FREE Associate of Arts in Social Sciences Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the term used to describe how individuals perceive their own and others' pasts concerning both historical events and social systems?

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Social Imagination

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Collective Memory

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Social Norms

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Historical Perception

Question 2

Arrange the four stages of social movement growth and development in the correct order.

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preliminary stage, coalescence stage, institutionalization stage, decline stage

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decline stage, preliminary stage, coalescence stage, institutionalization stage

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preliminary stage, institutionalization stage, decline stage, coalescence stage

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institutionalization stage, decline stage, coalescence stage, decline stage

Question 3

What category of social movement does Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD) belong to?

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Reform Movement

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Revolutionary Movement

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Religious Movements

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None of the above.

Question 4

Is there a term used to describe a deliberately organized group that collaborates towards achieving a common social objective?

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social movement

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flash mob

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public

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crowd

Question 5

What does the Iron Rule of Oligarchy propose or assert?

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all large organizations are ruled by elites

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large organizations are more likely to be ruled collectively than small organizations

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all large organizations are ruled collectively

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small organizations are more often ruled by elites than large organizations

Question 6

What term describes the feeling of being spiritually linked or connected to the Divine?

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Religious Experience

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Religious Text

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Religious Ritual

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None of the above.

Question 7

What is the term used to describe the feeling of being spiritually linked or in communion with a higher power or the Divine?

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social networking

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social placement

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social control

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socialization

Question 8

How do the systems of social interaction vary from one another?

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Closed systems of stratification have more social mobility but less social interaction than semi-open systems, while open systems have less social mobility but more social interaction than semi-open systems.

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In closed systems of stratification, there is little to no social mobility or interaction between the layers and classes in society, whereas open systems allow movement and interaction between layers and classes in society.

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In open systems of stratification, there is little to no social mobility or interaction between the layers and classes in society, whereas closed systems allow movement and interaction between layers and classes in society.

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None of the above.

Question 9

Which one of the following is not considered a functionalist approach to the study of deviance?

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Power Elite Theory

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Control Theory

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Labeling Theory

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Structural Strain Theory

Question 10

What does Conflict Theory propose as the cause of deviance?

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Social and economic factors, most notably systemic inequality or injustice

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Genetic predisposition to deviant behavior

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Peer pressure and social influence

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Lack of moral values in individuals