MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) · Psychological, Social and Biological Foundations of Behavior
Sociology
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- Which sociological perspective views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote stability?
- Which perspective emphasizes inequality and competition for scarce resources between groups?
- Which perspective studies how shared meanings and symbols develop through everyday face-to-face interaction?
- In a caste system, how is a person's social position determined?
- Which of the following is an achieved status?
- Durkheim used the term anomie to describe what condition?
- Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital refers to what?
- Social capital refers to which of the following?
- In the demographic transition model, which stage has high birth rates but sharply falling death rates, giving rapid population growth?
- Which of the following is an example of a social determinant of health?
- What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
- A student fears confirming a negative stereotype about their group and performs worse on a test. What is this called?
- According to Cooley's looking-glass self, how is the self-concept formed?
- Goffman's dramaturgical approach compares social life to what?
- Which of the following is a primary group?
- In Tonnies's terms, which type of social relationship is based on close personal ties and shared tradition?
- Which effect describes improved performance on an easy task when other people are present?
- A cohesive group suppresses dissent and makes a poor decision to preserve harmony. What is this called?
- A society in which kinship is traced through the father's line is
- A population in which birth and death rates are both low is in which stage of the demographic transition?
- Which of these is a social determinant of health?
- Which sociologist wrote about the 'looking-glass self'?
- Which concept describes the tendency of groups to make more extreme decisions than individuals?
- According to Merton's strain theory, a person who accepts cultural goals but rejects the legitimate means is called a
- Which term describes a person's position in the social hierarchy based on income, education and occupation?
- Which term refers to the process of learning the norms and values of a culture?
- A theory that focuses on power inequality and competition between social groups is
- Which perspective focuses on how people create meaning through everyday interactions and symbols?
- A group that people use to evaluate themselves is called
- According to functionalism, social institutions exist because they
- A doctor who also has to be a parent may experience conflict between the demands of two roles. This is
- Which term describes discrimination built into the policies of institutions?
- Which of the following is an example of a formal norm?
- Which scholar described the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism?
- A social group in which membership is based on shared goals and impersonal relationships is
- Moving to a higher social class during one's lifetime is
- A status that is assigned at birth and is not chosen is
- Which of the following is an example of the primary group?
- When people are treated as deviant because society labels them so, which theory applies?
- Which health measure is the number of new cases of a disease in a population over a time period?
- Which concept did Pierre Bourdieu use to describe non-financial social assets such as education and style?
- Which term refers to individuals putting forth less effort in a group than alone?
- Which theory suggests deviance is learned through interaction with others?
- Judging another culture by the standards of one's own is called