Test Bank For Introduction to Social Problems 10th Edition Sullivan

,Chaptern01n–nApproachesntonthenStudynofnSocialnProblems

Multiple-ChoicenQuestions

1. Angroupnisnsaidntonbenanninfluentialngroupnifnitnhas .
a. anlargennumbernofnmembers
b. ansignificantnimpactnonnpublicndebatenandnsocialnpolicy
c. existednfornmorenthann5nyears
d. advocatednfornissuesnthatnaffectnanlargennumbernofnpeoplen

Answer:nb

QuestionnTitle:nTB_01_01nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?,nUnderstand,nLOn1.1
LearningnObjective:n1.1nDefinenwhennanconditionnisnandnisnnotnansocialnproblem,nidentifynthensocialncontextno
fnsocialnproblems,nandnexplainnwhatnsociologicalnimaginationnis.
Topic:nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?nSki
llnLevel:nUnderstandnthenConceptsnDif
ficulty:n2–Moderate

2. Personalntroublesnbecomenpublicnissuesnonlynwhen .
a. anninfluentialngroupnsondefinesnthem
b. itnhasnbeennaffectingnanfamilynfornanlongntime
c. ansocialnconditionnhasncausednit
d. theynrequireneconomicnsupportntonbenresolvedn

Answer:na

QuestionnTitle:nTB_01_02nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?,nUnderstand,nLOn1.1
LearningnObjective:n1.1nDefinenwhennanconditionnisnandnisnnotnansocialnproblem,nidentifynthensocialncontextno
fnsocialnproblems,nandnexplainnwhatnsociologicalnimaginationnis.
Topic:nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?nSki
llnLevel:nUnderstandnthenConceptsnDif
ficulty:n1–Easy

3. n arenpeople’snideasnaboutnwhatnisngoodnornbad,nrightnornwrong.
a. Norms
b. Rules
c. Hypotheses
d. Valuesn

Answer:nd

QuestionnTitle:nTB_01_03nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?,nRemember,nLOn1.1

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,LearningnObjective:n1.1nDefinenwhennanconditionnisnandnisnnotnansocialnproblem,nidentifynthensocialncontextno
fnsocialnproblems,nandnexplainnwhatnsociologicalnimaginationnis.
Topic:nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?n
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsn
Difficulty:n1–Easy

4. Ansocialnconditionnisnconsideredntonbenansocialnproblemnifnit .
a. threatensnangroup’snvalues
b. cannotnbenremediednbynsocialnaction
c. posesnanthreatntonannindividual’snvaluesnandnbeliefs
d. affectsnansmallnnumbernofnpeoplen

Answer:na

QuestionnTitle:nTB_01_04nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?,nUnderstand,nLOn1.1
LearningnObjective:n1.1nDefinenwhennanconditionnisnandnisnnotnansocialnproblem,nidentifynthensocialncontextno
fnsocialnproblems,nandnexplainnwhatnsociologicalnimaginationnis.
Topic:nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?nSki
llnLevel:nUnderstandnthenConceptsnDif
ficulty:n1–Easy

5. n arenrulesnofnconductnthatnguidenpeople’snbehavior.
a. Norms
b. Values
c. Causalities
d. Hypothesesn

Answer:na

QuestionnTitle:nTB_01_05nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?,nRemember,nLOn1.1
LearningnObjective:n1.1nDefinenwhennanconditionnisnandnisnnotnansocialnproblem,nidentifynthensocialncontextno
fnsocialnproblems,nandnexplainnwhatnsociologicalnimaginationnis.
Topic:nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?n
SkillnLevel:nRemembernthenFactsn
Difficulty:n1–Easy

6. Whatnisnthendifferencenbetweennthenwayninnwhichnlaypeoplenandnsociologistsnviewndeviantnbehaviors?
a. Sociologistsnviewnbehaviorsnorncharacteristicsnasnbeingndeviant,nwhilenlaypeoplenconsidernanbehaviornton
bendeviantnonlynwhennsomengroupnsondefinesnit.
b. Sociologistsnviewndeviancenasnrelative,nwhilenlaypeoplenviewndevianceninnannabsolutenwaynbyn
comparingnitnwithnsomenfixednstandards.
c. Sociologistsnconsiderndeviancentonbenanhealthyngroupncharacteristic,nwhilenlaypeoplendislikenandnr
eproachndeviance.

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, d. Sociologistsnsuggestnthatndeviantnbehaviorsnarenuniversal,nwhilenlaypeopleninsistnthatndeviancencannben
understoodnonlynwithinnthencontextnofnthennormsnandnvaluesnofnanparticularnculture.

Answer:nb

QuestionnTitle:nTB_01_06nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?,nAnalyze,nLOn1.1
LearningnObjective:n1.1nDefinenwhennanconditionnisnandnisnnotnansocialnproblem,nidentifynthensocialncontextno
fnsocialnproblems,nandnexplainnwhatnsociologicalnimaginationnis.
Topic:nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?n
Skilln Level:n Analyzen ItnDifficulty
:n3–Difficult

7. Somencollegenstudentsnhavenjoinedntogetherntonformnanrocknband.nThisnbandnconsistsnofnpeoplenwhonhavens
imilarninterestsnandnanpassionnfornrocknmusic.nThisngroupnisnannexamplenofna(n) .
a. subculture
b. interestngroup
c. anomie
d. ethnicngroupn

Answer:na

QuestionnTitle:nTB_01_07nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?,nApply,nLOn1.1
LearningnObjective:n1.1nDefinenwhennanconditionnisnandnisnnotnansocialnproblem,nidentifynthensocialncontextno
fnsocialnproblems,nandnexplainnwhatnsociologicalnimaginationnis.
Topic:nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?nS
killnLevel:nApplynWhatnYounKnownD
ifficulty:n2–Moderate

8. AnmajoritynofnthenpeopleninnthenstatenofnTrecovanvaluenhardnworknandnindustriousness.nTheynregardnwelf
arenschemesnwithndisdainnandnopposentheirnexistence.nHowever,nthesenschemesnarenwelcomednbynthenpoorna
ndndisadvantagednpeoplenwhonarennotncapablenofndoingnmuchnlabor.nThisndifferenceninninterestncreatesnancla
shnbetweennthentwongroupsnandnbecomesnansocialnproblem.nThisnsocialnproblemnhasndevelopednbecausenof
.
a. deviationnfromnnorms
b. misusenofnpower
c. influentialninterestngroups
d. differencesnbetweennsubculturesn

Answer:nd

QuestionnTitle:nTB_01_08nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?,nApply,nLOn1.1
LearningnObjective:n1.1nDefinenwhennanconditionnisnandnisnnotnansocialnproblem,nidentifynthensocialncontextno
fnsocialnproblems,nandnexplainnwhatnsociologicalnimaginationnis.
Topic:nWhatnIsnanSocialnProblem?
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