Test Bank for Sociology in a Changing
World 9th Edition by Kornblum
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,Chapter 1: Sociology: An Introduction
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The ability to both participate in social life and to analyze the broader meanings of what is occurring
is known as
a. social analysis
b. sociological imagination
c. social conditioning
d. sociological examination
ANS: B REF: 3 OBJ: 1
2. The realities of life that we create as social beings are called
a. social examinations
b. social realities
c. social facts
d. social conditions
ANS: D REF: 3 OBJ: 1
3. Which of the following would NOT be considered a social condition?
a. drug use
b. wealth
c. deafness
d. crime
ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 1
4. Which of the following sociologists is credited with making the term sociological imagination
famous?
a. Emile Durkheim
b. George Ritzer
c. Auguste Comte
d. Wright Mills
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 3
5. Which of the following terms was used by C. Wright Mills to refer to the process by which human
beings see the links between their own individual biographies and the course of human history?
a. sociological consciousness
b. sociological environmentalism
c. the sociological challenge
d. the sociological imagination
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 1
6. By using the sociological imagination individuals can:
a. allow for a more scientific approach to the study of human events
b. give citizens a greater say in public policy making
c. give governments greater control over society
d. gain wisdom about the society in which we live
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 1
2
, 7. The scientific study of human societies and human behavior in the many groups that make up a
society is called:
a. economics
b. psychology
c. social psychology
d. sociology
ANS: D REF: 5 OBJ: 1
8. From a sociologist’s perspective, social conditions in general can best be described as
a. the social environment
b. our perception of the way life is
c. realities of life we create as human beings
d. how people respond to their environment
ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 1
9. Beth Johnson graduated with a law degree from her state university. For the past six months she has
been trying to get a job but has met with little success. She notes that most of her friends who
graduated at the same time are also as yet unemployed. Johnson has concluded that her inability to
obtain suitable employment is the result of poor economic conditions. According to C. Wright Mills,
her conclusion is an example of:
a. personal resignation
b. sociological imagination
c. structural unemployment
d. technological displacement
ANS: B REF: 4 OBJ: 1
10. Sociologists are continually seeking knowledge about
a. individual behavior
b. human psychology
c. animal behavior
d. differences in the behaviors of entire societies
ANS: D REF: 5 OBJ: 1 NOTE: Web Quiz
11. Sociologists often speak of social behavior as taking place at three levels. Which of the following is
NOT one of those levels?
a. macro
b. micro
c. middle
d. modal
ANS: D REF: 7 OBJ: 2
3
, 12. Research on the long term effects of war on primitive societies would be at which level of analysis?
a. macro
b. multi
c. micro
d. middle
ANS: A REF: 6 OBJ: 2
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World 9th Edition by Kornblum
1
,Chapter 1: Sociology: An Introduction
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The ability to both participate in social life and to analyze the broader meanings of what is occurring
is known as
a. social analysis
b. sociological imagination
c. social conditioning
d. sociological examination
ANS: B REF: 3 OBJ: 1
2. The realities of life that we create as social beings are called
a. social examinations
b. social realities
c. social facts
d. social conditions
ANS: D REF: 3 OBJ: 1
3. Which of the following would NOT be considered a social condition?
a. drug use
b. wealth
c. deafness
d. crime
ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 1
4. Which of the following sociologists is credited with making the term sociological imagination
famous?
a. Emile Durkheim
b. George Ritzer
c. Auguste Comte
d. Wright Mills
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 3
5. Which of the following terms was used by C. Wright Mills to refer to the process by which human
beings see the links between their own individual biographies and the course of human history?
a. sociological consciousness
b. sociological environmentalism
c. the sociological challenge
d. the sociological imagination
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 1
6. By using the sociological imagination individuals can:
a. allow for a more scientific approach to the study of human events
b. give citizens a greater say in public policy making
c. give governments greater control over society
d. gain wisdom about the society in which we live
ANS: D REF: 4 OBJ: 1
2
, 7. The scientific study of human societies and human behavior in the many groups that make up a
society is called:
a. economics
b. psychology
c. social psychology
d. sociology
ANS: D REF: 5 OBJ: 1
8. From a sociologist’s perspective, social conditions in general can best be described as
a. the social environment
b. our perception of the way life is
c. realities of life we create as human beings
d. how people respond to their environment
ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: 1
9. Beth Johnson graduated with a law degree from her state university. For the past six months she has
been trying to get a job but has met with little success. She notes that most of her friends who
graduated at the same time are also as yet unemployed. Johnson has concluded that her inability to
obtain suitable employment is the result of poor economic conditions. According to C. Wright Mills,
her conclusion is an example of:
a. personal resignation
b. sociological imagination
c. structural unemployment
d. technological displacement
ANS: B REF: 4 OBJ: 1
10. Sociologists are continually seeking knowledge about
a. individual behavior
b. human psychology
c. animal behavior
d. differences in the behaviors of entire societies
ANS: D REF: 5 OBJ: 1 NOTE: Web Quiz
11. Sociologists often speak of social behavior as taking place at three levels. Which of the following is
NOT one of those levels?
a. macro
b. micro
c. middle
d. modal
ANS: D REF: 7 OBJ: 2
3
, 12. Research on the long term effects of war on primitive societies would be at which level of analysis?
a. macro
b. multi
c. micro
d. middle
ANS: A REF: 6 OBJ: 2
4
