TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH EDITION BY FERRANTE

Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material




TEST BANK FOR
SOCIOLOGY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 8TH EDITION
BY FERRANTE




Downloaded by: Ariah |
Distribution of this document is illegal

, Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material




Chapter 1
The Sociological Imagination


Multiple-Choice Questions


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


1
All information provided for reference only
aJoin us on Facebook.com/thetopgrades


Downloaded by: Ariah |
Distribution of this document is illegal

, Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material




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


Durkheim owrote, o“Even owhen, oin ofact, oI ocan ostruggle ofree ofrom othese orules
oand osuccessfully obreak othem, oit ois onever owithout obeing oforced oto ofight
oagainst othem.” oThisostatement ois oa oreference oto
e. mechanical osolidarity.
f. social orelativity.
g. social ofacts.
h. social ointeraction.


ANS: oC o SEC: oThe oSociological oImagination TYP: oapplication


6. “Because oI orefuse oto oshave ounder omy oarms, oI ohave oto opay oa oprice. oOn oa opersonal
olevel, othisoprice owas omy omother’s ohostility. oOn oa opublic olevel, othe oprice ois
odealing owith othe ostares oof ostrangers.” oThis ostatement oillustrates
a. mechanical osolidarity.
b. social orelativity.
c. the opower oof osocial ofacts.
d. the oidea oof odouble oconsciousness.


ANS: oC o SEC: oThe oSociological oImagination TYP: oapplication


2
All information provided for reference only
aJoin us on Facebook.com/thetopgrades


Downloaded by: Ariah |
Distribution of this document is illegal

, Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material




7. A owoman owrites, o“I ocan’t obe oanything obut owhat omy oskin ocolor otells opeople oI
oam. oI oamoblack obecause oI olook oblack. oIt odoes onot omatter othat omy ofamily
ohas oa ocomplicated obiological oheritage.” oShe ois owriting oabout othe opower oof
a. social ofacts.
b. troubles.
c. the osociological oimagination.
d. rationalization.


ANS: oA oSEC: oThe oSociological oImagination TYP: oapplication SOURCE: ostudy oguide




3
All information provided for reference only
aJoin us on Facebook.com/thetopgrades


Downloaded by: Ariah |
Distribution of this document is illegal