Test bank for sociology a brief introduction 5th canadian edition by schaefer

Page of 14 This chapter has 100 questions Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below questions at random and keep in order  Multiple Choice Questions - (89) Bloom's: Remember - (69) True/False Questions - (6) Bloom's: Understand - (23) Essay Questions - (5) Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? - (30) Odd Numbered - (50) Learning Objective: 01-02 What Is Sociological Theory? - (7) Even Numbered - (50) Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? - (29) Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation - (95) Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? - (26) Bloom's: Analyze - (7) Learning Objective: 01-05 What Can We Expect from the Use of the Sociological Imagination? - (7) Bloom's: Apply - (1) Learning Objective: 01-06 Social Policy throughout the World - (1) According to Timmerman, sociologists are concerned with the study of: similarities between social evolution and the evolution of viruses how important individuals shape the society in which ordinary people live → what people as members of a group or while interacting with one another what people today and how it can be used to predict future social trends Multiple Choice Question The systematic study of social behaviour and human groups is known as: psychology political science anthropology → sociology Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? A sociologist wishes to study social interaction in an inner city Which of the following approaches will best suit her purpose? → Engaging in the systematic study of social behaviour and human groups Focusing primarily on how social relationships are based on traditional values Examining the influence of media and politics on people's everyday lives Studying how social structures are shaped by the natural environment Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Analyze Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? The awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate, personal social settings and the remote, impersonal social world is called: → the sociological imagination anthropology a theory verstehen Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination Émile Durkheim Max Weber Karl Marx → C Wright Mills Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? A key element in the sociological imagination is the ability to view one's own society: from the perspective of personal experience from the perspective of cultural biases → as an outsider as an insider Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? A sociologist observing behaviour at a college football game would probably focus on: what books the coach of the team has read during the past year a "fan" who has fallen asleep during the game's fourth quarter → the interaction among fans during the pre-game ritual of tailgate parties Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 14 the cleanliness of the rest room facilities in the stadium Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Analyze Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? A sociologist compares people's behaviours when they are eating with friends at a neighbourhood pub compared to eating with friends at an upscale Italian restaurant This is an example of the use of: the empirical observation → the sociological imagination the statistical analysis the structural analysis Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Analyze Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Which aspect of divorce would most likely be of interest to sociologists using the sociological imagination? → the structural impact of divorce the personal hardships of a man or woman divorcing the average amount of child support payments for dependent children the number of suicides connected to divorce Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 10 C Wright Mills advocated the use of the sociological imagination to view divorce in the United States because divorce: Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer is a serious personal problem for numerous men and women not just personal problem but a societal concern → isFull fileanatindividual's https://TestbankDirect.eu/ may create emotional scars for divorcees has been a serious problem throughout history Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Multiple Choice Question 11 The sociological imagination is an empowering tool because: it allows us to look beyond a limited understanding of the world it helps us to understand why certain people may prefer hip-hop music it opens up a different way of understanding other populations in the world → all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 12 The body of knowledge obtained using methods based upon systematic observation is called a(an): theory verstehen → science ideal type Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Multiple Choice Question 13 Sociology is considered a science because sociologists: teach at respected universities → engage in organized and systematic study of phenomena to enhance understanding receive government funding for research projects construct middle-range theories to explain social behaviour Multiple Choice Question 14 Which of the following subject areas is an example of a natural science? philosophy British literature ceramics → geology Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 15 Sociology, anthropology, economics, and history study various aspects of human society and are therefore considered: natural sciences Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 14 → social sciences typologies psychological categories Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 16 Astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics study various aspects of the physical features of nature and are therefore considered: → natural sciences social sciences typologies psychological categories Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 17 Which of the following academic disciplines would most likely explore the ways in which people produce and exchange goods? history psychology → economics sociology Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 18 Which of the following academic disciplines investigates personality and individual behaviour? history → psychology political science sociology Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 19 Which of the following academic disciplines emphasizes the influence that society has on people's attitudes and behaviour and the ways in which people shape society? anthropology economics → sociology physics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 20 Which of the following academic disciplines is classified as a natural science? sociology history political science → biology Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 21 Which of the following academic disciplines is classified as a social science? biology physics → anthropology astronomy Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 22 In studying the impact of the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2010, which social science would study the short-term prospects for the nation's governance? history economics sociology → political science Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 14 Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 23 Which social science would be interested in cost comparisons between the use of the death penalty and incarceration for criminal offenders? history → economics sociology political science Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Multiple Choice Question 24 A natural scientist would be likely to study: the clothing patterns of a group of people during a hundred-year period the food preparation among a tribal group in New Guinea → the rock formations and composition in the Grand Canyon the