TEST BANK
For
Society
The Basics
Sixteenth Edition
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes
in Society: The Basics, Sixteenth Edition and increased the number of questions by 50
percent so that this test bank covers all the new material that has been added and
better meets your needs. The questions are tagged according to four levels of learning
that move from lower-level to higher-level cognitive reasoning. The four levels:
Recollection: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material
Understanding: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas
Application: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new
situation
,Analysis: a question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their
interrelationship
The 279 questions in this chapter’s test bank are divided into four types. True/False
questions are the least demanding. As the table below shows, two-thirds of these are
“Recollection” questions, and all of them fall within the lowest three levels of cognitive
reasoning (“Recollection,” “Understanding,” and “Application”). Multiple-choice
questions span a broader range of skills (almost half are “Recollection” questions and
the remainder are divided among the three higher levels). Short-answer questions
also span a broad range of skills (from “Understanding” to “Analysis”). Finally, essay
questions are the most demanding because they require analysis and other higher
levels of cognitive reasoning.
Types of Questions
True/False Multiple Short Answer Essay Total Qs
Choice
Recollection 60 (70%) 71 (49%) 6 (19%) 0 137
Understanding 19 (22%) 22 (15%) 9 (28%) 0 50
Application 7 (8%) 30 (20%) 5 (16%) 3 (20%) 45
Analysis 0 23 (16%) 12 (38%) 12 (80%) 47
86 146 32 15 279
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Most people in the United States marry partners whose racial and ethnic identity differs from their
own.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
2. According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal ―free will.‖
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
, Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
3. Sociology is defined as the systematic study of human society.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
4. Sociologists focus only on unusual patterns of behavior.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
5. Using the sociological perspective, we would conclude that people‘s lives are mostly a result of
what they, as individuals, decide to do.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Application
6. On average, college students in the U.S. come from families with above-average incomes.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
7. Emile Durkheim provided evidence that categories of people with weaker social ties have lower
suicide rates than people with stronger social ties.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Recollection
8. In the United States, Black people have a higher suicide rate than White people.
, Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
9. In the United States, men have a higher suicide rate than women.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
10. In the United States, White people have a lower suicide rate than people who identify as Hispanic.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
11. People with lower social standing are usually more likely to see the world from a sociological
perspective than people who are well off.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Application
12. U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that times of social crisis encourage widespread use of the
sociological perspective.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
13. C. Wright Mills claimed that sociology encourages people to take personal responsibility for solving
their own problems.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
For
Society
The Basics
Sixteenth Edition
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes
in Society: The Basics, Sixteenth Edition and increased the number of questions by 50
percent so that this test bank covers all the new material that has been added and
better meets your needs. The questions are tagged according to four levels of learning
that move from lower-level to higher-level cognitive reasoning. The four levels:
Recollection: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material
Understanding: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas
Application: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new
situation
,Analysis: a question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their
interrelationship
The 279 questions in this chapter’s test bank are divided into four types. True/False
questions are the least demanding. As the table below shows, two-thirds of these are
“Recollection” questions, and all of them fall within the lowest three levels of cognitive
reasoning (“Recollection,” “Understanding,” and “Application”). Multiple-choice
questions span a broader range of skills (almost half are “Recollection” questions and
the remainder are divided among the three higher levels). Short-answer questions
also span a broad range of skills (from “Understanding” to “Analysis”). Finally, essay
questions are the most demanding because they require analysis and other higher
levels of cognitive reasoning.
Types of Questions
True/False Multiple Short Answer Essay Total Qs
Choice
Recollection 60 (70%) 71 (49%) 6 (19%) 0 137
Understanding 19 (22%) 22 (15%) 9 (28%) 0 50
Application 7 (8%) 30 (20%) 5 (16%) 3 (20%) 45
Analysis 0 23 (16%) 12 (38%) 12 (80%) 47
86 146 32 15 279
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Most people in the United States marry partners whose racial and ethnic identity differs from their
own.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
2. According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal ―free will.‖
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
, Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
3. Sociology is defined as the systematic study of human society.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
4. Sociologists focus only on unusual patterns of behavior.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
5. Using the sociological perspective, we would conclude that people‘s lives are mostly a result of
what they, as individuals, decide to do.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Application
6. On average, college students in the U.S. come from families with above-average incomes.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
7. Emile Durkheim provided evidence that categories of people with weaker social ties have lower
suicide rates than people with stronger social ties.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Recollection
8. In the United States, Black people have a higher suicide rate than White people.
, Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
9. In the United States, men have a higher suicide rate than women.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
10. In the United States, White people have a lower suicide rate than people who identify as Hispanic.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
11. People with lower social standing are usually more likely to see the world from a sociological
perspective than people who are well off.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Application
12. U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that times of social crisis encourage widespread use of the
sociological perspective.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
13. C. Wright Mills claimed that sociology encourages people to take personal responsibility for solving
their own problems.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
