Chapter 1 SOSC

Which of the followinf is not true about power?
A. It can rest on various resources
B. It is used in the same fashion by all forms of governments
C. It is a special form of influence
D. It is unequally distributed

___ is the mot holistic of the social sciences aince it studies all aspects of a society.
A. Economics
B. Political Science
C. Sociology
D. Anthropology

Perhaps the most enduring structure of power in society is ___.
A. Family
B. Warfare
C. Religon
D. government

Behavioral psychologists study ___.
A. the impact of subconscious feelings
B. the learning process
C. human beings' innate potential for growth
D. early childhood experiences

Economic power involves the power to decide all of the following except ___.
A. the prices of goods and services
B. how fast the economy will grow
C. what will be produced
D. how to provide welfare benefits to individuals

___ rationalizes and justify the exercise of power in society.
A. Elites
B. Political Sciences
C. Dictators
D. Ideologies

This ideology calls for the evolutionary democratic replacement of the private enterprise system.
A. totalitarianism
B. fascism
C. capitalism
D. socialism

A problem of democratic government is protecting its citizens without violating ___.
A. social relationships
B. authority
C. racial equality
D. individual liberty

___ helps us understand how contemporary society developed into its present form.
A. Political Science
B. History
C. Sociology
D. Anthropology

A significant statistical relationship is a ___.
A. systematic
B. hypothesis
C. correlation
D. casual

Scientist develop ___ to explain facts or events.
A. theories
B. random
C. normative
D. significant

The name for a statement that scientists intend to test with data and evidence is a(n) ___.
A. belief
B. significant finding
C. hypothesis
D. asserertion

"Most African-Americans vote Democratic" is an example of which of the following?
A. probabilistic statement
B. null hypothesis
C. universal statement
D. scientific attitude

Which of the following is not a problem of survey research?
A. uninformed opinions
B. random opinions
C. weakly held opinoions
D. changing opinions

The scientific method represents all of the following except.
A. an attempt to develop a systematic body of theory
B. an attempt to develop statements about how events or behavior might be related and then to carefully test their validity
C. a method that deals with what should be
D. an attitude of doubt or skeptism

Classical liberalism ___.
A. included a belief in unlimited government
B. affirmed the inequality of humans
C. meant rights were given to individuals by the government
D. motivated the writers of the U.S. Constitution

Liberals most often describe their opponents as ___ on political matters.
A. bleeding hearts
B. knee jerks
C. extremists
D. left-wing radicals

Which of the following is not a function of ideology?
A. to motivate people to social and political action
B. to reward individual creativity
C. to describe human character and society
D. to provide standards of right and wrong

Classical liberalism as political ideology is closely related to ___ as an economic ideology.
A. feudalism
B. communism
C. socialism
D. capitalism

Which of the following is not tenet of neo-conservatism?
A. hawkism
B. anti-communism
C. isolationism
D. tradition

__ added to the concept of an organice state with his idea of uniting race and nation.
A. Marx
B. Mussolini
C. Mussolini
D. Hitler

The murder of millions of Jews, gypsies, blacks, and homosexuals in Naz death camps is known as the ___.
A. Holocaust
B. Genocide Era
C. Mein Kampf
D. Diaspora

Socialism and communism share the belief that ___.
A. the republican form of governement underrepresents minorities and women
B. democracy is inherently unfair
C. the free market system exploits the masses while provding an abundance of wealth for the priviledged few
D. a dictorship of the proletariat is a necessary step in economic liberation of the masses

Capitalism's __ would, according to Karl Marx, lead inevitably to a proletarian revolution.
A. class struggles
B. cyclical depressions
C. bloated markets
D. internal contradictions

Today the system of government that always accompanies a free market is ___.
A. democracy
B. republicanism
C. free trade
D. classical liberalism