interaction between men and women on a college campus Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Multiple Choice Question 25 A social scientist would be likely to study the: composition of a meteorite discovered in a remote area of Siberia reasons for the divorce rate inIntroduction the U.S → Test Bank fordecreasing Sociology A Brief 5th Canadian newest procedure in heart transplant surgery Full fileofatlife https://TestbankDirect.eu/ possibility on Mars Edition by Schaefer Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 26 Sociologists argue that, unlike scientific knowledge, common sense conclusions are: not published → not reliable not politically correct easily disseminated Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? Multiple Choice Question 27 Contrary to common sense, studies of disasters show that: disasters cause complete social disorganization disasters produce panic → disasters bring out structure and organization to deal with their aftermath disasters have no significant effect on human social behaviour Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 28 An attempt to explain problems, actions, or behaviour in a comprehensive manner is called a(an): science typology → theory ideal type Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-02 What Is Sociological Theory? Multiple Choice Question 29 In his research on suicide, Émile Durkheim found that: → Protestants had higher suicide rates than Catholics married people had higher suicide rates than unmarried people civilians had higher suicide rates than soldiers suicide rates were higher during periods of prosperity than during periods of depression Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-02 What Is Sociological Theory? Multiple Choice Question 30 Émile Durkheim's study of suicide related suicide rates to: personal depression personal stress → the extent to which people were integrated into the group life of a society Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 14 climatic conditions such as oppressive heat, heavy rain, and cold winters Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What Is Sociological Theory? 31 Émile Durkheim's sociological explanation for suicide is regarded as scientific because he: → developed conclusions based on systematic examination of data performed his research solely in a laboratory environment maintained strict guidelines for the members of his subject group divided suicide into four distinctive categories Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Analyze Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What Is Sociological Theory? 32 Which of the following statements is an example of a sociological theory? → Suicide rates are a reflection of whether people are, or are not, integrated into the group life of a society John's suicide was probably the result of the stress he was feeling at work Social groups must have three or more members Betting on horse races increases on sunny days Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Learning Objective: 01-02 What Is Sociological Theory? Multiple Choice Question 33 Émile Durkheim is known for his classic sociological study of: suicide → Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction abortion Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ soccer crowd control 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What Is Sociological Theory? 34 The discipline of sociology was given its name by the French theorist: Émile Durkheim → Auguste Comte Harriet Martineau Marcel Marceau Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 35 Which sociologist translated the works of Auguste Comte into English and emphasized the impact that the economy, law, trade, and population could have on contemporary society? Émile Durkheim Jane Addams → Harriet Martineau Talcott Parsons Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 36 Which early sociologist applied the concept of evolution to societies in order to explain how they change, or evolve, over time? Émile Durkheim Charles Darwin Harriet Martineau → Herbert Spencer Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? Multiple Choice Question 37 Anomie refers to: a model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated → a loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of individual behaviour has become ineffective a classification scheme containing two or more categories a type of suicide that is based on depression Multiple Choice Question 38 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? Page of 14 In many Third World nations, the pace of social change is very rapid and there is significant hunger and starvation, unemployment, and family disruption Individuals who live in Third World nations are likely to suffer: dialecticism → anomie verstehen dramaturgy Multiple Choice Question 39 The concept of anomie was introduced into sociology by: Auguste Comte → Émile Durkheim Max Weber C Wright Mills Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 40 The word that Max Weber used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions, thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes was: → verstehen Gemeinschaft anomie Gesellschaft Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 41 A sociologist interviews high-salaried corporate chief executive officers (CEOs) to discover whether they feel stress in their everyday lives as a result of the pressure to produce at an unrealistic level This sociologist is employing: alienation anomie → verstehen globalization techniques Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 42 In order to observe Weber's insistence on verstehen in sociological research, a researcher must: live in the community where her subjects live use carefully thought out questionnaires → take into account people's emotions, thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes ensure that community leaders are convinced to support the research effort Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? Multiple Choice Question 43 An ideal type is: a body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation → a construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated a detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically an initiator of people's attitudes or behaviour Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 44 A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated is called a(an): → ideal type typology natural science theory Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 45 A sociology instructor asks students to make lists of the characteristics of the best and worst possible instructors These lists, which would be used to evaluate all instructors, are an example of a(an): typology → ideal type verstehen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 14 hypothesis Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 46 In The Communist Manifesto, Marx argued that the working class must: ally with capitalists to build a better world try to work toward a return to feudalism → overthrow the existing class system of capitalist societies ignore all aspects of class divisions Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 47 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles [ .] The _ have nothing to lose but their chains They have a world to win WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES UNITE!" bourgeoisie → proletarians vulcans middle classes Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition bythat Schaefer 48 Marx viewed the relationship between the capitalists and the exploited workers in systemic terms; is, he believed that a system of _ relationships maintained the power and dominance of the owners over the workers Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ economic political social → all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 49 