TEST BANK; Sociology A Global Perspective 8th Edition by Ferrante

................................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