Instructor's Manual For Social Problems 9th Edition By John J. Macionis Henslin (All Chapters, 100 Original Verified, A+ Grade)

,Chapterl01l–lApproachesltolthelStudyloflSociallProblems

Multiple-ChoicelQuestions

1. Algrouplislsaidltolbelanlinfluentiallgroupliflitlhasl .
a. allargelnumberloflmembers
b. alsignificantlimpactlonlpublicldebatelandlsociallpolicy
c. existedlforlmorelthanl5lyears
d. advocatedlforlissueslthatlaffectlallargelnumberloflpeoplelA

nswer:lb

QuestionlTitle:lTB_01_01lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?,lUnderstand,lLOl1.1
LearninglObjective:l1.1lDefinelwhenlalconditionlislandlislnotlalsociallproblem,lidentifylthelsociallcontextloflso
ciallproblems,landlexplainlwhatlsociologicallimaginationlis.
Topic:lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?lSkilll
Level:lUnderstandlthelConceptslDiffic
ulty:l2–Moderate

2. Personalltroubleslbecomelpubliclissueslonlylwhenl .
a. anlinfluentiallgrouplsoldefineslthem
b. itlhaslbeenlaffectinglalfamilylforlallongltime
c. alsociallconditionlhaslcausedlit
d. theylrequireleconomiclsupportltolbelresolvedlA

nswer:la

QuestionlTitle:lTB_01_02lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?,lUnderstand,lLOl1.1
LearninglObjective:l1.1lDefinelwhenlalconditionlislandlislnotlalsociallproblem,lidentifylthelsociallcontextloflso
ciallproblems,landlexplainlwhatlsociologicallimaginationlis.
Topic:lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?lSkilll
Level:lUnderstandlthelConceptslDiffic
ulty:l1–Easy

3. arelpeople’slideaslaboutlwhatlislgoodlorlbad,lrightlorlwrong.
a. Norms
b. Rules
c. Hypotheses
d. Valuesl

Answer:ld

QuestionlTitle:lTB_01_03lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?,lRemember,lLOl1.1

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,LearninglObjective:l1.1lDefinelwhenlalconditionlislandlislnotlalsociallproblem,lidentifylthelsociallcontextloflso
ciallproblems,landlexplainlwhatlsociologicallimaginationlis.
Topic:lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?lSkilll
Level:lRememberlthelFactslDifficulty:
l1–Easy




4. Alsociallconditionlislconsideredltolbelalsociallproblemliflitl .
a. threatenslalgroup’slvalues
b. cannotlbelremediedlbylsociallaction
c. poseslalthreatltolanlindividual’slvalueslandlbeliefs
d. affectslalsmalllnumberloflpeoplel

Answer:la

QuestionlTitle:lTB_01_04lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?,lUnderstand,lLOl1.1
LearninglObjective:l1.1lDefinelwhenlalconditionlislandlislnotlalsociallproblem,lidentifylthelsociallcontextloflso
ciallproblems,landlexplainlwhatlsociologicallimaginationlis.
Topic:lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?lSkilll
Level:lUnderstandlthelConceptslDiffic
ulty:l1–Easy

5. arelrulesloflconductlthatlguidelpeople’slbehavior.
a. Norms
b. Values
c. Causalities
d. Hypotheses

Answer:la
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QuestionlTitle:lTB_01_05lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?,lRemember,lLOl1.1
LearninglObjective:l1.1lDefinelwhenlalconditionlislandlislnotlalsociallproblem,lidentifylthelsociallcontextloflso
ciallproblems,landlexplainlwhatlsociologicallimaginationlis.
Topic:lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?lSkilll
Level:lRememberlthelFactslDifficulty:
l1–Easy




6. Whatlisltheldifferencelbetweenlthelwaylinlwhichllaypeoplelandlsociologistslviewldeviantlbehaviors?
a. Sociologistslviewlbehaviorslorlcharacteristicslaslbeingldeviant,lwhilellaypeoplelconsiderlalbehaviorltolbeld
eviantlonlylwhenlsomelgrouplsoldefineslit.
b. Sociologistslviewldeviancelaslrelative,lwhilellaypeoplelviewldeviancelinlanlabsolutelwaylbylco
mparinglitlwithlsomelfixedlstandards.
c. Sociologistslconsiderldevianceltolbelalhealthylgrouplcharacteristic,lwhilellaypeopleldislikelandlrep
roachldeviance.

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, d. Sociologistslsuggestlthatldeviantlbehaviorslareluniversal,lwhilellaypeoplelinsistlthatldeviancelcanlbelund
erstoodlonlylwithinlthelcontextloflthelnormslandlvaluesloflalparticularlculture.

Answer:lb

QuestionlTitle:lTB_01_06lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?,lAnalyze,lLOl1.1
LearninglObjective:l1.1lDefinelwhenlalconditionlislandlislnotlalsociallproblem,lidentifylthelsociallcontextloflso
ciallproblems,landlexplainlwhatlsociologicallimaginationlis.
Topic:lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?lS
killlLevel:lAnalyzelItl Difficulty:l3
–Difficult

7. Somelcollegelstudentslhaveljoinedltogetherltolformlalrocklband.lThislbandlconsistsloflpeoplelwholhavelsimil
arlinterestslandlalpassionlforlrocklmusic.lThislgrouplislanlexamplelofla(n)l .
a. subculture
b. interestlgroup
c. anomie
d. ethniclgroupl

Answer:la

QuestionlTitle:lTB_01_07lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?,lApply,lLOl1.1
LearninglObjective:l1.1lDefinelwhenlalconditionlislandlislnotlalsociallproblem,lidentifylthelsociallcontextloflso
ciallproblems,landlexplainlwhatlsociologicallimaginationlis.
Topic:lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?lSkilll
Level:lApplylWhatlYoulKnowlDifficul
ty:l2–Moderate

8. AlmajorityloflthelpeoplelinlthelstateloflTrecovalvaluelhardlworklandlindustriousness.lTheylregardlwelfarels
chemeslwithldisdainlandlopposeltheirlexistence.lHowever,ltheselschemeslarelwelcomedlbylthelpoorlandldisad
vantagedlpeoplelwholarelnotlcapablelofldoinglmuchllabor.lThisldifferencelinlinterestlcreateslalclashlbetweenlt
heltwolgroupslandlbecomeslalsociallproblem.lThislsociallproblemlhasldevelopedlbecauselofl .
a. deviationlfromlnorms
b. misuseloflpower
c. influentiallinterestlgroups
d. differenceslbetweenlsubculturesl

Answer:ld

QuestionlTitle:lTB_01_08lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?,lApply,lLOl1.1
LearninglObjective:l1.1lDefinelwhenlalconditionlislandlislnotlalsociallproblem,lidentifylthelsociallcontextloflso
ciallproblems,landlexplainlwhatlsociologicallimaginationlis.
Topic:lWhatlIslalSociallProblem?

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