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SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions Chapter 1 Multiple Choice 1. As defined by C. Wright Mills, which of the following “enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society”? a. formal sociology b. sociological imagination c. microsociology d. macrosociology ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 5 TOP: Factual OBJ: Sociological Imagination 2. Feeling discomfort about rural Chinese society, where many generations of a family sleep in the same bed, is known as: a. xenophobia. b. Verstehen. c. social identity. d. social ecology. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pages 6–7 TOP: Applied OBJ: Sociological Imagination 3. How does the textbook author use dialogue from Pulp Fiction , in which the characters discuss how in Holland people put mayonnaise on their french fries? a. to introduce the sociology of film b. to explain the sociological imagination c. to explain social institutions d. to define formal sociology ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 7 TOP: Applied OBJ: Sociological Imagination 4. A female manager is attempting to climb her way to the top of the corporate ladder. She works as hard, if not harder, than her male colleagues, but nothing she seems to do helps her advance. She begins to notice that males are being promoted, but females tend to be overlooked for advancements. The realization that many women in her circumstance are experiencing the same discrimination is an example of: a. anomie. b. Verstehen. c. sociological imagination. d. social cohesion. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 5 TOP: Applied OBJ: Sociological Imagination 5. Sociologists and economists have shown that the benefits of higher education include higher median incomes for college graduates. This is known as: a. educational investment. b. the returns to schooling. c. study hard or be poor. d. get an education; get a job. ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 8 TOP: Factual OBJ: Returns to Schooling 6. After doing some sociological math, what is the net difference between the annual earnings of the average high school versus college graduate? a. about $5,000 per year b. about $10,000 per year c. about $15,000 per year SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions d. about $50,000 per year ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 9 SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions TOP: Conceptual OBJ: Returns to Schooling 7. According to Randall Collins’s (1979) research, the expansion of higher education is: a. mainly caused by the globalization of capitalism. b. likely caused by less-prepared high school students entering college. c. a result of credentialism and expenditures on formal education. d. a result of increasing governmental interference in educational funding. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 11 TOP: Factual OBJ: Credentialism 8. According to research used to question credentialism, what might it cost to buy a college diploma online? a. $29.95 b. $99.99 c. $250.00 d. at least $1,000 ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 11 TOP: Factual OBJ: Credentialism 9. In today’s society, Randall Collins might suggest that getting a “piece of paper” is more important to many than actually having the knowledge to do a job. He calls the priority placed on formal education: a. secondary education. b. credentialism. c. normlessness. d. xenophobia. ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Page 11 TOP: Conceptual OBJ: Credentialism 10. All of the following are examples of social institutions used to prevent websites from undermining colleges’ degree -conferring abilities EXCEPT: a. copyright law. b. police forces. c. employers. d. families. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 11 TOP: Factual OBJ: Social Institutions 11. Which of the following is defined as a set of stories embedded within a social network about the standard ways a society meets its needs? a. a social identity b. a social institution c. a theory d. anomie ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 12 TOP: Factual OBJ: Social Institutions 12. The author of your text states that the most age-segregated social institution in our society is: a. a hospital. b. a mental institution. c. a prison. d. a four-year college. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 12 TOP: Factual OBJ: Social Institutions 13. A family, as a group of people living together sharing individual stories, makes up a(n): a. social institution. b. conflict institution. c. anomic institution. d. creative institution. SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: Page 13 TOP: Conceptual OBJ: Social Institutions 14. The Phillip Morris Company changed its name to Altira in an attempt to start a new: SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions a. line of cigarettes. b. defense against law suits. c. social identity d. multinational company. ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Page 13 TOP: Factual OBJ: Social Identity 15. The “grand narrative” that constitutes a social identity: a. is nothing more than a sum of individual stories told between pairs of individuals. b. remains the same throughout time. c. can only be defined by the individual him- or herself. d. is best displayed online on MySpace and Facebook. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 13 TOP: Conceptual OBJ: Social Identity 16. As a formal field, sociology is a relatively discipline, as discussed in Chapter 1. a. old b. established c. young d. conservative ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 15 TOP: Factual OBJ: Early Sociological Theory 17. Who was the author of the first methods book in the discipline of sociology? a. Emile Durkheim b. Harriet Martineau c. Jane Addams d. Max Weber ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 18 TOP: Factual OBJ: August Comte and Harriet Martineau 18. In the book How to Observe Morals and Manners , the institution of marriage is criticized as: a. based on an assumption of the inferiority of women. b. based on an assumption of the inferiority of men. c. reinforcing compulsory heterosexuality. d. perpetuating social class stratification. