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Chapterg1
1. Sociologistsgrecognizegthatg“personal”gtroubles,gifgoccurringgingpatternedgwaysga
ndgtoglargegnumbersgofgindividuals,greflect
a. publicgissues.
b. individualizedg problems.
c. anomie.
d. organicgsolidarity.
2. Whatgaregthegfourgtypesgofgquestionsgthatgsociologistsggenerallygaskgthemselves
gwhengexamininggagsocialgphenomenon?gUsinggthegexamplegofgromanticglove,ge
xplainghowgthesegfourgquestionsghelpgonegtogfocusgtheirgsociologicalgimagination
.
3. Withgagsociologicalgimagination,gonegseesgagsimple,gseeminglygprivategact,gsuchg
asgdrinkinggagcupgofgcoffee,gingtermsgofglargergpublicgissues.
a. True
b. False
4. Ingonegorgtwogsentences,gexplaingÉmilegDurkheim’sgideagofgsocialgfactsgandggi
vegonegexamplegofgagsocialgfact.
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5. Tori’sgfatherglosesghisgjobgduringgagtimegofgeconomicgcrisisgwhengmanygpeoplega
reglosinggtheirgjobs.gHergmothergisgagskilledgdaycaregworkergwithgyearsgofgexperi
ence,gbut,glikegmanygdaycaregworkers,gshegcannotgfindganygjobsgthatgpaygwell.
SociologistsgwouldglikelygseegthegstrugglegofgTori’sgparentsgas
a. agpersonalgtrouble.
b. thegfaultgofgTori’sgfathergforgnotgprovidinggforgthegfamily.
c. thegresultgofgagsocialistgeconomy.
d. agpublicgissue.
6. Onegofgtheglatentgfunctionsgofgmarriagegisgtogreproducegthegclassgstructureg
ofgsociety.
a. True
b. False
7. WhengDurkheimgtheorizedgaboutganomie,gwhatgwasghegreferringgto?gWhatgusegd
idghegmakegofgthegconcept?
8. Ingonegorgtwogsentences,gpleasegexplaingthegdifferencegbetweengmicrosociologyga
ndgmacrosociology.
9. WhengJuangdrinksghisgmorninggcoffee,ghegthinksgaboutgitsgproductiongingColombi
a,gitsgtransportationgthroughgmanygcountries,gthegtaxesgandgtariffsgappliedgforgint
ernationalgcommerce,gandgthegdiversegarraygofgsocialgrelationsgbehindghisgdrink.g
Accordinggtogthegtextbook,gonegmightgsaygthatgJuangisgusinggag
gperspec
tive.
a. bureaucratic
b. postmodern
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c. global
d. domestic
10. Feminismgisgagmajorginfluentialgmovementgwithingsociologygtoday.
a. True
b. False
11. Comparegandgcontrastghowgmacrosociologygandgmicrosociologygwouldgexamin
egromanticglove.gExplaingwhygwegneedgbothgperspectivesgtogunderstandgroma
nticglove.
12. Whatgaregthegfourgmaingmethodsgusedgingsociologicalgresearch?
13. Thegideagofgagsociologicalgimaginationgoriginatedgwith
a. W.gE.gB.gDugBois.
b. C.gWrightgMills.
c. ÉmilegDurkheim.
d. KarlgMarx.
14. Ingordergtogensuregthatgtheirgfindingsgaregreproducible,gsociologistsgshouldgalwa
ysgpublishgnotgjustgtheirgresultsgbutgalsogtheirgresearchgprocedures.
a. True
b. False
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15. Whatgaregsociologistsgablegtogstudygbygemployinggthegmethodgofgethnography?
16. ConsidergthegincomegandgwealthggapgingthegUnitedgStates.gComparegho
wgfunctionalismgandgconflictgtheorygviewgincomegandgwealthginequality.
17. Thegsignificancegofgagsociologicalgimaginationgisgthat
a. sociologygshouldgbegconsideredgagphilosophygrathergthangagscience.
b. sociologistsgaregprimarilyginterestedgingpredictinggthegunobservable.
c. sociologygattemptsgtogconnectgindividualgexperiencesgtoglargergsocialgissues.
d. sociologygisgrarelygconcernedgwithgempiricalgverificationgofgtheories.
18. Whatgisgonegadvantagegofgexperimentsgovergsurveysgorgethnographies?
19. Thegmaingchallengegingconductinggsurveysgisgattaininggaglargegenoughgsamplegsize.
a. True
b. False
20. Listgthegsevengstepsgingthegscientificgresearchgprocessgandgdiscussgwhatghappens
gingeachgstep.
21. Whengsociologistsgvisitgcollegegcampuses,gtheygaregablegtogconnectgagvarietygof
gindividualgbehaviorsgandgsocialgrelationshipsgtheygobservegtoglargergsocialgissu
es.gSuchgconnectionsgaregnotgalwaysgimmediatelygapparentgtogthegmembersgofg
thegcollegegcommunitygbecausegtheirgperspectivesgareglikelygtogbeglimitedgtogth
e
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Chapterg1
1. Sociologistsgrecognizegthatg“personal”gtroubles,gifgoccurringgingpatternedgwaysga
ndgtoglargegnumbersgofgindividuals,greflect
a. publicgissues.
b. individualizedg problems.
c. anomie.
d. organicgsolidarity.
