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Henslin
Essentials of Sociology
Tenth Edition
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Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective
1.1 True/False Questions
1) The corners of life that people occupy, such as jobs, income, education, gender, age, and race, are referred to as the
social imperative.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
2) Because sociology is based on common sense, it is an excellent discipline for students to study who approach the
world in a rational, matter-of-fact way.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Application
3) Sociologists often use “common sense” to understand they way the world
“is.” Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Knowledge
4) Applying the scientific method to the social world is called empiricism.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Knowledge
5) Herbert Spencer believed the most capable and intelligent members of a society would survive while the weak and
less capable would die, thus improving society, in a master plan he called “the survival of the fittest.”
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Comprehension
6) Karl Marx thought of himself as a classical sociologist, a label that greatly influenced his theories on class conflict.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Skill: Knowledge
7) Emile Durkheim identified the degree of social integration as the primary variable to explain different rates of
suicide within different European nations.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7-8
Skill: Knowledge
8) According to Max Weber, the “sign” Calvinists looked for as an indication they were saved was their successful
investment in capital.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8-9
Skill: Knowledge
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9.) Frances Perkins, a sociologist, won the Nobel Prize for her work with the homeless in Hull-House.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Knowledge
10) Despite her acclaimed research on social life, until recently Harriet Martineau was best known for translating
Comte’s works on sociology into English.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Knowledge
11) Booker T. Washington was the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard University.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 10
Skill: Knowledge
12) C. Wright Mills urged American sociologists to concentrate on social reform, developing the concept of the power
elite to illustrate how top leaders of business, politics, and the military were an imminent threat to American
freedom.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12-13
Skill: Comprehension
13) Sociologists have always agreed that the most important goal of sociology is to generate social change.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 13
Skill: Knowledge
14) According to the principles of symbolic interactionism, symbols not only allow relationships to exist, they also
allow society to exist.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 16
Skill: Comprehension
15) Sociologists who use the functionalist perspective stress how industrialization and urbanization have undermined
the traditional functions of the family.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 18
Skill: Comprehension
16) Sociologist Lewis Coser pointed out that conflict is most likely to develop among people who are in close
relationships.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 20
Skill: Knowledge
17) Scientific research follows eight basic steps.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 23
Skill: Knowledge
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18) Sociology places no importance on ethics and values during research.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 33
Skill: Knowledge
19) Because of their training and expertise, sociologists often stress their personal values in their research.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 35
Skill: Knowledge
1.2 Multiple Choice Questions
1) The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior
by placing it within its broader social context is called .
A) the sociological perspective (or imagination)
B) social location
C) social integration
D) the social imperative
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
2) Which of the following elements did C. Wright Mills attribute as being the one that sociologists would use to
explain individual behavior?
A) common sense
B) instinct
C) external influence
D) inherited ability
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
3) When sociologists’ group people into categories based on their age, gender, educational level, job, and income, they
are trying to determine .
A) social network
B) social location
C) social personality
D) social skills
Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Application
4) The sociological perspective emphasizes how the social context influences people’s lives, particularly how people
are influenced by .
A) random chance events
B) geographical location
C) inherited genetic structure
D) society
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
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5) The sociologist responsible for suggesting the connection between history and biography to explain the sociological
imagination was .
A) Talcott Parsons
B) Herbert Spencer
C) C. Wright Mills
D) Emile Durkheim
Answer: C
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
6) What is the use of objective and systematic observation to test theories, one that is often employed by sociologists?
A) the commutation process
B) common sense
C) the scientific method
D) research analysis
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Knowledge
7) The first person to propose that the scientific method could be applied to the study of social life was .
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Max Weber
C) Karl Marx
D) Auguste Comte
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Knowledge
8) What was the social event that most influenced Auguste Comte to explore patterns within society and become
interested in what holds society together?
A) the discovery of the New World
B) the Spanish Inquisition
C) the Russian Revolution
D) the French Revolution
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Knowledge
9) The notion that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social programs to help the poor will
ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine known as .
A) social Darwinism
B) positivism
C) post-modernism
D) social welfare
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Knowledge
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Test Bank
for
Henslin
Essentials of Sociology
Tenth Edition
Pearson Education, Inc.
Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River
Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto
Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo
,Copyright © 2013, 2011, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Allyn & Bacon, 75 Arlington
Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02116
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States
of America.
