Test Bank for The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology, 9th E Ferris
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Chapter 1
1. What is a key difference between psychology and sociology?
a. Psychology is concerned with on-the-ground interaction among people,
whereas sociology is only about hard numbers and data.
b. Psychology is focused on historical societies, whereas sociology is focused
on present-day societies.
c. Psychology specializes in internal states of mind, whereas sociology looks
at the individual in relationship to external social forces.
d. Psychology focuses on social forces, whereas sociology focuses on the
individual.
2. How do sociologists observe society?
a. by studying the various parts of a society and the ways they interact with
and influence one another
b. by studying society as a concrete object, the same way a geologist studies
a rock
c. by comparing the past and present, with a focus on the past
d. by studying the relationship between individuals and society, specializing in
internal states of mind
3. What sets sociology apart from the other social sciences?
a. Society is always changing.
b. Sociologists are trained to be everyday actors.
c. There is no disagreement among sociologists about how to define the
discipline.
d. Sociology’s integrative approach makes it more comprehensive than other
social sciences.
4. Sociology can be defined as the systematic and scientific study of human society
and social behavior from __________ to __________.
a. large-scale institutions; individual interactions
, b. practical knowledge; scientific knowledge
c. individual interactions; small groups
d. economics; political science
5. During the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination requirements and mask mandates
have become a point of controversy. Many individuals argue that such mandates
violate their personal rights, whereas others see them as sound public health
measures. Which sociological concept best allows one to see the connection
between the personal and the public?
a. expert’s mind
b. beginner’s mind
c. culture shock
d. microsociology
6. You have begun studying unemployment rates in a city with fifty million people, of
which fifteen million are unemployed. If you are using your sociological
imagination, what is your first consideration?
a. the economic and political structures of the society
b. the work ethic of the average citizen
c. the intelligence level of the workers who have lost their jobs
d. how much the people who are unemployed want to work
7. How can people benefit from developing a sociological imagination?
a. It will help them avoid examining larger social forces.
b. It can help them become aware of the connections between their own lives
and the larger course of history.
c. It can help them recognize something that is innately understood by nearly
everyone.
d. It will encourage a sole focus on micro-level interactions.
8. Which of the following is a weakness of the sociological approach?
a. It accepts many things as true that cannot be verified or confirmed.
b. It is a practical approach rather than a scientific approach.
, c. It attempts to grasp things that everyday actors understand implicitly.
d. It requires one to travel to experience culture shock.
9. Why is it beneficial for us, as sociologists, to experience culture shock?
a. It makes us unable to function even in simple, everyday ways.
b. It requires us to travel, which helps us grow as human beings.
c. It shows us that people in foreign cultures have a way of life that seems
strange to us.
d. It makes us realize we lack an understanding of our surroundings, and so it
compels us to perceive what is right in front of us.
10.The social analyst must take the perspective of a(n) __________ to verify what
the everyday actor might just accept or assume to be true.
a. social worker
b. native
c. stranger
d. insider
11.What is one of the weaknesses of being an everyday actor when it comes to
understanding everyday life?
a. being forced to see everything from the perspective of a stranger
b. struggling to grasp even simple, common occurrences
c. only seeing things from a historical perspective
d. making assumptions and failing to investigate or verify those assumptions
12.What types of factors might C. Wright Mills suggest investigating to explain the
changes in divorce rates over the past several decades?
a. religious
b. personal
c. structural
d. psychological
, 13.Macrosociology is an approach that
a. relates to the way large social institutions are created through individual
interactions.
b. examines large-scale social structures to see how they affect individual
lives.
c. focuses on creating a beginner’s mind, in contrast to microsociology, which
uses an expert’s mind.
d. focuses on creating scientific knowledge of the world rather than practical
knowledge, in contrast to microsociology, which focuses on creating
practical knowledge.
14.Researcher Christine Williams studied patterns of occupational sex segregation
by examining the ways large-scale social structures create the constraints within
which individuals live their lives. Which type of analysis would this research fall
under?
a. microsociology
b. midrange
c. quantitative
d. macrosociology
15.Microsociology is an approach that
a. examines interactions between individuals and how those interactions
reflect larger societal patterns.
b. examines institutional interactions that occur over time.
c. quantifies data about social structures so they can be analyzed statistically.
d. focuses exclusively on gender and power as they manifest themselves
socially.
