Introduction to Sociology Question Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Sociology is an entry-level course that explores the systematic study of society, social institutions, and human interactions. Students examine key concepts such as culture, socialization, social stratification, and group dynamics, as well as the roles that race, gender, class, and ethnicity play in shaping individual and group experiences. The course also introduces major sociological theories and research methods, providing a foundational understanding of how sociologists analyze social phenomena and address contemporary social issues. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, students gain critical thinking skills for assessing social structures and the forces that influence behavior within societies.
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Social Problems 13th Edition by D. Stanley Eitzen
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Chapter 1: The Sociological Approach to Social Problems
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Q1) Emergency food requests and people seeking emergency shelter are __________.
A) increasing
B) decreasing
C) staying the same
D) not currently studied
Answer: A
Q2) Almost all the growth in the world's population by 2050 will take place in the __________.
A) poorest nations
B) wealthiest nations
C) United States
D) European Union
Answer: A
Q3) The idea of the "sociological imagination" was developed by which sociologist?
A) C. Wright Mills
B) William Graham Sumner
C) Karl Marx
D) Emile Durkheim
Answer: A
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Chapter 2 Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System
AMultiple-Choice
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Q1) What did Karl Marx mean when he discussed the inherent contradictions of capitalism? What has the passage of time shown us about those hypothetical contradictions?
Answer: Ideal Answer The ideal answer should include:
6. Describe how Marx conceptualized the role of the economy to society.
7. Define capitalism as an economic system. Describe how this system is maintained.
8. Describe the four contradictions inherent in capitalism.
9. Conclude with examples of the evolution of economic systems using historical examples.
Q2) The U.S.government has directly intervened in the domestic affairs of foreign governments to __________.
A) institute social welfare policies
B) institute labor and safety laws
C) prevent the rise of capitalist competition
D) protect U.S. corporate interests
Answer: D
Q3) Lack of centralized planning is a feature of ________
Answer: capitalism
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Chapter 3: World Population and Global Inequality
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Q1) Most microloans are usually __________.
A) around $50,000
B) over $15,000
C) over $1,000
D) under $100
Answer: D
Q2) Just over half of the world's population now lives in __________ areas.
Answer: urban
Q3) Monopoly control of agricultural land is typically put into __________ that have value as exports but neglect basic food needs.
Answer: cash crops
Q4) The authors suggest that effectively reducing fertility involves __________.
A) providing women access to formal education
B) keeping women from having a voice in society
C) preventing women from engaging in activities outside the home
D) preventing women access to contraception
Answer: A
Q5) Transnational companies prefer to hire young __________ from poor countries to work in their factories.
Answer: women
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Chapter 4: Threats to the Environment
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Q1) The world's population has increased dramatically and has reached approximately __________ people.
A) 9 billion
B) 7 billion
C) 6 million
D) 7 million
Q2) The biosphere of the planet includes the surface layer as well as the surrounding __________.
A) atmosphere
B) seasphere
C) cosmosphere
D) lunasphere
Q3) Environmental classism refers to the fact that the poor are more likely to
A) be subject to polluted environments where they live
B) receive increased wages for their work
C) live in cleaner neighborhoods with less pollution
D) have access to jobs with low hazards
Q4) Describe the biosphere and why it is important for us to protect it.
Q5) The United States discards __________ percent of the world's resources.
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Chapter 5 Demographic Changes in the United States: The
Browning and Graying of Society
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Q1) Which of the following is commonly expressed as a concern about immigration?
A) Immigrants help to provide more jobs for U.S. citizens.
B) Immigrants are a drain on society's resources.
C) The increase in immigrants will decrease tension between the races.
D) The increase in immigrants in an area will boost the economy.
Q2) Sometime around 2050,__________.
A) Latinos will make up about 29 percent of the U.S. population
B) African Americans will make up about 50 percent of the U.S. population
C) Minority groups will leave the United States
D) Asians will be the racial majority
Q3) Describe the four assimilation options that immigrants have and discuss the implication of each for the immigrant.
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Q4) The __________ amendments of 1965 abandoned the quota system that had preserved the European character of the United States for nearly half a century.
Q5) African Americans have been replaced by Latinos as the United State's largest minority group.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6 Problems of Place: Urban Suburban and Rural
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Q1) The most dramatic population shift in the United States in the past fifty years has been of people moving from __________.
