INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY TEST BANK: SOC 203 (CHAPTER 1-22) COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY TEST BANK: SOC 203

(CHAPTER 1-22)

COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS

Chapter 1: Sociology: An Introduction

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.                  The ability to both participate in social life and to analyze the broader meanings of what is occurring is known as

a.

social analysis

b.

sociological imagination

c.

social conditioning

d.

sociological examination

ANS: B                   REF:   3                    OBJ: 1

2.                  The realities of life that we create as social beings are called

a.

social examinations

b.

social realities

c.

social facts

d.

social conditions

ANS: D                   REF:   3                    OBJ: 1

3.                  Which of the following would NOT be considered a social condition?

a.

drug use

b.

Wealth

c.

Deafness

d.

Crime

ANS: C                   REF:   3                    OBJ: 1

4.                  Which of the following sociologists is credited with making the term sociological imagination famous?

a.

Emile Durkheim

b.

George Ritzer

c.

Auguste Comte

d.

Wright Mills

ANS: D                   REF:   4                    OBJ: 3

5.                  Which of the following terms was used by C. Wright Mills to refer to the process by which human beings see the links between their own individual biographies and the course of human history?

a.

sociological consciousness

b.

sociological environmentalism

c.

the sociological challenge

d.

the sociological imagination

ANS: D                   REF:   4                    OBJ: 1

6.                  By using the sociological imagination individuals can:

a.

allow for a more scientific approach to the study of human events

b.

give citizens a greater say in public policy making

c.

give governments greater control over society

d.

gain wisdom about the society in which we live

ANS: D                   REF:   4                    OBJ: 1

7.                  The scientific study of human societies and human behavior in the many groups that make up a society is called:

a.

economics

b.

psychology

c.

social psychology

d.

sociology

ANS: D                   REF:   5                    OBJ: 1

8.                  From a sociologist’s perspective, social conditions in general can best be described as

a.

the social environment

b.

our perception of the way life is

c.

realities of life we create as human beings

d.

how people respond to their environment

ANS: C                   REF:   3                    OBJ: 1

9.                  Beth Johnson graduated with a law degree from her state university. For the past six months she has been trying to get a job but has met with little success. She notes that most of her friends who graduated at the same time are also as yet unemployed. Johnson has concluded that her inability to obtain suitable employment is the result of poor economic conditions. According to C. Wright Mills, her conclusion is an example of:

a.

personal resignation

b.

sociological imagination

c.

structural unemployment

d.

technological displacement

ANS: B                   REF:   4                    OBJ: 1

10.              Sociologists are continually seeking knowledge about

a.

individual behavior

b.

human psychology

c.

animal behavior

d.

differences in the behaviors of entire societies

ANS: D                   REF:   5                    OBJ:   1                    NOTE: Web Quiz