Test Bank For Essentials of Sociology A Down to Earth Approach, 14th Edition by Jim M. Henslin 2024 Chapter 1-15

Instructor’s Resource Manual
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Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
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Fourteenth Edition r




James M. Henslin
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Prepared by r




Amanda Wyant, North Carolina State University
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, ISBN-10: 0134740084
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ISBN-13: 9780134740089
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,Table of Contents
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Chapter 1 r The Sociological Perspective
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Chapter 2 r Culture 11

Chapter 3 r Socialization 20

Chapter 4 r Social Structure and Social Interaction
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Chapter 5 r How Sociologists Do Research
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Chapter 6 r Societies to Social Networks
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Chapter 7 r Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations r r r 57

Chapter 8 r Deviance and Social Control r r r 65

Chapter 9 r Global Stratification
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Chapter 10 r Social Class in the United States
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Chapter 11 r Sex and Gender
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Chapter 12 r Race and Ethnicity
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Chapter 13 r Aging and the Elderly
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Chapter 14 r The Economy
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Chapter 15 r Politics 135

Chapter 16 r Marriage and Family r r 146

Chapter 17 r Education 158

Chapter 18 r Religion 168

Chapter 19 r Medicine and Health r r 178

Chapter 20 r Population and Urbanization r r 190

Chapter 21 r Collective Behavior and Social Movements
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Chapter 22 r Social Change and the Environment
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, Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective r r r r




Chapter Summary r




This chapter explains what sociology is and how it is similar to and different from other social
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sciences. The sociological perspective focuses on the intersection of biography and history. This
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chapter also discusses the origins of sociology with a focus on European sociologists writing
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about the Industrial Revolution and how sociology came to exist in the United States. The chapter
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explores the contributions and debates of sociologists within the United States, includingthe
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debate between pure sociology and social reform. The author then explains the three main
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perspectives of sociology: symbolic interactionism, functional analysis, and conflict theory. The
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chapter ends with a discussion of the contention between research and social reform and also the
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influence of globalization on the field of sociology and how the author believes these two ideas
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could shape sociology in the future.
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Learning Objectives r




LO 1.1: Explain why both history and biography are essential for the sociological perspective.
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(p. 3)
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LO 1.2: Know the focus of each social science. (p. 5)
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LO 1.3: Trace the origins of sociology, from tradition to Max Weber. (p. 8)
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LO 1.4: Summarize the arguments in the debate about values in sociological research. (p. 13)
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LO 1.5: State what Verstehen is, and why it is valuable. (p. 14)
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LO 1.6: Trace the development of sociology in North America, and explain the tension between
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objective analysis and social reform. (p. 16)
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LO 1.7: Explain the basic ideas of symbolic interactionism, functional analysis, and conflict
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theory. (p. 23)
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LO 1.8: Explain how research versus social reform and globalization are likely to influence
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sociology. (p. 30)
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Chapter Outline r




A. The Sociological Perspective r r


1.1 Explain why both history and biography are essential for the sociological perspective.
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1. This perspective is important because it provides a different way of looking at familiar
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worlds. It allows us to gain a new vision of social life.
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2. The sociological perspective is an approach to understanding human behavior by placing it
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within its broader social context.
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