Answer: William Graham Sumner

The study of the interracial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of____________?

A observation research

B a survey

C content analysis

D an experiment

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Correct Answer: a survey

Older people living in housing for the elderly workers in an offshore oil rig rodeo cowboys and circus performers-all are examples of what sociologists refer to as_______________?

A subcultures

B countercultures

C cultural universals

D argot

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Correct Answer: subcultures

In most instances how well a student does on a test is determined by how much the student studies for it in this example studying for an exam is a (n) ?

A correlation

B independent variable

C dependent variable

D sample

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Correct Answer: independent variable

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A social condition in which values are conflicting weak or absent is called____________?

Max Weber_______________?

One strength of ethnography is tha______________?

Which one of the following is exposed to an independent variable ?

The use of terms such as flaming and chat rooms by the subculture of early internet users is an example of______________?

Which of the following would be an example of a random sample? A researcher_____________?

The term ethnocentrism was coined by sociologist____________?

The study of the interracial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of____________?

Older people living in housing for the elderly workers in an offshore oil rig rodeo cowboys and circus performers-all are examples of what sociologists refer to as_______________?

In most instances how well a student does on a test is determined by how much the student studies for it in this example studying for an exam is a (n) ?