Question

Question 41

Which of the following is composed of large scale organizations that use print or electronic means to communicate with large numbers?

Select one:

a. mass media

b. social media networks

c. alternative media

d. popular media

Question 42

What do sociologists refer to as the persons, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know in order to participate in society?

Select one:

a. agents of socialization

b. socializing forces

c. role sets

d. social reference points

Question 43

Culture could not exist without symbols because there would be no shared meanings among people.

Select one:

True

False

Question 44

Sociologists attempt to discover individual differences in behaviour.

Select one:

True

False

Question 45

What do sociologists call a group of people who share a distinctive set of cultural beliefs and behaviours that differ in some significant way from that of the larger society?

Select one:

a. a subculture

b. a contraculture

c. a counterculture

d. an ethnic divide

Answer 1

41) a. mass media

42) a. agents of socialization

43) true

44) false

45) c. a counterculture