Sociology in Action 2nd Edition Korgen
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Chapter 1: Training Your Sociological Eye
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Multiple Choice
- Which of the following studies best describes sociology?
a. the study of individual contributions to society
b. a scientific study that is interested in society, in particular social relationships
c. the study of change within past civilization
d. a scientific study of the human mind, especially behavior that affects the mind
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Sociology?
Difficulty Level: Easy - focuses on how society and individuals influence each other.
a. Psychology
b. Physiology
c. Sociology
d. Biology
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Sociology?
Difficulty Level: Easy - Which statement best explains the concept of duality?
a. Society impacts individuals and individuals impact society.
b. Society impacts individuals and individuals impact each other.
c. Individuals impact society and society establishes norms for individuals.
d. Individuals impact society and society creates individual thought.
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Is Sociology?
Difficulty Level: Medium - What is TRUE about individual interactions with sociology?
a. Individuals both shape and are shaped by society.
b. Sociology acts to influence how people think and behave in a given society
regardless of individual interaction.
c. Sociology is a singular force of influence in society as it shapes how individuals
interact in a one-way interaction.
d. Sociology acts to create the norms, values, and beliefs individuals follow as they
interact with one another.
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What is Sociology?
Difficulty Level: Medium
- Meghan was raised in a single-parent family without much income. With the help of
her teachers, she became a top student and has decided to pursue a career in
education to help other children struggling with poverty. What is this an example of?
a. social forces
b. the duality of sociology
c. gender discrimination
d. the sociological imagination
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Shaping and Being Shaped by Society
Difficulty Level: Hard - The application of sociological research helps us to understand and address .
a. behavior and mental disorders
b. animal biology
c. economic inequality and racism
d. environmental ecology
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Origins and Current Uses of Sociology
Difficulty Level: Medium - Who is credited with naming the field of sociology?
a. C. Wright Mills
b. W. E. B Du Bois
c. August Comte
d. Albion Small
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Origins and Current Uses of Sociology
Difficulty Level: Easy - Sociology was developed in the 18th and 19th centuries to .
a. better understand societal change
b. explain mental processes in humans
c. record historical events
d. encourage gender equality
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Origins and Current Uses of Sociology
Difficulty Level: Medium - How was the Industrial Revolution a factor in the formation of sociology as a
discipline?
a. People wanted to know more about different societies.
b. Philosophers wanted to discover why societies existed.
c. People wanted to determine how societies interacted with each other.
d. It changed where people lived and how they worked.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Origins and Current Uses of Sociology
Difficulty Level: Medium - What is a valuable workplace skill often acquired by studying sociology?
a. the development of philosophical thought
b. the ability to interpret social change
c. the increased use of critical thinking
d. the regulation of research to meet a desired outcome
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: What is sociology?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Origins and Current Uses of Sociology
Difficulty Level: Medium - _ enables you to discern social patterns that others may not notice.
a. Sociological duality
b. A sociological imagination
c. Sociological generalization
d. A sociological eye
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.2: What do the sociological eye and the sociological imagination
allow you to do?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Sociological Eye
Difficulty Level: Easy - Priya and Sanjay are a young married couple. Priya notices that when they meet
new people, they usually respond to her husband, Sanjay, first. Which of the following
applies to Priya’s observation?
a. sociological eye
b. sociological imagination
c. social embeddedness
d. social theory
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.2: What do the sociological eye and the sociological imagination
allow you to do?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Sociological Eye
Difficulty Level: Medium - An intern working for a local newspaper is asked to prepare a story about a violent
crime committed by a racial minority instead of a similar story about a white criminal.
How could the intern use a sociological eye to examine this further?
a. by concluding that racial minorities are more likely to commit violent crimes
b. by assuming this decision was not motivated by any other factors
c. by postulating that more readers will be interested in the published story
d. by examining other patterns associated with this type of decision making
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.2: What do the sociological eye and the sociological imagination
allow you to do?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Sociological Eye
Difficulty Level: Hard - After seeing a report about the termination of a public health care program for lowincome individuals, many people become concerned that they would no longer have
health insurance. By employing a sociological imagination, which question is most
applicable?
a. How will newly uninsured individuals be able to afford private health care?
b. Was the decision to terminate this program motivated by other factors?
c. When will the public health care program officially end?
d. What individuals or agency made the ultimate decision to terminate this program?
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.2: What do the sociological eye and the sociological imagination
allow you to do?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Sociological Imagination
Difficulty Level: Hard - Who developed the concept of the sociological imagination?
a. Sigmund Freud