Question 1

Karl Marx, speaking for the social-conflict approach, argued that the point of studying society was:

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A)   to understand how society really operates.
B)   to compare U.S. society to others.
C)   to foster support for a nation's government.
D)   to bring about needed change.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Three campus roommates are talking about why they are in college. A sociological view of going to college highlights the effect of:

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A)   age, because college students tend to be young.
B)   class, because college students tend to come from families with above-average incomes.
C)   our place in history, because a century ago going to college was not an option for most people.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Which of the following statements is based on a symbolic-interaction analysis of sports?

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A)   Winning at sports means different things to different people.
B)   Some categories of people benefit more than others from sports.
C)   Sports help develop important cultural values.
D)   "Stacking" is a type of racial inequality in sports.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 4

W.E.B. Du Bois claimed that _____ was the major problem facing the United States during the twentieth century.

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A)   class
B)   race
C)   gender
D)   ethnicityE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 5

The nations of Europe, Israel, Japan, and Australia fall into which of the following categories of countries?

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A)   low-income nations
B)   middle-income nations
C)   high-income nations
D)   None of the above is correct.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Which of the following founding sociologists urged sociologists to understand a social setting from the point of view of the people in it?

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A)   Karl Marx
B)   Emile Durkheim
C)   Auguste Comte
D)   Max WeberE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 7

In the United States today, the suicide rate is highest for which category of people listed below?

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A)   white males
B)   African American males
C)   white females
D)   African American femalesE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Understanding how society operates offers little benefit to anyone but the most privileged people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In several sentences, explain the focus of the structural-functional approach.

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Question 10

Why, in individualistic North America, can the sociological perspective be described as "seeing the strange in the familiar"?

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Question 11

By stating that the sociological perspective shows us "the strange in the familiar," the text argues that sociologists:

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A)   focus on the bizarre elements of society.
B)   reject the familiar idea that people simply decide how to act in favor of the initially strange idea that society shapes our lives.
C)   believe that people often behave in strange ways.
D)   believe that even people who are most familiar to us have some very strange habits.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that times of social crisis foster widespread sociological thinking.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to Comte, people living in Europe during the Middle Ages thought of society as:

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A)   a system operating according to its own laws.
B)   chaotic and having little form.
C)   an expression of God's will.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Sociology is defined as the systematic study of human society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Point out what the viewpoint of a sociologist who is influenced by the structural-functional approach (say, Emile Durkheim) has in common with that of a sociologist influenced by the social-conflict approach (say, Karl Marx). That is, how are they both sociological? At the same time, how does each represent a different assumption about the nature of the society? How is the purpose of sociological study different?

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Question 16

W.E.B. Du Bois described African Americans as having a "double consciousness" because:

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A)   most felt that, compared to white people, they had to be twice as careful in how they acted.
B)   there is a double disadvantage in being both poor and black.
C)   black people have to work twice as hard as whites to get the same reward.
D)   black people are citizens who have a second identity based on skin color.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Which of the following categories contains countries in which average income is typical for the world as a whole and in which people are as likely to live in a rural area as in an urban area?

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A)   low-income nations
B)   middle-income nations
C)   high-income nations
D)   None of the above is correct.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Why is a global approach a logical extension of the sociological perspective?

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Question 19

Unlike simple stereotypes, sociological generalizations:

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A)   do not apply to all individuals in some category.
B)   are based on all available facts.
C)   are offered fair-mindedly with an interest in the truth.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Using the symbolic-interaction approach, sports becomes:

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A)   a structure that contributes to the functioning of society.
B)   a matter of social inequality.
C)   less a system than an ongoing process.
D)   All of the above are correct.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following founding sociologists urged sociologists to understand a social setting from the point of view of the people in it?

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Understanding how society operates offers little benefit to anyone but the most privileged people.

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