Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
TEST BANK
Experience Sociology
David Croteau, William Hoynes, Tara Stamm
5th Edition
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Sociology in a Changing World
Chapter 2: Understanding the Research Process
Chapter 3: Culture
Chapter 4: Social Structure
Chapter 5: Power
Chapter 6: Socialization
Chapter 7: Interaction, Groups, and Organizations
Chapter 8: Deviance and Social Control
Chapter 9: Class and Global Inequality
Chapter 10 Introduction
Chapter 11: Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 12: Family and Religion
Chapter 13: Education and Work
Chapter 14: Media and Consumption
Chapter 15: Communities, the Environment, and Health
Chapter 16: Politics and the Economy
Chapter 17: Social Change: Globalization, Population, and Social Movements
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
TEST BANK
Experience Sociology 5th Edition By David Croteau
Chap 1. Sociology in a Changing World.
1) Which concept describes the processes of seeing and understanding the connections between
individuals and the broader social contexts in which they live?
A) structural-functionalist theory
B) social viewpoint
C) sociology
D) sociological perspective
2) Shaheen grew up in the middle class. For school, she volunteered at a soup kitchen and, for
the first time, met individuals her own age who had grown up in poverty. Instead of
dismissing these individuals as lazy, she sought to understand what social forces worked to
shape her life differently from those she met at the soup kitchen. This is an example of
A) everyday sociology.
B) the sociological perspective.
C) a social viewpoint.
D) doing sociology.
3) A sociologist would understand the phenomena of poverty by examining
A) why individuals fail to find jobs that pay more.
B) the ways that employment is structured.
C) individuals' race, class, and gender.
D) the neighborhood an individual lives in.
4) A sociological understanding of homelessness would include all of the following EXCEPT
A) an individual's social status.
B) the local employment structure.
C) an individual's personal failures at locating work.
D) stratification in the society an individual lived in.
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
5) Who used the term "sociological imagination" to describe a way of viewing the connections
individuals have to their social worlds?
A) Karl Marx
B) Max Weber
C) Emile Durkheim
D) C. Wright Mills
6) The systematic study of the relationship between individuals and society is called
A) psychology.
B) anthropology.
C) sociology.
D) political science.
7) Which of the following statements regarding sociology is false?
A) We need a systematic way to comprehend the processes that make up social life.
B) We need to understand not only how we make sense of the world but how other
people do so as well.
C) The idea that people must play the cards they are dealt in life is consistent with a
sociological perspective.
D) You have to be a professional sociologist to look at the world from a sociological
perspective.
8) In order to understand our lives, sociologists would argue that we need to
A) examine the contexts in which we live.
B) explore the motives behind our actions.
C) examine the way we interact with others.
D) explore the ways in which other people live.
9) Sociologists would study all of these topics EXCEPT for
A) why people commit crimes.
B) how children learn about gender.
C) how personality develops.
D) why homelessness exists.
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
10) Julian and his friends like to watch movies together. One movie focused on a young Black
man who rose out of poverty by playing basketball. His friend N'Cola commented that there
would be no poverty if poor people simply tried to find employment. Julian said that the
solution to poverty was not that simple and that N'Cola's understanding of how poverty
worked was mistaken. What is the problem with N'Cola's argument?
A) It ignores the context of broader social conditions.
B) It uses the sociological perspective.
C) It ignores the rules of sociology as a discipline.
D) It views an individual problem as a social problem.
11) Maria wants to write a paper for her college class that explores how married couples divide
household chores. She wants to argue that gender shapes how couples share housework.
Given her topic and argument, her class is a part of what discipline?
A) psychology
B) sociology
C) statistics
D) economics
12) To what group of research-based disciplines does sociology belong?
A) the research sciences
B) the humanities
C) the hard sciences
D) the social sciences
13) Which of the following questions would a sociologist ask?
A) How does collecting government assistance impact future employment?
B) How can politicians use government assistance policies in their campaigns?
C) What are the personalities of individuals on public assistance?
D) How do different societies define and respond to crime?
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
14) Which of the following was NOT identified in the text as a key advantage to majoring in
sociology?
A) A sociology degree is flexible.
B) Sociology focuses on the study of people.
C) Sociology provides insights into diversity.
D) Sociology explores the source of social problems.
15) Which of the following research questions would a sociologist ask?
A) How does being homeless impact people's ability to find work?
B) Does being homeless change someone's personality?
C) How do anti-poverty policies influence voting behaviors?
D) Is gender related to homelessness?
