SOCIAL PROBLEMS QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS BY EXPERTS
w When researchers focus on how the relationships we share with a family, friends, and coworkers shape
our lives, they are examining a:
a) Broad social context
b) Narrow social context
c) Intimate social context
d) All of the above - c) Intimate social context
When Michael considers how his race, age, marital status, and income compares to that of other
Americans, he is considering his:
a) Personal troubles
b) Common sense
c) Social problems
d) Social location - d) Social location
Whether or not marijuana is legal, who obtains it and under what circumstances it is obtained are
examples of the ________ associated with a social problem.
a) Objective condtions
b) Subjective conditions
c) Social solutions
d) Moral dilemmas - a) Objective conditions
Which of the following Supreme Court rulings legalized abortion in the U.S.?
a) Webster vs. Reproductive Services
b) Roe vs. Wade
c) Casey vs. Planned Parenthood
d) Brown vs. the Board of Education - b) Roe vs. Wade
Which of the following explains why sons are preferred to daughters in India?
a) A son can continue the family name
b) A son can take care of aged parents
c) A son can perform funeral rights
, d) All of the above - d) All of the above
The teenagers who participate in a weekly bible-study class believe that abortion is bad. Their shared
belief is an example of a(n):
a) Value
b) Social problem
c) Personal trouble
d) Experiment - a) Value
When Joan Hayes argued that the abortion issue was about the right of pregnant women to choose
whether or not to have a baby, this represent which stage of the natural development of social
problems?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth - a) First
When pro-abortion groups started to promote the development of abortion clinics around the country,
this reflected which stage of the natural development of social problems?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth - c) Third
Antiabortionists who forward e-mails to their friends, run newspaper ads, and post blogs are known as:
a) Radicals
b) Feminists
c) Conservatives
d) Moderates - d) Moderates
Ami wants to gain in-depth information about how women experience abortion. Ami should use:
a) Field studies
b) Case studies
c) Experiments
d) Surveys - b) Case studies
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS BY EXPERTS
w When researchers focus on how the relationships we share with a family, friends, and coworkers shape
our lives, they are examining a:
a) Broad social context
b) Narrow social context
c) Intimate social context
d) All of the above - c) Intimate social context
When Michael considers how his race, age, marital status, and income compares to that of other
Americans, he is considering his:
a) Personal troubles
b) Common sense
c) Social problems
d) Social location - d) Social location
Whether or not marijuana is legal, who obtains it and under what circumstances it is obtained are
examples of the ________ associated with a social problem.
a) Objective condtions
b) Subjective conditions
c) Social solutions
d) Moral dilemmas - a) Objective conditions
Which of the following Supreme Court rulings legalized abortion in the U.S.?
a) Webster vs. Reproductive Services
b) Roe vs. Wade
c) Casey vs. Planned Parenthood
d) Brown vs. the Board of Education - b) Roe vs. Wade
Which of the following explains why sons are preferred to daughters in India?
a) A son can continue the family name
b) A son can take care of aged parents
c) A son can perform funeral rights
, d) All of the above - d) All of the above
The teenagers who participate in a weekly bible-study class believe that abortion is bad. Their shared
belief is an example of a(n):
a) Value
b) Social problem
c) Personal trouble
d) Experiment - a) Value
When Joan Hayes argued that the abortion issue was about the right of pregnant women to choose
whether or not to have a baby, this represent which stage of the natural development of social
problems?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth - a) First
When pro-abortion groups started to promote the development of abortion clinics around the country,
this reflected which stage of the natural development of social problems?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth - c) Third
Antiabortionists who forward e-mails to their friends, run newspaper ads, and post blogs are known as:
a) Radicals
b) Feminists
c) Conservatives
d) Moderates - d) Moderates
Ami wants to gain in-depth information about how women experience abortion. Ami should use:
a) Field studies
b) Case studies
c) Experiments
d) Surveys - b) Case studies