A) cities to suburbs
B) farms to metropolitan areas
C) suburbs to rural areas
D) large cities to small cities
Q2) Twelfth-graders in rural America use cocaine,inhalants,and alcohol in higher rates than their urban counterparts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In addition to buying properties in poor neighborhoods and converting them to rental properties,a slumlord would also __________.
A) use alternative economic activities for survival
B) purchase and withhold apartments from the housing market for long-term investment
C) have no intention of investing in their upkeep and maintenance
D) actively recruited young White professionals to formerly blighted urban areas.
Q4) How is redlining practiced in urban areas?
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Chapter 7: Poverty
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Q1) Karl believes that poverty is inherent in capitalism.The drive for profit works to ensure that some people will always be poor,he says.This is known as __________.
A) structural theory
B) institutional discrimination theory
C) a culture-of-poverty hypothesis
D) a political economy approach to poverty
Q2) The number of those who are severely poor __________.
A) is on the rise
B) is on the decline
C) has stayed the same since 1979
D) is lower in the United States than any other country
Q3) The number of those who are severely poor is on the rise.
A)True
B)False
Q4) One of the primary ways that people without insurance access healthcare is by using __________ medical services that are less efficient and more costly.
Q5) __________ refers to the theory that the poor are poor because societal structures limit their opportunities.
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) __________ is a system of inequality in which race is the major criterion for rank and rewards.
A) Racial formation
B) Structural discrimination
C) Racial stratification
D) Gender stratification
Q2) "Hispanic," "Arab," and "Asian American" are all examples of __________.
A) racial formations
B) dominant groups
C) racial profiles
D) indigenous groups
Q3) Discuss the historical processes that have led to the current position of Native American Indians in American society.
Q4) Which groups in society are most disadvantaged with regard to education? Discuss why this phenomenon exists.What are the long-term implications of this gap?
Ideal
Q5) Discuss the trends in racial and ethnic relations.What are the implications of each? Ideal
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Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
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Q1) The pattern whereby women and men are situated in different jobs throughout the labor force is called __________.
A) patriarchy
B) gender stratification
C) gender segregation
D) gender integration
Q2) The __________ refers to invisible barriers that limit women's advancement into the upper levels of management.
Q3) Identify and discuss the various aspects of the formal education system that contribute to gender inequality.
Q4) A condition of capitalism in which male supremacy keeps women in subordinate roles at work and in the home is called __________.
A) capitalist patriarchy
B) capitalist matriarchy
C) capitalist androgyny
D) compulsory capitalism
Q5) How does race intersect with gender to increase inequity? Give examples. Ideal
Q6) __________ are still oppressed by religious institutions.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) How is homophobia considered to be a form of ideological oppression? In what ways is this similar to other types of persecution?
Q2) Public opinion __________ homosexuality and homosexual behavior.
A) is split about B) is uniformly accepting of C) condemns D) is impossible to measure about
Q3) Although it is inconclusive,there is growing scientific evidence for there being a _________ basis for homosexuality.
A) biological
B) social
C) psychological
D) religious
Q4) __________ effectively began the modern gay rights movement.
A) Stonewall
B) The 1987 march on Washington
C) "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
D) The AIDS crisis
Q5) What major events have impacted the gay rights movement?
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Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism
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Q1) Discuss the impact the Americans with Disabilities Act has had on the lives of the disabled.How do you imagine daily life has changed? Does the ADA reflect a more medical or social approach?
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Q2) How do labels affect people with disabilities? What role do they play in creating a master status with a stigma?
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Q3) Following his election in 1980,Ronald Reagan enacted policies that greatly strengthened the previously established guarantees for the rights of the disabled.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When the authors acknowledge that there is an ontological truth about disabilities,they are saying that disability is a social construction. A)True
B)False
Q5) The combination of multiple forms of oppression,known as the __________,means that some people experience their disability along with other statuses that are also stigmatizing.
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Chapter 12: Crime and Justice
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Q1) How has judicial discretion in sentencing changed since the 1970s? What are the effects of this?
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Q2) Jeff was arrested and convicted of his third felony.The judge has no choice other than to give him life without parole.This is an example of __________ sentencing.
A) mandatory
B) determinate
C) primary
D) terminal
Q3) __________ is an example of corporate crime.
A) Negative advertising
B) Assault
C) Price-fixing
D) Slander
Q4) Driving while Black (DWB)is an example of __________.
A) secondary deviance
B) racial profiling
C) street crime
D) plea bargaining
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Chapter 13: Drugs
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Q1) The recent decisions by the citizens of Washington and Colorado to legalize recreational marijuana illustrates which of the alternatives to the war on drugs described in the text?