16) All of the following are parts of the move toward modernity EXCEPT for
A) the growth of democracy.
B) the shift to an urban industrial economy.
C) an increased reliance on science and reasons to explain the natural and social worlds.
D) an increased confidence in religion.
17) The historical period marked by a shift to urban industrial economies and increased faith in
science and reason is known as
A) modernity.
B) postmodernity.
C) industrialization.
D) the Renaissance.
18) Marina lives in a society where physical illness is viewed as being caused by germs and
unsanitary conditions and does not occur as the product of a curse or spell. In what historical
context is she living?
A) modernity
B) capitalism
C) the early modern period
D) the Middle Ages
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
19) Which concept describes how logic and the systematic collection of evidence are used to
support theories about the natural and social world?
A) sociology
B) science
C) common sense
D) logic
20) During the Middle Ages, who or what dominated European intellectual life?
A) enlightened monarchs
B) the Church and its clergy
C) science
D) philosophers
21) The rise in scientific thought, the Age of Enlightenment, and the declining influence of
religion in everyday life are associated with the________ revolution.
A) social
B) economic
C) political
D) cultural
22) What is industrialization?
A) the creation of jobs that pay workers by the hour
B) the shift from living on farms to living in cities
C) the use of products in farming to increase crop yield
D) the use of machines to mass produce items for purchase
23) Which term refers to the use of large-scale machinery to mass manufacturing of goods for
sale?
A) urbanization
B) capitalism
C) modernity
D) industrialization
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
24) What was Immanuel Kant describing with the motto "Dare to know"?
A) modernity
B) urbanization
C) industrialization
D) the Enlightenment
25) Enlightenment thinkers believed that open debate and the application of reason and science
would promote all of the following EXCEPT for
A) tolerance.
B) equality.
C) socialism.
D) freedom.
26) The movement of individuals from living in rural farming towns to living in centralized cities
is known as
A) urbanization.
B) suburbanization.
C) gentrification.
D) industrialization.
27) Monty is a rich man who invests his money in small businesses. He recently purchased a
small bakery and hired a new manager to oversee changes to the business to make it more
profitable. His investment has paid off, since he now makes more money than he spent to
acquire the bakery. What term describes Monty's role in this scenario?
A) industrialist
B) innovator
C) consumer
D) capitalist
28) Historically, which of the following happened first?
A) urbanization
B) industrialization
C) consumerism
D) capitalism
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
29) All of the following events occurred during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT for
A) the industrialization of goods.
B) the increased influence of religion.
C) the growth of cities.
D) the rise of capitalism.
30) Sociology emerged from all of the following revolutions EXCEPT the
A) religious.
B) economic.
C) cultural.
D) political.
31) Auguste Comte is associated with which foundation of sociological thought?
A) positivism
B) structural-functionalism
C) conflict
D) postmodernity
32) The principle that true knowledge must be based on the scientific method is known as
A) postmodernity.
B) positivism.
C) science.
D) structural-functionalism.
33) Which of the following is the core belief of positivism?
A) People must do the best for the greater good.
B) Society is shaped by capitalism.
C) Knowledge must be based on evidence.
D) Truth is found in religious faith.
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
34) Which of the following best summarizes Karl Marx's view of the social world?
A) Society is shaped by the competing interests of workers and capitalists.
B) Religion is the basis of social bonds.
C) Societies' shared values and goals allow for cultural growth.
D) The nature of capitalism creates great wealth and crushing poverty.
35) Which of the following best summarizes Emile Durkheim's view of the social world?
A) Society works because there is a collective understanding of behaviors.
B) Society is shaped by the competing interests of workers and capitalists.
C) Religion is the basis of social bonds.
D) Societies' shared values and goals allow for cultural growth.
36) What term did Emile Durkheim use for how individuals employed specific skills to complete
specialized work within a society?
A) rationalization of society
B) rationalization of work
C) capitalism
D) division of labor
37) What is meant by the term "division of labor"?
A) Individuals were classified as workers or capitalists.
B) Men and women performed different kinds of work.
C) Individuals specialized in jobs that highlighted their skills.
D) Workers were placed in jobs based on how hard they worked.
38) Kanye grew up in a close-knit farming community, which values sharing and cooperation.
For example, after a fire destroyed some of Kanye's neighbor's crops, others in the
community came to help the family by sharing their own crops so that they would have
enough to eat. What is this an example of?
