TEST BANK FOR Sociology: A Global Perspective (8th Edition) by Joan Ferrante (Author) (All chapters covered) (Complete Guide) (Graded A+)

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The Sociological Imagination ss ss




Multiple-Choice Questions ss




1. Sociology is the scientific study of
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a. human activity in society.
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b. mental processes.
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c. people.
d. multiple personalities.
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ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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2. From a sociological point of view, a
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death that make up a person’s life.
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a. social fact ss




b. sociological imagination ss



c. biography
d. autobiography


ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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3. Emile Durkheim defined social facts as
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a. census statistics. ss



b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual.
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c. fundamentally psychological. ss



d. things we know to be true. ss ss ss ss ss




ANS: B SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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,4. Only when peopless do they come to know the power of social facts.
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a. grow older ss



b. cooperate
c. comply
d. rebel against the established ways of doing things ss ss ss ss ss ss ss




ANS: Dss SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal currency, but
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it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim was writing about
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a. mechanical solidarity. ss



b. social relativity. ss



c. social facts. ss



d. social interaction. ss




ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these rules and
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successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight against them.” This
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statement is a reference to
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a. mechanical solidarity. ss



b. social relativity. ss



c. social facts. ss



d. social interaction. ss




ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price. On a personal level, this
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price was my mother’s hostility. On a public level, the price is dealing with the stares
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of strangers.” This statement illustrates
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a. mechanical solidarity. ss



b. social relativity. ss



c. the power of social facts. ss ss ss ss



d. the idea of double consciousness. ss ss ss ss




ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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, 8. A woman writes, “I can’t be anything but what my skin color tells people I am. I am
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black because I look black. It does not matter that my family has a complicated
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biological heritage.” She is writing about the power of
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a. social facts. ss



b. troubles.
c. the sociological imagination.
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d. rationalization.


ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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