981. When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people’s movement between them they call this____________?
A. social stratification
B. social control
C. social conflict
D. social solidarity
982. Social relations are directly proportional to_____________?
A. social Class
B. Social status
C. Caste system
D. None of these
983. Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class ?
A. Max Weber
B. Talcott Parsons
C. Karl Marx
D. Margaret Mead
984. socialization in children takes place___________?
A. In the same class
B. among the children of different classes
C. between lower and middle classes
D. both a and c
985. The determinants of social class are______________?
A. Birth
B. Money
C. Education and occupation
D. All of above
986. A stratum of people of similar positions in the social status continuum are termed as_____________?
A. Social class
B. clan or tribe
C. Community
D. None of these
987. The word stratification derives from the geological concept “Strata “meaning ?
A. class
B. groups
C. Rock layers
D. None of these
988. Resistance to certain aspects of development and social change in an effort to neutralize their efforts is called________________?
A. countermovement
B. social amelioration
C. counter modernization
D. countenance
E. post modernization
989. Principles such as efficiency calculability and predictability are all part of what Ritzer called____________?
A. McDonaldization
B. post-modernization
C. the service industry
D. the culture of commerce
E. post-industrialization
990. Which of the following was not identified as a major theoretical perspective on social change ?
A. Functional theory
B. interactionist theory
C. Conflict theory
D. Cyclical theory
E. Evolutionary theory