ATI Test Bank for Sociology A Global Perspective 8th Edition by Ferrante (2021), (A Grade), Questions and Answers, All Correct

ATI Test Bank for Sociology A Global Perspective 8th Edition by Ferrante (2021), (A Grade), Questions and Answers, All Correct Study Guide, Download to Score A Chapter 1 The Sociological Imagination Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Marx believed that was the first economic system that could maximize the immense productive potential of human labor and ingenuity. a. capitalism b. socialism c. communism d. democracy ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 2. Durkheim observed that as a society industrialized, a. class conflict increased. b. value-rational action guided behavior. c. the means of production shaped life chances. d. ties that bound individuals to one another changed in profound ways. ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 3. is the author of Suicide. a. Emile Durkheim b. Karl Marx c. W.E.B. DuBois d. Max Weber ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 4. From a sociological perspective, suicide is a. an act of intentionally killing oneself. b. the result of personal disappointment and sorrow. c. self-hatred actualized. d. the severing of relationships. ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge SOURCE: study guide 5. The term describes a state in which ties attaching individuals to others in the society are weak. a. egoistic b. altruistic c. anomic d. fatalistic ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 6. suicide occurs when people kill themselves because they have been cast into a lower status. a. Egoistic b. Altruistic c. Anomic d. Fatalistic ANS: C SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 7. suicide occurs when individuals kill themselves because they see their futures as hopelessly blocked. a. Egoistic b. Altruistic c. Anomic d. Fatalistic ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 8. When people commit suicide, it is on behalf of the group they love more than themselves. a. egoistic b. altruistic c. anomic d. fatalistic ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: applicationSOURCE: study guide 9. When people are cast into a lower status, they must reduce their requirements, restrain their needs, and practice self-control. This situation describes a(n) situation. a. egoistic b. altruistic c. anomic d. fatalistic ANS: C SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 10. During World War II, Japanese pilots committed suicide by flying small planes into targets. This suicide would qualify as a. egoistic. b. altruistic. c. anomic. d. fatalistic. ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 11. A quilt maker may work years creating a one-of-a-kind object from fabrics saved or purchased and then give it to a special person. Weber would classify the quilt maker’s actions as driven by a. rationalization. b. specialization. c. an emotion, such as love, loyalty, or revenge. d. value-rational motives. ANS: C SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 12. Max Weber focused on the Industrial Revolution and its effect on a. the means of production. b. social actions. c. ties that bind individuals to one another. d. the color line. ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 13. Weber maintained that with industrialization, behavior was less likely to be guided by and more likely to be instrumental-rational. a. efficiency or expediency b. subjective meaning c. tradition or emotion d. rational thought ANS: C SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension 14. Max Weber maintained that the sociologist’s task was to focus on a. social facts. b. social action. c. the broad reasons people pursue goals. d. debunking “reality.” ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 15. If an individual pursues a college degree because everyone in his or her family going back five generations is college-educated, the action can be classified as a. traditional. b. affectional. c. value-rational. d. instrumental rational ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: applicationSOURCE: study guide 66. If an individual pursues college for the love and pleasure of learning, the action is a. traditional. b. affectional. c. value-rational. d. instrumental. ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 67. If an individual pursues a college degree taking the easiest classes and paying people to write essays and papers, the action is classified as a. traditional. b. affectional. c. value-rational. d. instrumental rational. ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 68. W.E.B. DuBois coined the phrase a. the “ties that bind people to one another.” b. the “strange meaning of being black.” c. the “means of production.” d. the “course and consequences of social action.” ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge SOURCE: study guide 69. is the sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others and of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. a. The sociological imagination b. A trouble c. An issue d. Double consciousness ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension 70. W.E.B. DuBois described the American Negro as “two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keep its from being torn asunder.” DuBois was describing a. the sociological imagination. b. a trouble. c. an issue. d. double consciousness. ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: application 71. W.E.B. Dubois traced the to the scramble for Africa’s resources, beginning with the slave trade. a. color line b. double consciousness c. troubles d. disenchantment ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 72. DuBois wrote that the world was able “to endure this horrible tragedy by deliberately stopping its ears and changing the subject in conversation.” The tragedy was a. the scramble for Africa’s resources, including the slave trade. b. double consciousness. c. mechanization, which left people without jobs. d. the carnage of World War I and World War II. ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension 73. Which one of the following classical sociologists is credited with founding Hull House? a. Karl Marx b. Jane Addams c. Emile Durkheim d. W.E.B. DuBois ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 74. is first-hand knowledge gained by living and working among those being studied. a. Solidarity b. Social research c. Sympathetic knowledge d. Double consciousness ANS: C SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new; study guide 75. Jane Addams maintained that Hull House a. was overall a failed experiment in social engineering. b. could not address the needs of the working poor. c. Was analogous to a community college. d. was the equivalent of an applied university. ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 76. If scientists discover how to control the aging mechanisms and human life expectancy increases to 150 years, the category of people best able to give insights about the consequence of this change would be a. the early sociologists. b. those born after this discovery is made. c. those who live both before and after the discovery. d. those born a century or more after the discovery. ANS: C SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension 77. Who believed that the sociologist’s task is to study social facts? a. Karl Marx b. Emile Durkheim c. Jane Addams d. W.E.B. DuBois ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge SOURCE: study guide 78. Which sociologist believed that every historical period is characterized by a system of production that gives rise to specific types of confrontation between an exploiting and an exploited class? a. Karl Marx b. Max Weber c. Jane Addams d. W.E.B. DuBois ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 79. Which sociologist maintained that the sociologist’s task is to analyze and explain the course and the consequences of social action? a. Emile Durkheim b. Max Weber c. Jane Addams d. W.E.B. DuBois ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge SOURCE: study guide 80. Which sociologist recommended that “Knowing one another better reinforces the common connection of people such that the potential for caring and empathetic moral actions increase”? a. Karl Marx b. Emile Durkheim c. Max Weber d. Jane Addams ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge SOURCE: new; study guide 81. Who maintained that “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line”? a. Karl Marx b. Max Weber c. Jane Addams d. W.E.B. DuBois ANS: D SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 82. “The workers have nothing to lose but their chains; they have a whole world to gain. Workers of all countries unite.” These famous lines were expressed by a. Karl Marx. b. Emile Durkheim. c. Max Weber. d. W.E.B. DuBois. ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge 83. argued that capitalism has unleashed “wonders far surpassing Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and Gothic cathedrals.” a. Karl Marx b. Max Weber c. Jane Addams d. W.E.B. DuBois ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: knowledge SOURCE: study guide 84. In analyzing the mobile phone, Emile Durkheim would most likely focus on a. the potential of the mobile phone to strengthen and cultivate ties by allowing people to connect 24/7. b. the means of production as it relates to wireless phones. c. the ways in which people embrace or reject mobile phones as a way of achieving goals. d. the ‘scramble’ for the resources needed to produce mobile phones and the ways in which non- European labor is exploited in the process. ANS: A SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 85. In analyzing the mobile phone, Max Weber would most likely focus on a. the potential of the mobile phone to strengthen and cultivate ties by allowing people to connect 24/7. b. the means of production as it relates to wireless phones. c. the ways in which people embrace or reject mobile phones as a way of achieving goals. d. the ‘scramble’ for the resources needed to produce mobile phones and the ways in which non-European labor is exploited in the process. ANS: C SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 86. In analyzing the mobile phone, Karl Marx would most likely focus on a. the potential of the mobile phone to strengthen and cultivate ties by allowing people to connect 24/7. b. the means of production as it relates to wireless phones. c. the ways in which people embrace or reject mobile phones as a way of achieving goals. d. the ‘scramble’ for the resources needed to produce mobile phones and the ways in which non- European labor is exploited in the process. ANS: B SEC: The Industrial Revolution TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 87. Which one of the following assumptions corresponds to a global perspective? a. Social interaction stops at national borders. b. Globalization is a relatively new phenomenon. c. Local events shape the individual biography. d. Globally established social arrangements that we never see deliver products and services. ANS: D SEC : Global Perspective TYP: comprehension 88. The situation in which social activity transcends national borders and in which one country’s problems are part of a larger global situation is known as a. global