Test Bank for Sociology A Global Perspective 8th Edition by Ferrante

Test Bank for Sociology A Global Perspective 8th Edition by Ferrante Chapter 1 The Sociological Imagination Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Sociology is the scientific study of a. human activity in society. b. mental processes. c. people. d. multiple personalities. ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 2. From a sociological point of view, a is the day-to-day activities from birth to death that make up a person’s life. a. social fact b. sociological imagination c. biography d. autobiography ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new; study guide 3. Emile Durkheim defined social facts as a. census statistics. b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual. c. fundamentally psychological. d. things we know to be true. ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge 4. Only when people do they come to know the power of social facts. a. grow older b. cooperate c. comply d. rebel against the established ways of doing things ANS: D SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension 5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal currency, but it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim was writing about a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. social facts. d. social interaction. ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these rules and successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight against them.” This statement is a reference to a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. social facts. d. social interaction. ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price. On a personal level, this price was my mother’s hostility. On a public level, the price is dealing with the stares of strangers.” This statement illustrates a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. the power of social facts. d. the idea of double consciousness. ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 8. A woman writes, “I can’t be anything but what my skin color tells people I am. I am black because I look black. It does not matter that my family has a complicated biological heritage.” She is writing about the power of a. social facts. b. troubles. c. the sociological imagination. d. rationalization. ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application SOURCE: study guide 9. An American traveling to Ghana, Africa, on business notices that the “men, including the men I was with, hold hands. One day one of the men I was with took my hand as we walked. In order not to offend him, I took his hand in mine.” The American is responding to a(n) a. trouble. b. issue. c. social fact. d. traditional action. ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 10. Sociologists argue that people fall in love a. when they experience a violent, irresistible attraction to another person. b. only once in the course of a lifetime. c. when certain conditions are met. d. with people like themselves. ANS: CSEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension 11. In examining patterns of courtship and marriage, sociologists would emphasize which of the following in shaping a couple’s decision to marry? a. the personalities of the couples b. the importance of love c. personal preferences d. social considerations such as age, sex, race, income, etc. ANS: D SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge SOURCE: new 12. Peter L. Berger equates the sociologist with a. a curious observer who, walking down the neighborhood streets of a large city, is fascinated with what he or she cannot see taking place behind the building walls. b. an Internal Revenue Service auditor. c. a judge giving instructions to a jury. d. a talk show host interviewing guests. ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge 13. Peter Berger argues that the logic of sociology presupposes a measure of suspicion about the way in which human events are officially interpreted by authorities. This suspicion speaks to , which defines the sociological consciousness. a. solidarity b. the debunking motif c. rationalization d. false consciousness ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension 14. “The fascination of sociology lies in the fact that its perspective makes us see in a new light the very world in which we have lived all our lives.” This vision of sociology can be attributed to a. Peter Berger. b. Emile Durkheim. c. C. Wright Mills. d. W.E.B. DuBois. ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge 15. The number of mobile phones per 1,000 people in the U.S. has increased steadily each year since the introduction of the mobile phone in 1985. A sociologist studying these rates would a. agree that mobile phones are necessary. b. think about the forces behind this increase in mobile phone use. c. contemplate the individual reasons for owning a mobile phone. d. wonder how cell phone manufacturers keep up with demand. ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE : new; study guide 16. Currents of opinion are broadly reflected in a. personal biographies. b. rates summarizing various behaviors. c. advertisements. d. newspaper headlines. ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE : new; study guide 17. Suicide rates represent one example of what Durkheim would call a. social statics. b. toubles. c. social dynamics. d. currents of opinion. ANS: D SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application SOURCE : new 18. The quality of mind that enables us to connect seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces to the most basic incidents of an individual’s life is a. the sociological imagination. b. the structure of opportunities. c. independent thinking. d. common sense. ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge 19. The payoff for those who possess is that they can understand their inner life in terms of institutional arrangements and larger historical forces. a. the sociological imagination b. common sense c. independent thinking d. a sense of self ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge 20. A trouble is a. an issue. b. deeply and significantly social. c. caused by character flaws. d. outside an individual’s control. ANS: C SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: knowledge 21. Unemployment is a(n) when it results from corporate downsizing. a. issue b. trouble c. private matter d. social fact ANS: A SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: application 22. Which of the following explanations would someone use to explain an issue? a. “She had the opportunity but didn’t take it.” b. “He is lazy.” c. “There is a flaw or breakdown in an institutional arrangement.” d. “She didn’t try very hard in school.” ANS: C SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: application SOURCE: study guide 23. When in a nation of 50 million employees, 15 million are unemployed, that is a. an issue. b. a trouble. c. a series of private troubles. d. a result of basic character flaws. ANS: A SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: application 24. The high school dropout rate in the United States is greater than 25 percent. C. Wright Mills would classify this situation as a. a trouble. b. an issue. c. value-rational action. d. a social fact. ANS: B SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: application SOURCE: study guide 25. The obesity rate in the United States is greater than 30 percent. According to Mills, the key to resolving this issue involves focusing on a. the character flaws of the 92 million plus Americans who are obese. b. ways to increase the motivation of obese Americans. c. understanding the underlying social forces that contributed to the current obesity rate. d. greater awareness of nutritional guidelines. ANS: C SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: application SOURCE: new 26. The resolution of an issue involves changing a. institutions. b. individual character. c. motivation level. d. human nature. ANS: A SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: comprehension 27. The sociologist is associated with the concepts “troubles” and “issues.” a. Karl Marx b. Robert K. Merton c. C. Wright Mills d. Emile Durkheim ANS: C SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: knowledge 28. Sociologists do not define the cause of unemployment simply in terms of individual shortcomings because a. profit-generating strategies include laying off employees. b. people may decide to quit their jobs. c. employees have the power to stay if they really want to. d. most people are good workers. ANS: A SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: comprehension 29. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of an issue? a. An issue is a public matter. b. An issue is caused by flaws in institutional structures. c. The cause of an issue can be traced to personal weaknesses. d. Issues transcend the life of any one individual. ANS: C SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: comprehension 30. Sociologist C. Wright Mills believed that people, in order to gain some sense of control over their lives, need a. to keep up with the news. b. regular breaks from their hectic schedule. c. a quality of mind to help them grasp the interplay between their biographies and institutional arrangements. d. to take personal responsibility for their actions. ANS: C SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: knowledge 31. The sociological imagination allows a person to a. see the connection between self and immediate relationships. b. distinguish between mechanical and organic solidarity. c. see that problems can be solved by changing the character of the individual. d. make a distinction between troubles and issues. ANS: D SEC: Troubles and Issues TYP: comprehension SOURCE: study guide 32. The addition of external sources of power from burning coals and oil to hand tools and modes of transportation is a. standardization. b. affective action. c. modernization. d. mechanization. ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 33. The refers to a time of the most rapid colonial expansion in history. a. Age of Reason b. Age of Imperialism c. Middle Ages d. European Century ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 34. The period in history known as the Age of Imperialism () a. was one of the most peaceful periods in modern history. b. represents the most rapid colonial expansion in history. c. preceded the period in history known as the Industrial Revolution. d. corresponds with the Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union. ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 35. One fundamental feature of the Industrial Revolution is a. craftsmanship. b. solidarity. c. manual labor. d. mechanization. ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension 36. The Industrial Revolution transformed the nature of work in which one of the following ways? a. Machine production was replaced by hand production. b. People now could say, “I made this; this is a unique product of my labor.” c. Products became standardized, and workers performed specific tasks in the production process. d. The workers’ power over the production process increased dramatically. ANS: C SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension SOURCE: study guide 37. “Within a few decades, a social order that had existed for centuries vanished, and a new one, familiar in its outline to us in the twentieth century, appeared