Test Bank Social Problems Community,

Test Bank Social Problems Community, Policy, and Social Action, 7e Anna Leon Guerrero (All Chapter Complete Test Bank)

• A social condition or pattern of behavior that has negative

consequences for individuals and our social world is referred to as which of these?

*a. social problem

• personal issue
• structural constraint
• human agency

• A theory is a set of assumptions and propositions used for

explanation, prediction, and understanding.

*a. True

• False

• According to your text, s ocial problems can be identified as

happening in how many stages?

• two
• three
• four

*d. five

• Applied research has a specific intent to utilize findings for

policy implementation.

*a. True

• False

• Wright Mills defined the _____ _ as a small group of political,

business, and military elite who exclusively control our society.

*a. power elite

• bourgeoisie
• proletariat
• prestige elite

• Identifying an issue as a social problem is a subjective process.

Taking a private trouble and transforming it into a public issue is an example of what stage in this proce ss?

*a. stage 1 1 / 4

• stage 2
• stage 3
• stage 4

• In the first stage of the identification of a social problem,

activists, advocates, and victims of the pro blem feel distrust toward formal organizations.

• True

*b. False

• Quantitative research methods focus on the col lection of ______.

*a. statistical data

• independent variables
• dependent variables
• social life as people experience it

• What is the term for the ability to link our own lives and

experiences with our social world?

• sociology

*b. sociological imagination

• globalization
• socialism

• Which perspective considers how society is held together by power

and coercion for the benefit of those in power?

• functionalist perspective
• symbolic interactionist perspective

*c. conflict perspective

• power perspective

• Which research method traces a sequence of events over time?

• focus groups
• secondary data analysis
• survey research

*d. historical and comparative methods

• Which type of theory focuses on the in dividual level of analysis of

society?

• macro theory

*b. micro theory

• meso theory
• anomic theory 2 / 4

• Which type of theor y focuses on the societal level of analysis of

society?

*a. macro theory

• micro theory
• meso theory
• anomic theory

• ______ refers to an awareness of an individual's social position in

society.

*a. Class consciousness

• Class awareness
• Class alienation
• Class subjectivity

• ______ use their responses to support, educate, and empower

individuals and their communities.

• Social researchers

*b. Social advocates

• Social interactionists
• Social innovators

• Carla is conducting a study examining the effect of income on

available housing. "Available housing" is the ______.

• null hypothesis

*b. dependent variable

• research question
• independent variable

• Christopher works at a factory doing the same rep etitive task all

day. He has little interact ion with his coworkers, and he never sees the finished product that he helps produce. Drawing from the conflict perspective, what term best describes Christopher's work experience?

• self-awareness
• class consciousness

*c. alienation

• human agency

• Describe how social policy can lead to social change. Using

specific examples, describe the role of social advocates and social innovation in facilitating social change.

• / 4

• Dr. Bradley is conducting research on the relationship between

social class and the likelihood of COVID -19 hospitalization. She finds that individuals of lower social classes are more likely to be hospitalized due to COVID -19 compared to individuals of higher social classes. What is social class as portrayed in this e xample?

*a. the independent variable

• the dependent variable
• the hypothesis
• a theory

• Drawing from the symbolic interactionist perspective, what is the

self? Give an example of how the self emerges fr om social interaction.

• Ethan is a sociology major and his good friend, Robbie is a biology

major. Ethan tells Robb ie about his first sociology course and explains to Robbie that sociology is a science of our social world. Robbie disagrees, arguing t hat biology is a "true" science while sociology is not. How could you help Ethan explain to Robbie that sociology is in fact, a science?

• Explain the four -stage process identified by Spector and Kituse in

the identification of a social problem. Provi de your own example of a social problem that has followed this four -step process.

• Kirsten is conducting research o n the relationship between media

consumption and grades in school. She states that she expects to find that individuals who spend three or more hours on their phones each day will have lower grades in school. This statement is an example of what?

*a. hypothesis

• theory
• variable
• applied research

• The feminist perspective is to patriarchy as the interactionist

perspective is to ______.

• anomie

*b. symbols

• class consciousness
• proletariat

• Veronica identified that bullying was a problem at her school. She

went to the school board and proposed specific guidelines to help better address the problem. The scho ol adopted the new guidelines and developed a formal anti -bullying program, whi ch resulted in changes to the way the school responded to bullying. What is this scenario an example of?

• / 4