To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to
Pearson Higher Education, Rights and Contracts Department, 501 Boylston Street, Suite 900,
Boston, MA 02116, or fax your request to 617-671-3447.
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ISBN-10: 0-205-90644-3
www.pearsonhighered.com ISBN-13: 978-0-205-90644-4
, Henslin, Essentials of Sociology, 10/e Testbank
Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective
1.1 True/False Questions
1) The corners of life that people occupy, such as jobs, income, education, gender, age, and race, are referred to as the
social imperative.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
2) Because sociology is based on common sense, it is an excellent discipline for students to study who approach the
world in a rational, matter-of-fact way.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Application
3) Sociologists often use “common sense” to understand they way the world
“is.” Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Knowledge
4) Applying the scientific method to the social world is called empiricism.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Knowledge
5) Herbert Spencer believed the most capable and intelligent members of a society would survive while the weak and
less capable would die, thus improving society, in a master plan he called “the survival of the fittest.”
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Comprehension
6) Karl Marx thought of himself as a classical sociologist, a label that greatly influenced his theories on class conflict.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6-7
Skill: Knowledge
7) Emile Durkheim identified the degree of social integration as the primary variable to explain different rates of
suicide within different European nations.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7-8
Skill: Knowledge
8) According to Max Weber, the “sign” Calvinists looked for as an indication they were saved was their successful
investment in capital.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8-9
Skill: Knowledge
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9.) Frances Perkins, a sociologist, won the Nobel Prize for her work with the homeless in Hull-House.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Knowledge
10) Despite her acclaimed research on social life, until recently Harriet Martineau was best known for translating
Comte’s works on sociology into English.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Knowledge
11) Booker T. Washington was the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard University.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 10
Skill: Knowledge
12) C. Wright Mills urged American sociologists to concentrate on social reform, developing the concept of the power
elite to illustrate how top leaders of business, politics, and the military were an imminent threat to American
freedom.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12-13
Skill: Comprehension
13) Sociologists have always agreed that the most important goal of sociology is to generate social change.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 13
Skill: Knowledge
14) According to the principles of symbolic interactionism, symbols not only allow relationships to exist, they also
allow society to exist.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 16
Skill: Comprehension
15) Sociologists who use the functionalist perspective stress how industrialization and urbanization have undermined
the traditional functions of the family.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 18
Skill: Comprehension
16) Sociologist Lewis Coser pointed out that conflict is most likely to develop among people who are in close
relationships.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 20
Skill: Knowledge
17) Scientific research follows eight basic steps.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 23
Skill: Knowledge
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18) Sociology places no importance on ethics and values during research.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 33
Skill: Knowledge
19) Because of their training and expertise, sociologists often stress their personal values in their research.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 35
Skill: Knowledge
1.2 Multiple Choice Questions
1) The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior
by placing it within its broader social context is called .
A) the sociological perspective (or imagination)
B) social location
C) social integration
D) the social imperative
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
2) Which of the following elements did C. Wright Mills attribute as being the one that sociologists would use to
explain individual behavior?
A) common sense
B) instinct
C) external influence
D) inherited ability
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
3) When sociologists’ group people into categories based on their age, gender, educational level, job, and income, they
are trying to determine .
A) social network
B) social location
C) social personality
D) social skills
Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Application
4) The sociological perspective emphasizes how the social context influences people’s lives, particularly how people
are influenced by .
A) random chance events
B) geographical location
C) inherited genetic structure
D) society
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
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5) The sociologist responsible for suggesting the connection between history and biography to explain the sociological
imagination was .
A) Talcott Parsons
B) Herbert Spencer
C) C. Wright Mills
D) Emile Durkheim
Answer: C
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
6) What is the use of objective and systematic observation to test theories, one that is often employed by sociologists?
A) the commutation process
B) common sense
C) the scientific method
D) research analysis
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Knowledge
7) The first person to propose that the scientific method could be applied to the study of social life was .
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Max Weber
C) Karl Marx
D) Auguste Comte
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Knowledge
8) What was the social event that most influenced Auguste Comte to explore patterns within society and become
interested in what holds society together?
A) the discovery of the New World
B) the Spanish Inquisition
C) the Russian Revolution
D) the French Revolution
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Knowledge
9) The notion that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social programs to help the poor will
ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine known as .
A) social Darwinism
B) positivism
C) post-modernism
D) social welfare
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6
Skill: Knowledge
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