TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023
Chapter 1
The Sociological Imagination
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Sociology is the scientific study of
a. human activity in society.
b. mental processes.
c. people.
d. multiple personalities.
ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new
2. From a sociological point of view, a is the day-to-day activities from birth
to death that make up a person’s life.
a. social fact
b. sociological imagination
c. biography
d. autobiography
ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new;
study guide
TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023.
,TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023
3. Emile Durkheim defined social facts as
a. census statistics.
b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual.
c. fundamentally psychological.
d. things we know to be true.
TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023.
,TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023
ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge
4. Only when people do they come to know the power of social facts. a. grow
older
b. cooperate
c. comply
d. rebel against the established ways of doing things
ANS: D SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension
5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal
currency, but it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim was
writing about
a. mechanical solidarity.
b. social relativity.
c. social facts.
d. social interaction.
ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application
TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023.
,TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023
6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these rules
and successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight
against them.” This statement is a reference to
a. mechanical solidarity.
b. social relativity.
c. social facts.
d. social interaction.
ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application
7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price. On a personal
level, this price was my mother’s hostility. On a public level, the price is
dealing with the stares of strangers.” This statement illustrates
a. mechanical solidarity.
b. social relativity.
c. the power of social facts.
TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023.
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023
Chapter 1
The Sociological Imagination
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Sociology is the scientific study of
a. human activity in society.
b. mental processes.
c. people.
d. multiple personalities.
ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new
2. From a sociological point of view, a is the day-to-day activities from birth
to death that make up a person’s life.
a. social fact
b. sociological imagination
c. biography
d. autobiography
ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new;
study guide
TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023.
,TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023
3. Emile Durkheim defined social facts as
a. census statistics.
b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual.
c. fundamentally psychological.
d. things we know to be true.
TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023.
,TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023
ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge
4. Only when people do they come to know the power of social facts. a. grow
older
b. cooperate
c. comply
d. rebel against the established ways of doing things
ANS: D SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension
5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal
currency, but it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim was
writing about
a. mechanical solidarity.
b. social relativity.
c. social facts.
d. social interaction.
ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application
TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023.
,TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023
6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these rules
and successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight
against them.” This statement is a reference to
a. mechanical solidarity.
b. social relativity.
c. social facts.
d. social interaction.
ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application
7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price. On a personal
level, this price was my mother’s hostility. On a public level, the price is
dealing with the stares of strangers.” This statement illustrates
a. mechanical solidarity.
b. social relativity.
c. the power of social facts.
TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH
EDITION BY FERRANTE New Update 222-2023.