dependency. b. globalization. c. global interdependence. d. global perspective. ANS: C SEC : Global Perspective TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 89. Which one of the following statements would be most likely to convince an employer of the worth of a sociology degree? a. “I like people, and sociology is about people.” b. “I want to work with people. That is why I majored in sociology.” c. “I didn’t have to take a statistics course.” d. “Among other things, a degree in sociology helps me to identify and project population trends.” ANS: D SEC: Why Study Sociology? TYP: application 90. The distinctiveness of the sociological perspective lies with its focus on a. suicide. b. the individual. c. social forces. d. troubles. ANS: CSEC: Why Study Sociology? TYP: comprehension 91. The sociological perspective offers but which one of the following analytical skills? a. The ability to anticipate intended and unintended consequences of policies, practices, and technologies b. The ability to use the methods of social research to recognize and provide useful information c. The ability to focus on the individual without regard to the social context d. The ability to avoid using superficial knowledge or personal bias as a basis for making decisions and recommendations that affect others. ANS: C SEC: Why Study Sociology? TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 1. Sociology is the scientific study of a. human activity in society. b. mental processes. c. people. d. multiple personalities. ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 2. From a sociological point of view, a is the day-to-day activities from birth to death that make up a person’s life. a. social fact b. sociological imagination c. biography d. autobiography ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new; study guide 3. Emile Durkheim defined social facts as a. census statistics. b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual. c. fundamentally psychological. d. things we know to be true. ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge 4. Only when people do they come to know the power of social facts. a. grow older b. cooperate c. comply d. rebel against the established ways of doing things ANS: D SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension 5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal currency, but it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim was writing about a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. social facts. d. social interaction. ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these rules and successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight against them.” This statement is a reference to a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. social facts. d. social interaction. ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price. On a personal level, this price was my mother’s hostility. On a public level, the price is dealing with the stares of strangers.” This statement illustrates a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. the power of social facts. d. the idea of double consciousness. ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 8. A woman writes, “I can’t be anything but what my skin color tells people I am. I am black because I look black. It does not matter that my family has a complicated biological heritage.” She is writing about the power of a. social facts. b. troubles. c. the sociological imagination. d. rationalization. ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: applicationSOURCE: study guide 9. An American traveling to Ghana, Africa, on business notices that the “men, including the men I was with, hold hands. One day one of the men I was with took my hand as we walked. In order not to offend him, I took his hand in mine.” The American is responding to a(n) a. trouble. b. issue. c. social fact. d. traditional action. ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 10. Sociologists argue that people fall in love a. when they experience a violent, irresistible attraction to another person. b. only once in the course of a lifetime. c. when certain conditions are met. d. with people like themselves. ANS: CSEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension 11. In examining patterns of courtship and marriage, sociologists would emphasize which of the following in shaping a couple’s decision to marry? a. the personalities of the couples b. the importance of love c. personal preferences d. social considerations such as age, sex, race, income, etc. ANS: D SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge SOURCE: new 12. Peter L. Berger equates the sociologist with a. a curious observer who, walking down the neighborhood streets of a large city, is fascinated with what he or she cannot see taking place behind the building walls. b. an Internal Revenue Service auditor. c. a judge giving instructions to a jury. d. a talk show host interviewing guests. ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: knowledge 13. Peter Berger argues that the logic of sociology presupposes a measure of suspicion about the way in which human events are officially interpreted by authorities. This suspicion speaks to , which defines the sociological consciousness. a. solidarity b. the debunking motif c. rationalization d. false consciousness ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension 14. “The fascination of sociology lies in the fact that its perspective makes us see in a new light the very world in which we have lived all our lives.” This vision of sociology can be attributed to a. Peter Berger. b. Emile Durkheim. c. C. Wright Mills. d. W.E.B. DuBois.