Test Bank For Society The Basics, 16th Edition by John J. Macionis

Test Bank For Society The Basics, 16th Edition by John J. Macionis-In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes in Society: The Basics, Sixteenth Edition and increased the number of questions by 50 percent so that this test bank covers all the new material that has been added and better meets your needs. The questions are tagged according to four levels of learning that move from lower-level to higher-level cognitive reasoning. The four levels: Recollection: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material Understanding: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas Application: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new situation Analysis: a question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their interrelationship The 279 questions in this chapter’s test bank are divided into four types. True/False questions are the least demanding. As the table below shows, two-thirds of these are “Recollection” questions, and all of them fall within the lowest three levels of cognitive reasoning (“Recollection,” “Understanding,” and “Application”). Multiple-choice questions span a broader range of skills (almost half are “Recollection” questions and the remainder are divided among the three higher levels). Short-answer questions also span a broad range of skills (from “Understanding” to “Analysis”). Finally, essay questions are the most demanding because they require analysis and other higher levels of cognitive reasoning. Types of Questions True/False Multiple Choice Short Answer Essay Total Qs Recollection 60 (70%) 71 (49%) 6 (19%) 0 137 Understanding 19 (22%) 22 (15%) 9 (28%) 0 50 Application 7 (8%) 30 (20%) 5 (16%) 3 (20%) 45 Analysis 0 23 (16%) 12 (38%) 12 (80%) 47 Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Most people in the United States marry partners whose racial and ethnic identity differs from their own. Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection 2. According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal ―free will.‖ Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection 3. Sociology is defined as the syst