Test Bank for Sociology in Our Times, 8th Canadian Edition by Kendall, Linden
Chap 01 8ce
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Foucault believed that normalization shapes ideas about what is acceptable or not, and this can lead to unfair
treatment of different groups in society.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. According to Émile Durkheim, conflict is necessary to produce social change and a better society.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
3. The conflict perspectives primarily examine people’s day-to-day interactions and their behaviour in groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
4. Sociologists study human societies and their social interactions to develop theories of how human behaviour is
shaped by group life.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
5. Commonsense knowledge is a reliable way to fully understand everyday behaviour.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. Postcolonial theory supports the idea that colonialism helped modernize and improve the lives of colonized
peoples by spreading superior cultural values.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. Comte believed that the best way to understand society was through the use of religion.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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8. A myth is a popular but false notion that may be used to perpetuate certain beliefs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
9. People’s interpretations of symbols in social interactions are usually identical, so subjective reality rarely causes
confusion or differences in behaviour.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
10. Public issues are matters beyond an individual’s own control that are caused by problems at the societal level.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. Max Weber believed that bureaucracies enhance individual freedom and human vitality in industrial societies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
12. According to Marx, the proletariat includes those who own and control the means of production.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
13. Symbolic interactionists are most interested in objective reality when analyzing a situation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
14. Feminist sociology seeks to address the absence of women’s experiences by producing research and theory
focused specifically on women’s lives and social realities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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15. The symbolic interactionist perspective focuses on microlevel analysis by studying people’s everyday
interactions and behaviour in small groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
16. Sociologists rely on both commonsense knowledge and scientific standards to study society and social
interaction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
17. Talcott Parsons stressed that all societies must make provisions for meeting social needs to survive.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
18. Feminism is a single, unified theory that presents a clear and agreed-upon approach to achieving gender
equality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
19. Sociology promotes understanding and tolerance by enabling each of us to look beyond our personal
experiences.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
20. Merton distinguished between manifest functions, which are intended and recognized, and latent functions,
which are unintended and not acknowledged.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
21. Georg Simmel argued that the dynamics of social interaction change when a group grows from a dyad to a
triad.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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22. C. Wright Mills coined the phrase “sociological imagination” to describe sociological reasoning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
23. The sociological imagination refers to the ability to describe how sociologists investigate topics using scientific
methods.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
24. The matrix of domination is a framework that explains how different systems of oppression, such as race, class,
and gender, are interconnected and operate together to shape experiences of power and inequality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
25. According to Marx, workers experience alienation because they are exploited by the capitalist class, which pays
them less than the value of their labour.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
26. Social Darwinism applied the idea of “survival of the fittest” to human societies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
27. Karl Marx believed that the working class would eventually become aware of its exploitation, overthrow the
capitalists, and establish a free and classless society.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
28. Post-structuralists aim to clarify and reinforce the objective truths found in texts by removing uncertainty and
establishing consistent meanings.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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Chap 01 8ce
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Foucault believed that normalization shapes ideas about what is acceptable or not, and this can lead to unfair
treatment of different groups in society.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. According to Émile Durkheim, conflict is necessary to produce social change and a better society.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
3. The conflict perspectives primarily examine people’s day-to-day interactions and their behaviour in groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
4. Sociologists study human societies and their social interactions to develop theories of how human behaviour is
shaped by group life.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
5. Commonsense knowledge is a reliable way to fully understand everyday behaviour.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. Postcolonial theory supports the idea that colonialism helped modernize and improve the lives of colonized
peoples by spreading superior cultural values.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. Comte believed that the best way to understand society was through the use of religion.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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,Chap 01 8ce
8. A myth is a popular but false notion that may be used to perpetuate certain beliefs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
9. People’s interpretations of symbols in social interactions are usually identical, so subjective reality rarely causes
confusion or differences in behaviour.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
10. Public issues are matters beyond an individual’s own control that are caused by problems at the societal level.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. Max Weber believed that bureaucracies enhance individual freedom and human vitality in industrial societies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
12. According to Marx, the proletariat includes those who own and control the means of production.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
13. Symbolic interactionists are most interested in objective reality when analyzing a situation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
14. Feminist sociology seeks to address the absence of women’s experiences by producing research and theory
focused specifically on women’s lives and social realities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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,Chap 01 8ce
15. The symbolic interactionist perspective focuses on microlevel analysis by studying people’s everyday
interactions and behaviour in small groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
16. Sociologists rely on both commonsense knowledge and scientific standards to study society and social
interaction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
17. Talcott Parsons stressed that all societies must make provisions for meeting social needs to survive.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
18. Feminism is a single, unified theory that presents a clear and agreed-upon approach to achieving gender
equality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
19. Sociology promotes understanding and tolerance by enabling each of us to look beyond our personal
experiences.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
20. Merton distinguished between manifest functions, which are intended and recognized, and latent functions,
which are unintended and not acknowledged.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
21. Georg Simmel argued that the dynamics of social interaction change when a group grows from a dyad to a
triad.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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22. C. Wright Mills coined the phrase “sociological imagination” to describe sociological reasoning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
23. The sociological imagination refers to the ability to describe how sociologists investigate topics using scientific
methods.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
24. The matrix of domination is a framework that explains how different systems of oppression, such as race, class,
and gender, are interconnected and operate together to shape experiences of power and inequality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
25. According to Marx, workers experience alienation because they are exploited by the capitalist class, which pays
them less than the value of their labour.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
26. Social Darwinism applied the idea of “survival of the fittest” to human societies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
27. Karl Marx believed that the working class would eventually become aware of its exploitation, overthrow the
capitalists, and establish a free and classless society.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
28. Post-structuralists aim to clarify and reinforce the objective truths found in texts by removing uncertainty and
establishing consistent meanings.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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