Deck 1: Sociology and Cultural Studies

Question 1

Impersonal and transitory interaction exists in ___________ groups.

A)primary
B)in-group
C)social
D)secondary

Answer 1

secondary

Question 2

The Enlightenment was in many respects a renaissance of __________

A)scientific thought
B)blind belief
C)superstition
D)religious belief

Answer 2

scientific thought

Question 3

_____ granted citizens individual freedoms and removed old established orders such as the churchand crown, and gave people a new perspective ofthe worldand the society in which they live

A)french revolution
B)scientific revolution
C)industrial revolution
D)russian revolution

Answer 3

french revolution

Question 4

Amalgamation favors the process of ____________.

A)acculturation
B)diffusion
C)assimilation
D)none of the above

Question 5

Urbanisation and ______led to the emergence of the working class as a largeand powerful body, which led to the birth of Marxism, and gave people a newperspective and relationship with the society they lived in

A)industrialisation
B)modernisation
C)westernisation
D)sanskritisation

Question 6

Sociological ___________ allows people to see the relationship between their personal experiences and broader social and historical events.

A)consciousness
B)imagination
C)questions
D)theory

Question 7

The second Estate in the Estate system

A)clergy
B)nobles
C)commoners
D)labourers

Question 8

The material and non-material components of culture are often referred to as the _________ of culture.

A)theme
B)combination
C)content
D)concept

Question 9

The power of _______ was based on the Church

A)clergy
B)nobles
C)commoners
D)labourers

Question 10

___________ culture is communicated mostly to the like-minded.

A)non-material
B)explicit
C)material
D)utilitarian

Question 11

____ served as councillors to the royalty, diplomats and governors

A)clergy
B)nobles
C)commoners
D)labourers

Question 12

Surplus extraction was carried out by the impersonal laws of the market in ___

A)feudalism
B)capitalism
C)socialism
D)communism

Question 13

Identify a slow and gradual process from the following.

A)assimilation
B)acculturation
C)integration
D)diffusion

Question 14

A group to which individuals refer when making judgments.

A)voluntary group
B)membership group
C)in-group
D)reference group

Question 15

The intellectual movement called ?The Enlightenment is usually associated with the ______

A)15th century
B)16th century
C)17th century
D)18th century

Question 16

The Enlightenment is associated with which of the following thinkers

A)merton
B)parsons
C)simmel
D)diderot

Question 17

?Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Those who thinkthemselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they. Name the book which opens with these lines

A)positive philosophy
B)das capital
C)the social contract
D)the city

Question 18

The basic unit of cultural reality is the cultural __________.

A)complex
B)trait
C)theme
D)construct

Question 19

In a democracy, the ______ are sovereign

A)people
B)relationships
C)roles
D)positions

Question 20

Cultural __________ are nothing but larger clusters of traits organized about some nuclear point of reference.

A)complex
B)patterns
C)elements
D)traits

Question 21

____________ is the spread of a culture pattern from one culture area to another.

A)acculturation
B)assimilation
C)enculturation
D)culture diffusion

Question 22

Non-conformity to a set of norms is known as __________.

A)crime
B)habit
C)deviance
D)none of the above

Question 23

The spirit of extreme _____ arises when the people are no longer content to be equal as citizens, but want to be equal in every respect

A)inequality
B)equality
C)neutrality
D)sovereignity

Question 24

__________ constitute the treasury of our social heritage.

A)norms
B)folkways
C)customs
D)laws

Question 25

In _____ , one part of the people governs the rest

A)aristocracy
B)despotism
C)laissez faire
D)communism