TEST BANK
SOCIOLOGY
10TH CANADIAN EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION & ANSWERS
1. What might a sociologist say about people's selection of marriage partners?
A) People marry because they fall in love.
B) When it comes to romance, it's all a matter of personal taste.
C) Typically, a person marries someone of similar social position.
D) When it comes to love, opposites attract.
QuestionID: 01-1-01
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) Typically, a person marries someone of similar social position.
2. The idea that the social world guides our actions and life choices just as the seasons influence activities
and choice of clothing describes
A) the basis of what philosophy calls "free will."
B) the essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology.
C) the fact that people everywhere have "common sense."
D) the fact that people from countries all around the world make mostly identical choices about how to
live.
QuestionID: 01-1-02
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: B) the essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology.
,3. Which discipline defines itself as "the systematic study of human society"?
A) sociology
B) psychology
C) economics
D) history
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: A) sociology
4. The sociological perspective is a way of seeing the ______ in the _______.
A) good; worst tragedies
B) new; old
C) specific; general
D) general; particular
QuestionID: 01-1-04
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: D) general; particular
5. By stating that the sociological perspective shows us "the strange in the familiar," the text argues that
sociologists
A) focus on the bizarre elements of society.
B) reject the familiar idea that people simply decide how to act in favour of the initially strange idea that
society shapes our lives.
C) believe that people often behave in strange ways.
D) believe that even people who are most familiar to us have some very strange habits.
QuestionID: 01-1-05
,Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: B) reject the familiar idea that people simply decide how to act in favour of the initially strange idea
that society shapes our lives.
6. Three campus roommates are talking about why they are in college. A sociological view of going to
college highlights the effect of
A) nationality, because most countries outside of the West don't have colleges.
B) gender, because women don't generally attend college.
C) our place in history, because a century ago going to college was not an option for most people.
D) intelligence, because it's smarter to go to college than trade school.
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) our place in history, because a century ago going to college was not an option for most people.
7. A sociological analysis of child-bearing around the world suggests that the number of children born to
a woman reflects
A) her preference for family size.
B) how many children she can afford.
C) whether she herself was born into a poor or rich society.
D) the desires of her husband.
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) whether she herself was born into a poor or rich society.
8. According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has
, A) more clinical depression.
B) less money, power, and other resources.
C) lower social integration.
D) greater self-esteem.
QuestionID: 01-1-08
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) lower social integration.
9. Who was the pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe?
A) Robert K. Merton
B) Auguste Comte
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Karl Marx
QuestionID: 01-1-09
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) Emile Durkheim
10. In Canada today, the suicide rate is highest for which category of people listed below?
A) Men aged 40-60
B) Women aged 40-60
C) Women aged 80-90
D) Men under the age of 40
QuestionID: 01-1-10
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: A) Men aged 40-60
SOCIOLOGY
10TH CANADIAN EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION & ANSWERS
1. What might a sociologist say about people's selection of marriage partners?
A) People marry because they fall in love.
B) When it comes to romance, it's all a matter of personal taste.
C) Typically, a person marries someone of similar social position.
D) When it comes to love, opposites attract.
QuestionID: 01-1-01
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) Typically, a person marries someone of similar social position.
2. The idea that the social world guides our actions and life choices just as the seasons influence activities
and choice of clothing describes
A) the basis of what philosophy calls "free will."
B) the essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology.
C) the fact that people everywhere have "common sense."
D) the fact that people from countries all around the world make mostly identical choices about how to
live.
QuestionID: 01-1-02
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: B) the essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology.
,3. Which discipline defines itself as "the systematic study of human society"?
A) sociology
B) psychology
C) economics
D) history
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: A) sociology
4. The sociological perspective is a way of seeing the ______ in the _______.
A) good; worst tragedies
B) new; old
C) specific; general
D) general; particular
QuestionID: 01-1-04
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: D) general; particular
5. By stating that the sociological perspective shows us "the strange in the familiar," the text argues that
sociologists
A) focus on the bizarre elements of society.
B) reject the familiar idea that people simply decide how to act in favour of the initially strange idea that
society shapes our lives.
C) believe that people often behave in strange ways.
D) believe that even people who are most familiar to us have some very strange habits.
QuestionID: 01-1-05
,Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: B) reject the familiar idea that people simply decide how to act in favour of the initially strange idea
that society shapes our lives.
6. Three campus roommates are talking about why they are in college. A sociological view of going to
college highlights the effect of
A) nationality, because most countries outside of the West don't have colleges.
B) gender, because women don't generally attend college.
C) our place in history, because a century ago going to college was not an option for most people.
D) intelligence, because it's smarter to go to college than trade school.
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) our place in history, because a century ago going to college was not an option for most people.
7. A sociological analysis of child-bearing around the world suggests that the number of children born to
a woman reflects
A) her preference for family size.
B) how many children she can afford.
C) whether she herself was born into a poor or rich society.
D) the desires of her husband.
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) whether she herself was born into a poor or rich society.
8. According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has
, A) more clinical depression.
B) less money, power, and other resources.
C) lower social integration.
D) greater self-esteem.
QuestionID: 01-1-08
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) lower social integration.
9. Who was the pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe?
A) Robert K. Merton
B) Auguste Comte
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Karl Marx
QuestionID: 01-1-09
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: C) Emile Durkheim
10. In Canada today, the suicide rate is highest for which category of people listed below?
A) Men aged 40-60
B) Women aged 40-60
C) Women aged 80-90
D) Men under the age of 40
QuestionID: 01-1-10
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective differs from common sense.
Answer: A) Men aged 40-60
