, Society The Basics Sixteenth Edition
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes i n Society:
The Basics, Sixteenth Edition and increased the number of questions by 50 percent so that this test
bankOcovers all the new material that has been added and b etter meets your needs. The questions
are tagged according to four levels of learning that move from lower-level to higher-level cognitive
reasoning. The four levels:
Recollection: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material
Understanding: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas
Application: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new situation
Analysis: a question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their interrelatio nship
The 279 questions in this chapter’s test bank are divided into four types. True/False questions are
the least demanding. As the table below shows, two-
thirds of these are “Recollection” questions, and all of them fall within the lowest three levels of
cognitive reasoning (“Recollection,” “Understanding,” and “Application”).
Multiple choice questions span a broader range of skills (almost half are “Recollection” questi ons
and the remainder are divided among the three higher levels). Short-
answer questions also span a broad range of skills (from “Understanding” to “Analys is”). Finally,
essay questions are the most demanding because they require analysis and other higher levels of
cognitive reasoning.
Types of Questions
True/False MultipleOCho Short Answer Essay Total Qs
ic e
Recollection 60 (70%) 71 (49%) 6 (19%) 0 137
Understanding 19 (22%) 22 (15%) 9 (28%) 0 50
,Application 7 (8%) 30 (20%) 5 (16%) 3 (20%) 45
Analysis 0 23 (16%) 12 (38%) 12 (80%) 47
86 146 32 15 279
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Most people in the United States marry partners whose racial and ethnic identity differs from
th eir own.
ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
2. According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal ―free will.‖
3. ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
4. Sociology is defined as the systematic study of human societ
y. ANSWER: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
5. Sociologists focus only on unusual patterns of behavio
r. ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
, Skill Level: Recollection
6. Using the sociological perspective, we would conclude that people‘s lives are mostly a
result of what they, as individuals, decide to do.
ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level:
Moderate
Skill Level: Application
7. On average, college students in the U.S. come from families with
above- average incomes. ANSWER: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
8. Emile Durkheim provided evidence that categories of people with weaker social ties have
lo wer suicide rates than people with stronger social ties.
ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes i n Society:
The Basics, Sixteenth Edition and increased the number of questions by 50 percent so that this test
bankOcovers all the new material that has been added and b etter meets your needs. The questions
are tagged according to four levels of learning that move from lower-level to higher-level cognitive
reasoning. The four levels:
Recollection: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material
Understanding: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas
Application: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new situation
Analysis: a question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their interrelatio nship
The 279 questions in this chapter’s test bank are divided into four types. True/False questions are
the least demanding. As the table below shows, two-
thirds of these are “Recollection” questions, and all of them fall within the lowest three levels of
cognitive reasoning (“Recollection,” “Understanding,” and “Application”).
Multiple choice questions span a broader range of skills (almost half are “Recollection” questi ons
and the remainder are divided among the three higher levels). Short-
answer questions also span a broad range of skills (from “Understanding” to “Analys is”). Finally,
essay questions are the most demanding because they require analysis and other higher levels of
cognitive reasoning.
Types of Questions
True/False MultipleOCho Short Answer Essay Total Qs
ic e
Recollection 60 (70%) 71 (49%) 6 (19%) 0 137
Understanding 19 (22%) 22 (15%) 9 (28%) 0 50
,Application 7 (8%) 30 (20%) 5 (16%) 3 (20%) 45
Analysis 0 23 (16%) 12 (38%) 12 (80%) 47
86 146 32 15 279
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Most people in the United States marry partners whose racial and ethnic identity differs from
th eir own.
ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
2. According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal ―free will.‖
3. ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
4. Sociology is defined as the systematic study of human societ
y. ANSWER: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
5. Sociologists focus only on unusual patterns of behavio
r. ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
, Skill Level: Recollection
6. Using the sociological perspective, we would conclude that people‘s lives are mostly a
result of what they, as individuals, decide to do.
ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level:
Moderate
Skill Level: Application
7. On average, college students in the U.S. come from families with
above- average incomes. ANSWER: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological
Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
8. Emile Durkheim provided evidence that categories of people with weaker social ties have
lo wer suicide rates than people with stronger social ties.
ANSWER: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
indivi dual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