A) mechanical solidarity
B) collective conscience
C) social solidarity
D) organic solidarity
TEST BANK
Experience Sociology
David Croteau, William Hoynes, Tara Stamm
5th Edition
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Sociology in a Changing World
Chapter 2: Understanding the Research Process
Chapter 3: Culture
Chapter 4: Social Structure
Chapter 5: Power
Chapter 6: Socialization
Chapter 7: Interaction, Groups, and Organizations
Chapter 8: Deviance and Social Control
Chapter 9: Class and Global Inequality
Chapter 10 Introduction
Chapter 11: Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 12: Family and Religion
Chapter 13: Education and Work
Chapter 14: Media and Consumption
Chapter 15: Communities, the Environment, and Health
Chapter 16: Politics and the Economy
Chapter 17: Social Change: Globalization, Population, and Social Movements
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
TEST BANK
Experience Sociology 5th Edition By David Croteau
Chap 1. Sociology in a Changing World.
1) Which concept describes the processes of seeing and understanding the connections between
individuals and the broader social contexts in which they live?
A) structural-functionalist theory
B) social viewpoint
C) sociology
D) sociological perspective
2) Shaheen grew up in the middle class. For school, she volunteered at a soup kitchen and, for
the first time, met individuals her own age who had grown up in poverty. Instead of
dismissing these individuals as lazy, she sought to understand what social forces worked to
shape her life differently from those she met at the soup kitchen. This is an example of
A) everyday sociology.
B) the sociological perspective.
C) a social viewpoint.
D) doing sociology.
3) A sociologist would understand the phenomena of poverty by examining
A) why individuals fail to find jobs that pay more.
B) the ways that employment is structured.
C) individuals' race, class, and gender.
D) the neighborhood an individual lives in.
4) A sociological understanding of homelessness would include all of the following EXCEPT
A) an individual's social status.
B) the local employment structure.
C) an individual's personal failures at locating work.
D) stratification in the society an individual lived in.
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
5) Who used the term "sociological imagination" to describe a way of viewing the connections
individuals have to their social worlds?
A) Karl Marx
B) Max Weber
C) Emile Durkheim
D) C. Wright Mills
6) The systematic study of the relationship between individuals and society is called
A) psychology.
B) anthropology.
C) sociology.
D) political science.
7) Which of the following statements regarding sociology is false?
A) We need a systematic way to comprehend the processes that make up social life.
B) We need to understand not only how we make sense of the world but how other
people do so as well.
C) The idea that people must play the cards they are dealt in life is consistent with a
sociological perspective.
D) You have to be a professional sociologist to look at the world from a sociological
perspective.
8) In order to understand our lives, sociologists would argue that we need to
A) examine the contexts in which we live.
B) explore the motives behind our actions.
C) examine the way we interact with others.
D) explore the ways in which other people live.
9) Sociologists would study all of these topics EXCEPT for
A) why people commit crimes.
B) how children learn about gender.
C) how personality develops.
D) why homelessness exists.
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
10) Julian and his friends like to watch movies together. One movie focused on a young Black
man who rose out of poverty by playing basketball. His friend N'Cola commented that there
would be no poverty if poor people simply tried to find employment. Julian said that the
solution to poverty was not that simple and that N'Cola's understanding of how poverty
worked was mistaken. What is the problem with N'Cola's argument?
A) It ignores the context of broader social conditions.
B) It uses the sociological perspective.
C) It ignores the rules of sociology as a discipline.
D) It views an individual problem as a social problem.
11) Maria wants to write a paper for her college class that explores how married couples divide
household chores. She wants to argue that gender shapes how couples share housework.
Given her topic and argument, her class is a part of what discipline?
A) psychology
B) sociology
C) statistics
D) economics
12) To what group of research-based disciplines does sociology belong?
A) the research sciences
B) the humanities
C) the hard sciences
D) the social sciences
13) Which of the following questions would a sociologist ask?
A) How does collecting government assistance impact future employment?
B) How can politicians use government assistance policies in their campaigns?
C) What are the personalities of individuals on public assistance?
D) How do different societies define and respond to crime?
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
14) Which of the following was NOT identified in the text as a key advantage to majoring in
sociology?
A) A sociology degree is flexible.
B) Sociology focuses on the study of people.
C) Sociology provides insights into diversity.
D) Sociology explores the source of social problems.
15) Which of the following research questions would a sociologist ask?
A) How does being homeless impact people's ability to find work?
B) Does being homeless change someone's personality?
C) How do anti-poverty policies influence voting behaviors?
D) Is gender related to homelessness?
16) All of the following are parts of the move toward modernity EXCEPT for
A) the growth of democracy.
