Sociology test bank.
n n
Chapter 1 n
MultiplenChoice
1. AsndefinednbynC.nWrightnMills,nwhichnofnthenfollowingn“enablesnusntongraspnhistorynandnbiographynandnthen
relationsnbetweennthentwonwithinnsociety”?
a. formalnsociology
b. sociologicalnimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS:nBnDIF:nEasynREF:nPagen5
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nSociologicalnImagination
2. FeelingndiscomfortnaboutnruralnChinesensociety,nwherenmanyngenerationsnofnanfamilynsleepninnthensamen
bed,nisnknownnas:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialnidentity.
d. socialnecology.
ANS:nAnDIF:nModeratenREF:nPagesn6–7
TOP:nAppliednOBJ:nSociologicalnImagination
3. HowndoesnthentextbooknauthornusendialoguenfromnPulpnFiction,ninnwhichnthencharactersndiscussnhowninn
Hollandnpeoplenputnmayonnaisenonntheirnfrenchnfries?
a. tonintroducenthensociologynofnfilm
b. tonexplainnthensociologicalnimagination
c. tonexplainnsocialninstitutions
d. tondefinenformalnsociology
ANS:nBnDIF:nEasynREF:nPagen7
TOP:nAppliednOBJ:nSociologicalnImagination
4. Anfemalenmanagernisnattemptingntonclimbnhernwayntonthentopnofnthencorporatenladder.nShenworksnasnhard,nifn
notnharder,nthannhernmalencolleagues,nbutnnothingnshenseemsntondonhelpsnhernadvance.nShenbeginsntonnoticenthatnmal
esnarenbeingnpromoted,nbutnfemalesntendntonbenoverlookednfornadvancements.nThenrealizationnthatnmanynwomenninnhern
circumstancenarenexperiencingnthensamendiscriminationnisnannexamplenof:
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicalnimagination.
d. socialncohesion.
ANS:nCnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen5
TOP:nAppliednOBJ:nSociologicalnImagination
5. Sociologistsnandneconomistsnhavenshownnthatnthenbenefitsnofnhigherneducationnincludenhighernmediann
incomesnforncollegengraduates.nThisnisnknownnas:
a.
educationalninvestment.n
b. thenreturnsntonschooling.
c. studynhardnornbenpoor.
d. getnanneducation;ngetnanjob.
ANS:nBnDIF:nModeratenREF:nPagen8
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nReturnsntonSchooling
6. Afterndoingnsomensociologicalnmath,nwhatnisnthennetndifferencenbetweennthenannualnearningsnofnthen
averagenhighnschoolnversusncollegengraduate?
a. aboutn$5,000npernyear
[Date]
,b. aboutn$10,000npernyearn
c. aboutn$15,000npernyear
d.
aboutn$50,000npernyearn
ANS:nCnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen9
[Date]
, TOP:nConceptualnOBJ:nReturnsntonSchooling
7. AccordingntonRandallnCollins’sn(1979)nresearch,nthenexpansionnofnhigherneducationnis:
a. mainlyncausednbynthenglobalizationnofncapitalism.
b. likelyncausednbynless-
preparednhighnschoolnstudentsnenteringncollege.nc.
anresultnofncredentialism nandnexpendituresnonnformalneducation.
d. anresultnofnincreasingngovernmentalninterferenceninneducationalnfunding.
ANS:nCnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen11n
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nCredentialism
8. Accordingntonresearchnusedntonquestionncredentialism,nwhatnmightnitncostntonbuynancollegendiplomanonline?n
a. $29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. atnleastn$1,000
ANS:nAnDIF:nModeratenREF:nPagen11n
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nCredentialism
9. Inntoday’snsociety,nRandallnCollinsnmightnsuggestnthatngettingnan“piecenofnpaper”nisnmorenimportantntonmanyn
thannactuallynhavingnthenknowledgentondonanjob.nHencallsnthenprioritynplacednonnformalneducation:
a.
secondaryneducation.n
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS:nBnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen11nTO
P:nConceptualnOBJ:nCredentialism
10. Allnofnthenfollowingnarenexamplesnofnsocialninstitutionsnusedntonpreventnwebsitesnfromnunderminingn
colleges’ndegree-conferringnabilitiesnEXCEPT:
a. copyrightnlaw.
b. policenforces.
c. employers.n
d. families.
ANS:nDnDIF:nEasynREF:nPagen11
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nSocialnInstitutions
11. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisndefinednasnansetnofnstoriesnembeddednwithinnansocialnnetworknaboutnthenstandardn
waysnansocietynmeetsnitsnneeds?
a.
ansocialn identityn
b. ansocialninstitution
c. antheory
d. anomie
ANS:nBnDIF:nModeratenREF:nPagen12nT
OP:nFactualnOBJ:nSocialnInstitutions
12. Thenauthornofnyourntextnstatesnthatnthenmostnage-segregatednsocialninstitutionninnournsocietynis:
a. anhospital.
b. anmentalninstitution.
c. anprison.
d. anfour-yearncollege.
ANS:nDnDIF:nEasynREF:nPagen12
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nSocialnInstitutions
13. Anfamily,nasnangroupnofnpeoplenlivingntogethernsharingnindividualnstories,nmakesnupna(n):n
a. socialninstitution.
b. conflictninstitution.
[Date]
, c. anomicninstitution.
d. creativeninstitution.
