test bank for sociology 18thedition by john j.macionis

TEST BANK
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For


Sociology
Eighteenth Edition
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,Chapterb1:bThebSociologicalbPerspective



Inbthisbrevisionbofbthebtestbbank,bIbhavebupdatedballbofbthebquestionsbtobreflectbchangesbinbS
ociology,bEighteenthbEdition.bThebquestionsbarebtaggedbtobindicatebonebofbfourblevelsbofble
arningbthatbmovebfromblower-levelbtobhigher-levelbcognitivebreasoning.bThebfourblevels:



Recollection:babquestionbinvolvingbrecallbofbkeybtermsborbfactualbmaterial



Understanding:babquestionbtestingbcomprehensionbofbmorebcomplexbideas



Application:babquestionbapplyingbsociologicalbknowledgebtobsomebnewbsituation



Analysis:babquestionbrequiringbidentifyingbelementsbofbanbargumentbandbtheirbinterrelation
ship



Theb195bquestionsbinbthisbchapter‘sbtestbbankbarebdividedbintobfourbtypes.bTrue/Falsebquestion
sbarebthebleastbdemanding.bAsbthebtablebbelowbshows,btwo-thirdsbofbthesebare
―Recollection‖bquestions,bandballbofbthembfallbwithinbtheblowestbthreeblevelsbofbcognitivebreasoni
ngb(―Recollection,‖b―Understanding,‖bandb―Application‖).bMultiple-choice
questionsbspanbabbroaderbrangebofbskillsb(mostbareb―Recollection‖bquestionsbandbthebrem
ainderbarebdividedbamongbthebthreebhigherblevels).bShort-
answerbquestionsbarebspreadbacrossbthebhighestbthreeblevelsbofbreasoning.bFinally,bessay
bquestionsbarebthebmostbdemandingbbecausebtheybrequirebanalysisbandbotherbhigherblevel

sbofbcognitivebreasoning.



TypesbofbQuestions



True/False MultiplebChoi ShortbA Essay TotalbQs
ce nswer

Recollection 41b(71%) 48b(44%) 0 0 89

,Understanding 11b(19%) 21b(21%) 7b(37%) 0 39

Application 6b(10%) 16b(14%) 2b(10%) 3b(25%) 27

Analysis 0 21b(21%) 10b(53%) 9b(75%) 40

58 106 19 12 195

Chapterb1:bThebSociologicalbPerspective



TRUE/FALSEbQUESTIONS



MostbpeoplebinbthebUnitedbStatesbmarrybpartnersbwhosebracialbandbethnicbidentitybdiffersbfr
ombtheirbown..

Answer:bFalse

LearningbObjective:bLOb1.1:bApplybthebsociologicalbperspectivebtobshowbhowbsocietybshap
esbourbindividualblives.

Topic:bThebSociologicalbPerspective

DifficultybLevel:bEasy
b




SkillbLevel:bRecollection

Accordingbtobsociologists,bhumanbbehaviorbreflectsbourbpersonalb―freebwill.‖bAnswer

:bFalse

LearningbObjective:bLOb1.1:bApplybthebsociologicalbperspectivebtobshowbhowbsocietybshap
esbourbindividualblives.

Topic:bThebSociologicalbPerspective

DifficultybLevel:bEasy
b




SkillbLevel:bRecollection

Sociologybisbdefinedbasbthebsystematicbstudybofbhumanbsociety.b

Answer:bTrue

, LearningbObjective:bLOb1.1:bApplybthebsociologicalbperspectivebtobshowbhowbsocietybshap
esbourbindividualblives.

Topic:bThebSociologicalbPerspective

DifficultybLevel:bEasy
b




SkillbLevel:bRecollection

Sociologistsbfocusbonlybonbunusualbpatternsbofbbehavior.bAnswer

:bFalse

LearningbObjective:bLOb1.1:bApplybthebsociologicalbperspectivebtobshowbhowbsocietybshap
esbourbindividualblives.

Topic:bThebSociologicalbPerspective

DifficultybLevel:bEasy
b




SkillbLevel:bRecollection

Usingbthebsociologicalbperspective,bwebwouldbconcludebthatbpeople‘sblivesbarebmostlybabre
sultbofbwhatbthey,basbindividuals,bdecidebtobdo.

Answer:bFalse

LearningbObjective:bLOb1.1:bApplybthebsociologicalbperspectivebtobshowbhowbsocietybshap
esbourbindividualblives.

Topic:bThebSociologicalbPerspective

DifficultybLevel:bModerate
b




SkillbLevel:bApplication

Onbaverage,bcollegebstudentsbinbthebU.S.bcomebfrombfamiliesbwithbabove-
averagebincomes.

Answer:bTrue

LearningbObjective:bLOb1.1:bApplybthebsociologicalbperspectivebtobshowbhowbsocietybshap
esbourbindividualblives.

Topic:bThebSociologicalbPerspective

DifficultybLevel:bEasy
b




SkillbLevel:bRecollection