Test Bank for Kimmel and Aronson Sociology Now The Essentials prepared by Elizabeth Pare

, 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

, Chapter1 What Is Sociology?
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1.1 Multiple Choice nb




1) Sociology is best described as nb nb nb nb




A) The study of personalities nb nb nb




B) The study of human behavior in society nb nb nb nb nb nb




C) The study of human genetics nb nb nb nb




D) The study of common sense nb nb nb nb nb




Answer: B n b




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Skill: Knowledge
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2) Which sociologist wrote of the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ?
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A) C. Wright Mills nb B) Karl Marx nb nb nb




C) Alexis de Tocqueville
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D) Auguste Comte
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Answer: A n b




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Skill: Knowledge
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3) What does the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ classify our lives as?
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A) Conflicted lives B) Contrasting lives nb nb nb




C) Contextual lives
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Answer: C n b




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5 Skill: Comprehension
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4) What type of science is sociology?
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A) Physical B) Hard nb C) Soft nb




D) Social Answer: D
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Skill: Knowledge
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5) Sociology uses which of the following as part of its scientific approach to interpret social
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behavior?
A) Bias B) Systematic observations nb nb




C) Simple common sense
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D) Preconceptions
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bAnswer: B n b




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Skill: Comprehension
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6) What was an outcome of the ȈEnlightenmentȈ?
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A) Use of reason to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
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B) Use of faith alone to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
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C) A rejection of the rationalist approach.
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D) An embrace of the divine authority of the monarchy.
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Answer: A n b




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