Test Bank for Discover Sociology 5th Edition by Daina Eglitis| NEWEST VERSION Chapters 1-18

Test Bank for Discover Sociology 5th Edition by Daina
Eglitis| NEWEST VERSION Chapters 1-18

,Discover Sociology-5th Edition

Authors: Daina S. Eglitis, William J. Chambliss & Susan L. Wortmann



TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Discover Sociology

2. Discover Sociological Research

3. Culture and Mass Media

4. Socialization and Social Interaction
5. Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies

6. Deviance and Social Control

7. Social Class and Inequality in the United States

8. Global Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

9. Race and Ethnicity

10. Gender, Sexuality, and Society

11. Families and Society

12. Education and Society

13. Religion and Society

14. The State, War, and Terror

15. Work, Consumption, and the Economy
16. Health and Medicine

17. Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

18. Social Movements and Social Change

,TEST BANK Discover Sociology 5th Edition Daina Eglitis




Chapter 1: Discover Sociology
Multiple Choice

1. What is the term for the idea that human behavior is fundamentally shaped by social
relations?
a. social curiosity
b. social behaviorism
c. social embeddedness
d. social structure
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the sociological imagination.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and the Curious Mind
Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Your sociology professor states that economic and political behavior are shaped by
social relations. Which term best captures your professor’s statement?
a. social structure
b. social embeddedness
c. social curiosity
d. social behaviorism
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the sociological imagination.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sociology and the Curious Mind
Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Which sociologist developed the concept of the sociological imagination?
a. W. E. B. Du Bois
b. Karl Marx
c. C. Wright Mills
d. Max Weber
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the sociological imagination.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Sociological Imagination
Difficulty Level: Easy

4. C. Wright Mills developed the concept of ______ to recognize connections between
personal troubles and public issues.

, a. the sociological imagination
b. double consciousness
c. social conflict
d. social structure
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the sociological imagination.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Sociological Imagination
Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Which sociological concept seeks to uncover the relationship between personal
troubles and public issues?
a. social conflict
b. gender awareness
c. class consciousness
d. sociological imagination
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the sociological imagination.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Sociological Imagination
Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The ability of individuals and groups to make social changes on a small and large
scale is known as ______.
a. structure
b. agency
c. power
d. social control
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the sociological imagination.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Sociological Imagination
Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Which of the following is most closely associated to the concept of free will?
a. structure
b. agency
c. critical thinking
d. sociological imagination
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the sociological imagination.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Sociological Imagination
Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which of the following is the best example of agency?