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Chapter 01: An Introduction to Sociology in the Global Age
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Many news sources attribute the beginning of the Tunisian revolution and the Arab
Spring to the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, who set himself on fire before a government
office as a form of protest. In the textbook, Ritzer says that sociologists would:
a. agree. Bouazizi’s act is the underlying cause of the Arab Spring.
b. disagree and attribute the revolution to a counterreaction by the government.
c. disagree. Political and economic preconditions led to Arab Spring.
d. mostly focus on how society influenced Bouazizi’s behavior.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 1–2
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Application
2. Mohamed Bouazizi’s public suicide was a spark that set in motion the revolution in
Tunisia, which spread throughout much of the Middle East. The author uses this to
demonstrate what important lesson that can be learned from studying sociology?
a. Individual thought and action is influenced by groups, culture, and society
b. Social changes often start slow but spread rapidly
c. Individuals are responsible for pushing society toward greater freedom
d. Social change that starts out strong often loses momentum
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 2
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Application
3. An important lesson in sociology exemplified by the introductory story about how the
Arab Spring began is to show the impact that an individual can have on societal
structures and processes. The idea that a person can impact large-scale structures is
called:
a. public sociology
b. mediated interaction
c. the butterfly effect
d. the sociological imagination
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 2
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
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issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Comprehension
4. The introduction of mobile phones, and their widespread use by individuals all over the
world, has influenced all kinds of factors, including car accident rates, dinner etiquette,
and how freshman college students communicate with their parents. This is an example
of:
a. McDonaldization
b. the butterfly effect
c. the Hawthorne effect
d. the sociological imagination
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 2
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Application
5. 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:
a. the butterfly effect
b. the social change effect
c. commodification
d. globalization
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 2–3
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Application
6. Sociology is the systematic study of:
a. the way people are influenced by groups
b. the way people influence one another
c. organizations and social structures
d. the way people are affected and affect social structures and processes
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 2–3
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Knowledge
7. The main focus of sociology is:
a. to study and explain what motivates individual behaviors
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b. to study the way people are influenced by groups or organizations
c. to study how people affect and are affected by social structures and social
processes
d. to study the organizations that people create
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 4
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Comprehension
8. Sociology was founded in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, when the study of
__________________ became a special focus of attention.
a. the United States
b. the Industrial Revolution
c. the nuclear family
d. the decline of religion
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 3
OBJ: LO 1–1 Identify major social changes since the 1880s studied by sociologists.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Comprehension
9. In the United States, manufacturing has __________ since the middle of the twentieth
century, signaling a move out of the _______________ age.
a. decreased; industrial
b. decreased; preindustrial
c. increased; preindustrial
d. increased; agrarian
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 3
OBJ: LO 1–1 Identify major social changes since the 1880s studied by sociologists.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Comprehension
10. The postindustrial age began around the middle of the twentieth century, but transitioned
into the _________________ at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
a. social age
b. cyber age
c. space age
d. information age
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 4
OBJ: LO 1–1 Identify major social changes since the 1880s studied by sociologists.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Comprehension
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11. _____________ sociology collaborates outside of academia with practical problems,
addressing a wide range of social issues that concern local, national, and global groups.
a. Reform
b. Pragmatist
c. Public
d. Contemporary
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 5
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: Sociologists as Bloggers and Public Sociologists COG: Comprehension
12. Sociologists are interested in the development of a new “_____________” economy,
where businesses such as Uber, Airbnb.com, and others are a growing model for
providing services using technology.
a. postindustrial
b. Google
c. sharing
d. technocratic
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 5
OBJ: LO 1–2 Explain why sociologists today focus on trends in globalization and consumption.
TOP: Globalization COG: Comprehension
13. In which period do more people of both genders perform free labor?
a. The industrial age
b. The postindustrial age
c. The information age
d. The postmodern age
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 4
OBJ: LO 1–1 Identify major social changes since the 1880s studied by sociologists.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Analysis
14. According to the author, George Ritzer, no social change is as important today as
_______________.
a. social movements
b. globalization
c. climate change
d. the growth of inequality
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 5
OBJ: LO 1–2 Explain why sociologists today focus on trends in globalization and consumption.
