Sociology A Global Perspective 8th Edition by Ferrante Test Bank - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (ALL CHAPTERS) LATEST

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The Sociological Imagination
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Multiple-Choice Questions ww




1. Sociology is the scientific study of
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a. human activity in society.
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b. mental processes.
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c. people.
d. multiple personalities.
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ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension
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2. From a sociological point of view, a
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to death that make up a person’s life.
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c. biography
d. autobiography


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b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual.
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ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge
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,4. Only when people
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b. cooperate
c. comply
d. rebel against the established ways of doing things
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5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal
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currency, but it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim was writing
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ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application
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6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these rules and
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successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight against them.”
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This statement is a reference to
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7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price. On a personal
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level, this price was my mother’s hostility. On a public level, the price is dealing
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with the stares of strangers.” This statement illustrates
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c. the power of social facts.
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d. the idea of double consciousness.
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, ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application
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