ANS:nAnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen13
TOP:nConceptualnOBJ:nSocialnInstitutions
14. ThenPhillipnMorrisnCompanynchangednitsnnamentonAltiraninnannattemptntonstartnannew:
[Date]
n n
Chapter 1 n
MultiplenChoice
1. AsndefinednbynC.nWrightnMills,nwhichnofnthenfollowingn“enablesnusntongraspnhistorynandnbiographynandnthen
relationsnbetweennthentwonwithinnsociety”?
a. formalnsociology
b. sociologicalnimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS:nBnDIF:nEasynREF:nPagen5
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nSociologicalnImagination
2. FeelingndiscomfortnaboutnruralnChinesensociety,nwherenmanyngenerationsnofnanfamilynsleepninnthensamen
bed,nisnknownnas:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialnidentity.
d. socialnecology.
ANS:nAnDIF:nModeratenREF:nPagesn6–7
TOP:nAppliednOBJ:nSociologicalnImagination
3. HowndoesnthentextbooknauthornusendialoguenfromnPulpnFiction,ninnwhichnthencharactersndiscussnhowninn
Hollandnpeoplenputnmayonnaisenonntheirnfrenchnfries?
a. tonintroducenthensociologynofnfilm
b. tonexplainnthensociologicalnimagination
c. tonexplainnsocialninstitutions
d. tondefinenformalnsociology
ANS:nBnDIF:nEasynREF:nPagen7
TOP:nAppliednOBJ:nSociologicalnImagination
4. Anfemalenmanagernisnattemptingntonclimbnhernwayntonthentopnofnthencorporatenladder.nShenworksnasnhard,nifn
notnharder,nthannhernmalencolleagues,nbutnnothingnshenseemsntondonhelpsnhernadvance.nShenbeginsntonnoticenthatnmal
esnarenbeingnpromoted,nbutnfemalesntendntonbenoverlookednfornadvancements.nThenrealizationnthatnmanynwomenninnhern
circumstancenarenexperiencingnthensamendiscriminationnisnannexamplenof:
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicalnimagination.
d. socialncohesion.
ANS:nCnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen5
TOP:nAppliednOBJ:nSociologicalnImagination
5. Sociologistsnandneconomistsnhavenshownnthatnthenbenefitsnofnhigherneducationnincludenhighernmediann
incomesnforncollegengraduates.nThisnisnknownnas:
a.
educationalninvestment.n
b. thenreturnsntonschooling.
c. studynhardnornbenpoor.
d. getnanneducation;ngetnanjob.
ANS:nBnDIF:nModeratenREF:nPagen8
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nReturnsntonSchooling
6. Afterndoingnsomensociologicalnmath,nwhatnisnthennetndifferencenbetweennthenannualnearningsnofnthen
averagenhighnschoolnversusncollegengraduate?
a. aboutn$5,000npernyear
[Date]
,b. aboutn$10,000npernyearn
c. aboutn$15,000npernyear
d.
aboutn$50,000npernyearn
ANS:nCnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen9
[Date]
, TOP:nConceptualnOBJ:nReturnsntonSchooling
7. AccordingntonRandallnCollins’sn(1979)nresearch,nthenexpansionnofnhigherneducationnis:
a. mainlyncausednbynthenglobalizationnofncapitalism.
b. likelyncausednbynless-
preparednhighnschoolnstudentsnenteringncollege.nc.
anresultnofncredentialism nandnexpendituresnonnformalneducation.
d. anresultnofnincreasingngovernmentalninterferenceninneducationalnfunding.
ANS:nCnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen11n
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nCredentialism
8. Accordingntonresearchnusedntonquestionncredentialism,nwhatnmightnitncostntonbuynancollegendiplomanonline?n
a. $29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. atnleastn$1,000
ANS:nAnDIF:nModeratenREF:nPagen11n
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nCredentialism
9. Inntoday’snsociety,nRandallnCollinsnmightnsuggestnthatngettingnan“piecenofnpaper”nisnmorenimportantntonmanyn
thannactuallynhavingnthenknowledgentondonanjob.nHencallsnthenprioritynplacednonnformalneducation:
a.
secondaryneducation.n
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS:nBnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen11nTO
P:nConceptualnOBJ:nCredentialism
10. Allnofnthenfollowingnarenexamplesnofnsocialninstitutionsnusedntonpreventnwebsitesnfromnunderminingn
colleges’ndegree-conferringnabilitiesnEXCEPT:
a. copyrightnlaw.
b. policenforces.
c. employers.n
d. families.
ANS:nDnDIF:nEasynREF:nPagen11
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nSocialnInstitutions
11. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisndefinednasnansetnofnstoriesnembeddednwithinnansocialnnetworknaboutnthenstandardn
waysnansocietynmeetsnitsnneeds?
a.
ansocialn identityn
b. ansocialninstitution
c. antheory
d. anomie
ANS:nBnDIF:nModeratenREF:nPagen12nT
OP:nFactualnOBJ:nSocialnInstitutions
12. Thenauthornofnyourntextnstatesnthatnthenmostnage-segregatednsocialninstitutionninnournsocietynis:
a. anhospital.
b. anmentalninstitution.
c. anprison.
d. anfour-yearncollege.
ANS:nDnDIF:nEasynREF:nPagen12
TOP:nFactualnOBJ:nSocialnInstitutions
13. Anfamily,nasnangroupnofnpeoplenlivingntogethernsharingnindividualnstories,nmakesnupna(n):n
a. socialninstitution.
b. conflictninstitution.
[Date]
, c. anomicninstitution.
d. creativeninstitution.
ANS:nAnDIF:nDifficultnREF:nPagen13
TOP:nConceptualnOBJ:nSocialnInstitutions
14. ThenPhillipnMorrisnCompanynchangednitsnnamentonAltiraninnannattemptntonstartnannew:
[Date]
