Introduction to Sociology Test Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Sociology offers a foundational exploration of the principles, concepts, and methods used to study society, social groups, and human interaction. This course introduces students to the study of culture, socialization, social structure, institutions, inequality, and social change. By examining theories and research in sociology, students gain a deeper understanding of how individual behavior is shaped by broader social forces, and how social patterns influence issues such as race, gender, class, and globalization. Through lectures, discussions, and assignments, students are encouraged to critically evaluate social phenomena and develop analytical skills essential for understanding the complexities of contemporary society.
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Social Problems 14th Edition by William Kornblum
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Chapter 1: Sociological Perspective on Social Problems
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Q1) __________ theory stresses that a social process separates deviant and nondeviant persons not by what they do,but by how society reacts to what they do.
A)Labeling
B)Value-conflict
C)Social pathology
D)Value-reaction
E)Social disorganization
Answer: A
Q2) According to the __________ perspective on social problems,an individual's or group's definition of the situation is central to understanding the actions of that individual or group.
A)functionalist
B)conflict
C)interactionist
D)normative
E)social agreement
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Problems of Health and Healthcare
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Q1) Which of the following statements about employer-provided health insurance is TRUE?
A)Large,multinational corporations are shifting production to countries where healthcare costs are either lower,or where healthcare costs are paid through a national healthcare system.
B)Among Hispanics,Cuban-Americans have the highest rates of job-based insurance;Puerto-Ricans have the highest rates of public insurance,and those of Central American or Mexican descent have the lowest rates of job-based insurance.
C)Membership in HMOs (health maintenance organizations)grew steadily,then decreased in recent years;PPOs (preferred provider organizations)are preferred because patients pay less if they use 'in network' doctors or hospitals.
D)All of the above statements are true.
E)None of the above statements are true.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Problems of Mental Illness and Treatment
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Q1) According to the text's discussion __________.
A)anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa affect twice as many boys and men as girls and young women
B)attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is almost twice as common among girls and young women as it is among boys and young men
C)anorexia nervosa,bulimia nervosa,and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are the most common and problematic health problems among children and adolescents in the United States
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
Answer: C
Q2) Studies agree that psychosis in general and schizophrenia in particular are much more common at the __________ socioeconomic level.
A)lowest
B)middle
C)upper-middle
D)upper
E)upper-upper
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) Increases in alcoholism among women seem to be MOST related to __________.
A)the elimination of licensing requirements for liquor sales
B)their entry into the labor force in large numbers
C)the decrease in the birth rate
D)increases in the number of legal abortions
E)recent tendencies toward larger families
Q2) The text points out that the spouse of the problem drinker,and often the children as well,frequently participate in a pattern of interactions designed to excuse the problematic behavior.This pattern is referred to as __________.
A)codependency
B)co-addiction
C)cohabituation
D)patterned prevalence
E)cooperative dependency
Q3) Describe the basic differences between problem drinking and alcoholism.
Q4) What is a drug and why are certain drugs socially disapproved?
Q5) Addiction,habituation,and psychological dependence are all terms that refer to different aspects of drug use and abuse.Describe how these terms have been used.Provide an accurate definition of each.
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Chapter 5: Crime and Violence
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Q1) Prostitution,gambling,vagrancy,and disorderly conduct are all forms of __________ crime.
A)public order
B)occasional
C)occupational
D)conventional
E)violent personal
Q2) A 2008 Gallup Poll shows that __________ percent of Americans continue to support strict gun control measures.
A)24
B)49
C)54
D)69
Q3) The Federal Bureau of Investigation's reporting of statistics on crime is based on crimes __________.
A)reported to the police
B)uncovered by the police
C)committed
D)cleared by arrest
E)discovered
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Chapter 6: Poverty and Affluence
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Q1) In 2008,about 8.9 million,or nearly ________ percent of all persons in the labor force were working at wages so low that they remained below the official poverty threshold.
A)1.6
B)4
C)5
D)7
E)10
Q2) To Karl Marx,the basic classes of a society are determined by __________.
A)organization into political parties
B)ownership or nonownership of the means of production
C)the distribution of talents and abilities
D)the observers who define and describe the class structure
E)how much social honor or prestige one accumulates
Q3) According to the text's discussion of people on welfare __________.
A)the vast majority of the poor are blacks or Hispanics
B)people are poor because they do not want to work
C)poor families are trapped in a cycle of poverty that few ever escape
D)Both a and c above
E)None of the above
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Chapter 7: Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Q1) Which of the following are minority groups in that they occupy a subordinate status,possess special traits,and have group self-awareness?
A)racial and ethnic groups
B)the aged
C)homosexuals
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
Q2) Which of the following statements about immigration is FALSE?
A)Social scientists argue that for a country with low overall birthrate,the combined flow of legal and illegal immigration can spur economic growth.
B)The Immigration Act of 1986 increased the quotas of immigrants significantly,and attempted to decrease illegal immigration from Mexico.
C)Anti-immigration sentiments have declined significantly since passage of the Act of 1986.
D)Citizens of immigrant-receiving states like California and Arizona harbor negative feelings about the economic and social competitions they will face from immigrants.
E)None of the above.
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Chapter 8: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) In comparison to the United States,in __________,the status of women is far more subordinate to that of men.
