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Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
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Fifteenth Edition K




James M. Henslin
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,Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective K K K K




Multiple-Choice Questions K




TB_Q1.1.1
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The K perspective stresses the social contexts in which people live, and includes K K K K K K K K K K




people‘s ideas, attitudes, and orientations to life.
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a. personological
b. sociological
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d. ethnocentric

Answer: b. sociological K K




Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain whyboth history and biography are essential for the
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sociological perspective.
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Topic/Concept: The Sociological Perspective K K K




Difficulty Level: Easy
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Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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TB_Q1.1.2
A group of people who share a culture and a territory is known as a(n)
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a. global group K




b. extended family group K K




c. society
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Answer: c. society K K




Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain whyboth history and biography are essential for the
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sociological perspective.
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Topic/Concept: The Sociological Perspective K K K




Difficulty Level: Easy
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Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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TB_Q1.1.3
The corners in life that people occupy because of their location in history and society are referred to
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by sociologists as
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a. social location K




b. social affiliation K




c. social structures K




d. intersections

Answer: a. social location
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Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain whyboth history and biography are essential for the
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sociological perspective.
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Topic/Concept: The Sociological Perspective K K K




Difficulty Level: Moderate
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,Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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TB_Q1.1.4
Sociologists are interested in examining both K K K K K K and K considerations related to
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people‘s current reality of living conditions.
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a. physiological; anthropological K




b. global; local K




c. actual; imaginary K




d. psychodynamic; genetic K




Answer: b. global; local
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Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain whyboth history and biography are essential for the
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sociological perspective.
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Topic/Concept: The Sociological Perspective K K K




Difficulty Level: Moderate
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Skill Level: ApplyWhat You Know
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TB_Q1.2.5
is the study of society and human behavior.K K K K K K K




a. Natural science K




b. Science
c. Psychology
d. Sociology

Answer: d. Sociology
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Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Know the focus of each social science.
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Topic/Concept: Sociology and the Other Sciences
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Difficulty Level: Easy K K




Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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TB_Q1.2.6
Human relationships typically are examined by
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a. the social sciences
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b. natural science K




c. all sciences
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d. mathematics

Answer: a. the social sciences
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Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Know the focus of each social science.
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Topic/Concept: Sociology and the Other Sciences
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Difficulty Level: Moderate K K




Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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TB_Q1.2.7

, The social science closely related to sociology, which traditionally focuses on researching tribal
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peoples, is
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a. economics
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c. psychology
d. anthropology

Answer: d. anthropology
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Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Know the focus of each social science.
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Topic/Concept: Sociology and the Other Sciences
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Difficulty Level: Moderate K K




Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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TB_Q1.2.8
Rico was home from his first year in college as an undeclared major, and was talking with his
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friends. ―Of the courses I‘ve taken so far, I reallylike the social sciences. I‘m reallyinterested in
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politics and government, but I‘m also really interested in how those forces play out in a social and
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cultural context, and how that sociocultural context in turn affects people‘s behavior.‖
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―Well,‖ replied his friend Jolie, ―it sounds to me as though you should double major in:
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a. political science and sociology.‖
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b. anthropology and psychology.‖ K K




c. psychology and criminology.‖ K K




d. economics and social work.‖ K K K




Answer: a. political science and sociology.‖
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Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Know the focus of each social science.
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Topic/Concept: Sociology and the Other Sciences
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Difficulty Level: Moderate K K




Skill Level: ApplyWhat You Know
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TB_Q1.2.9
Compared to the others, which of these social sciences concentrates on a single social
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institution?
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a. Economics
b. Anthropology
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Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Know the focus of each social science.
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Topic/Concept: Sociology and the Other Sciences
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Difficulty Level: Difficult K K




Skill Level: Analyze It
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TB_Q1.2.10