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,Chaptern1:nThenSociologicalnPerspective
Innthisnrevisionnofnthentestnbank,nInhavenupdatednallnofnthenquestionsntonreflectnchangesninnS
ociology,nEighteenthnEdition.nThenquestionsnarentaggedntonindicatenonenofnfournlevelsnofnle
arningnthatnmovenfromnlower-levelntonhigher-levelncognitivenreasoning.nThenfournlevels:n
Recollection:nanquestionninvolvingnrecallnofnkeyntermsnornfactualnmaterialn
Understanding:nanquestionntestingncomprehensionnofnmorencomplexnideasn
Application:nanquestionnapplyingnsociologicalnknowledgentonsomennewnsituationn
Analysis:nanquestionnrequiringnidentifyingnelementsnofnannargumentnandntheirninterrelationshi
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Then195nquestionsninnthisnchapter‘sntestnbanknarendividednintonfourntypes.nTrue/Falsenquestio
nsnarenthenleastndemanding.nAsnthentablenbelownshows,ntwo-thirdsnofnthesenaren
―Recollection‖nquestions,nandnallnofnthemnfallnwithinnthenlowestnthreenlevelsnofncognitivenrea
soningn(―Recollection,‖n―Understanding,‖nandn―Application‖).nMultiple-
choicenquestionsnspannanbroadernrangenofnskillsn(mostnaren―Recollection‖nquestionsnandnt
henremaindernarendividednamongnthenthreenhighernlevels).nShort-
answernquestionsnarenspreadnacrossnthenhighestnthreenlevelsnofnreasoning.nFinally,nessayn
questionsnarenthenmostndemandingnbecausentheynrequirenanalysisnandnothernhighernlevels
nofncognitivenreasoning.n
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,Understandingn 11n(19%)n 21n(21%)n 7n(37%)n 0n 39n
Applicationn 6n(10%)n 16n(14%)n 2n(10%)n 3n(25%)n 27n
Analysisn 0n 21n(21%)n 10n(53%)n 9n(75%)n 40n
58n 106n 19n 12n 195n
Chaptern1:nThenSociologicalnPerspectiven
TRUE/FALSEnQUESTIONSn
MostnpeopleninnthenUnitednStatesnmarrynpartnersnwhosenracialnandnethnicnidentityndiffersnfr
omntheirnown..n
Answer:nFalsen
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshap
esnournindividualnlives.n
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectiven
DifficultynLevel:nEasyn
SkillnLevel:nRecollectionn
Accordingntonsociologists,nhumannbehaviornreflectsnournpersonaln―freenwill.‖nAnswe
r:nFalsen
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshap
esnournindividualnlives.n
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectiven
DifficultynLevel:nEasyn
SkillnLevel:nRecollectionn
Sociologynisndefinednasnthensystematicnstudynofnhumannsociety.nA
nswer:nTruen
, LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshap
esnournindividualnlives.n
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectiven
DifficultynLevel:nEasyn
SkillnLevel:nRecollectionn
Sociologistsnfocusnonlynonnunusualnpatternsnofnbehavior.nAnswer:
Falsen
n
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshap
esnournindividualnlives.n
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectiven
DifficultynLevel:nEasyn
SkillnLevel:nRecollectionn
Usingnthensociologicalnperspective,nwenwouldnconcludenthatnpeople‘snlivesnarenmostlynanresul
tnofnwhatnthey,nasnindividuals,ndecidentondo.n
Answer:nFalsen
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshap
esnournindividualnlives.n
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectiven
DifficultynLevel:nModeraten
SkillnLevel:nApplicationn
Onnaverage,ncollegenstudentsninnthenU.S.ncomenfromnfamiliesnwithnabove-
averagenincomes.n
Answer:nTruen
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshap
esnournindividualnlives.n
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectiven
DifficultynLevel:nEasyn
SkillnLevel:nRecollectionn