Test bank for sociology a global perspective 8th edition by ferrante

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The Sociological Imagination
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Multiple-ChoicemQuestions


1. Sociologymismthemscientificmstudymof
a. humanmactivityminmsociety.
b. mentalmprocesses.
c. people.
d. multiplempersonalities.


ANS:mAmSEC:mThemSociologicalmImagination TYP:mcomprehensionm SOURCE:mnew


2. Frommamsociologicalmpointmofmview,ma ismthemday-to-
daymactivitiesmfrommbirthmtomdeathmthatmmakemupmamperson’smlife.
a. socialmfact
b. sociologicalmimagination
c. biography
d. autobiography


ANS:mCm SEC:mThemSociologicalmImagination TYP:mcomprehensionm SOURCE:mnew;mstudymguide


3. EmilemDurkheimmdefinedmsocialmfactsmas
a. censusmstatistics.
b. havingmthemremarkablempropertymofmexistingmoutsidemthemindividual.
c. fundamentallympsychological.
d. thingsmwemknowmtombemtrue.


ANS:mBm SEC:mThemSociologicalmImagination TYP:mknowledge


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,4. Onlymwhenmpeople
domtheymcomemtomknowmthempowermofmsocialmfact
s.
a. growmolder
b. cooperate
c. comply
d. rebelmagainstmthemestablishedmwaysmofmdoingmthings


ANS:mD SEC:mThemSociologicalmImagination TYP:mcomprehension




5. DurkheimmwrotemthatmhemwasmnotmforcedmtomspeakmFrenchmormtomusemthemlegalmcurrency,
mbutmitmwasmimpossiblemformhimmtomdomotherwise.mDurkheimmwasmwritingmabout

a. mechanicalmsolidarity.
b. socialmrelativity.
c. socialmfacts.
d. socialminteraction.


ANS:mCm SEC:mThemSociologicalmImagination TYP:mapplication


6. Durkheimmwrote,m“Evenmwhen,minmfact,mImcanmstrugglemfreemfrommthesemrulesmandms
uccessfullymbreakmthem,mitmismnevermwithoutmbeingmforcedmtomfightmagainstmthem.”mT
hismstatementmismamreferencemto
a. mechanicalmsolidarity.
b. socialmrelativity.
c. socialmfacts.
d. socialminteraction.


ANS:mCm SEC:mThemSociologicalmImagination TYP:mapplication


7. “BecausemImrefusemtomshavemundermmymarms,mImhavemtompaymamprice.mOnmampersonalmlevel,
mthism
pricemwasmmymmother’smhostility.mOnmampublicmlevel,mthempricemismdealingmwithmthem
staresmofmstrangers.”mThismstatementmillustrates
a. mechanicalmsolidarity.
b. socialmrelativity.
c. thempowermofmsocialmfacts.
d. themideamofmdoublemconsciousness.


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, 8. Amwomanmwrites,m“Imcan’tmbemanythingmbutmwhatmmymskinmcolormtellsmpeoplemImam.m
ImammblackmbecausemImlookmblack.mItmdoesmnotmmattermthatmmymfamilymhasmamcompli
catedmbiologicalmheritage.”mShemismwritingmaboutmthempowermof
a. socialmfacts.
b. troubles.
c. themsociologicalmimagination.
d. rationalization.


ANS:mAmSEC:mThemSociologicalmImagination TYP:mapplication SOURCE:mstudymguide




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