Test Bank For Down to Earth Sociology 14th Edition By James
M. Henslin 9781416536208 Chapter 1-46 Complete Guide .
The process of understanding how individuals create social reality through their thoughts and actions
is called ______.
micro-macro relationship
social structure
agency-structure relationship
social construction - ANSWER: social construction
Sociology is the systematic study of ______.
- the way people influence one another
- organizations and social structures
- the way people are influenced by groups
- the way people are affected and affect social structures
and processes - ANSWER: The way people are affected and affect social structures and processes
A researcher who is studying in a local school district realizes that its problems are also occurring in
the majority of public school districts within the United States. This researcher is connecting ______
to ______ social phenomena.
private; public
local; global
micro; macro
agency; structure - ANSWER: Micro to Macro
A wave of personal bankruptcies that lead to bank failures is an example of what aspect of
sociological imagination?
-social structures and processes
-micro-macro relationship
-agency-structure relationship
-private troubles and public issues - ANSWER: private troubles and public issues
The mass introduction of high-speed Internet has allowed people around the world to obtain
information faster than ever before. It has influenced many factors around the globe, including how
people meet through networks and how often people can communicate. Sociology would point to
high-speed Internet as an example of ______.
-the social change effect
-globalization
-commodification
-the butterfly effect - ANSWER: The Butterfly Effect
Dr. Ritzer presents three main concerns as the centerpiece of his text. These concerns are ______.
-globalization, global economics, and the Internet
- the industrial revolution, the agricultural revolution, and
the information revolution
- capitalism, industrialism, and the information age
-globalization, consumption, and the digital world - ANSWER: Globalization, consumption, and the
digital world
, ______ applied sociology to politics, arguing that the United States was developing a "military
industrial complex" that favored war.
Auguste Comte
Émile Durkheim
Karl Marx
C. Wright Mills - ANSWER: C. Wright Mills
Sociologists do not engage in social reform; the job of the sociologist is only to engage in "pure
science" research.
True
False - ANSWER: False
The sociological imagination can help people make the connection between public issues and private
troubles.
-True
-False - ANSWER: True
How is sociology different from commonsense understandings of the social world?
- Sociology focuses only on questions of scientific
relevance.
- Sociology is systematic and rigorous; common sense is
not.
- Sociology requires sampling large portions of the
population.
- Sociology is intentional and common sense is not. - ANSWER: Sociology is systematic and rigorous;
common sense is not
______ are sets of interrelated ideas that have a wide range of applications, deal with centrally
important issues, and have stood the test of time.
- Causes
- Hypotheses
- Theories
- Social laws - ANSWER: Theories
The early sociologist who is best known for his studies pertaining to race, specifically the divisions that
existed between blacks and whites, is ______.
-Karl Marx
-Émile Durkheim
-W. E. B. Du Bois
-Max Weber - ANSWER: W.E.B Du Bois
Karl Marx believed that over time the situation of capitalism would ______.
- get worse until technology could replace workers,
freeing them for other pursuits
- improve slightly so long as workers unionized
- improve greatly for the workers until society reached full
equality
- get worse until the inequality gap led to workers
overthrowing the system - ANSWER: get worse until the inequality gap led to workers overthrowing
the system
M. Henslin 9781416536208 Chapter 1-46 Complete Guide .
The process of understanding how individuals create social reality through their thoughts and actions
is called ______.
micro-macro relationship
social structure
agency-structure relationship
social construction - ANSWER: social construction
Sociology is the systematic study of ______.
- the way people influence one another
- organizations and social structures
- the way people are influenced by groups
- the way people are affected and affect social structures
and processes - ANSWER: The way people are affected and affect social structures and processes
A researcher who is studying in a local school district realizes that its problems are also occurring in
the majority of public school districts within the United States. This researcher is connecting ______
to ______ social phenomena.
private; public
local; global
micro; macro
agency; structure - ANSWER: Micro to Macro
A wave of personal bankruptcies that lead to bank failures is an example of what aspect of
sociological imagination?
-social structures and processes
-micro-macro relationship
-agency-structure relationship
-private troubles and public issues - ANSWER: private troubles and public issues
The mass introduction of high-speed Internet has allowed people around the world to obtain
information faster than ever before. It has influenced many factors around the globe, including how
people meet through networks and how often people can communicate. Sociology would point to
high-speed Internet as an example of ______.
-the social change effect
-globalization
-commodification
-the butterfly effect - ANSWER: The Butterfly Effect
Dr. Ritzer presents three main concerns as the centerpiece of his text. These concerns are ______.
-globalization, global economics, and the Internet
- the industrial revolution, the agricultural revolution, and
the information revolution
- capitalism, industrialism, and the information age
-globalization, consumption, and the digital world - ANSWER: Globalization, consumption, and the
digital world
, ______ applied sociology to politics, arguing that the United States was developing a "military
industrial complex" that favored war.
Auguste Comte
Émile Durkheim
Karl Marx
C. Wright Mills - ANSWER: C. Wright Mills
Sociologists do not engage in social reform; the job of the sociologist is only to engage in "pure
science" research.
True
False - ANSWER: False
The sociological imagination can help people make the connection between public issues and private
troubles.
-True
-False - ANSWER: True
How is sociology different from commonsense understandings of the social world?
- Sociology focuses only on questions of scientific
relevance.
- Sociology is systematic and rigorous; common sense is
not.
- Sociology requires sampling large portions of the
population.
- Sociology is intentional and common sense is not. - ANSWER: Sociology is systematic and rigorous;
common sense is not
______ are sets of interrelated ideas that have a wide range of applications, deal with centrally
important issues, and have stood the test of time.
- Causes
- Hypotheses
- Theories
- Social laws - ANSWER: Theories
The early sociologist who is best known for his studies pertaining to race, specifically the divisions that
existed between blacks and whites, is ______.
-Karl Marx
-Émile Durkheim
-W. E. B. Du Bois
-Max Weber - ANSWER: W.E.B Du Bois
Karl Marx believed that over time the situation of capitalism would ______.
- get worse until technology could replace workers,
freeing them for other pursuits
- improve slightly so long as workers unionized
- improve greatly for the workers until society reached full
equality
- get worse until the inequality gap led to workers
overthrowing the system - ANSWER: get worse until the inequality gap led to workers overthrowing
the system
