Test Bank for Kimmel and Aronson Sociology Now The Essentials

, Test Bank
for


Kimmel and Aronson




Sociology Now
The Essentials

prepared by


Elizabeth Pare
Wayne State University




Boston New York San Francisco
Mexico City Montreal Toronto London Madrid Munich Paris
Hong Kong Singapore Tokyo Cape Town Sydney

,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?
s s s




1.1 Multiple Choice
s




1) Sociology s is s best s described s as
A) The sstudy sof s personalities
B) The s study s of s human s behavior s in s society
C) The s study s of s human s genetics
D) The s study s of s common s sense
Answer: s B
Diff: s1 Page sRef: s5
sSkill: s Knowledge




2) Which s sociologist s wrote s of s the s Ȉsociological s imaginationȈ?
A) C. sWright s Mills B) s Karl sMarx
C) s Alexis sde sTocqueville D) s Auguste s Comte
Answer: s A
Diff: s1 Page sRef: s4
sSkill: s Knowledge




3) What s does s the s Ȉsociological s imaginationȈ s classify s our s lives s as?
A) Conflicted s lives B) s Contrasting s lives
C) s Contextual s lives D) s Convoluted s lives
Answer: s C
Diff: s2 Page sRef: s4-5
sSkill: s Comprehension




4) What stype s of s science sis s sociology?
A) Physical B) s Hard C) s Soft D) s Social
Answer: s D
Diff: s1 Page sRef: s8
sSkill: s Knowledge




5) Sociology suses swhich sof sthe sfollowing sas spart sof sits sscientific sapproach sto sinterpret ssocial
sbehavior?


A) Bias B) s Systematic s observations
C) s Simple s common s sense D) s Preconceptions
Answer: s B
Diff: s2 Page sRef: s9
sSkill: s Comprehension




6) What swas san s outcome sof s the s ȈEnlightenmentȈ?
A) Use s of s reason s to s understand s the s relationship s of s the s individual s and s society.
B) Use s of s faith s alone s to s understand s the s relationship s of s the s individual s and s society.
C) A s rejection s of s the s rationalist s approach.
D) An s embrace s of s the s divine s authority s of s the s monarchy.
Answer: s A
Diff: s3 Page sRef: s12
sSkill: s Analysis




1