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| According to Karl Marx, change in mode of production leads to? |
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| Change in relation of product to the producer |
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| Which one of the following statements best describes Max Weber's point of view on the relationship between class and status? |
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| Sometimes status and class are interdependent and sometimes they are independent of each other |
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| In Yankee city which one of the following groups was ranked number two? |
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| The authors have listed 10 principles of ranking in the US. Which one of the following is one of those principles of ranking? |
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| Rich people rank other people based on money |
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| According to this chapter, in which class does none of the spouses tend to work? |
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| The very top, middle class (Both A and B) |
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| Author presents an imaginary parade of people in this chapter. Where in this parade is the struggle to succeed relatively very competitive? |
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| In the beginning on the race |
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| There are a number of considerations that play a significant role in the selection process of a spouse in the US. According to the above chapter (5) which one of the following is the first screening process before the dating begins? |
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| According to the author, self control, curiosity, and self direction are some of the characteristics of what? |
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| Which one of the following groups has the largest population in the US? |
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| According to the author there are three hierarchical tiers of ethnic stratification in the US. Which one of the followin is on top of this tier system? |
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| Euro American protestants |
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| What is the opinion of the author on class and ethnicity? |
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| Class and ethnicity are closely interdependent |
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| According to the author, ideology of upper class tends to become the ideology of majority. According to the author, socialization is the primary force behind this process. Which one of the following institutions plays a role in this process of socializati |
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| Family, schools, mass media (all of the above) |
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| According to a number of social scientists, nations all over the world are rules by a small number of people who can be labeled as elites. Whoa re the elites in modern capitalist's societies? |
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| Which one of the following is one of the reasons discussed under "Emergence of political institutions?" |
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| Cultural heterogeneity, intensive agriculture, diversity, anonymity, and individualism (All of the above) |
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| According to Rousseau, which one of the following was one of the characteristics of State of Nature? |
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| It was brutal, it was nasty, it was full of conflicts (None of the above) |
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| According to CW Mills, power elites are not visible in? |
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| Large and complex societies |
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| According to our lectures, which one of the following groups of people tends to be lobbyists? |
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| Retired professors, retired politicians, retired judges, (All of the above) |
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| Based on our lecture on CW Mills, most of the cabinet secretaries in the white house tend to be |
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| Retired generals, corporate executives (Both A and B) |
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| In his book Prince, Machiavelli listed a number of successful strategies to rule a nation. Which one of the following is one of those? |
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| A leader should scare people by using threat of attach by outside |
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| According to Karl Marx, which one of the following institutions is the most important one? |
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| In our class we discussed a story of a Moghal emperor who was locked up as a child in a room until he was an adult. Why did he do it? |
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| The emperor wanted to know what the language of nature was |
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| It was argued in our lectures that love between mother and child is? |
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| According to GH Mead, I and me are two different parts of human personality. When a child learns a language, what part of his/her personality is responsible for that? |
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| "ME" part of child's personality |
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| According to Jean Piaget, abstract thinking starts at? |
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| Which school of thought suggests that educational institutions are responsible for screening, sorting, and selecting talent? |
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| Structural functional perspective |
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| According to the Looking Glass Theory, which one of the following personality characteristics are learned? |
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| The story of "David and Snake" was used to illustrate the power of socialization. Which one of the following uses the same principle to influence people |
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| Hypnotists, political leaders, advertisers (all of the above) |
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| In our class we used a hypothetical example of a male wo appears for a job interview for a multi0national corporation.... |
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| Corporations tend to hire people based on their qualifications and the right attitude for the job. Thus this guy is not going to get the job |
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| According to conflict perspective, which one of the following functions is performed by the modern educations institutions? |
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| Promotion of conservatism |
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| Kim is a first generation Korean American. She is an excellent student in Math and Physics. How would CH Cooley interpret that? |
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| This is Kim's learned skill |
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| Early immigrants labeled Native Americans as savages, animalistic, and heathens. Which one of the following terms best describes this labeling? |
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| There are eight states that US conquered/bought from Mexico. Which one of the following is not one of them? |
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| In our story about Paris, which were venders running away from police? |
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| They were doing business in a restricted for business area |
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| Which one of the followin nations is not a pluralist state? |
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| According to the Immigration Act of 1990, which one of the following received a special quota for legal immigration? |
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| According to our story, a group of Fulani were traveling in a train in Nigeria. They were forced by other Nigerians to leave the train, why? |
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| Fulani's in Nigeria are nomadic people and are very different from other Nigerians |
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| Which one of the following theories suggests that people are born superior? |
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| Authoritarian personality |
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| It was argued in out lecture that ruling class tends to use divide and rule policy to maintain their control over people. this idea was presented by? |
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| According to Noel's theory of ethnic stratification, what is the primary reason of ethnic stratification? |
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| Limited resources and ever increasing population |
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| Which one of the following is an example of internal colonialism? |
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| Domination of urban people over rural people, Combination of men over women, Domination of whites over Native Indians (all of the above) |
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| According to which one of the following theories, education and wealth cannot bridge the gap between classes? |
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| Which one of the following concepts best describes the statement, "Blonde's are dumb?" |
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| Which societies tend to have very low life expectancy? |
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| Under-developed societies |
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| Which one of the following nations has the highest GDP per capita |
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| Which nation has the highest HDI ranking? |
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| Among the following four nations, which nation has the lowest life expectancy? |
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| As you know, the seats in congress are proportional to the total population of each state. Based on 2000 census, which one of the following states gained two extra seats? |
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| According to the US census 2000, which metropolitan areas experienced fastest growth of population? |
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| Metropolitan areas in the South and West |
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| Which one of the following is one of the conclusions drawn by the authors of the article: Using Racial and Ethnic Concepts: The Critical Case of Very Young Children? |
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| Children at a very young age use race to include or exclude other children from their groups |
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| According to the article: Using Racial and Ethnic Concepts: The Critical Case of Very Young Children, at what age do children start racial discrimination? |
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