Test Bank For Sociology in Modules 6th Edition by Richard T. Schaefer, All Chapters, Complete Guide A+

,Table of contents
1 Understanding Sociology
2 Sociological Research
3 Culture
4 Socialization and the Life Course
5 Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure
6 Mass Media and Social Media
7 Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
8 Stratification and Social Mobility in the United State
9 Global Inequality
10 Racial and Ethnic Inequality
11 Stratification by Gender and Sexuality
12 Stratification by Age
13 The Family and Household Diversity
14 Education
15 Religion
16 Government and the Economy
17 Health, Population, and the
18 Social Change in the Global

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Chapter 01 Understanding Sociology
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1) The awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate, personal
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social settings and the remote, impersonal social world is called
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A) the sociological imagination.
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B) anthropology.
C) a theory.
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D) verstehen.

2) Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an
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example of using one's
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3) A key element in the sociological imagination is the ability to view one's own society
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A) from the perspective of personal experience.
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B) from the perspective of cultural biases.
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C) as an outsider.
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D) as an insider.
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4) C. Wright Mills advocated the use of the sociological imagination to view divorce in the
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United States because divorce
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A) is a serious personal problem for numerous men and women.
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B) is not just an individual's personal problem but a societal concern.
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C) may create emotional scars for divorcees.
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D) has been a serious problem throughout history.
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5) The scientific study of social behavior and human groups is known as
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C) anthropology.
D) sociology.

6) The body of knowledge obtained using methods based upon systematic observation is called
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A) teach at respected universities.
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B) engage in organized and systematic study of phenomena to enhance understanding.
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C) receive government funding for research projects.
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D) construct middle-range theories to explain social behavior.
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8) Sociology, anthropology, economics, and history are fields within the
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D) humanities.

9) Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the influence that society has on
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people's attitudes and behavior and the ways in which people shape society?
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A) Anthropology
B) Economics
C) Sociology
D) Physics

10) Which social science would be interested in studying individual cases of emotional stress
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among workers, investors, and business owners?
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A) History
B) Economics
C) Sociology
D) Psychology

11) A social scientist would be likely to study the
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A) composition of a meteorite discovered in a remote area of Siberia. r r r r r r r r r r


B) reasons for the decreasing divorce rate in the U.S.
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C) newest procedure in heart transplant surgery.
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12) Sociologists argue that, unlike scientific knowledge, common sense conclusions are not
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13) An attempt to explain problems, actions, or behavior in a comprehensive manner is called
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