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130+ Introduction to Sociology Solved MCQs

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Chapters

Chapter: socialization
51.

-----------refers to the process where men learn the culture of groups to which they do not belong

A. Re socialization
B. Developmental socialization
C. Primary socialization
D. Anticipatory socialization
Answer» D. Anticipatory socialization
52.

“A person who intends to join the army may start doing physical exercise to toughen his body and learning the manners of army personnel to become one with them later” is an example of which type of socialization.

A. Primary socialization
B. Developmental socialization
C. Re Socialization
D. Anticipatory socialisation
Answer» B. Developmental socialization
53.

Who defines socialization is the process by which the individual learns to conform to the norms of the groups

A. Westermarck
B. Obgurn
C. Malinowski
D. Lowie
Answer» B. Obgurn
54.

------------is a kind of learning based on the achievement of primary socialization

A. Developmental socialization
B. Development of personality
C. Re socialization
D. Adult socialization
Answer» A. Developmental socialization
55.

In which stages of life the developmental socialization takes place

A. Childhood
B. Adult hood
C. Adolescence
D. Oldage
Answer» B. Adult hood
56.

-------------is the process where is the stripping away of learned patterns and substitution of new ones for them

A. Primary socialization
B. Developmental socialization
C. Re socialization
D. Anticipatory socialisation
Answer» C. Re socialization
57.

A newly wedded house wife may be forced to become a prostitute in a brothel is an example of ------------ socialization

A. Secondary socialization
B. Primary socialization
C. Anticipatory socialization
D. Re socialization
Answer» D. Re socialization
58.

Who is remarked as “for the new born child there is no objective reality, no space, no time and no casualty?

A. Johnson
B. Freud
C. Allport
D. Mead
Answer» A. Johnson
59.

According to ------------ the child goes through some six stages before he is able to understand that there are external objects with an existence of their own

A. Bruner
B. Piaget
C. Vygoski
D. Norm Chomsky
Answer» B. Piaget
60.

-----------------refers to the objects that the child construct in his own mind

A. Constructed images
B. Developed concepts
C. Internalised objects
D. Comprehended symbols
Answer» C. Internalised objects
61.

The cognitive aspect of socialization refers to the development of ----------abilities

A. Psychomotor
B. Affective
C. Conative
D. Cognitive
Answer» A. Psychomotor
62.

Who opines that the individual as actively trying to make sense of the world rather than being passively conditioned by it?

A. Durkheim
B. Johnson
C. Piaget
D. Lundburg
Answer» C. Piaget
63.

-------------------Defined socialization as the process of transmission of culture the process whereby men learn the rules and practices of social groups

A. Bogardus
B. Ogburn
C. Worsely
D. Johnson
Answer» C. Worsely
64.

The heart of the process of socialization is the emergence and gradual development of ---------- -----

A. Idea
B. Self
C. Belief
D. Values
Answer» B. Self
65.

Who stated the self might be regarded as the internalized object representing one’s own personality

A. Freud
B. Mead
C. Cooley
D. Bogardus
Answer» B. Mead
66.

From the sociological point of view the two main internal objects are

A. Society &culture
B. Self and social roles
C. Believes and attitudes
D. Roles and status
Answer» B. Self and social roles
67.

------------implies a person’s conception of himself as a totality

A. A social roles
B. Behaviour
C. Attitudes
D. Self
Answer» D. Self
68.

Who among states that self arises only in interaction with the social and non social environment

A. Murphy
B. MacIver
C. Maxweber
D. Mead
Answer» D. Mead
69.

------------develops out of child’s communicative contact with others

A. Learning
B. Attitude
C. Self
D. Concept
Answer» C. Self
70.

Who developed the theory “Looking –Glass Self”

A. Mead
B. Cooley
C. W I Thomas
D. Freud
Answer» B. Cooley
71.

Who has placed before us the proposition “society is mental”

A. Freud
B. Mead
C. Cooley
D. Thomas
Answer» C. Cooley
72.

The auther of the book “Human Nature and Social Order” is………

A. Borgardus
B. MacIver
C. Cooley
D. Westermack
Answer» C. Cooley
73.

Which theory states that the individual develops the idea of self through the contact with the primary group particularly with the members of the family?

A. Collective representation
B. Definition of the situation
C. Theory of self
D. Looking Glass Self
Answer» D. Looking Glass Self
74.