16.Researcher Victoria Leto DeFrancisco studied the conversations of heterosexual
couples in their homes to determine how power is created and maintained
through day-to-day interactions. Which type of approach was she using in this
research?
a. macrosociological
b. historical
Complete Chapters Included ✅
Chapter 1
1. What is a key difference between psychology and sociology?
a. Psychology is concerned with on-the-ground interaction among people,
whereas sociology is only about hard numbers and data.
b. Psychology is focused on historical societies, whereas sociology is focused
on present-day societies.
c. Psychology specializes in internal states of mind, whereas sociology looks
at the individual in relationship to external social forces.
d. Psychology focuses on social forces, whereas sociology focuses on the
individual.
2. How do sociologists observe society?
a. by studying the various parts of a society and the ways they interact with
and influence one another
b. by studying society as a concrete object, the same way a geologist studies
a rock
c. by comparing the past and present, with a focus on the past
d. by studying the relationship between individuals and society, specializing in
internal states of mind
3. What sets sociology apart from the other social sciences?
a. Society is always changing.
b. Sociologists are trained to be everyday actors.
c. There is no disagreement among sociologists about how to define the
discipline.
d. Sociology’s integrative approach makes it more comprehensive than other
social sciences.
4. Sociology can be defined as the systematic and scientific study of human society
and social behavior from __________ to __________.
a. large-scale institutions; individual interactions
, b. practical knowledge; scientific knowledge
c. individual interactions; small groups
d. economics; political science
5. During the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination requirements and mask mandates
have become a point of controversy. Many individuals argue that such mandates
violate their personal rights, whereas others see them as sound public health
measures. Which sociological concept best allows one to see the connection
between the personal and the public?
a. expert’s mind
b. beginner’s mind
c. culture shock
d. microsociology
6. You have begun studying unemployment rates in a city with fifty million people, of
which fifteen million are unemployed. If you are using your sociological
imagination, what is your first consideration?
a. the economic and political structures of the society
b. the work ethic of the average citizen
c. the intelligence level of the workers who have lost their jobs
d. how much the people who are unemployed want to work
7. How can people benefit from developing a sociological imagination?
a. It will help them avoid examining larger social forces.
b. It can help them become aware of the connections between their own lives
and the larger course of history.
c. It can help them recognize something that is innately understood by nearly
everyone.
d. It will encourage a sole focus on micro-level interactions.
8. Which of the following is a weakness of the sociological approach?
a. It accepts many things as true that cannot be verified or confirmed.
b. It is a practical approach rather than a scientific approach.
, c. It attempts to grasp things that everyday actors understand implicitly.
d. It requires one to travel to experience culture shock.
9. Why is it beneficial for us, as sociologists, to experience culture shock?
a. It makes us unable to function even in simple, everyday ways.
b. It requires us to travel, which helps us grow as human beings.
c. It shows us that people in foreign cultures have a way of life that seems
strange to us.
d. It makes us realize we lack an understanding of our surroundings, and so it
compels us to perceive what is right in front of us.
10.The social analyst must take the perspective of a(n) __________ to verify what
the everyday actor might just accept or assume to be true.
a. social worker
b. native
c. stranger
d. insider
11.What is one of the weaknesses of being an everyday actor when it comes to
understanding everyday life?
a. being forced to see everything from the perspective of a stranger
b. struggling to grasp even simple, common occurrences
c. only seeing things from a historical perspective
d. making assumptions and failing to investigate or verify those assumptions
12.What types of factors might C. Wright Mills suggest investigating to explain the
changes in divorce rates over the past several decades?
a. religious
b. personal
c. structural
d. psychological
, 13.Macrosociology is an approach that
a. relates to the way large social institutions are created through individual
interactions.
b. examines large-scale social structures to see how they affect individual
lives.
c. focuses on creating a beginner’s mind, in contrast to microsociology, which
uses an expert’s mind.
d. focuses on creating scientific knowledge of the world rather than practical
knowledge, in contrast to microsociology, which focuses on creating
practical knowledge.
14.Researcher Christine Williams studied patterns of occupational sex segregation
by examining the ways large-scale social structures create the constraints within
which individuals live their lives. Which type of analysis would this research fall
under?
a. microsociology
b. midrange
c. quantitative
d. macrosociology
15.Microsociology is an approach that
a. examines interactions between individuals and how those interactions
reflect larger societal patterns.
b. examines institutional interactions that occur over time.
c. quantifies data about social structures so they can be analyzed statistically.
d. focuses exclusively on gender and power as they manifest themselves
socially.
16.Researcher Victoria Leto DeFrancisco studied the conversations of heterosexual
couples in their homes to determine how power is created and maintained
through day-to-day interactions. Which type of approach was she using in this
research?
a. macrosociological
b. historical