B) the shift to an urban industrial economy.
C) an increased reliance on science and reasons to explain the natural and social worlds.
D) an increased confidence in religion.
17) The historical period marked by a shift to urban industrial economies and increased faith in
science and reason is known as
A) modernity.
B) postmodernity.
C) industrialization.
D) the Renaissance.
18) Marina lives in a society where physical illness is viewed as being caused by germs and
unsanitary conditions and does not occur as the product of a curse or spell. In what historical
context is she living?
A) modernity
B) capitalism
C) the early modern period
D) the Middle Ages
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
19) Which concept describes how logic and the systematic collection of evidence are used to
support theories about the natural and social world?
A) sociology
B) science
C) common sense
D) logic
20) During the Middle Ages, who or what dominated European intellectual life?
A) enlightened monarchs
B) the Church and its clergy
C) science
D) philosophers
21) The rise in scientific thought, the Age of Enlightenment, and the declining influence of
religion in everyday life are associated with the________ revolution.
A) social
B) economic
C) political
D) cultural
22) What is industrialization?
A) the creation of jobs that pay workers by the hour
B) the shift from living on farms to living in cities
C) the use of products in farming to increase crop yield
D) the use of machines to mass produce items for purchase
23) Which term refers to the use of large-scale machinery to mass manufacturing of goods for
sale?
A) urbanization
B) capitalism
C) modernity
D) industrialization
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
24) What was Immanuel Kant describing with the motto "Dare to know"?
A) modernity
B) urbanization
C) industrialization
D) the Enlightenment
25) Enlightenment thinkers believed that open debate and the application of reason and science
would promote all of the following EXCEPT for
A) tolerance.
B) equality.
C) socialism.
D) freedom.
26) The movement of individuals from living in rural farming towns to living in centralized cities
is known as
A) urbanization.
B) suburbanization.
C) gentrification.
D) industrialization.
27) Monty is a rich man who invests his money in small businesses. He recently purchased a
small bakery and hired a new manager to oversee changes to the business to make it more
profitable. His investment has paid off, since he now makes more money than he spent to
acquire the bakery. What term describes Monty's role in this scenario?
A) industrialist
B) innovator
C) consumer
D) capitalist
28) Historically, which of the following happened first?
A) urbanization
B) industrialization
C) consumerism
D) capitalism
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
29) All of the following events occurred during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT for
A) the industrialization of goods.
B) the increased influence of religion.
C) the growth of cities.
D) the rise of capitalism.
30) Sociology emerged from all of the following revolutions EXCEPT the
A) religious.
B) economic.
C) cultural.
D) political.
31) Auguste Comte is associated with which foundation of sociological thought?
A) positivism
B) structural-functionalism
C) conflict
D) postmodernity
32) The principle that true knowledge must be based on the scientific method is known as
A) postmodernity.
B) positivism.
C) science.
D) structural-functionalism.
33) Which of the following is the core belief of positivism?
A) People must do the best for the greater good.
B) Society is shaped by capitalism.
C) Knowledge must be based on evidence.
D) Truth is found in religious faith.
, Test Bank - Experience Sociology 5th Edition (Croteau, 2024)
34) Which of the following best summarizes Karl Marx's view of the social world?
A) Society is shaped by the competing interests of workers and capitalists.
B) Religion is the basis of social bonds.
C) Societies' shared values and goals allow for cultural growth.
D) The nature of capitalism creates great wealth and crushing poverty.
35) Which of the following best summarizes Emile Durkheim's view of the social world?
A) Society works because there is a collective understanding of behaviors.
B) Society is shaped by the competing interests of workers and capitalists.
C) Religion is the basis of social bonds.
D) Societies' shared values and goals allow for cultural growth.
36) What term did Emile Durkheim use for how individuals employed specific skills to complete
specialized work within a society?
A) rationalization of society
B) rationalization of work
C) capitalism
D) division of labor
37) What is meant by the term "division of labor"?
A) Individuals were classified as workers or capitalists.
B) Men and women performed different kinds of work.
C) Individuals specialized in jobs that highlighted their skills.
D) Workers were placed in jobs based on how hard they worked.
38) Kanye grew up in a close-knit farming community, which values sharing and cooperation.
For example, after a fire destroyed some of Kanye's neighbor's crops, others in the
community came to help the family by sharing their own crops so that they would have
enough to eat. What is this an example of?
A) mechanical solidarity
B) collective conscience
C) social solidarity
D) organic solidarity
