SOCI 200 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
To be attentive to the influence of society on the lives of individuals is to be attentive to
__________. - Answer- The social context in which Americans find themselves is that a
growing number of jobs require a college education. If the share of Americans with a
college degree does not grow, many Americans may find it difficult to find a job.
Which of the following uses the sociological imagination to make sense of increased
rates of divorce over the past 50 years? - Answer- Changes in laws and movements to
increase women's equality with men have made it less necessary for women to stay in
difficult or failing marriages.
By asking how a particular societal condition came to be defined as a social problem in
the first place, sociologists are inquiring about the __________ process - Answer-
claims-making
When sociologists attempt to understand the factors that lead to mass incarceration,
they are attempting to identify __________. - Answer- underlying causes
When people ask whether getting an abortion is right or wrong, they are asking a(n)
__________ question. - Answer- normative
An objectivist approach views social problems as __________. - Answer- something
experts identify based on actual information and evidence
Which of the following is true of the social constructionist approach to social problems? -
Answer- It allows us to identify the societal process through which an issue comes to be
seen as a social problem.
What stage of constructing a social problem is characterized by information about an
issue spreading and coming to the attention of large numbers of people? - Answer-
media attention
Danielle argues that spanking children as a disciplinary method is not a social problem
because generations of parents have spanked their children. From a constructionist
perspective, which of the following points out a flaw in Danielle's reasoning about this
issue? - Answer- Social problems are not static; public perceptions of what is
considered to be a social problem can change over time.
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
To be attentive to the influence of society on the lives of individuals is to be attentive to
__________. - Answer- The social context in which Americans find themselves is that a
growing number of jobs require a college education. If the share of Americans with a
college degree does not grow, many Americans may find it difficult to find a job.
Which of the following uses the sociological imagination to make sense of increased
rates of divorce over the past 50 years? - Answer- Changes in laws and movements to
increase women's equality with men have made it less necessary for women to stay in
difficult or failing marriages.
By asking how a particular societal condition came to be defined as a social problem in
the first place, sociologists are inquiring about the __________ process - Answer-
claims-making
When sociologists attempt to understand the factors that lead to mass incarceration,
they are attempting to identify __________. - Answer- underlying causes
When people ask whether getting an abortion is right or wrong, they are asking a(n)
__________ question. - Answer- normative
An objectivist approach views social problems as __________. - Answer- something
experts identify based on actual information and evidence
Which of the following is true of the social constructionist approach to social problems? -
Answer- It allows us to identify the societal process through which an issue comes to be
seen as a social problem.
What stage of constructing a social problem is characterized by information about an
issue spreading and coming to the attention of large numbers of people? - Answer-
media attention
Danielle argues that spanking children as a disciplinary method is not a social problem
because generations of parents have spanked their children. From a constructionist
perspective, which of the following points out a flaw in Danielle's reasoning about this
issue? - Answer- Social problems are not static; public perceptions of what is
considered to be a social problem can change over time.
