Table of Contents 1
The Sociological Perspective
2
Sociological Investigation
3
Culture
4
Society
5
Socialization
6
Social Interaction in Everyday Life
7
Mass Media and Social Media
8
Groups and Organizations
9
Sexuality and Society
10 Deviance 11 Social Stratification 12 Social Class in the United States 13 Global Stratification 14 Gender Stratification 15 Race and Ethnicity 16 Aging and the Elderly 17 The Economy and Work 18 Politics and Government 19 Families 20 Religion 21 Education 22 Health and Medicine 23 Population, Urbanization, and Environment 24 Collective Behavior and Social Movements 25 Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies
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Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes in Sociology, Eighteenth Edition. The questions are tagged to indicate one of four levels of learning that move from lower-level to higher-level cognitive reasoning. The four levels:
Recollection: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material
Understanding: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas
Application: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new situation
Analysis: a question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their interrelationship
The 195 questions in this chapter‘s test bank are divided into four types. True/False questions are the least demanding. As the table below shows, two-thirds of these are ―Recollection‖ questions, and all of them fall within the lowest three levels of cognitive reasoning (―Recollection,‖ ―Understanding,‖ and ―Application‖). Multiple-choice questions span a broader range of skills (most are ―Recollection‖ questions and the remainder are divided among the three higher levels). Short-answer questions are spread across the highest three levels of reasoning. Finally, essay questions are the most demanding because they require analysis and other higher levels of cognitive reasoning.
Types of Questions
Recollection
True/False
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Essay
Total Qs
41 (71%)
48 (44%)
0
0
89
Understanding 11 (19%)
21 (21%)
7 (37%)
0
39
Application
6 (10%)
16 (14%)
2 (10%)
3 (25%)
27
Analysis
0
21 (21%)
10 (53%)
9 (75%)
40
58
106
19
12
195
Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
Most people in the United States marry partners whose racial and ethnic identity differs from their own.. Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal ―free will.‖ Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection Sociology is defined as the systematic study of human society. Answer: True
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Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection Sociologists focus only on unusual patterns of behavior. Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection Using the sociological perspective, we would conclude that people‘s lives are mostly a result of what they, as individuals, decide to do. Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Application On average, college students in the U.S. come from families with above-average incomes. Answer: True Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection
Emile Durkheim provided evidence that categories of people with weaker social ties have lower suicide rates than people with stronger social ties. Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Recollection In the United States, Black people have a higher suicide rate than White people. Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection In the United States, men have a higher suicide rate than women. Answer: True Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection In the United States, White people have a lower suicide rate than Hispanic people. Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective
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Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection
People with lower social standing are usually more likely to see the world from a sociological perspective than people who are well off. Answer: True Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Application U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that times of social crisis foster widespread sociological thinking. Answer: True Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills claimed that sociology encourages people to take personal responsibility for solving their own problems. Answer: False Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our individual lives. Topic: The Sociological Perspective Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Recollection A global perspective has little in common with a sociological perspective.