Test Bank For Social Problems A Down-to-Earth Approach 18th Edition All Chapters

,Chapterg01g–gApproachesgtogthegStudygofgSocialgProblems

Multiple-ChoicegQuestions

1. Aggroupgisgsaidgtogbeganginfluentialggroupgifgitghasg .
a. aglargegnumbergofgmembers
b. agsignificantgimpactgongpublicgdebategandgsocialgpolicy
c. existedgforgmoregthang5gyears
d. advocatedgforgissuesgthatgaffectgaglargegnumbergofgpeopl

egAnswer:gb

QuestiongTitle:gTB_01_01gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?,gUnderstand,gLOg1.1
LearninggObjective:g1.1gDefinegwhengagconditiongisgandgisgnotgagsocialgproblem,gidentifygthegsocialgconte
xtgofgsocialgproblems,gandgexplaingwhatgsociologicalgimaginationgis.
Topic:gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?gS
killgLevel:gUnderstandgthegConceptsg
Difficulty:g2–Moderate

2. Personalgtroublesgbecomegpublicgissuesgonlygwheng .
a. anginfluentialggroupgsogdefinesgthem
b. itghasgbeengaffectinggagfamilygforgaglonggtime
c. agsocialgconditionghasgcausedgit
d. theygrequiregeconomicgsupportgtogbegresolve

dgAnswer:ga

QuestiongTitle:gTB_01_02gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?,gUnderstand,gLOg1.1
LearninggObjective:g1.1gDefinegwhengagconditiongisgandgisgnotgagsocialgproblem,gidentifygthegsocialgconte
xtgofgsocialgproblems,gandgexplaingwhatgsociologicalgimaginationgis.
Topic:gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?gS
killgLevel:gUnderstandgthegConceptsg
Difficulty:g1–Easy

3. aregpeople’sgideasgaboutgwhatgisggoodgorgbad,grightgorgwrong.
a. Norms
b. Rules
c. Hypotheses
d. Valuesg

Answer:gd

QuestiongTitle:gTB_01_03gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?,gRemember,gLOg1.1

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,LearninggObjective:g1.1gDefinegwhengagconditiongisgandgisgnotgagsocialgproblem,gidentifygthegsocialgconte
xtgofgsocialgproblems,gandgexplaingwhatgsociologicalgimaginationgis.
Topic:gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?gSk
illgLevel:gRemembergthegFactsgDiffi
culty:g1–Easy

4. Agsocialgconditiongisgconsideredgtogbegagsocialgproblemgifgitg .
a. threatensgaggroup’sgvalues
b. cannotgbegremediedgbygsocialgaction
c. posesgagthreatgtogangindividual’sgvaluesgandgbeliefs
d. affectsgagsmallgnumbergofgpeopl

egAnswer:ga

QuestiongTitle:gTB_01_04gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?,gUnderstand,gLOg1.1
LearninggObjective:g1.1gDefinegwhengagconditiongisgandgisgnotgagsocialgproblem,gidentifygthegsocialgconte
xtgofgsocialgproblems,gandgexplaingwhatgsociologicalgimaginationgis.
Topic:gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?gS
killgLevel:gUnderstandgthegConceptsg
Difficulty:g1–Easy

5. aregrulesgofgconductgthatgguidegpeople’sgbehavior.
a. Norms
b. Values
c. Causalities
d. Hypotheses

gAnswer:ga



QuestiongTitle:gTB_01_05gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?,gRemember,gLOg1.1
LearninggObjective:g1.1gDefinegwhengagconditiongisgandgisgnotgagsocialgproblem,gidentifygthegsocialgconte
xtgofgsocialgproblems,gandgexplaingwhatgsociologicalgimaginationgis.
Topic:gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?gSk
illgLevel:gRemembergthegFactsgDiffi
culty:g1–Easy

6. Whatgisgthegdifferencegbetweengthegwaygingwhichglaypeoplegandgsociologistsgviewgdeviantgbehaviors?
a. Sociologistsgviewgbehaviorsgorgcharacteristicsgasgbeinggdeviant,gwhileglaypeoplegconsidergagbehaviorg
togbegdeviantgonlygwhengsomeggroupgsogdefinesgit.
b. Sociologistsgviewgdeviancegasgrelative,gwhileglaypeoplegviewgdeviancegingangabsolutegwayg
bygcomparinggitgwithgsomegfixedgstandards.
c. Sociologistsgconsidergdeviancegtogbegaghealthyggroupgcharacteristic,gwhileglaypeoplegdislikega
ndgreproachgdeviance.

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, d. Sociologistsgsuggestgthatgdeviantgbehaviorsgareguniversal,gwhileglaypeopleginsistgthatgdeviancegcang
begunderstoodgonlygwithingthegcontextgofgthegnormsgandgvaluesgofgagparticulargculture.

Answer:gb

QuestiongTitle:gTB_01_06gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?,gAnalyze,gLOg1.1
LearninggObjective:g1.1gDefinegwhengagconditiongisgandgisgnotgagsocialgproblem,gidentifygthegsocialgconte
xtgofgsocialgproblems,gandgexplaingwhatgsociologicalgimaginationgis.
Topic:gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem
?gSkillgLevel:gAnalyzegItg Diffic
ulty:g3–Difficult

7. Somegcollegegstudentsghavegjoinedgtogethergtogformgagrockgband.gThisgbandgconsistsgofgpeoplegwhogha
vegsimilarginterestsgandgagpassiongforgrockgmusic.gThisggroupgisgangexamplegofga(n)g .
a. subculture
b. interestggroup
c. anomie
d. ethnicggroup

gAnswer:ga



QuestiongTitle:gTB_01_07gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?,gApply,gLOg1.1
LearninggObjective:g1.1gDefinegwhengagconditiongisgandgisgnotgagsocialgproblem,gidentifygthegsocialgconte
xtgofgsocialgproblems,gandgexplaingwhatgsociologicalgimaginationgis.
Topic:gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?gS
killgLevel:gApplygWhatgYougKnowg
Difficulty:g2–Moderate

8. AgmajoritygofgthegpeoplegingthegstategofgTrecovagvalueghardgworkgandgindustriousness.gTheygregardg
welfaregschemesgwithgdisdaingandgopposegtheirgexistence.gHowever,gthesegschemesgaregwelcomedgbygth
egpoorgandgdisadvantagedgpeoplegwhogaregnotgcapablegofgdoinggmuchglabor.gThisgdifferenceginginterestg
createsgagclashgbetweengthegtwoggroupsgandgbecomesgagsocialgproblem.gThisgsocialgproblemghasgdevelop
edgbecausegofg .
a. deviationgfromgnorms
b. misusegofgpower
c. influentialginterestggroups
d. differencesgbetweengsubculture

sgAnswer:gd

QuestiongTitle:gTB_01_08gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?,gApply,gLOg1.1
LearninggObjective:g1.1gDefinegwhengagconditiongisgandgisgnotgagsocialgproblem,gidentifygthegsocialgconte
xtgofgsocialgproblems,gandgexplaingwhatgsociologicalgimaginationgis.
Topic:gWhatgIsgagSocialgProblem?
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