Sociology Now: The Essentials – Test Bank by Michael Kimmel & Amy Aronson – Prepared by Elizabeth Pare – Complete Exam Preparation Material

, Test Bank
for


Kimmel and Aronson




Sociology Now
The Essentials

prepared by


Elizabeth Pare
Wayne State University




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,Contents
Chapter 1 What is Sociology? 1
Chapter 2 Culture and Society 16
Chapter 3 Society: Interactions, Groups, and Organizations 30
Chapter 4 How Do We Know What We Know? The Methods
of the Sociologist 44
Chapter 5 Socialization 58
Chapter 6 Deviance and Crime 72
Chapter 7 Stratification and Social Class 87
Chapter 8 Race and Ethnicity 102
Chapter 9 Sex and Gender 120
Chapter 10 Age and Sexuality 136
Chapter 11 The Family 151
Chapter 12 Economy and Work 165
Chapter 13 Politics and Media 179
Chapter 14 Education 193
Chapter 15 Sociology of Environments: The Natural, Physical,
and Human Worlds 207

, Chapter 1 What Is Sociology?
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1.1 Multiple Choice
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1) Sociology p m is p m best p m described p m as
A) The pm study pm of pm personalities
B) The p m study pm of pm human pm behavior pm in pm society
C) The pm study pm of p m human pm genetics
D) The p m study pm of pm common p m sense
Answer: p m B
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2) Which p m sociologist p m wrote p m of p m the p m Ȉsociological p m imaginationȈ?
A) C. pm Wright pm Mills B) p m Karl pm Marx
C) p m Alexis pm de pm Tocqueville D) p m Auguste p m Comte
Answer: p m A
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3) What p m does p m the p m Ȉsociological p m imaginationȈ p m classify p m our p m lives p m as?
A) Conflicted p m lives B) p m Contrasting p m lives
C) p m Contextual p m lives D) p m Convoluted p m lives
Answer: p m C
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4) What pm type pm of pm science pm is pm sociology?
A) Physical B) p m Hard C) p m Soft D) p m Social
Answer: p m D
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5) Sociology pmuses pmwhich pmof pmthe pmfollowing pmas pmpart pmof pmits pmscientific pmapproach pmto
pminterpret pmsocial pmbehavior?


A) Bias B) p m Systematic p m observations
C) p m Simple pm common p m sense D) p m Preconceptions
Answer: p m B
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6) What pm was pm an pm outcome pm of pm the pm ȈEnlightenmentȈ?
A) Use pm of p m reason p m to p m understand p m the p m relationship p m of p m the p m individual p m and p m society.
B) Use pm of p m faith p m alone pm to p m understand pm the pm relationship p m of p m the p m individual pm and p m society.
C) A p m rejection p m of p m the p m rationalist pm approach.
D) An pm embrace pm of pm the p m divine pm authority pm of pm the pm monarchy.
Answer: p m A
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