TEST BANK For Society The Basics Sixteenth Edition John J. Macionis Chapters 1-17

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e Basics
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Sixteenth Edition n




John J. Macionis, Kenyon College
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Table of Contents
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1 Sociology:nPerspective,nTheory,nandnMethod

2 Culture

3 Socialization:nFromnInfancyntonOldnAge

4 SocialnInteractionninnEverydaynLife

5 MassnMedianandnSocialnMedia

6 GroupsnandnOrganizations

7 SexualitynandnSociety

8 Deviance

,9 SocialnStratification

10 GlobalnStratification

11 GendernStratification

12 RacenandnEthnicity

13 EconomicsnandnPolitics

14 FamilynandnReligion

15 Education,nHealth,nandnMedicine

16 Population,nUrbanization,nandnEnvironment

17 SocialnChange:nModernnandnPostmodernnSocieties




Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
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entnsonthatnthisntestnbankncoversnallnthennewnmaterialnthatnhasnbeennaddednandnbetternmee
tsnyournneeds.nThenquestionsnarentaggednaccordingntonfournlevelsnofnlearningnthatnmovenfr
omnlower-levelntonhigher-levelncognitivenreasoning.nThenfournlevels:



Recollection:nanquestionninvolvingnrecallnofnkeyntermsnornfactualnmaterial



Understanding:nanquestionntestingncomprehensionnofnmorencomplexnideas



Application:nanquestionnapplyingnsociologicalnknowledgentonsomennewnsituation

,Analysis:nanquestionnrequiringnidentifyingnelementsnofnannargumentnandntheirninterrelations
hip



Then279nquestionsninnthisnchapter’sntestnbanknarendividednintonfourntypes.nTrue/Falsenqu
estionsnarenthenleastndemanding.nAsnthentablenbelownshows,ntwo-
thirdsnofnthesenaren“Recollection”nquestions,nandnallnofnthemnfallnwithinnthenlowestnthreenle
velsnofncognitivenreasoningn(“Recollection,”n“Understanding,”nandn“Application”).nMultiple
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choicenquestionsnspannanbroadernrangenofnskillsn(almostnhalfnaren“Recollection”nquestion
snandnthenremaindernarendividednamongnthenthreenhighernlevels).nShort-
answernquestionsnalsonspannanbroadnrangenofnskillsn(fromn“Understanding”nton“Analysis”
).nFinally,nessaynquestionsnarenthenmostndemandingnbecausentheynrequirenanalysisnandn
othernhighernlevelsnofncognitivenreasoning.



TypesnofnQuestions



True/False MultiplenChoic ShortnAnswer Essay TotalnQs
e

Recollection 60n(70%) 71n(49%) 6n(19%) 0 137

Understanding 19n(22%) 22n(15%) 9n(28%) 0 50

Application 7n(8%) 30n(20%) 5n(16%) 3n(20%) 45

Analysis 0 23n(16%) 12n(38%) 12n(80%) 47

86 146 32 15 279


Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
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TRUE/FALSEnQUESTIONS

1. MostnpeopleninnthenUnitednStatesnmarrynpartnersnwhosenracialnandnethnicnidentityndiffersnfromntheirn
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own.
Answer:nFalse
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshapesnournindividua
lnlives.
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectivenD
ifficultynLevel:nEasy
SkillnLevel:nRecollection
2. Accordingntonsociologists,nhumannbehaviornreflectsnournpersonaln―freenwill.‖

, Answer:nFalse
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshapesnournindividua
lnlives.
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectivenD
ifficultynLevel:nEasy
SkillnLevel:nRecollection
3. Sociologynisndefinednasnthensystematicnstudynofnhumannsociety.n
Answer:nTrue
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshapesnournindividua
lnlives.
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectivenD
ifficultynLevel:nEasy
SkillnLevel:nRecollection
4. Sociologistsnfocusnonlynonnunusualnpatternsnofnbehavior.n
Answer:nFalse
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshapesnournindividua
lnlives.
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectivenD
ifficultynLevel:nEasy
SkillnLevel:nRecollection
5. Usingnthensociologicalnperspective,nwenwouldnconcludenthatnpeople‘snlivesnarenmostlynanresultnofn
whatnthey,nasnindividuals,ndecidentondo.
Answer:nFalse
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshapesnournindividua
lnlives.
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectivenD
ifficultynLevel:nModerate
SkillnLevel:nApplication
6. Onnaverage,ncollegenstudentsninnthenU.S.ncomenfromnfamiliesnwithnabove-
averagenincomes.nAnswer:nTrue
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshapesnournindividua
lnlives.
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspectivenD
ifficultynLevel:nEasy
SkillnLevel:nRecollection
7. EmilenDurkheimnprovidednevidencenthatncategoriesnofnpeoplenwithnweakernsocialntiesnhavenlowern
suicidenratesnthannpeoplenwithnstrongernsocialnties.
Answer:nFalse
LearningnObjective:nLOn1.1:nApplynthensociologicalnperspectiventonshownhownsocietynshapesnournindividua
lnlives.
Topic:nThenSociologicalnPerspective