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 18 TOP: Factual OBJ: August Comte and Harriet Martineau | Feminist Theory 19. Which of the following sociologists developed the theory of positivism? a. Auguste Comte b. Emile Durkheim c. Karl Marx d. Max Weber ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 15 TOP: Factual OBJ: Positivism 20. Positivism is best defined as: a. the idea that we can scientifically and logically study social institutions and the individuals within them. b. the effect of religion on social institutions and the individuals within them. c. the study of the symbolic interactions between social institutions and the individuals within them. d. the relationship between scientific and religious social institutions. ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: Page 16 TOP: Factual OBJ: Positivism 21. According to Comte, positivism arose out of a need to make sense of the social order in a time of declining religious authority. SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions a. scientific b. mora l c. rational d. economic SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 16 TOP: Factual OBJ: Positivism 22. The person that is often considered to be the founding father of positivism is: a. Émile Durkheim. b. Karl Marx. c. Georg Simmel. d. George Herbert Mead. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 23 TOP: Factual OBJ: Positivism 23. All of the following are known as the three epistemological stages of human society, as explained by Comte, EXCEPT: a. the theological stage. b. the metaphysical stage. c. the scientific stage. d. the post-scientific stage. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Pages 16–17 TOP: Factual OBJ: Epistemological Stages 24. Which of the three historical epistemological stages of human society did Comte explain was highlighted by Enlightenment thinking such as Rousseau’s, Mill’s, and Hobbes’s beliefs in biological causes for human behavior? a. the theological stage b. the metaphysical stage c. the scientific stage d. the post-scientific stage ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 17 TOP: Factual OBJ: Epistemological Stages 25. Which of the three historical epistemological stages of human society did Comte claim was characterized by the development of social physics to explain human behavior? a. the theological stage b. the metaphysical stage c. the scientific stage d. the post-scientific stage ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Page 17 TOP: Factual OBJ: Epistemological Stages 26. Which of the three historical epistemological stages did Comte argue would explain human society by consulting the Bible or other religious texts? a. the theological stage b. the metaphysical stage c. the scientific stage d. the post-scientific stage ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 16 TOP: Factual OBJ: Epistemological Stages 27. Which of the following are known as “the founding fathers of the sociological discipline”? a. Comte, Martineau, and Marx b. Martineau, Addams, and Weber c. Durkheim, Marx, and Weber d. Cooley, Park, and Mead ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 18 TOP: Factual OBJ: Classical Sociology 28. Which of the following founders of sociology is known, in part, for having his writings become the basis of Communism? a. Auguste Comte SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions b. Émile Durkheim c. Karl Marx d. Max Weber ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 19 SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions TOP: Factual OBJ: Karl Marx 29. To Marx, conflict between a small number of capitalists and a large number of workers would divide society. He referred to this large number of workers as: a. employees. b. proletariat. c. subordinates. d. slaves. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 20 TOP: Factual OBJ: Karl Marx 30. Karl Marx would argue that the types of social institutions in a society were the result of the economic makeup of that society. Max Weber, however, argued that: a. there are no social institutions in a society. b. there are multiple influences (e.g., religion) on how social institutions are created. c. social institutions are not influenced by the economy, but by the individuals in them. d. the epistemological stage of that society influenced the social institutions. ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Page 21 TOP: Applied OBJ: Karl Marx | Max Weber 31. Who criticized Marx for focusing exclusively on economics and social class as explanations for human behavior, and advocated sociological analyses that allowed for multiple influences? a. Auguste Comte b. Harriet Martineau c. Georg Simmel d. Max Weber ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 21 TOP: Factual OBJ: Max Weber 32. Who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ? a. Karl Marx b. Georg Simmel c. Harriet Martineau d. Max Weber ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 21 TOP: Factual OBJ: Max Weber 33. The author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism argued that sociologists should study social behavior from the perspective of the people engaging in it. This is known as: a. functionalism. b. historical materialism. c. xenophobia. d. Verstehen. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 21 TOP: Factual OBJ: Verstehen 34. Max Weber would say we need to understand, from their perspective, not from our own, why many generations of Chinese sleep together in rural China. He called this: a. anomie. b. normlessness. c. Verstehen. d. positivism. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 21 TOP: Applied OBJ: Verstehen 35. Which of the following is the study of social meanings that emphasizes subjectivity in understanding human behavior? a. interpretive sociology SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions b. formal sociology c. social ecology d. positivism ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 21 SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions TOP: Factual OBJ: Interpretive Sociology 36. The Division of Labor in Society was the first of many sociological contributions from: a. Auguste Comte. b. Émile Durkheim. c. Karl Marx. d. Max Weber. ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Page 22 TOP: Factual OBJ: Émile Durkheim 37. According to the theory of social solidarity, the division of labor in a society helps to determine: a. the sociological contribution of individuals. b. the way urbanism affects the cohesion of individuals. c. the way social cohesion among individuals is maintained. d. the way social norms are created and maintained. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Pages 22–23 TOP: Factual OBJ: Émile Durkheim 38. Which of the following sociologists wrote Suicide in 1897? a. Auguste Comte b. Émile Durkheim c. Karl Marx d. Max Weber ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 23 TOP: Factual OBJ: Émile Durkheim 39. According to Suicide , one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of normlessness that results from drastic changes in society. This normlessness was called: a. anomie. b. the division of labor. c. social solidarity. d. functionalism. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 23 TOP: Factual OBJ: Anomie 40. American sociology in the United States began at which of the following universities? a. American University b. University of Chicago c. New York University (NYU) d. Columbia University ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 24 TOP: Factual OBJ: The Chicago School 41. The basic premise of the Chicago School was that human behaviors and personalities are shaped by social and physical environments. This is known as: a. formal sociology. b. interpretive sociology. c. social ecology. d. Verstehen. ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 24 TOP: Factual OBJ: The Chicago School 42. Which early U.S. sociologist told other sociologists in the Chicago School to “go out and get the seats of [their] pants dirty in real research”? a. Charles H. Cooley b. George H. Mead c. Robert Park d. Louis Wirth SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Page 24 TOP: Factual OBJ: The Chicago School 43. The Chicago School’s main laboratory for sociological research was: a. the city of Chicago itself. SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions b. the second floor of the University of Chicago’s dormitories. c. the state of Illinois. d. the states of Illinois and Ohio. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Page 24 TOP: Factual OBJ: The Chicago School 44. According to your textbook’s author, Chicago School researcher Louis Wirth’s essay, “Urbanism as a Way of Life,” might be classified as which of the following today? a. cultural sociology b. formal sociology c. interpretive sociology d. historical materialism ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: Page 24 TOP: Factual OBJ: The Chicago School 45. “If men define situations as real they are real in their consequences” is the theory of which of the following Chicago School theorists? a. Robert Park b. Charles H. Cooley c. George H. Mead d. W. I. Thomas ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 25 TOP: Factual OBJ: The Chicago School 46. The Chicago School was a good place to study community -based social ecology. Why? a. The residents were closely related and could communicate with each other easily. b. The population was rapidly growing due to foreign immigration and the influx of African Americans from the rural South. c. Industrialization was waning in Chicago during this time, and this caused high rates of poverty and crime. d. The divorce rate in Chicago at the time was double that of other large cities. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 24 TOP: Conceptual OBJ: The Chicago School 47. Charles H. Cooley argued that the “self” emerges from how an individual interacts with others and then interprets those interactions. He calls this: a. the looking -glass self. b. the social self. c. the generalized other. d. the significant other. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Page 25 TOP: Factual OBJ: Looking -Glass Self 48. George H. Mead described how the “self” internalizes the views of society as a whole, transcending the individual and particular situations. He calls this larger society: a. the significant other. b. the generalized other. c. the looking -glass self. d. the social self. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 25 TOP: Factual OBJ: The Generalized Other 49. The Chicago School’s Jane Addams founded the first American settlement house, an institution to help the poor by offering aid, educational services, and more. This house is known as: a. the Chicago School. b. the Addams House. c. the Hull House. d. the University of Chicago. ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 27 SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions TOP: Factual OBJ: Jane Addams 50. Which of the following was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University? a. W. E. B. Du Bois b. Jane Addams SOC 2001 Sociology Test Bank| Comprehensive Solutions c. Oprah Winfrey d. Barack Obama ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Page 25 TOP: Factual OBJ: W. E. B. Du Bois 51. Which of the following applied Durkheim’s theory of anomie to explain crime rates among African Americans after the abolition of slavery in the United States? a. W. E. B. Du Bois b. Jane Addams c. Robert Park d. Charles H. Cooley ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Page 26 TOP: Factual OBJ: W. E. B. Du Bois 52. A white person goes into an upscale shop to look at clothes. (S)he is excited to see that there is a sale and gathers a huge pile of clothes to take into the dressing room. An African American goes into the store and is excited about the sale, but hesitates to take many clothes into the dressing room, afraid that staff will think he or she might shoplift. W. E. B. Du Bois would say that the African American has: a. prejudice. b. low self-esteem. c. double consciousness. d. a negative self-image. ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 26 TOP: Applied OBJ: Double Consciousness 53. Which of the following modern sociological theories states that the best way to analyze society is to identify the purpose that different aspects or phenomena play in the overall structure of society? a. postmodernism b. feminism c. conflict theory d. functionalism ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: Page 27 TOP: Applied OBJ: Functionalism 54. The intended purpose of desegregation of schools in the 1950s was to make education equal for everyone. What was not intended was that many racial minority teachers and principals lost their jobs. This unintended purpose was called a(n) function by functionalist theorist Talcott Parsons. a. unintended b. manifest c. mistaken d. latent ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Page 27 TOP: Conceptual OBJ: Manifest and Latent Functions 55. In contrast to functionalism, which modern sociological theory borrows from Marx’s belief that competition, not consensus, is the essential cause of social change? a. conflict theory b. feminism c. postmodernism d. midrange theory ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 28 TOP: Factual OBJ: Conflict Theory 56. The functionalist paradigm went largely unchallenged in the United States until around the 1950s. C. Wright Mills criticized Talcott Parsons for: a. spending too much time on the negative aspects of society. b. supporting the dominant class structure and the inequalities associated with it.