Test Bank — Sociology in Our Times, 12th
Edition — Diana Kendall — ISBN
9780357368633 — Latest Update 2026/2027
— (All Chapters Covered 1–16)
table of contents.
Part I — Studying Society and Social Life
1. The Sociological Perspective and Research Process
2. Culture
3. Socialization
Part II — Social Groups and Social Control
4. Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life
5. Groups and Organizations
6. Deviance and Crime
Part III — Social Inequality
7. Class and Stratification in the United States
8. Global Stratification
9. Race and Ethnicity
10. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Part IV — Social Institutions
11. Families and Intimate Relationships
12. Education and Religion
13. Politics and the Economy in Global Perspective
14. Health, Health Care, and Disability
Part V — Social Dynamics and Social Change
15. Population and Urbanization
,16. Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change
, Chapter 1
1CHAPTER 1 – THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE AND RESEARCH
PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Knowledge:
Remembering previously 1. Identify Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, and Herbert Spencer, and explain their
learned material unique contributions to early sociology.
2. Identify Robert Park, George H. Mead, and W.E. B. Du Bois and their
contributions to American sociology.
3. Know the six steps in the conventional research process, which focuses on
deduction and quantitative research.
Comprehension:
The ability to grasp the 4. Understand the sociological imagination and explain its significance in
meaning of the material interpreting people's actions.
5. Understand the emerging ideas embedded within postmodernism.
6. Know the ethical concerns in sociological research.
Application:
The ability to use 7. Discuss what C. Wright Mills meant by the sociological imagination and know the
material in new and reasons why using it will help you to better understand the social world.
concrete situations 8. Understand problem formulation in conducting qualitative research.
Analysis: The ability to
break down material into 9. Compare and contrast the field of sociology with other social sciences.
its component parts so 10. Explain industrialization and urbanization as events that contributed to the
that its organizational development of sociological thinking.
structure may be 11. Compare Max Weber’s and Karl Marx's perspectives on society and social conflict.
understood
12. Know the major assumptions of functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic
interactionism and identify the major contributors to each perspective.
13. Know the difference between quantitative and qualitative research and give
examples of each.
Evaluation: The ability
to judge the value of 14. Explain the major types of research methods and indicate their strengths and
material for a given weaknesses.
purpose
MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION
Question 1
Sociology is defined as the __________________________.
A) Systematic study of human society and social interaction
B) Methodological analysis of groups and individuals
C) Scientific analysis of premodern people
D) Academic discipline that examines individual human behavior
Answer: A
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, Question 2
A __________________________ is a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to
the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.
A) Culture
B) Society
C) Nation
D) Country
Answer: B
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Question 3
__________________________ defines a relationship in which the lives of all people are intertwined closely and any one
nation's problems are part of a larger global problem.
A) Societal cohesiveness
B) Universal cooperation
C) Global interdependence
D) International interlock
Answer: C
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Question 4
Environmental problems are an example of __________________________. People throughout the world share the same
biosphere. When environmental degradation, such as removing natural resources or polluting the air and water, takes place
in one region, it may have an adverse effect on people elsewhere.
A) International interlock
B) Universal cooperation
C) Societal cohesiveness
D) Global interdependence
Answer: D
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Question 5
Edition — Diana Kendall — ISBN
9780357368633 — Latest Update 2026/2027
— (All Chapters Covered 1–16)
table of contents.
Part I — Studying Society and Social Life
1. The Sociological Perspective and Research Process
2. Culture
3. Socialization
Part II — Social Groups and Social Control
4. Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life
5. Groups and Organizations
6. Deviance and Crime
Part III — Social Inequality
7. Class and Stratification in the United States
8. Global Stratification
9. Race and Ethnicity
10. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Part IV — Social Institutions
11. Families and Intimate Relationships
12. Education and Religion
13. Politics and the Economy in Global Perspective
14. Health, Health Care, and Disability
Part V — Social Dynamics and Social Change
15. Population and Urbanization
,16. Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change
, Chapter 1
1CHAPTER 1 – THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE AND RESEARCH
PROCESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Knowledge:
Remembering previously 1. Identify Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, and Herbert Spencer, and explain their
learned material unique contributions to early sociology.
2. Identify Robert Park, George H. Mead, and W.E. B. Du Bois and their
contributions to American sociology.
3. Know the six steps in the conventional research process, which focuses on
deduction and quantitative research.
Comprehension:
The ability to grasp the 4. Understand the sociological imagination and explain its significance in
meaning of the material interpreting people's actions.
5. Understand the emerging ideas embedded within postmodernism.
6. Know the ethical concerns in sociological research.
Application:
The ability to use 7. Discuss what C. Wright Mills meant by the sociological imagination and know the
material in new and reasons why using it will help you to better understand the social world.
concrete situations 8. Understand problem formulation in conducting qualitative research.
Analysis: The ability to
break down material into 9. Compare and contrast the field of sociology with other social sciences.
its component parts so 10. Explain industrialization and urbanization as events that contributed to the
that its organizational development of sociological thinking.
structure may be 11. Compare Max Weber’s and Karl Marx's perspectives on society and social conflict.
understood
12. Know the major assumptions of functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic
interactionism and identify the major contributors to each perspective.
13. Know the difference between quantitative and qualitative research and give
examples of each.
Evaluation: The ability
to judge the value of 14. Explain the major types of research methods and indicate their strengths and
material for a given weaknesses.
purpose
MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION
Question 1
Sociology is defined as the __________________________.
A) Systematic study of human society and social interaction
B) Methodological analysis of groups and individuals
C) Scientific analysis of premodern people
D) Academic discipline that examines individual human behavior
Answer: A
Page: 4 | LO: 4
, Question 2
A __________________________ is a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to
the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.
A) Culture
B) Society
C) Nation
D) Country
Answer: B
Page: 4 | LO: 4
Question 3
__________________________ defines a relationship in which the lives of all people are intertwined closely and any one
nation's problems are part of a larger global problem.
A) Societal cohesiveness
B) Universal cooperation
C) Global interdependence
D) International interlock
Answer: C
Page: 4 | LO: 10
Question 4
Environmental problems are an example of __________________________. People throughout the world share the same
biosphere. When environmental degradation, such as removing natural resources or polluting the air and water, takes place
in one region, it may have an adverse effect on people elsewhere.
A) International interlock
B) Universal cooperation
C) Societal cohesiveness
D) Global interdependence
Answer: D
Page: 4 | LO: 10
Question 5
