Test Bank
For
Social Problems: A Down-to-Earth
Approach
14th Edition
James M. Henslin, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
, CONTENTS
Chapter 1 How Sociologists View Social Problems: The Abortion Dilemma 1
Chapter 2 Interpreting Social Problems: Aging 15
Chapter 3 Social Problems Related to Sexual Behavior 30
Chapter 4 Alcohol and Other Drugs 44
Chapter 5 Violence in Society: Rape and Murder 57
Chapter 6 Crime and Criminal Justice 70
Chapter 7 Economic Problems: Poverty and Wealth 84
Chapter 8 Racial–Ethnic Relations 98
Chapter 9 Inequalities of Gender and Sexual Orientation 113
Chapter 10 Medical Care: Physical and Mental Illness 126
Chapter 11 The Changing Family 139
Chapter 12 Urbanization and Population 153
Chapter 13 The Environmental Crisis 167
Chapter 14 War, Terrorism, and the Balance of Power 180
,Chapter 01: How Sociologists View Social Problems: The Abortion Dilemma
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The term sociological imagination was coined by sociologist __________.
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Max Weber
C) Karl Marx
D) C. Wright Mills
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-01
Topic: The Sociological Imagination
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Understand the sociological imagination [sociological perspective] and explain the
difference between a personal and a social problem.
Answer: D) C. Wright Mills
2. The sociological imagination is also called __________.
A) reinforcement theory
B) common sense
C) historical and biographical analysis
D) the sociological perspective
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-02
Topic: The Sociological Imagination
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Understand the sociological imagination [sociological perspective] and explain the
difference between a personal and a social problem.
, Answer: D) the sociological perspective
3. When researchers focus on historical and current events such as war and peace, economic
booms and busts, and depression and prosperity, they are examining a(n) __________.
A) broad social context
B) narrow social context
C) intimate social context
D) close social context
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Topic: The Sociological Imagination
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.1 Understand the sociological imagination [sociological perspective] and explain the
difference between a personal and a social problem.
Answer: A) broad social context
4. Professor Fuentes encourages her students to look at people's actions and attitudes in the
context of the social forces that shape them. As such, she wants her students to use __________.
A) the sociological imagination
B) reinforcement theory
C) common sense
D) historical and biographical analysis
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-04
Topic: The Sociological Imagination
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.1 Understand the sociological imagination [sociological perspective] and explain the
difference between a personal and a social problem.
Answer: A) the sociological imagination
For
Social Problems: A Down-to-Earth
Approach
14th Edition
James M. Henslin, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
, CONTENTS
Chapter 1 How Sociologists View Social Problems: The Abortion Dilemma 1
Chapter 2 Interpreting Social Problems: Aging 15
Chapter 3 Social Problems Related to Sexual Behavior 30
Chapter 4 Alcohol and Other Drugs 44
Chapter 5 Violence in Society: Rape and Murder 57
Chapter 6 Crime and Criminal Justice 70
Chapter 7 Economic Problems: Poverty and Wealth 84
Chapter 8 Racial–Ethnic Relations 98
Chapter 9 Inequalities of Gender and Sexual Orientation 113
Chapter 10 Medical Care: Physical and Mental Illness 126
Chapter 11 The Changing Family 139
Chapter 12 Urbanization and Population 153
Chapter 13 The Environmental Crisis 167
Chapter 14 War, Terrorism, and the Balance of Power 180
,Chapter 01: How Sociologists View Social Problems: The Abortion Dilemma
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The term sociological imagination was coined by sociologist __________.
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Max Weber
C) Karl Marx
D) C. Wright Mills
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-01
Topic: The Sociological Imagination
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Understand the sociological imagination [sociological perspective] and explain the
difference between a personal and a social problem.
Answer: D) C. Wright Mills
2. The sociological imagination is also called __________.
A) reinforcement theory
B) common sense
C) historical and biographical analysis
D) the sociological perspective
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-02
Topic: The Sociological Imagination
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Understand the sociological imagination [sociological perspective] and explain the
difference between a personal and a social problem.
, Answer: D) the sociological perspective
3. When researchers focus on historical and current events such as war and peace, economic
booms and busts, and depression and prosperity, they are examining a(n) __________.
A) broad social context
B) narrow social context
C) intimate social context
D) close social context
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Topic: The Sociological Imagination
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.1 Understand the sociological imagination [sociological perspective] and explain the
difference between a personal and a social problem.
Answer: A) broad social context
4. Professor Fuentes encourages her students to look at people's actions and attitudes in the
context of the social forces that shape them. As such, she wants her students to use __________.
A) the sociological imagination
B) reinforcement theory
C) common sense
D) historical and biographical analysis
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-04
Topic: The Sociological Imagination
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.1 Understand the sociological imagination [sociological perspective] and explain the
difference between a personal and a social problem.
Answer: A) the sociological imagination
