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Test Bank for SOC, 7e 7th Edition by Nijole V. Benokraiti. 2025 Published and complete chapters (Chap 1 to 16) test bank are included with answers. 1. Thinking Like a Sociologist. 2. Examining Our Social World. 3. Culture. 4. Socialization. 5. Social Interaction and in Everyday Life. 6. Gro...

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Chap 01 SOC7

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. A Sociologist who is applying the principles of Karl Marx focuses on social solidarity and division of labor within
a particular society.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

2. From Durkheim’s perspective, society comprises unrelated, independent parts that contribute
to a stable social order.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
3. Macrosociology examines the patterns of individuals’ social interaction in specific settings.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

4. In his book Suicide, sociologist Emile Durkheim documented that a high suicide rate was
symptomatic of large‑scale social problems.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
5. Durkheim observed that anomie is caused primarily by an absence of social change and a lack of specialized
division of labor in society.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

6. Unlike Herbert Spencer, Auguste Comte supported the idea of the "survival of the fittest," or
the view of society known as social Darwinism.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
7. The sociological imagination challenges the core assumptions of the sociological perspective.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

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Chap 01 SOC7

8. Sociology is subjective, and conventional wisdom is objective.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
9. Microsociology focuses on large-scale patterns and processes that characterize society as a whole.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

10. According to Émile Durkheim, troubles are the result of personal shortcomings.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
11. Sociologists believe that one theoretical perspective is better than another when examining a social problem
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
12. Latent functions of education include teaching students basic literacy and math skills.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

13. Sociologist Emile Durkheim stressed that people are the product of their social environment.
He observed that rapid social change and a more specialized division of labor produce strains
in society, which lead to a breakdown in traditional organization, values, and authority.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True

14. Sociologist Emile Durkheim emphasized that individual acts of suicide provide better
explanations of suicide than do suicide rates.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False




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15. The sociological imagination refers to the ability to view personal problems independently of
the social settings in which the problems occur.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
16. Knowledge gained from microsociological investigations frequently disputes knowledge gained from
macrosociological investigations.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

17. All the major theoretical perspectives in sociology focus on macrolevel analysis, examining
whole societies, large‑scale social structures, and social systems.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
18. Émile Durkheim is known as the father of sociology, and Harriet Martineau may be described as its mother.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
19. A Sociologist utilizing the principles of Emile Durkheim in studying social class would focus on the divisions of
labor between each social class level.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
20. Conflict theorists view societal arrangements as inherently unstable and dysfunctional because they favor some
groups over others.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
21. In regard to negative consequences of industrial society, sociologist Max Weber was more concerned
about the impact of rational bureaucracy than of class struggle.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True


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22. According to Durkheim, social facts can only be explained by other social facts.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
23. The disadvantage of using the symbolic interactionist perspective in analyzing a social problem is its focus on
societal institutions and not the individual.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

24. Weber believed that people’s behavior could only be understood from the objective position
of the outside observer.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

25. Sociologists focus on social change and ignore social stability.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
26. Goffman likened our everyday interactions to theatrical performances.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
27. Psychology is more valuable than Sociology with regards to making informed decision about human behavior.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

28. According to Durkheim, the economic organization of society is the most important influence
on what humans think and how they behave.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False




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