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161. Close friends who have known each other since childhood would be an example of a (n)_______________?
- A. Primary group
- B. secondary group
- C. out-groups
- D. formal organizations
Explanation: Close childhood friendships involve face-to-face contact, emotional intimacy and enduring personal bonds, all of which define a primary group. Secondary groups are usually larger, more formal and goal-oriented.
Correct answer: Primary group162. Primary groups are judged by them______________?
- A. efficiency
- B. emotional Satisfaction
- C. task
- D. none of these
Explanation: Primary groups are valued for emotional satisfaction, affection and companionship rather than for efficiency or completion of a specific task. Task performance and efficiency are more typical standards for formal or secondary groups.
Correct answer: emotional Satisfaction163. Secondary groups are______________?
- A. formal
- B. Impersonal
- C. both a & b
- D. None of these
Explanation: Secondary groups are organized around specific purposes, so relationships are usually formal and impersonal rather than intimate. This combination distinguishes them from primary groups, which are personal and emotionally close.
Correct answer: both a & b164. The groups in which we come to know people intimately as individual personalities are called______________?
- A. Primary groups
- B. Secondary groups
- C. Tertiary groups
- D. None of these
Explanation: Primary groups involve face-to-face relationships in which people know one another as unique personalities, as in families and close friendship groups. Secondary groups are larger, goal-oriented, and more impersonal.
Correct answer: Primary groups165. We are not equally involved in all our in-groups To measure the degree of closeness or acceptance we feel toward other groups Bogardus developed a concept called______________?
- A. Measuring acceptance
- B. closeness degree
- C. Social distance
- D. None of these
Explanation: Bogardus used the concept of social distance to measure how much closeness or acceptance people feel toward members of other groups. It ranges from intimate relations to complete rejection.
Correct answer: Social distance166. Groups are of two types the more close and intimate groups is_____________?
- A. Secondary
- B. Primary
- C. Both a &
- D. None of these
Explanation: Primary groups are small, close, and emotionally intimate, as in families and close friendship circles. Secondary groups are larger and more task-oriented, with less personal interaction.
Correct answer: Primary167. How people behave towards one another when they meet is referred to as ___________ by sociologists ?
- A. social interaction
- B. sociobiology
- C. social psychology
- D. socialization
- E. psychometrics
Explanation: Social interaction means the mutual behaviour and communication through which people respond to one another in encounters. Socialisation is the process of learning norms and roles, not the encounter itself.
Correct answer: social interaction168. In which century was anorexia was first identified as a disorder ?
- A. 17th
- B. 18th
- C. 19th
- D. 20th
Explanation: Anorexia nervosa was identified as a distinct medical disorder in the nineteenth century, notably in descriptions by William Gull and Ernest-Charles Lasègue during the 1870s. Earlier historical accounts of self-starvation did not yet define it as the modern clinical disorder.
Correct answer: 19th169. The shift from civil religion to common religion means that_______________?
- A. the increasing bureaucracy of the state has made religion only a marginal part of our lives
- B. despite the weakening of traditional authority our everyday lives and common sense remain shaped by religious beliefs and values
- C. religious participation in collective worship may have declined but people still practice their faiths in private
- D. people are much more likely to discuss their religious beliefs in public informal settings
Explanation: The shift to common religion means that formal religious authority may weaken while religious ideas and values continue to influence everyday meanings and common sense. It is broader than merely continuing private worship after public participation declines.
Correct answer: despite the weakening of traditional authority our everyday lives and common sense remain shaped by religious beliefs and values170. A sect is organized around______________?
- A. beliefs that can be challenged by members a charismatic leader and openness to new recruits
- B. tolerance towards other religions and the separation of church and state
- C. voluntary membership democratic leadership and high levels of emotional commitment
- D. the idea of the secular world itself as being sacred
Explanation: A sect is typically a voluntary, high-commitment religious group whose members participate intensely and whose leadership is less bureaucratic than that of a church. The emphasis is on committed membership and internal equality or democracy, not on state-established religion or secular sacredness.
Correct answer: voluntary membership democratic leadership and high levels of emotional commitment