A) Regulation of trade or use through licensing and taxation
B) A public health approach focusing on decriminalization
C) Addressing the social causes of drug use
D) Enacting and enforcing criminal laws
Q2) Legalizing marijuana but regulating its use has which of the following benefits?
A) It would decrease the product's conformity to standards of purity and safety.
B) It would dry up the need for vast criminal networks that distribute drugs.
C) Prison space and police activities could be used to deter heavy marijuana use.
D) It would reduce marijuana use.
Q3) In the illegal drug trade,__________ flow into Mexico and __________ flow(s)into the United States.
A) guns; drugs
B) drugs; guns
C) felons; cash
D) pharmacologists; cartels
Q4) Crimes committed to produce money for drugs are typically __________.
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Chapter 14: The Economy and Work
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Q1) Juan does contract work for a publishing company.He is a contingent worker.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The division of the economy into one sector with stable and secure working conditions and another sector with marginal working conditions and low wages is called
A) sweatshops
B) the dual labor market
C) alienation
D) contingent employment
Q3) OSHA has all the resources it needs to ensure workplace safety.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Scientific management has an emphasis on __________.
A) employee governance
B) efficiency
C) high wages
D) good products
Q5) Historically,__________ have organized strikes,work slowdowns,and public relations campaigns to improve working conditions.
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) __________ is/are an example of child abuse.
A) Punishment for bad grades
B) Inadequate feeding
C) Not having a television in the house
D) Time-outs
Q2) Race is a direct cause of intimate partner violence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The breadwinner-homemaker pattern __________.
A) is the ideal family form according to social scientists
B) is related to social class
C) primarily occurs to immigrants and racial minorities
D) is required by law
Q4) More extended kinship ties,obligations,and interests are more characteristic of the __________ class.
A) lower and middle
B) middle and upper
C) lower and upper
D) middle
Q5) Many immigrants who have come to the United States have come in __________.
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Chapter 16: Education
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Q1) The authors of the text recommend a(n)__________ college education for all qualified students.
Q2) Desegregation in public schools has __________.
A) been largely successful
B) resulted in racially and economically diverse schools
C) had a peak and then a decline
D) eliminated racially segregated neighborhoods
Q3) What would be the costs and benefits of making a commitment to a free education for all students?
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Q4) In what ways are college opportunities affected by stratification? What would be the advantage of offering a free higher education to all who qualify?
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Q5) Discuss the pros and cons of "tracking." Would you want to be in an education system with a lot of tracking? What do we gain and lose with such a system?
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Q6) Charter and private schools often result in increased racial __________.
Q7) How can teacher expectations create self-fulfilling prophecies?
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Chapter 17: The Healthcare System
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Q1) Juan supports a single-payer option for healthcare but with private healthcare providers.This is known as the __________ model.
A) Bismarck
B) Beveridge
C) National Health Insurance
D) Fee for Service
Q2) Discuss the history of efforts to provide universal healthcare in the United States.What political tactics have been deployed to oppose universal healthcare? Why did healthcare reform finally pass now?
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Q3) Since,as the government has confirmed,women were intentionally left out of earlier federally funded medical research,diseases that are more likely to strike women and the treatments that might affect women differently have largely been overlooked.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The elderly take an average of __________ prescription drugs per person.
Q5) Explain the disparities found between the United States and Canada with regard to healthcare systems.
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Chapter 18: National Security in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) Which of the following does the United States consider a "rogue state"?
A) Cuba
B) Chile
C) Russia
D) Saudi Arabia
Q2) The high-cost military organization of the United States is predicated on fighting the wars of the twentieth century rather than the wars of the twenty-first century.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The tension and arms race known as __________ was between the United States and Soviet Union from World War II until 1990.
A) official development assistance
B) the Bush Doctrine
C) international law
D) the Cold War
Q4) The __________War,with Russia,was a period in which the United States became significantly more expansionary and less isolationist.
Q5) What is terrorism,and how does it manifest in the world today?
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Chapter 19: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems
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Q1) The emergence of a __________ party is needed for progressive social policies to work.
A) race-based
B) class-based
C) gender-based
D) youth-based
Q2) Following World War II and lasting for about three decades,society became more inclusive in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Gerrymandering results in many voting districts in the United States where the primary election essentially determines the final winner.This results in __________ moderates being elected.
A) no
B) fewer
C) more
D) all
Q4) The 1997 UPS strike is emblematic of the way in which __________ can be effective components of progressive social policy giving voice to those without individual power.
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