In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between: men and women who clash in pursuit of their own interests → classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests Blacks and Whites who clash in pursuit of their own racial interests the religious and the nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own interests Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 50 Which of the following was a central focus for Charles Horton Cooley? class issues divorce → intimate face-to-face groups suicide Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 51 Early female sociologists such as Jane Addams were often active in poor urban areas as leaders of community centres known as: → settlement houses communes collective homes utopian communities Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 52 Although some of the early sociologists saw themselves as social reformers, by the middle of the twentieth century, the focus of the discipline of sociology had shifted to: → theorizing and gathering information a de-emphasis on the scientific method applied sociology the advocacy of civil rights for minorities Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 14 Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 53 Which sociologist made an important contribution to the discipline by successfully combining theory and research? C Wright Mills Jane Addams Harriet Martineau → Robert Merton Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 54 _ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories → Microsociology Macrosociology Middle-range sociology Conflict theory Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 55 Sociological studies that focus on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations are defined as: microsociology interactionism macrosociology → Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer dramaturgy Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 56 A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, the U.S., and France is an example of: alienation anomie microsociology → macrosociology Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 57 A sociologist studies drug-use patterns among small groups of college students in a mid-western college This would be an example of: conflict theory functionalism macrosociology → microsociology Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 58 Which sociological perspective would view society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival and stability? → functionalist perspective conflict perspective interactionist perspective all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 59 Which sociologist saw "society as a vast network of connected parts, each of which contributes to the maintenance of the system as a whole?" Karl Marx Erving Goffman Max Weber → Talcott Parsons Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 60 Which sociological perspective would suggest that if an aspect of social life does not contribute to a society's stability, then it does not serve a useful function? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 14 → functionalist perspective conflict perspective interactionist perspective all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 61 Which sociological perspective would be most likely to argue that the existence of prostitution suggests that it satisfies certain basic social needs? → functionalist perspective conflict perspective interactionist perspective global perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 62 According to the functionalist perspective, an aspect of social life is passed on from one generation to the next if it: can be used by one group to subjugate another group enhances impression management → promotes value consensus among members of a society is dysfunctional Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 63 Which of the following could be a manifest function of colleges? They are a place to meet future husbands or wives They sometimes fail to teach students how to read or write effectively They help to maintain the economic status quo in North America → They prepare students for post-college careers Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 64 An element or a process of society that may actually disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability is known as a: latent function manifest function → dysfunction conflict function Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 65 U.S prison officials promote the eradication of inmate gangs because they threaten the smooth operation of prisons Adopting this viewpoint, inmate gangs are a: → dysfunction of prison latent function of prison manifest function of prison proactive function of prison Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 66 Which sociological perspective sees the social world as being in continual struggle? functionalist perspective → conflict perspective interactionist perspective global perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 67 Critics of television often suggest that executives of major television networks and movie corporations are wealthy White males who decide which programs or movies will be produced and which directors and actors will obtain jobs in the industry This analysis reflects the: functionalist perspective → conflict perspective interactionist perspective global perspective Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 10 of 14 Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 68 The view that society can best be understood in terms of competition between groups is the: functionalist perspective evolution perspective symbolic interactionist perspective → conflict perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 69 Which feminist perspective recognizes that capitalism and systems of political power oppress women around the world? Liberal feminism Marxist feminism → Transnational feminism Radical feminism Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 70 Which sociological approach focuses on the macro-level and would tend to view inequality in gender as central to behaviour and organization? functionalist perspective Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer conflict perspective interactionist Full file atperspective https://TestbankDirect.eu/ feminist perspective → Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 71 Which sociologist explored the ways that sexism can influence research in social science? Jane Addams → Margrit Eichler Harriet Martineau Dorothy Smith Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 72 Which sociological perspective generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to understand society as a whole? functionalist perspective conflict perspective → interactionist perspective all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 73 Which sociologist is widely regarded as the founder of the interactionist perspective? C Wright Mills → George Herbert Mead Charles Horton Cooley Erving Goffman Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 74 Which sociological perspective holds the view that people create their social worlds through interaction and manipulation of symbols? functionalist conflict → interactionist global Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 75 Which sociological perspective is most concerned with macro-level analysis? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 11 of 14 → functionalist perspective conflict perspective interactionist perspective both functionalist and conflict perspectives Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 76 Inequality, capitalism, and stratification are key concepts of which theoretical perspective? functionalist perspective → conflict perspective interactionist perspective all of these Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 77 In examining any aspect of society, which sociological perspective emphasizes the contribution that aspect makes to overall social stability? → functionalist perspective conflict perspective interactionist perspective all of these Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 78 Which sociological perspective would most likely argue that the social order is based on coercion and exploitation? functionalist perspective → conflict perspective interactionist perspective global perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 79 Which sociological perspective argues that no single theory can accurately explain the complexities of today's society? Conflict perspective Interactionist perspective → Postmodern perspective Functionalist perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 80 Which theorist popularized the dramaturgical approach? George Herbert Mead → Erving Goffman Dorothy Smith Karl Marx Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 81 Which sociological approach would focus on the personal relations and day-to-day social behaviour of the people experiencing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? functionalist perspective conflict perspective → interactionist perspective feminist perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What Can We Expect from the Use of the Sociological Imagination? 82 Which sociological perspective would view the oil industry as a form of big business in which profits are more important than the health and safety of the people suffering in the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? functionalist perspective → conflict perspective interactionist perspective none of these Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 12 of 14 Multiple Choice Question Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand Learning Objective: 01-05 What Can We Expect from the Use of the Sociological Imagination? 83 Which sociological perspective would suggest that the revitalization of the environmental movement is a supportive function of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? → functionalist perspective conflict perspective interactionist perspective feminist perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What Can We Expect from the Use of the Sociological Imagination? 84 Which sociological perspective would most likely suggest that churches and other charities provided spiritual and material support to households affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? → functionalist perspective conflict perspective interactionist perspective feminist perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What Can We Expect from the Use of the Sociological Imagination? 85 Which sociological theorists would emphasize that, although news outlets report on oil spills affecting affluent countries, larger oil spills affecting economically-inferior nations receive less news coverage? Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer functionalists → conflict theorists Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ interactionists global sociologists Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What Can We Expect from the Use of the Sociological Imagination? 86 Which sociological perspective would suggest that stressful events such as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill can contribute to social breakdowns, including divorce? functionalist perspective conflict perspective → interactionist perspective feminist perspective Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What Can We Expect from the Use of the Sociological Imagination? 87 Which sociological perspective would emphasize that women bear a disproportionate share of the burden in their role as caregivers during times of disaster? → Feminist perspective Conflict perspective Functionalist Interactionist Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What Can We Expect from the Use of the Sociological Imagination? 88 The work of such sociologists as _, addresses the long-standing exclusion of women's standpoint in sociology, as well as sexist biases in the way in which sociological research has been conducted George Herbert Mead and John Cooley Talcott Parsons and Robert Prus → Dorothy Smith and Margrit Eichler Patricia Madoo Lengermann and Gillian Niebrugge Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 89 We can expect _ to play an increasing role in the government sector by researching and developing public policy alternatives psychologists anthropologists → sociologists psychiatrists Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 13 of 14 Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember Learning Objective: 01-06 Social Policy throughout the World 90 Sociology is the systematic study of social behaviour and the study of individual personality differences True → False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember True / False Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 91 An effective sociological theory may have both explanatory and predictive power → True False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember True / False Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What Is Sociological Theory? 92 Herbert Spencer suggested that sociologists should be highly critical of the status quo and should work actively for social change True → False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember True / False Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 93 Karl Marx saw the factory as the centre of conflict between society's exploiters and its exploited masses → True Test Bank for Sociology A Brief Introduction 5th Canadian Edition by Schaefer False Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember True / False Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 94 In the middle of the twentieth century, the focus of sociology shifted from theorizing and information gathering to a more active interest in transforming society True → False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Remember True / False Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 95 One of Robert Merton's most significant contributions to sociology was the attempt to merge the micro-level and macrolevel approaches to the study of society → True False Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom's: Understand True / False Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 96 Describe what C Wright Mills meant by the term "sociological imagination." Explanation: Answers will vary Bloom's: Understand Essay Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 97 Discuss what separates sociology from common sense Be sure to give some examples of how sociological research might dispel commonly accepted views Explanation: Answers will vary Bloom's: Apply Essay Question Learning Objective: 01-01 What Is Sociology? 98 Summarize the contributions of Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx to the field of sociology Be sure to note any theoretical differences they may have had with one another Explanation: Answers will vary Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 14 of 14 Bloom's: Analyze Essay Question Learning Objective: 01-03 How Did Sociology Develop? 99 Explain the similarities and differences between the three major sociological perspectives of functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism Identify which perspectives use a macro-level or a micro-level of analysis Explanation: Answers will vary Bloom's: Analyze Essay Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 100.Describe the similarities and differences between conflict theory and the feminist perspective Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question Bloom's: Analyze Learning Objective: 01-04 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives? 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