2. Whatgaregthegfourgtypesgofgquestionsgthatgsociologistsggenerallygaskgthemselves
gwhengexamininggagsocialgphenomenon?gUsinggthegexamplegofgromanticglove,ge
xplainghowgthesegfourgquestionsghelpgonegtogfocusgtheirgsociologicalgimagination
.
3. Withgagsociologicalgimagination,gonegseesgagsimple,gseeminglygprivategact,gsuchg
asgdrinkinggagcupgofgcoffee,gingtermsgofglargergpublicgissues.
a. True
b. False
4. Ingonegorgtwogsentences,gexplaingÉmilegDurkheim’sgideagofgsocialgfactsgandggi
vegonegexamplegofgagsocialgfact.
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5. Tori’sgfatherglosesghisgjobgduringgagtimegofgeconomicgcrisisgwhengmanygpeoplega
reglosinggtheirgjobs.gHergmothergisgagskilledgdaycaregworkergwithgyearsgofgexperi
ence,gbut,glikegmanygdaycaregworkers,gshegcannotgfindganygjobsgthatgpaygwell.
SociologistsgwouldglikelygseegthegstrugglegofgTori’sgparentsgas
a. agpersonalgtrouble.
b. thegfaultgofgTori’sgfathergforgnotgprovidinggforgthegfamily.
c. thegresultgofgagsocialistgeconomy.
d. agpublicgissue.
6. Onegofgtheglatentgfunctionsgofgmarriagegisgtogreproducegthegclassgstructureg
ofgsociety.
a. True
b. False
7. WhengDurkheimgtheorizedgaboutganomie,gwhatgwasghegreferringgto?gWhatgusegd
idghegmakegofgthegconcept?
8. Ingonegorgtwogsentences,gpleasegexplaingthegdifferencegbetweengmicrosociologyga
ndgmacrosociology.
9. WhengJuangdrinksghisgmorninggcoffee,ghegthinksgaboutgitsgproductiongingColombi
a,gitsgtransportationgthroughgmanygcountries,gthegtaxesgandgtariffsgappliedgforgint
ernationalgcommerce,gandgthegdiversegarraygofgsocialgrelationsgbehindghisgdrink.g
Accordinggtogthegtextbook,gonegmightgsaygthatgJuangisgusinggag
gperspec
tive.
a. bureaucratic
b. postmodern
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c. global
d. domestic
10. Feminismgisgagmajorginfluentialgmovementgwithingsociologygtoday.
a. True
b. False
11. Comparegandgcontrastghowgmacrosociologygandgmicrosociologygwouldgexamin
egromanticglove.gExplaingwhygwegneedgbothgperspectivesgtogunderstandgroma
nticglove.
12. Whatgaregthegfourgmaingmethodsgusedgingsociologicalgresearch?
13. Thegideagofgagsociologicalgimaginationgoriginatedgwith
a. W.gE.gB.gDugBois.
b. C.gWrightgMills.
c. ÉmilegDurkheim.
d. KarlgMarx.
14. Ingordergtogensuregthatgtheirgfindingsgaregreproducible,gsociologistsgshouldgalwa
ysgpublishgnotgjustgtheirgresultsgbutgalsogtheirgresearchgprocedures.
a. True
b. False
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15. Whatgaregsociologistsgablegtogstudygbygemployinggthegmethodgofgethnography?
16. ConsidergthegincomegandgwealthggapgingthegUnitedgStates.gComparegho
wgfunctionalismgandgconflictgtheorygviewgincomegandgwealthginequality.
17. Thegsignificancegofgagsociologicalgimaginationgisgthat
a. sociologygshouldgbegconsideredgagphilosophygrathergthangagscience.
b. sociologistsgaregprimarilyginterestedgingpredictinggthegunobservable.
c. sociologygattemptsgtogconnectgindividualgexperiencesgtoglargergsocialgissues.
d. sociologygisgrarelygconcernedgwithgempiricalgverificationgofgtheories.
18. Whatgisgonegadvantagegofgexperimentsgovergsurveysgorgethnographies?
19. Thegmaingchallengegingconductinggsurveysgisgattaininggaglargegenoughgsamplegsize.
a. True
b. False
20. Listgthegsevengstepsgingthegscientificgresearchgprocessgandgdiscussgwhatghappens
gingeachgstep.
21. Whengsociologistsgvisitgcollegegcampuses,gtheygaregablegtogconnectgagvarietygof
gindividualgbehaviorsgandgsocialgrelationshipsgtheygobservegtoglargergsocialgissu
es.gSuchgconnectionsgaregnotgalwaysgimmediatelygapparentgtogthegmembersgofg
thegcollegegcommunitygbecausegtheirgperspectivesgareglikelygtogbeglimitedgtogth
e
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