Question 1

What is the role played by theories in the study of social problems?

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Theories help to organize the data from ...

Question 2

Personal troubles become public issues only when ________.

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A)  an influential group so defines them
B)  it has been affecting a family for a long time
C)  a social condition has caused it
D)  they require economic support to be resolvedE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

________ are controlled methods of collecting evidence that give people confidence in stating that one factor caused another to happen.

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A)  Theories
B)  Experiments
C)  Hypotheses
D)  CausalitiesE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Rita follows the functionalist perspective to study human behavior.She is most likely to argue that ________.

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A)  various interrelated elements constitute a society and help maintain its stability
B)  social problems arise when an influential group defines a social condition as problematic
C)  social practices are simultaneously beneficial and detrimental to different groups
D)  observing the everyday interactions between people is the best way to understand a societyE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

A spurious relationship is said to exist between two events if ________.

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A)  one event occurred before the other
B)  they are independently related to another event
C)  they occurred at the same point of time
D)  one event occurs only if the other occursE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

The key role of theories is to ________.

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A)  negate one's belief in religion
B)  explain why something occurred
C)  judge people's behaviors
D)  set norms on which a society should be basedE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

________ are rules of conduct that guide people's behavior.

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A)  Norms
B)  Values
C)  Causalities
D)  HypothesesE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

The government of Castleton is in the process of formulating a new policy to address the problem of child labor.They have assessed the possible positive and negative outcomes of various policy alternatives and have formulated a policy that they believe would achieve the desired goals in an effective manner.According to the stages in the process of policy formulation,what is the next stage in the process of formulating this new policy?

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A)  policy formulation
B)  policy implementation
C)  evaluation
D)  closureE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

With respect to people's opinion about government intervention in addressing social issues,what was the change observed between the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements?

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The Occupy Wall Street movement was char...

Question 10

What is the difference between the way in which laypeople and sociologists view deviant behaviors?

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A)  Sociologists view behaviors or characteristics as being deviant,while laypeople consider a behavior to be deviant only when some group so defines it.
B)  Sociologists view deviance as relative,while laypeople view deviance in an absolute way by comparing it with some fixed standards.
C)  Sociologists consider deviance to be a healthy group characteristic,while laypeople dislike and reproach deviance.
D)  Sociologists suggest that deviant behaviors are universal,while laypeople insist that deviance can be understood only within the context of the norms and values of a particular culture.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

________ consist of elements that are taken from a group or population and that serve as a source of data.

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A)  Hypotheses
B)  Anomie
C)  Samples
D)  GhettosE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

According to the interactionist perspective,when does the need for social change arise and what happens during this process?

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According to the interactionist perspect...

Question 13

A group is said to be a vested interest group if it ________.

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A)  encourages social reforms that would change its current position
B)  advocates policies that are supported by a majority of people
C)  benefits from existing policies,practices,and social arrangements
D)  succeeds in achieving its goals and policy changesE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

The interactionist perspective is considered more of a supplement to the functionalist and conflict perspectives because it ________.

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A)  exemplifies the theories discussed in other perspectives
B)  shows how societies can constitute of independent elements that are stable and remain in equilibrium
C)  provides the assumptions that form the foundations of other perspectives
D)  shows how the social processes described in other perspectives enter people's livesE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

How do norms contribute to a society?

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Norms are rules of conduct that guide pe...

Question 16

Which of the following observations led to the emergence of the functionalist perspective?

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A)  competition between humans to attain societal resources
B)  similarities between society and biological organisms
C)  differences in the communication styles across cultures
D)  recurring patterns of violence originating from different causesE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

What are symbols,and how do people attach meaning to symbols?

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A symbol is something that stands for,re...

Question 18

The term ________ refers to the belief that government should intervene as little as possible in people's lives or the workings of society.

Accepted Answer

A)  laissez-faire
B)  politics
C)  causality
D)  cross-dependenceE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 19

A social condition is considered to be a social problem if it ________.

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A)  threatens a group's values
B)  cannot be remedied by social action
C)  poses a threat to an individual's values and beliefs
D)  affects a small number of peopleE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

What is the purpose of preventive or intervention programs that focus on social reform to address social problems?

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