TOP: Globalization COG: Analysis
Chapter 01: An Introduction to Sociology in the Global Age
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Many news sources attribute the beginning of the Tunisian revolution and the Arab
Spring to the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, who set himself on fire before a government
office as a form of protest. In the textbook, Ritzer says that sociologists would:
a. agree. Bouazizi’s act is the underlying cause of the Arab Spring.
b. disagree and attribute the revolution to a counterreaction by the government.
c. disagree. Political and economic preconditions led to Arab Spring.
d. mostly focus on how society influenced Bouazizi’s behavior.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 1–2
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Application
2. Mohamed Bouazizi’s public suicide was a spark that set in motion the revolution in
Tunisia, which spread throughout much of the Middle East. The author uses this to
demonstrate what important lesson that can be learned from studying sociology?
a. Individual thought and action is influenced by groups, culture, and society
b. Social changes often start slow but spread rapidly
c. Individuals are responsible for pushing society toward greater freedom
d. Social change that starts out strong often loses momentum
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 2
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Application
3. An important lesson in sociology exemplified by the introductory story about how the
Arab Spring began is to show the impact that an individual can have on societal
structures and processes. The idea that a person can impact large-scale structures is
called:
a. public sociology
b. mediated interaction
c. the butterfly effect
d. the sociological imagination
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 2
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
,https://solutionsmanualteam.blogspot.com/ my E-mail
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Comprehension
4. The introduction of mobile phones, and their widespread use by individuals all over the
world, has influenced all kinds of factors, including car accident rates, dinner etiquette,
and how freshman college students communicate with their parents. This is an example
of:
a. McDonaldization
b. the butterfly effect
c. the Hawthorne effect
d. the sociological imagination
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 2
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Application
5. 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:
a. the butterfly effect
b. the social change effect
c. commodification
d. globalization
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 2–3
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Application
6. Sociology is the systematic study of:
a. the way people are influenced by groups
b. the way people influence one another
c. organizations and social structures
d. the way people are affected and affect social structures and processes
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 2–3
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions COG: Knowledge
7. The main focus of sociology is:
a. to study and explain what motivates individual behaviors
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b. to study the way people are influenced by groups or organizations
c. to study how people affect and are affected by social structures and social
processes
d. to study the organizations that people create
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 4
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Comprehension
8. Sociology was founded in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, when the study of
__________________ became a special focus of attention.
a. the United States
b. the Industrial Revolution
c. the nuclear family
d. the decline of religion
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 3
OBJ: LO 1–1 Identify major social changes since the 1880s studied by sociologists.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Comprehension
9. In the United States, manufacturing has __________ since the middle of the twentieth
century, signaling a move out of the _______________ age.
a. decreased; industrial
b. decreased; preindustrial
c. increased; preindustrial
d. increased; agrarian
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 3
OBJ: LO 1–1 Identify major social changes since the 1880s studied by sociologists.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Comprehension
10. The postindustrial age began around the middle of the twentieth century, but transitioned
into the _________________ at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
a. social age
b. cyber age
c. space age
d. information age
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 4
OBJ: LO 1–1 Identify major social changes since the 1880s studied by sociologists.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Comprehension
, https://solutionsmanualteam.blogspot.com/ my E-mail
11. _____________ sociology collaborates outside of academia with practical problems,
addressing a wide range of social issues that concern local, national, and global groups.
a. Reform
b. Pragmatist
c. Public
d. Contemporary
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 5
OBJ: LO 1–4 Explain sociology’s approach to studying social life, including using the
sociological imagination and examining the relationship between private troubles and public
issues.
TOP: Sociologists as Bloggers and Public Sociologists COG: Comprehension
12. Sociologists are interested in the development of a new “_____________” economy,
where businesses such as Uber, Airbnb.com, and others are a growing model for
providing services using technology.
a. postindustrial
b. Google
c. sharing
d. technocratic
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 5
OBJ: LO 1–2 Explain why sociologists today focus on trends in globalization and consumption.
TOP: Globalization COG: Comprehension
13. In which period do more people of both genders perform free labor?
a. The industrial age
b. The postindustrial age
c. The information age
d. The postmodern age
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 4
OBJ: LO 1–1 Identify major social changes since the 1880s studied by sociologists.
TOP: The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
COG: Analysis
14. According to the author, George Ritzer, no social change is as important today as
_______________.
a. social movements
b. globalization
c. climate change
d. the growth of inequality
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 5
OBJ: LO 1–2 Explain why sociologists today focus on trends in globalization and consumption.
TOP: Globalization COG: Analysis
