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nwSociology,wEighteenthwEdition.wThewquestionswarewtaggedwtowindicatewonewofwfourwlevels
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levelwcognitivewreasoning.wThewfourwlevels:



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Understanding:wawquestionwtestingwcomprehensionwofwmorewcomplexwideas



Application:wawquestionwapplyingwsociologicalwknowledgewtowsomewnewwsituation



Analysis:wawquestionwrequiringwidentifyingwelementswofwanwargumentwandwtheirwinterrelatio
nship



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onswarewthewleastwdemanding.wAswthewtablewbelowwshows,wtwo-thirdswofwtheseware
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oningw(―Recollection,‖w―Understanding,‖wandw―Application‖).wMultiple-choice
questionswspanwawbroaderwrangewofwskillsw(mostwarew―Recollection‖wquestionswandwthewre
mainderwarewdividedwamongwthewthreewhigherwlevels).wShort-
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TypeswofwQuestions



True/False MultiplewCho ShortwA Essay TotalwQs
ice nswer

Recollection 41w(71%) 48w(44%) 0 0 89

,Understanding 11w(19%) 21w(21%) 7w(37%) 0 39

Application 6w(10%) 16w(14%) 2w(10%) 3w(25%) 27

Analysis 0 21w(21%) 10w(53%) 9w(75%) 40

58 106 19 12 195

Chapterw1:wThewSociologicalwPerspective



TRUE/FALSEwQUESTIONS



MostwpeoplewinwthewUnitedwStateswmarrywpartnerswwhosewracialwandwethnicwidentitywdiffers
wfromwtheirwown..




Answer:wFalse

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apeswourwindividualwlives.

Topic:wThewSociologicalwPerspectiv

ewDifficultywLevel:wEasy

SkillwLevel:wRecollection

Accordingwtowsociologists,whumanwbehaviorwreflectswourwpersonalw―freewwill.‖wAnsw

er:wFalse

LearningwObjective:wLOw1.1:wApplywthewsociologicalwperspectivewtowshowwhowwsocietywsh
apeswourwindividualwlives.

Topic:wThewSociologicalwPerspectiv

ewDifficultywLevel:wEasy

SkillwLevel:wRecollection

Sociologywiswdefinedwaswthewsystematicwstudywofwhumanwsociety.

Answer:wTrue
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, LearningwObjective:wLOw1.1:wApplywthewsociologicalwperspectivewtowshowwhowwsocietywsh
apeswourwindividualwlives.

Topic:wThewSociologicalwPerspectiv

ewDifficultywLevel:wEasy

SkillwLevel:wRecollection

Sociologistswfocuswonlywonwunusualwpatternswofwbehavior.wAnsw

er:wFalse

LearningwObjective:wLOw1.1:wApplywthewsociologicalwperspectivewtowshowwhowwsocietywsh
apeswourwindividualwlives.

Topic:wThewSociologicalwPerspectiv

ewDifficultywLevel:wEasy

SkillwLevel:wRecollection

Usingwthewsociologicalwperspective,wwewwouldwconcludewthatwpeople‘swliveswarewmostlywaw
resultwofwwhatwthey,waswindividuals,wdecidewtowdo.

Answer:wFalse

LearningwObjective:wLOw1.1:wApplywthewsociologicalwperspectivewtowshowwhowwsocietywsh
apeswourwindividualwlives.

Topic:wThewSociologicalwPerspectiv

ewDifficultywLevel:wModerate

SkillwLevel:wApplication

Onwaverage,wcollegewstudentswinwthewU.S.wcomewfromwfamilieswwithwabove-
averagewincomes.

Answer:wTrue

LearningwObjective:wLOw1.1:wApplywthewsociologicalwperspectivewtowshowwhowwsocietywsh
apeswourwindividualwlives.

Topic:wThewSociologicalwPerspectiv

ewDifficultywLevel:wEasy

SkillwLevel:wRecollection