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Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
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Invthisvrevisionvofvthevtestvbank,vIvhavevupdatedvallvofvthevquestionsvtovreflectvchangesvinvSo
ciety:vThevBasics,vSixteenthvEditionvandvincreasedvthevnumbervofvquestionsvbyv50vpercent
vsovthatvthisvtestvbankvcoversv allvthevnewv materialv thatvhasvbeenvaddedvandvbettervmeetsv y

ourvneeds.vThevquestionsvarevtaggedvaccordingvtovfourvlevelsvofvlearningvthatvmovevfromvl
ower-levelvtovhigher-levelvcognitivevreasoning.vThevfourvlevels:



Recollection:vavquestionvinvolvingvrecallvofvkeyvtermsvorvfactualvmaterial



Understanding:vavquestionvtestingvcomprehensionvofvmorevcomplexvideas



Application:vavquestionvapplyingvsociologicalvknowledgevtovsomevnewvsituation

,Analysis:vavquestionvrequiringvidentifyingvelementsvofvanvargumentvandvtheirvinterrelations
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Thev279vquestionsvinvthisvchapter’svtestvbankvarevdividedvintovfourvtypes.vTrue/Falsevqu
estionsvarevthevleastvdemanding.vAsvthevtablevbelowvshows,vtwo-
thirdsvofvthesevarev“Recollection”vquestions,vandvallvofvthemvfallvwithinvthevlowestvthreevlev
elsvofvcognitivevreasoningv(“Recollection,”v“Understanding,”vandv“Application”).vMultiple-
choicevquestionsvspanvavbroadervrangevofvskillsv(almostvhalfvarev“Recollection”vquestion
svandvthevremaindervarevdividedvamongvthevthreevhighervlevels).vShort-
answervquestionsvalsovspanvavbroadvrangevofvskillsv(fromv“Understanding”vtov“Analysis”)
.vFinally,vessayvquestionsvarevthevmostvdemandingvbecausevtheyvrequirevanalysisvandvo
thervhighervlevelsvofvcognitivevreasoning.



TypesvofvQuestions



True/False MultiplevChoic ShortvAnswer Essay TotalvQs
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Recollection 60v(70%) 71v(49%) 6v(19%) 0 137

Understanding 19v(22%) 22v(15%) 9v(28%) 0 50

Application 7v(8%) 30v(20%) 5v(16%) 3v(20%) 45

Analysis 0 23v(16%) 12v(38%) 12v(80%) 47

86 146 32 15 279


Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
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TRUE/FALSEvQUESTIONS

1. MostvpeoplevinvthevUnitedvStatesvmarryvpartnersvwhosevracialvandvethnicvidentityvdiffersvfromvtheirv
own.
Answer:vFalse
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
2. Accordingvtovsociologists,vhumanvbehaviorvreflectsvourvpersonalv―freevwill.‖

, Answer:vFalse
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
3. Sociologyvisvdefinedvasvthevsystematicvstudyvofvhumanvsociety.v
Answer:vTrue
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
4. Sociologistsvfocusvonlyvonvunusualvpatternsvofvbehavior.v
Answer:vFalse
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
5. Usingvthevsociologicalvperspective,vwevwouldvconcludevthatvpeople‘svlivesvarevmostlyvavresultvofv
whatvthey,vasvindividuals,vdecidevtovdo.
Answer:vFalse
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vModerate
SkillvLevel:vApplication
6. Onvaverage,vcollegevstudentsvinvthevU.S.vcomevfromvfamiliesvwithvabove-
averagevincomes.vAnswer:vTrue
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
7. EmilevDurkheimvprovidedvevidencevthatvcategoriesvofvpeoplevwithvweakervsocialvtiesvhavevlowerv
suicidevratesvthanvpeoplevwithvstrongervsocialvties.
Answer:vFalse
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspective

, DifficultyvLevel:vModeratev
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
8. InvthevUnitedvStates,vBlackvpeoplevhavevavhighervsuicidevratevthanvWhitevpeople.v
Answer:vFalse
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
9. InvthevUnitedvStates,vmenvhavevavhighervsuicidevratevthanvwomen.v
Answer:vTrue
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
10. InvthevUnitedvStates,vWhitevpeoplevhavevavlowervsuicidevratevthanvpeoplevwhovidentifyvasvHispanic.v
Answer:vFalse
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
11. Peoplevwithvlowervsocialvstandingvarevusuallyvmorevlikelyvtovseevthevworldvfromvavsociologicalv
perspectivevthanvpeoplevwhovarevwellvoff.
Answer:vTrue
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vModerate
SkillvLevel:vApplication
12. U.S.vsociologistvC.vWrightvMillsvarguedvthatvtimesvofvsocialvcrisisvencouragevwidespreadvusevofvthev
sociologicalvperspective.
Answer:vTrue
LearningvObjective:vLOv1.1:vApplyvthevsociologicalvperspectivevtovshowvhowvsocietyvshapesvourvindividua
lvlives.
Topic:vThevSociologicalvPerspectivev
DifficultyvLevel:vEasy
SkillvLevel:vRecollection
13. C.vWrightvMillsvclaimedvthatvsociologyvencouragesvpeoplevtovtakevpersonalvresponsibilityvforvsolvingvt
heirvownvproblems.