Test bank for sociology a down to earth approach 5th canadian edition by henslin

A The social sciences are less specialized B The social sciences are more established disciplines C The natural sciences use the scientific method to understand society and human behavio

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Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, Fifth Canadian Edition

(Henslin et al.)

Chapter 1 What is Sociology?

1) The perspective emphasizes the influence of the social context on

Objective: What is the sociological perspective?

2) How do the social sciences differ significantly from the natural sciences?

A) The social sciences are less specialized

B) The social sciences are more established disciplines

C) The natural sciences use the scientific method to understand society and human behaviour

D) The social sciences study how the human world, unlike nature, is created and recreated by humans

E) The social sciences base their theories on common sense

Answer: D

Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 4-5

Skill: Factual

Objective: 2 What is science, and where does sociology fit in?

3) Which of the following social sciences is concerned with the history of human society, with a focus on migration, the development of tools, kinship and value systems and social relationships

4) Which element did Enlightenment thinkers believe would play a crucial role in developing modern society?

A) A return to religious values

B) Ideas of reason and rationality

C) Halting of factory production

D) The end of colonialism

E) The challenge to science as the only source of legitimate knowledge about theworld

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5) What did C Wright Mills believe was an important goal for American sociology?A) Establishing academic respect for sociology

B) Serving the interests of American society in terms of global capitalism

C) Developing abstract models of society

D) Developing middle-range theories

E) Using sociology to promote social reform

Objective: 7 What universities in Canada were considered the historical centres of sociology

in English-speaking Canada? How were they different?

7) theory argues that women’s place in the capitalist economy allows men to objectify and exploit them The solution to women’s exploitation lies in the

elimination of false consciousness and revolutionary change in the world economy.A) Radical feminist

Objective: 8 What is a theory and what are the major theoretical perspectives?

8) The sociological perspective stresses:

A) psychological constructs

B) intrapsychic processes

C) harmony among groups

D) the history and development of mankind

E) social contexts of action

Answer: E

Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 3

Skill: Factual

9) When sociologists group people into categories based on their age, gender,

educational level, job, and income, they are trying to determine their:

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10) It is evident from the labels on our clothes to the components in our cars and instantaneous communications, that our world is becoming a village.A) national

11) Mary is employed by a Member of Parliament She has asked Mary to determine the age groups in her riding that are most likely to vote in the upcoming election Mary is most likely to contact a[n] to acquire this information

Objective: What is science, and where does sociology fit in?

12) Gerald is the personal director for a large corporation He has decided to give prosspective employees a test that will measure each person’s emotional skills To acquire this test, Gerald is likely to call a[n]:

Objective: What is science, and where does sociology fit in?

13) Sociologists look for patterns, recurring characteristics or events, in their data to achieve the goal of:

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A) middle of the eighteenth

B) middle of the nineteenth

C) middle of the seventeenth

D) middle of the sixteenth

E) Beginning of the twentieth

18) Tom works on the assembly line at the local automobile factory Karl Marx would consider Tom to be a because he does not own the factory

A) proletariat

B) plebian

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19) predicted that there would be a classless society once the working class united and began a revolution

22) Victor commits suicide shortly after the death of Rose, his wife of 35 years

According to Durkheim, Victor committed suicide

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Answer: C

Skill: Factual

28) Sociologists stress that studies should be to avoid distortions caused by a researcher's values

29) According to Max Weber, means to have insight into someone's situation

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32) According to Weber, the use of Verstehen encourages sociologists to pay attention

to in order to gain insight into why people do the things that they do.A) prejudices

A) often denied the opportunity to become university professors

B) more interested in solving social problems

C) wealthy enough to have servants at home

D) not as interested in research as male sociologists

E) not interested in applied sociology

Answer: A

Skill: Factual

Objective: 6 What was the position of women in early sociology?

34) spent his lifetime studying relations between African Americans and whites in an effort to eliminate social injustice

36) According to , symbols are the basis of social life

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Objective: What is a theory and what are the major theoretical perspectives?

