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SOCIOLOGY NOW; THE ESSENTIALS 3RD EDITION
(PEARSON, 2021) BY MICHAEL S. KIMMEL, AMY
ARONSON AND TRISTAN BRIDGES, ISBN NO;
9780137497812, ALL 15 CHAPTERS COVERED
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, Test Bank for Sociology now; The Essentials 3rd Edition (Pearson, 2021) by Michael S. Kimmel,
Amy Aronson and Tristan Bridges, Isbn no; 9780137497812, all 15 Chapters Covered
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 What is Sociology?
Chapter 2 Culture and Society
Chapter 3 Society: Interactions, Groups, and Organizations
Chapter 4 How Do We Know What We Know? The Methods of the Sociologist
Chapter 5 Socialization
Chapter 6 Deviance and Crime
Chapter 7 Stratification and Social Class
Chapter 8 Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 9 Sex and Gender
Chapter 10 Age and Sexuality
Chapter 11 The Family
Chapter 12 Economy and Work
Chapter 13 Politics and Media
Chapter 14 Education
Chapter 15 Sociology of Environments: The Natural, Physical and Human Worlds
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, Test Bank for Sociology now; The Essentials 3rd Edition (Pearson, 2021) by Michael S. Kimmel,
Amy Aronson and Tristan Bridges, Isbn no; 9780137497812, all 15 Chapters Covered
Chapter 1 What Is Sociology?
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) Sociology is best described as
A) The study of personalities
B) The study of human behavior in society
C) The study of human genetics
D) The study of common sense
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5 Skill: Knowledge
2) Which sociologist wrote of the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ?
A) C. Wright Mills B) Karl Marx
C) Alexis de Tocqueville D) Auguste Comte
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Skill: Knowledge
3) What does the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ classify our lives as?
A) Conflicted lives B) Contrasting lives
C) Contextual lives D) Convoluted lives
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4-5 Skill: Comprehension
4) What type of science is sociology?
A) Physical B) Hard C) Soft D) Social
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8 Skill: Knowledge
5) Sociology uses which of the following as part of its scientific approach to interpret social behavior?
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, A) Bias B) Systematic observations
C) Simple common sense D) Preconceptions
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9 Skill: Comprehension
6) What was an outcome of the ȈEnlightenmentȈ?
A) Use of reason to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
B) Use of faith alone to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
C) A rejection of the rationalist approach.
D) An embrace of the divine authority of the monarchy.
Answer: A
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12 Skill: Analysis.
7) Which of the following, according to John Locke, plays an essential role in people joining together in
a society?
A) Psychological agreements B) Social contracts
C) Socio-cultural bargains D) Physiological contracts Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12
Skill: Knowledge
8) Which two themes came together in the work of Thomas Jefferson?
A) Individual liberty and that society removes freedom
B) Social liberty and that individuals do not need freedom
C) Individual liberty and that society enhanced freedom
D) Social freedoms and that the individual does not enhance liberty
Answer: C
Diff: 4 Page Ref: 12 Skill: Synthesis
9) Who first coined the term sociology?
A) Auguste Comte B) Karl Marx
C) Emile Durkheim D) Max Weber
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SOCIOLOGY NOW; THE ESSENTIALS 3RD EDITION
(PEARSON, 2021) BY MICHAEL S. KIMMEL, AMY
ARONSON AND TRISTAN BRIDGES, ISBN NO;
9780137497812, ALL 15 CHAPTERS COVERED
1|P ag e
, Test Bank for Sociology now; The Essentials 3rd Edition (Pearson, 2021) by Michael S. Kimmel,
Amy Aronson and Tristan Bridges, Isbn no; 9780137497812, all 15 Chapters Covered
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 What is Sociology?
Chapter 2 Culture and Society
Chapter 3 Society: Interactions, Groups, and Organizations
Chapter 4 How Do We Know What We Know? The Methods of the Sociologist
Chapter 5 Socialization
Chapter 6 Deviance and Crime
Chapter 7 Stratification and Social Class
Chapter 8 Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 9 Sex and Gender
Chapter 10 Age and Sexuality
Chapter 11 The Family
Chapter 12 Economy and Work
Chapter 13 Politics and Media
Chapter 14 Education
Chapter 15 Sociology of Environments: The Natural, Physical and Human Worlds
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, Test Bank for Sociology now; The Essentials 3rd Edition (Pearson, 2021) by Michael S. Kimmel,
Amy Aronson and Tristan Bridges, Isbn no; 9780137497812, all 15 Chapters Covered
Chapter 1 What Is Sociology?
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) Sociology is best described as
A) The study of personalities
B) The study of human behavior in society
C) The study of human genetics
D) The study of common sense
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5 Skill: Knowledge
2) Which sociologist wrote of the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ?
A) C. Wright Mills B) Karl Marx
C) Alexis de Tocqueville D) Auguste Comte
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Skill: Knowledge
3) What does the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ classify our lives as?
A) Conflicted lives B) Contrasting lives
C) Contextual lives D) Convoluted lives
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4-5 Skill: Comprehension
4) What type of science is sociology?
A) Physical B) Hard C) Soft D) Social
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8 Skill: Knowledge
5) Sociology uses which of the following as part of its scientific approach to interpret social behavior?
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, A) Bias B) Systematic observations
C) Simple common sense D) Preconceptions
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9 Skill: Comprehension
6) What was an outcome of the ȈEnlightenmentȈ?
A) Use of reason to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
B) Use of faith alone to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
C) A rejection of the rationalist approach.
D) An embrace of the divine authority of the monarchy.
Answer: A
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12 Skill: Analysis.
7) Which of the following, according to John Locke, plays an essential role in people joining together in
a society?
A) Psychological agreements B) Social contracts
C) Socio-cultural bargains D) Physiological contracts Answer: B
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12
Skill: Knowledge
8) Which two themes came together in the work of Thomas Jefferson?
A) Individual liberty and that society removes freedom
B) Social liberty and that individuals do not need freedom
C) Individual liberty and that society enhanced freedom
D) Social freedoms and that the individual does not enhance liberty
Answer: C
Diff: 4 Page Ref: 12 Skill: Synthesis
9) Who first coined the term sociology?
A) Auguste Comte B) Karl Marx
C) Emile Durkheim D) Max Weber
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