Test Bank for Sociology A Global Perspective 8th Edition by Ferrante. Latest edition 2024

TEST BANK: Practice Tests for Ferrante’s Sociology: A Global Perspective, by Joan Ferrante 8th Edition Table of Contents Chapter 1: The Sociological Imagination Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives and Methods of Social Research Chapter 3: Culture Chapter 4 : Socialization Chapter 5 : Social Interaction Chapter 6: Formal Organizations Chapter 7: Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control Chapter 8 : Social Stratification Chapter 9 : Race and Ethnicity Chapter 10: :: Gender Chapter 11 : Economics and Politics Chapter 12 : Family and Aging Chapter 14: Religion Chapter 16: Social Change Chapter 1 The Sociological Imagination Multiple -Choice Questions 1. Sociology is the scientific study of a. human activity in society. b. mental processes. c. people. d. multiple personalities. CORRECT ANSWER: A SEC: The Sociological Imagina tion TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new 2. From a sociological point of view, a is the day-to-day activities from birth to death that make up a person’s life. a. social fact b. sociological imagination c. biography d. autobiography CORRECT ANSWER: C SEC: The Sociological Imaginati on TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new; study guide 3. Emile Durkheim defined social facts as a. census statistics. b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual. c. fundamentally psychological. d. things we know to be true. CORRECT ANSWER: B SEC: The Sociologi cal Imagination TYP: knowledge 4. Only when people do they come to know the power of social facts. a. grow older b. cooperate c. comply d. rebel against the established ways of doing things CORRECT ANSWER: D SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: comprehension 5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal currency, but it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim was writing about a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. social facts. d. social interaction. CORRECT ANSWER: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these rules and successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight against them.” This statement is a reference to a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. social facts. d. social interaction. CORRECT ANSWER: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination TYP: application 7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price. On a personal level, this price was my mother’s hostility. On a public level, the price is dealing with the stares of strangers.” This statement illustrates a. mechanical solidarity. b. social relativity. c. the power of social facts.