37) Symbolic interactionists point out that symbols make social life possible and without them

A) we could not coordinate our actions with others

B) our social relations would be limited to the animal level

C) there would be no books

D) all of the above

E) none of the above

Answer: D

Skill: Factual

38) is one of the founders of symbolic interactionism, a major theoretical perspective in sociology

A) George Herbert Mead

39) According to Robert Merton, are the intended beneficial consequences of people's actions

40) are consequences that hurt or weaken a social system

41) Merton used the term to describe the unintended positive consequences

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42) Inequality, power, conflict, competition, and class exploitation are key concepts of:

43) was developed by Karl Marx to explain human history

44) Michael views society as a system of interrelated parts, while John views society ascomposed of groups competing for scarce resources Michael would be considered

as a theorist and John would be seen as a theorist

A) functionalist; symbolic interactionist

45) Sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf contends that conflict is found in all

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46) There are, at present, at least three variants of feminist theories:

A) Liberal feminist

B) non-Marxist radical

C) Marxist

D) all of the above

E) none of the above

Answer: D

Skill: Factual

47) When a sociologist examines the relationships between men and women in terms

of basic inequalities, he/she would be taking a perspective

48) The horrors of war and global conflict combined with the failure of science and reason in enhancing personal freedom led C Wright Mills to suggest that we are living in a(n) period

49) the French theorist argued that in industrialist capitalist societies, signs and symbols and the real world are the same

50) Judith Butler and Gayle Rubin are best known as theorists

A) radical feminist

B) marxist feminist

C) queer

D) liberal feminist

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51) Critical race theory examines both the social construction of race and race identity and the reality of discrimination utilizing the discipline of

52) Sergio is interested in how changes in Canadian society are related to

homelessness He is examining how economic conditions have contributed to the increase in the number of homeless Sergio is conducting a(n) analysis.A) meso level

53) If an individual focuses on , he/she is conducting a micro-level analysis

A) social interaction among the homeless

B) intrapsychic processes

C) the local community schools

D) the large-scale pattern of society

E) unemployment rates in Chicago

Answer: A

Skill: Applied

54) Sara is focusing on communication patterns among the homeless people in her study Her analysis is being conducted at the level of analysis

55) In studying problems of the homeless, would focus on the face-to-face

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56) Lazarsfield and Reitz divide the development of sociology into three phases Duringthe second phase, was the focus of sociologists

A) merging sociological knowledge with practical work

B) investigating interpretative frameworks

C) establishing sociology as a respected discipline

D) developing the scientific method

E) social activism to reform society

Objective: 9 What is the difference between pure(or basic) and applied sociology?

58) Hans has been hired by his local law enforcement agency to investigate the causes

of violence and to make recommendations for reducing violence in the community Hans would be considered a[n] sociologist

59) Helga is a family counselor and would be considered a[n] sociologist because she uses her sociological knowledge to change the basic relationships in afamily

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Answer: B

Skill: Applied

60) When we try to understand human behaviour by placing it within its broader social context, we are using the sociological perspective

Answer: TRUE

Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Ref: 2

Skill: Factual

61) Contemporary Quebec sociology is primarily focused on the issue of French

language rights and the Quebec sovereignty issue

Answer: FALSE

Skill: Factual

62) Its focus on political economy, feminism and postmodernism has led to Canadian sociology being perceived as more activist-based than American sociology

Answer: TRUE

Skill: Factual

63) Usually, sociologists stress the importance of instinct in determiningan individual’s choices

Answer: FALSE

Skill: Factual

64) As a result of new global interconnections and communication systems, we are now living in a global economy

Answer: TRUE

Skill: Factual

65) The natural sciences are designed to predict the behaviour of humans in their natural environment

Answer: FALSE

Skill: Factual

66) In examining the factors that influence human behaviour, psychologists focus on processes that occur within the individual, while sociologists stress factors external

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67) Explanation, generalization, and prediction are the goals of all the sciences.Answer: TRUE

Skill: Factual

68) Sociology emerged during medieval times

69) All scientific endeavors require that theories must be able to be proved or

disproved by systematic research

Answer: TRUE

Skill: Factual

70) Auguste Comte believed that society could be studied by sociologists using the same methods employed by other scientists

72) Marx developed the political system called communism

Answer: FALSE

Skill: Factual

73) The proletariat owns the means to produce wealth

Answer: FALSE

Skill: Factual

74) An important goal of Durkheim’s was to have sociology recognized as a separate academic discipline

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76) Because social factors have been found to influence whether individuals commit suicide, the suicide rates remain fairly constant year after year

78) Durkheim used the term Verstehen to describe a condition in which people becomedetached from society and have little moral guidance

Objective: 6 What was the position of women in early sociology?

80) Merton stressed the need for sociologists to develop middle-range theories

because grand theories could not be tested

Answer: TRUE

Diff: 3 Type: TF Page Ref: 16-17

Skill: Factual

81) Theory is a framework of related ideas that we use to interpret facts

Answer: TRUE

Skill: Factual

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