A)communist countries of Eastern Europe
B)capitalist countries of Western Europe
C)Latin American and Muslim countries
D)the Soviet Union
E)Canada and Mexico
Q2) In the early 1960s,Betty Friedan called attention to the traditional belief that women should be fulfilled in their femininity by being housewives and mothers.Friedan referred to this situation as the __________.
A)feminine mystique
B)women's burden
C)equality myth
D)white male's burden
E)myth of femininity
Q3) Trace the major events in the growth of the women's movement in the United States during the twentieth century.What concerns now motivate the movement?
Q4) Sexism has several sources.Define sexism and describe its various sources.
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Chapter 9: An Aging Society
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Q1) A study of suicides by elderly people in Florida determined that __________ are more likely to commit suicide than any other group.
A)married females
B)widowed males
C)married males
D)widowed females
E)single,never-married females
Q2) Primary social policy issues related to the situation of the elderly in the United States include all of the following EXCEPT __________.
A)health care
B)housing
C)Social Security
D)retirement
E)political participation
Q3) There are physiological,psychological,and social/cultural dimensions of aging.What can one expect to experience in these areas as one ages?
Q4) What beliefs are central to ageism? What does ageism produce for the elderly?
Q5) Are the aged a minority group? Why or why not?
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Chapter 10: The Changing Family
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Q1) The text identifies the __________ Act,passed by Congress during President Clinton's first term in office,as one of the brightest areas of change in family-related social policy.
A)Family Values
B)Family Leave
C)Restore Fault Divorce
D)Workfare
E)Affirmative Action Reinstatement
Q2) More and more families in the United States today have "dual earners." Why is this so? What effects has this had on marital unhappiness and divorce?
Q3) A family experiences problems because a family member is involved in marital infidelity,a serious physical or mental disorder,or a decision to work instead of taking care of the children.These family problems are due to __________.
A)personal inadequacies
B)family inflexibility
C)internal crises
D)immorality
E)externally imposed crises
Q4) List and describe the basic social problems related to family life.
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Chapter 11: Problems of Education
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Q1) At various times,_______________ urged educational systems to add more computers and networks to their classroom
A)Bill Clinton and George H.W.Bush
B)Ronald Reagan and Al Gore
C)Al Gore and Newt Gingrich
D)George W.Bush and Bill Clinton
E)Bob Dole and Bill Clinton
Q2) The liberal view of educational policy is based on __________.
A)humanitarianism
B)rationalization
C)empiricism
D)humanism
E)orientationism
Q3) The Perry Project in a lower socioeconomic status neighborhood of Ypsilanti,Michigan,was an experiment in __________.
A)educational reform
B)preschool programs
C)working with delinquents
D)teaching about literacy
E)bilingual education
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Chapter 12: Problems of Work and the Economy
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Q1) As workers in the United States and other industrialized nations organize to deal with occupational safety issues,there is more incentive for industries to __________.
A)fabricate safety policies
B)evade federal regulations
C)locate in low-wage regions of the world
D)go deeper in debt
E)become multinational corporations
Q2) Multinational companies have created a "global factory" that is made possible by two kinds of technology.The first allows things to be transported quickly from place to place.The second __________.
A)permits profits to be hidden from national governments
B)divides the production process into component operations that can be moved to areas of cheap labor
C)allows the fabrication of products from synthetic materials,lowering raw material costs
D)allows investors to recover investments rapidly in speculative markets
E)trains workers in a single language,facilitating managerial control
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Chapter 13: Population and Immigration
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Q1) According to the text's discussion of fertility control in Brazil,__________.
A)experts on the demography of Brazil concur that there is no single explanation for the momentous decrease in the country's fertility
B)Brazil's fertility control policy is quite similar to that of China
C)Brazil's decrease in fertility is solely a consequence of economic development and greater affluence
D)the contraceptive choices made by people in Brazil are very different in comparison to people in the United States
E)None of the above
Q2) The policy of __________ places emphasis on whether those seeking to immigrate to the United States have family members already in the country.
A)border amnesty
B)family unification
C)family reconciliation
D)immigration reform
E)welfare reform
Q3) What are undocumented immigrants? Give examples.
Q4) Explain the phenomenon of chain migration.Give examples to support your answer.
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Chapter 14: Technology and the Environment
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a concept that is basic to understanding environmental stress?
A)balance
B)interdependence
C)limits
D)complexity
E)diversity
Q2) Each robot-like machine that is introduced to replace human labor replaces __________ human worker(s).
A)1
B)at least 3
C)about 10
D)more than 100
E)approximately 2,000
Q3) How would appropriate technology policy advocates and technology assessment policy advocates adjust our policies toward technology and social change?
Q4) Explain how land degradation,noise,chemical hazards,and large-scale engineering projects threaten the well being of the earth and its inhabitants.
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Chapter 15: War and Global Insecurity
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Q1) When we study the effects of international trade,we find that trading partners are usually __________ partners.
A)equal
B)capitalist
C)religious
D)political
E)happy
Q2) Worldwide opinion polls conducted in 2007 found _________ people outside of America were favorable toward American policies.
A)over 80 percent of
B)approximately 50 percent of
C)less than 30 percent of
D)few
E)None of the above
Q3) Which of the following reflects a war crime?
A)appropriation or destruction of privileged buildings
B)breach of parole
C)poisoning of streams or wells
D)unjustified destruction of enemy prizes
E)All of the above
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