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, Chapter1 /f
The Sociological Imagination
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Multiple-Choice Questions /f
1. Sociology is the scientific study of
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a. human activity in society.
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b. mental processes.
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c. people.
d. multiple personalities.
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ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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2. From / f a sociological point of view, a is the day-to-day activities from
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birth
/f /f to death that make up a person’s life.
/ f / f / f / f / f / f / f
a. social fact / f
b. sociological imagination /f
c. biography
d. autobiography
ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination
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study guide
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3. Emile /f Durkheim defined social facts as /f /f /f / f
a. census statistics. /f
b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual.
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c. fundamentally psychological. /f
d. things we know to be true.
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ANS: B
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,4. Only when people
/ f do they come to know the power of
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social facts.
/ f /f
a. grow older /f
b. cooperate
c. comply
d. rebel against the established ways of doing things
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ANS: D
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/f /f / f TYP: comprehension / f
5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal
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currency, but it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim
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was writing about
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a. mechanical solidarity. /f
b. social relativity. / f
c. social facts. /f
d. social interaction. / f
ANS: C
/ f / f SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f /f / f / f TYP: application /f
6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these
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rules and successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight
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against them.”
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This statement is a reference to
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a. mechanical solidarity. /f
b. social relativity. / f
c. social facts. /f
d. social interaction. / f
ANS: C
/ f / f SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f /f / f / f TYP: application /f
7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price.
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On a personal level, this price was my mother’s hostility. On a public
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level, the price is dealing with the stares of strangers.” This
/ f / f / f / f / f /f / f / f / f / f / f
statement illustrates
/ f / f
a. mechanical solidarity. /f
b. social relativity. / f
c. the power of social facts. / f / f / f / f
d. the idea of double consciousness.
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/ f / f SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f /f / f / f TYP: application
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All / f information / f provided / f for
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All / f information / f provided / f for
/ f reference
only
, Chapter1 /f
The Sociological Imagination
/f /f
Multiple-Choice Questions /f
1. Sociology is the scientific study of
/f /f /f /f /f
a. human activity in society.
/ f /f / f
b. mental processes.
/f
c. people.
d. multiple personalities.
/f
ANS: A SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f / f / f /f / f / f / f TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new
/f /f
2. From / f a sociological point of view, a is the day-to-day activities from
/ f / f / f / f / f / f /f /f /f /f
birth
/f /f to death that make up a person’s life.
/ f / f / f / f / f / f / f
a. social fact / f
b. sociological imagination /f
c. biography
d. autobiography
ANS: C SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f / f / f / f / f / f TYP: comprehension SOURCE: new;
/f /f
study guide
/f /f
3. Emile /f Durkheim defined social facts as /f /f /f / f
a. census statistics. /f
b. having the remarkable property of existing outside the individual.
/f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f
c. fundamentally psychological. /f
d. things we know to be true.
/ f / f / f / f / f
ANS: B
/ f / f SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f /f / f /f /f TYP: knowledge /f
2
All / f information / f provided / f for
/ f reference
only
,4. Only when people
/ f do they come to know the power of
/ f / f /f /f / f /f /f /f / f
social facts.
/ f /f
a. grow older /f
b. cooperate
c. comply
d. rebel against the established ways of doing things
/f /f /f /f /f /f /f
ANS: D
/ f SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/f /f / f TYP: comprehension / f
5. Durkheim wrote that he was not forced to speak French or to use the legal
/f /f / f /f /f / f / f / f /f /f /f /f / f / f
currency, but it was impossible for him to do otherwise. Durkheim
/f /f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f
was writing about
/ f / f /f
a. mechanical solidarity. /f
b. social relativity. / f
c. social facts. /f
d. social interaction. / f
ANS: C
/ f / f SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f /f / f / f TYP: application /f
6. Durkheim wrote, “Even when, in fact, I can struggle free from these
/ f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f
rules and successfully break them, it is never without being forced to fight
/ f / f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f
against them.”
/f /f
This statement is a reference to
/ f / f / f / f / f
a. mechanical solidarity. /f
b. social relativity. / f
c. social facts. /f
d. social interaction. / f
ANS: C
/ f / f SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f /f / f / f TYP: application /f
7. “Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price.
/ f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f
On a personal level, this price was my mother’s hostility. On a public
/ f / f / f /f /f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f / f
level, the price is dealing with the stares of strangers.” This
/ f / f / f / f / f /f / f / f / f / f / f
statement illustrates
/ f / f
a. mechanical solidarity. /f
b. social relativity. / f
c. the power of social facts. / f / f / f / f
d. the idea of double consciousness.
/ f / f / f / f
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/ f reference
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, ANS: C
/ f / f SEC: The Sociological Imagination
/ f /f / f / f TYP: application
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