Who says “I am not what I think I am, I am not what you think I am, I am What I think you think I am”

A. C.H Cooley
B. W.I Thomas
C. Freud
D. G.H Mead
Answer» A. C.H Cooley
75.

Who opines that individual comes to know about himself by what is known as role playing

A. GH Mead
B. Ginsberg
C. Gidding
D. Lapiere
Answer» A. GH Mead
76.

“ In seeing himself as others see him, the individual is actually putting himself in the place of others, and imaging what their response might be” is called as ------------------

A. Acquisition of behaviour
B. Role playing
C. Internalisation of roles
D. Game analysis
Answer» B. Role playing
77.

The members who satisfy the immediate needs of newborn infants are called

A. Generalised others
B. Significant others
C. Strangers
D. All the above
Answer» B. Significant others
78.

G H Mead says ----------is the product of social interaction

A. Culture
B. Values
C. Self
D. All the above
Answer» C. Self
79.

Who is the founder of “Psychoanalysis?”

A. Jean Piaget
B. Cooley
C. Durkheim
D. Sigmund Freud
Answer» D. Sigmund Freud
80.

---------------refers to the animal impulses of man

A. Ego
B. Super ego
C. Id
D. Personality
Answer» C. Id
81.

Super ego based on the ------------ principle

A. Pleasure principle
B. Reality principle
C. Moral principle
D. Cultural principles
Answer» C. Moral principle
82.

Who developed the “theory of definition of the situations?”

A. Herbert Spencer
B. Max weber
C. Comte
D. W I Thomas
Answer» D. W I Thomas
83.

The theory of collective representations is developed by -------------

A. Karl Marx
B. Durkheim
C. Anna Freud
D. Cattel
Answer» B. Durkheim
84.

-------------- refers to the ideas and ideals of a growth up on which the individual unconsciously depends for his ideas, attitudes and behaviour

A. Shared behaviour
B. Collective representation
C. Group Morale
D. Group responsibility
Answer» B. Collective representation
85.

The agents of socialization are

A. Family
B. Parents
C. Pear group
D. All the above
Answer» D. All the above
86.

Who says that socialization consists of the “complex process of interaction though which the individual learns the habits, believes, skills and standards of judgment that are necessary for his effective participation in social groups and communities?”

A. Kingsley Davis
B. HE Barnes
C. Lundberg
D. CA Ellwood
Answer» C. Lundberg
87.

The process where the adult members learns the rules and values of society is called

A. Adult socialization
B. Child socialization
C. Personality
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Adult socialization
Chapter: Culture,Personality and Society
88.

Culture has two essential qualities. They are

A. transmitted and shared
B. learned and shared
C. learned and forgotten
D. Shared and communicated.
Answer» A. transmitted and shared
89.

The process by which an individual learns the culture of their society is known as

A. Socialisation
B. Internalisation
C. Sanskritisation
D. Modernization
Answer» A. Socialisation
90.

The study of a society becomes incomplete without a proper understanding of

A. The culture of that society
B. Rules and Regulations of that society
C. Arts and literature of that society
D. Education and government system of that society
Answer» A. The culture of that society
91.

Only man is born and bought up in a

A. Natural environment
B. Cultural environment
C. Artificial environment
D. Original environment
Answer» B. Cultural environment
92.

Who defined culture is the “realm of styles, of values, of emotional attachment, of intellectual adventures”

A. Morgan
B. Edward Tylor
C. Maclver and Page
D. Sir James Frazer
Answer» C. Maclver and Page
93.

Peer group is a group whose numbers share

A. Similar values
B. Similar play ground
C. Similar circumstances
D. Similar study circle and books
Answer» C. Similar circumstances
94.

Peer groups are often of a

A. Similar culture
B. Similar race and colour
C. Similar height
D. Similar age
Answer» D. Similar age
95.

Every culture contains a large number of guideline which direct conduct in a particular situation. Such guidelines are known as

A. Culture
B. Folkways
C. Mores
D. Norms
Answer» D. Norms
96.

A norm is a

A. Specific guide to action
B. Culture of society
C. Guideline for socialization
D. Guide for social interaction
Answer» A. Specific guide to action
97.

Norms are enforced by

A. Positive sanction
B. Negative sanction
C. Order
D. Positive and negative sanction
Answer» D. Positive and negative sanction
98.

Norms are imposed through _________ means of social control

A. Formal and legal
B. Formal and informal
C. Cultural
D. Informal and illegal
Answer» A. Formal and legal
99.

A value is a belief that something is

A. Moral
B. Very productive in society
C. Good and desirable
D. Cultural
Answer» C. Good and desirable
100.

All numbers of society occupy a number of social positions known as

A. Role
B. Prestige
C. Esteem
D. Status
Answer» D. Status

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