TEST BANK
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOCIOLOGY IN ACTION
2ND EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: UNDERSTANDING AND SOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS
1. Which entity determines what constitutes a social problem?
1. Members of society
2. Legislation
3. Judges
4. Sociologists
2. Jane Addams established one of the first settlement houses in the United States, Hull
House, in order to.
1. Educate women
2. House juvenile offenders
3. Promote pan-african organizing efforts
4. Provide social services for low income immigrants
3. Based on their life’s work, which sociologist can be described as a sociologist inaction;
using their sociological skills to convince people that social injustices are social problems to be
addressed?
1. Auguste Comte
2. W. E. B. Du Bois
3. Daniel Engber
4. Virginia Wesleyan
4. What did Jane Addams do with the research she conducted?
, 1. She used the data to further her scientific career.
2. She helped the military improve basic training programs.
3. She advocated for policies to end racism in the United States.
4. She convinced policy makers to address social problems.
5. Which statement about social problems is true?
1. Once social problems have been constructed, they cannot be deconstructed byculture
or social institutions.
2. Social problems are rational fears experienced by large segments of society.
3. In order to determine whether something is a social problem, one must first ensure that
many people are negatively impacted.
4. Powerful individuals and groups can influence what society believes to be asocial
problem.
6. What is a goal shared by all organized social movements?
1. Change society
2. Ensuring that people recognize social inequality
3. Furthering scientific research
4. Counteracting the influence of large corporations on public policy
7. Why did the same-sex marriage movement become successful?
1. People generally become more accepting as time goes on.
2. Legislation negated the tyranny of the majority.
3. Fewer and fewer heterosexual people were marrying.
4. Organizing efforts paired with media campaigns and legal strategies.
8. If a social movement successfully garnered public support for their cause, then this
suggests that the.
, 1. Cause involves a social issue impacting many individuals
2. Public will begin to join the movement
3. Movement is made up of high-status individuals
4. Public will be ready for society to address the social problem
9. It is important for a social movement to form an organized group before planning arally
because.
1. Political parties are typically associated with rallies
2. Rallies are difficult to plan and require specialized resources
3. Effective action comes after people organize and come together
4. Rallies are not allowed in some cities unless an organized group is involved.
10. Which statement is true of ordinary individuals without high status who wish to change
society?
1. They are unlikely to be involved with successful social movements.
2. They can gain power to cause change if they organize with others.
3. They can achieve change if they create an organized group along with high-status
individuals.
4. They can reach their goals if they hold boycotts.
11. Bianca has developed her sociological imagination, and has begun to recognize all kinds
of social patterns that she never realized existed in society. This skill is known as.
1. The second core commitment
2. Political ideology
3. The sociological perspective
4. The sociological eye
, 12. According to the social scientific research process, once you have collected and
analyzed data relating to your social problem, what should you do next?
1. Describe the findings and propose how to solve it
2. Determine how to implement solutions
3. Publicize the findings
4. Conduct a literature review
13. After conducting a literature review, what is the next step in the social scientific research
process?
1. Publicize your findings
2. Collect and analyze data
3. Propose a solution
4. Describe your findings
14. What is one characteristic of a bad source of information to look out for when conducting
a literature review?
1. The organization publicizing the information has a slight political bias.
2. The research was funded by a corporation.
3. The researcher omits explaining data collection.
4. The information is published on a.edu website.
15. What is one characteristic of a good source of information for a literature review?
1. The research is published on a.com website.
2. The research is conducted by a right-leaning political organization.
3. The research is funded by a for-profit organization.
4. The researcher explains in detail how data were collected.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOCIOLOGY IN ACTION
2ND EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: UNDERSTANDING AND SOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS
1. Which entity determines what constitutes a social problem?
1. Members of society
2. Legislation
3. Judges
4. Sociologists
2. Jane Addams established one of the first settlement houses in the United States, Hull
House, in order to.
1. Educate women
2. House juvenile offenders
3. Promote pan-african organizing efforts
4. Provide social services for low income immigrants
3. Based on their life’s work, which sociologist can be described as a sociologist inaction;
using their sociological skills to convince people that social injustices are social problems to be
addressed?
1. Auguste Comte
2. W. E. B. Du Bois
3. Daniel Engber
4. Virginia Wesleyan
4. What did Jane Addams do with the research she conducted?
, 1. She used the data to further her scientific career.
2. She helped the military improve basic training programs.
3. She advocated for policies to end racism in the United States.
4. She convinced policy makers to address social problems.
5. Which statement about social problems is true?
1. Once social problems have been constructed, they cannot be deconstructed byculture
or social institutions.
2. Social problems are rational fears experienced by large segments of society.
3. In order to determine whether something is a social problem, one must first ensure that
many people are negatively impacted.
4. Powerful individuals and groups can influence what society believes to be asocial
problem.
6. What is a goal shared by all organized social movements?
1. Change society
2. Ensuring that people recognize social inequality
3. Furthering scientific research
4. Counteracting the influence of large corporations on public policy
7. Why did the same-sex marriage movement become successful?
1. People generally become more accepting as time goes on.
2. Legislation negated the tyranny of the majority.
3. Fewer and fewer heterosexual people were marrying.
4. Organizing efforts paired with media campaigns and legal strategies.
8. If a social movement successfully garnered public support for their cause, then this
suggests that the.
, 1. Cause involves a social issue impacting many individuals
2. Public will begin to join the movement
3. Movement is made up of high-status individuals
4. Public will be ready for society to address the social problem
9. It is important for a social movement to form an organized group before planning arally
because.
1. Political parties are typically associated with rallies
2. Rallies are difficult to plan and require specialized resources
3. Effective action comes after people organize and come together
4. Rallies are not allowed in some cities unless an organized group is involved.
10. Which statement is true of ordinary individuals without high status who wish to change
society?
1. They are unlikely to be involved with successful social movements.
2. They can gain power to cause change if they organize with others.
3. They can achieve change if they create an organized group along with high-status
individuals.
4. They can reach their goals if they hold boycotts.
11. Bianca has developed her sociological imagination, and has begun to recognize all kinds
of social patterns that she never realized existed in society. This skill is known as.
1. The second core commitment
2. Political ideology
3. The sociological perspective
4. The sociological eye
, 12. According to the social scientific research process, once you have collected and
analyzed data relating to your social problem, what should you do next?
1. Describe the findings and propose how to solve it
2. Determine how to implement solutions
3. Publicize the findings
4. Conduct a literature review
13. After conducting a literature review, what is the next step in the social scientific research
process?
1. Publicize your findings
2. Collect and analyze data
3. Propose a solution
4. Describe your findings
14. What is one characteristic of a bad source of information to look out for when conducting
a literature review?
1. The organization publicizing the information has a slight political bias.
2. The research was funded by a corporation.
3. The researcher omits explaining data collection.
4. The information is published on a.edu website.
15. What is one characteristic of a good source of information for a literature review?
1. The research is published on a.com website.
2. The research is conducted by a right-leaning political organization.
3. The research is funded by a for-profit organization.
4. The researcher explains in detail how data were collected.
