CSS Sociology chapter 2: Culture, socialisation and groups MCQs with answers

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64 exam-style questions on Culture, socialisation and groups, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.

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Ten Culture, socialisation and groups questions with answers

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1. A newly married couple sets up an independent household away from both sets of parents. This pattern is called

  1. A
    patrilocal residence
  2. B
    matrilocal residence
  3. C
    avunculocal residence
  4. D
    neolocal residence
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Answer: D. Neolocal residence is typical of nuclear families. Patrilocal residence is living with the husband's family and matrilocal with the wife's.

2. Marx described religion as 'the opium of the people' because he saw it as

  1. A
    creating a habit of ritual and prayer in poor families
  2. B
    the main source of economic growth in agrarian societies
  3. C
    a way of raising the literacy of the working classes
  4. D
    easing the pain of oppression without removing its causes
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Answer: D. For Marx religion consoles the oppressed and thereby discourages them from changing the conditions that cause their suffering.

3. Competition differs from conflict in that competition

  1. A
    aims at removing the opponent by physical force if necessary
  2. B
    pursues a goal within accepted rules, not aiming to destroy the rival
  3. C
    always involves open physical violence between the parties
  4. D
    needs no scarce resources for the parties to contest
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Answer: B. Competition is regulated rivalry for scarce rewards, while conflict aims to injure, remove or defeat the opponent.

4. Marriage of one man to more than one woman at the same time is called

  1. A
    polyandry
  2. B
    monogamy
  3. C
    polygyny
  4. D
    endogamy
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Answer: C. Polygyny is one husband with several wives. Polyandry is one wife with several husbands.

5. Which of Mead's concepts refers to the general attitudes and expectations of the community that a child takes into account in the game stage?

  1. A
    The significant other
  2. B
    The looking-glass self
  3. C
    The primary group
  4. D
    The generalised other
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Answer: D. In organised games the child must consider the roles of all the players, which Mead called taking the attitude of the generalised other. Significant others are particular persons such as parents.

6. Which agent of socialisation is usually the first and most influential in early childhood?

  1. A
    The peer group
  2. B
    The school
  3. C
    The family
  4. D
    The mass media
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Answer: C. Children first learn language, values and roles in the family, which acts as the primary agent of socialisation.

7. Which part of Freud's personality works by the reality principle and mediates between the desires of the id and the demands of society?

  1. A
    The id
  2. B
    The superego
  3. C
    The ego
  4. D
    The collective unconscious
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Answer: C. The ego deals with the real world and finds acceptable ways to satisfy desires. The id seeks immediate pleasure and the superego represents moral standards.

8. William Ogburn's idea of 'cultural lag' holds that

  1. A
    material culture changes more slowly than non-material culture
  2. B
    non-material culture changes more slowly than material culture
  3. C
    two cultures borrow from each other at the same speed
  4. D
    a subculture gradually rejects the dominant culture
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Answer: B. Ogburn argued that technology changes quickly while customs, laws and values lag behind, causing social problems.

9. Merton's term for the complex of roles attached to a single status, such as a teacher's relations with pupils, parents and colleagues, is the

  1. A
    status set
  2. B
    role set
  3. C
    reference group
  4. D
    master status
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Answer: B. Each status carries many roles directed to different people. A status set is all the statuses a person holds at one time.

10. Which of the following is an ascribed status?

  1. A
    Being a surgeon in a city hospital
  2. B
    Being a university graduate with honours
  3. C
    Being a champion athlete of the country
  4. D
    Being the eldest son in a family
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Answer: D. Ascribed statuses are assigned at birth or by age and kinship. The other three are achieved through effort.

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64, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 4 topics: Culture, Socialisation and personality, Social groups, status and roles, Social institutions: family, religion, education and economy. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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