Class 11 Sociology Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives Quiz 18 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which perspective strives to explain how people's social standing affects their everyday interactions?
2. Looking at small, individual, situations and cases as a means of understanding what is happening in society
3. According to the New Right, what should be reduced to a minimum?
4. Which sociologist is associated with functionalism and wrote "Principles of Sociology" ?
5. According to him, in postmodern societies, self-identity continuously change due to the demands of multitude of social contexts, new information technologies, and globalization.
6. DEVIANCE:The definition of deviance is relative and depends on the culture, time period, and situation.
7. GENDER & SEXUALITY:Gender is learned through the process of socialization; gender inequalities are reproduced through interactions with family, peers, schools, and the media.
8. Which perspective uses the labeling theory or differential association to explain how societies and/or social groups come to view behaviors as deviant or conventional?
9. Fill in the blank: ..... refers to authoritarian, democratic, and laissez-faire approaches.
10. Older people seem to be able to get away with more socially unacceptable behavior than younger people. This is partially explained by the relaxing of their social roles according to .....
11. Examining large patterns of social interactionism
12. Using e-mail has made it easy, fast, and inexpensive for family members who live in different parts of the United States to keep in touch. This is a ..... function of e-mail.
13. A teen took a picture of himself with 3 other people. His camera was faced toward them. Normative or empirical statement?
14. Which of the three theories is the only micro theory (focuses on individual interaction)?
15. What is the role of crime in maintaining social cohesion according to Durkheim?
16. Chronologically the second major socialising agent is
17. Fill in the blank:A ..... is a systematic explanation of social phenomena.
18. Sociological perspective is .....
19. How do advantaged people protect their privileges?
20. Seeing the strange in the familiar refers to
21. How might Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann's Social Constructionism view the concept of "self-esteem" ?
22. Which theory is associated with Paul Willis
23. What reasoning might Durkheim use to explain why individuals in a society act in similar and predictable ways?
24. In the context of the Dramaturgical Approach, what does 'backstage' refer to?
25. Family, Government, Economy, Education, Religion