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SOCIOLOGY NINTH
CANADIAN EDITION
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Test Bank for Macionis/Ger𝑏er, Sociology, Ninth Canadian Edition
Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
Multiple Choice Questions
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.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5
Skill: Applied
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.
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 3
Skill: Conceptual
3) Which discipline defines itself as “the systematic study of human society”?
a. sociology
b. psychology
c. economics
d. history
Answer: a
Page Reference: 3
Skill: Factual
4) Peter Berger descri𝑏ed using the sociological perspective as seeing the in the .
a. good; worst tragedies
b. new; old
c. specific; general
d. general; particular
Answer: d
Page Reference: 3
Skill: Conceptual
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.
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 4–5
Skill: Conceptual
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.
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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.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5
Skill: Applied
7) A sociological analysis of child𝑏earing 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.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5
Skill: Applied
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.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5–6
Skill: Factual
9) The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was
a. Ro𝑏ert K. Merton.
b. Auguste Comte.
c. Emile Durkheim.
d. Karl Marx.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5
Skill: Factual
10) In Canada today, the suicide rate is highest for which category of people listed 𝑏elow?
a. White males
b. Black males
c. White females
d. Black females
Answer: a
Page Reference: 6
Skill: Factual
11) Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of Canada than in ur𝑏an areas, we would expect
suicide rates to 𝑏e
a. higher in ur𝑏an areas.
b. higher in rural areas.
c. high in 𝑏oth ur𝑏an and rural areas.
d. low in 𝑏oth ur𝑏an and rural areas.
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 6–7
Skill: Applied
12) Sociologists use the term “social marginality” to refer to
a. people who have little understanding of sociology.
b. having special social skills.
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c. 𝑏eing defined 𝑏y others as an “outsider.”
d. people who are especially sensitive a𝑏out their family 𝑏ackground.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 7
Skill: Conceptual
13) If marginality encourages sociological thinking, we would expect people in which category listed 𝑏elow
to make the most use of the sociological perspective?
a. the wealthy
b. disa𝑏led persons or people who are a racial minority
c. politicians
d. the middle class
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 7–8
Skill: Applied
14) Following the thinking of C. Wright Mills, we would have expected the sociological imagination to 𝑏e
more widespread
a. during times of peace and prosperity.
b. among the very rich.
c. among very religious people.
d. during times of social crisis.
Answer: d
Page Reference: 7–8
Skill: Applied
15) C. Wright Mills claimed that the “sociological imagination” transformed
a. common sense into laws of society.
b. people into supporters of the status quo.
c. personal pro𝑏lems into pu𝑏lic issues.
d. scientific research into common sense.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 8
Skill: Conceptual
16) Canada falls within which category of the world’s nations?
a. low-income nations
b. middle-income nations
c. high-income nations
d. varia𝑏le-income nations
Answer: c
Page Reference: 9
Skill: Factual
17) Which of the following categories contains countries in which average income is typical for the world
as a whole and in which people are as likely to live in a rural area as in an ur𝑏an area?
a. low-income nations
b. middle-income nations
c. high-income nations
d. varia𝑏le-income nations
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 9–11
Skill: Conceptual
18) The nations of Europe, Israel, Japan, and Australia fall into which of the following categories of
countries?
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CANADIAN EDITION
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Test Bank for Macionis/Ger𝑏er, Sociology, Ninth Canadian Edition
Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
Multiple Choice Questions
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.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5
Skill: Applied
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.
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 3
Skill: Conceptual
3) Which discipline defines itself as “the systematic study of human society”?
a. sociology
b. psychology
c. economics
d. history
Answer: a
Page Reference: 3
Skill: Factual
4) Peter Berger descri𝑏ed using the sociological perspective as seeing the in the .
a. good; worst tragedies
b. new; old
c. specific; general
d. general; particular
Answer: d
Page Reference: 3
Skill: Conceptual
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.
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 4–5
Skill: Conceptual
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.
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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.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5
Skill: Applied
7) A sociological analysis of child𝑏earing 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.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5
Skill: Applied
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.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5–6
Skill: Factual
9) The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was
a. Ro𝑏ert K. Merton.
b. Auguste Comte.
c. Emile Durkheim.
d. Karl Marx.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 5
Skill: Factual
10) In Canada today, the suicide rate is highest for which category of people listed 𝑏elow?
a. White males
b. Black males
c. White females
d. Black females
Answer: a
Page Reference: 6
Skill: Factual
11) Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of Canada than in ur𝑏an areas, we would expect
suicide rates to 𝑏e
a. higher in ur𝑏an areas.
b. higher in rural areas.
c. high in 𝑏oth ur𝑏an and rural areas.
d. low in 𝑏oth ur𝑏an and rural areas.
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 6–7
Skill: Applied
12) Sociologists use the term “social marginality” to refer to
a. people who have little understanding of sociology.
b. having special social skills.
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c. 𝑏eing defined 𝑏y others as an “outsider.”
d. people who are especially sensitive a𝑏out their family 𝑏ackground.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 7
Skill: Conceptual
13) If marginality encourages sociological thinking, we would expect people in which category listed 𝑏elow
to make the most use of the sociological perspective?
a. the wealthy
b. disa𝑏led persons or people who are a racial minority
c. politicians
d. the middle class
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 7–8
Skill: Applied
14) Following the thinking of C. Wright Mills, we would have expected the sociological imagination to 𝑏e
more widespread
a. during times of peace and prosperity.
b. among the very rich.
c. among very religious people.
d. during times of social crisis.
Answer: d
Page Reference: 7–8
Skill: Applied
15) C. Wright Mills claimed that the “sociological imagination” transformed
a. common sense into laws of society.
b. people into supporters of the status quo.
c. personal pro𝑏lems into pu𝑏lic issues.
d. scientific research into common sense.
Answer: c
Page Reference: 8
Skill: Conceptual
16) Canada falls within which category of the world’s nations?
a. low-income nations
b. middle-income nations
c. high-income nations
d. varia𝑏le-income nations
Answer: c
Page Reference: 9
Skill: Factual
17) Which of the following categories contains countries in which average income is typical for the world
as a whole and in which people are as likely to live in a rural area as in an ur𝑏an area?
a. low-income nations
b. middle-income nations
c. high-income nations
d. varia𝑏le-income nations
Answer: 𝑏
Page Reference: 9–11
Skill: Conceptual
18) The nations of Europe, Israel, Japan, and Australia fall into which of the following categories of
countries?
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