Question 1

Define troubles and issues.

Accepted Answer

Troubles occur within the character of the individual and within the range of his immediate relations with others. Issues have to do with matters that transcend these local environments of the individual and the range of his inner life.

Question 2

Mills refers to the sociological imagination as the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  promise 
B)  deterrent 
C)  failure 
D)  debate 
A)  promise 
B)  deterrent 
C)  failure 
D)  debate A

Question 3

Identify the first fruit of the sociological imagination.

Accepted Answer

The idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circum?stances.

Question 4

According to C. Wright Mills, the history that affects every individual is now ______ history.

Accepted Answer

A)  life 
B)  world 
C)  generational 
D)  technological 
A)  life 
B)  world 
C)  generational 
D)  technological

Question 5

The sociological imagination has the capacity to shift from the political to the ______ perspective.

Accepted Answer

A)  criminological 
B)  sociological 
C)  gerontological 
D)  psychological 
A)  criminological 
B)  sociological 
C)  gerontological 
D)  psychological

Question 6

According to Mills, individuals are seldom aware of the connection between their ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  behavior and their troubles 
B)  thoughts and their actions 
C)  jobs and their family 
D)  private lives and history 
A)  behavior and their troubles 
B)  thoughts and their actions 
C)  jobs and their family 
D)  private lives and history

Question 7

The sociological imagination is best described as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  quality of mind 
B)  imperative information 
C)  moral energy 
D)  statements of value 
A)  quality of mind 
B)  imperative information 
C)  moral energy 
D)  statements of value

Question 8

According to Mills, no social study that does not come back to the problems of ______ and ______-and of their intersections within a society-has completed its intellectual journey.

Accepted Answer

A)  biography; history 
B)  family; identity 
C)  work; industry 
D)  nature; understanding 
A)  biography; history 
B)  family; identity 
C)  work; industry 
D)  nature; understanding

Question 9

Describe how war can be both a personal trouble and a social issue.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

A trouble is a ______ matter.

Accepted Answer

A)  public 
B)  private 
C)  transcendent 
D)  theoretical 
A)  public 
B)  private 
C)  transcendent 
D)  theoretical

Question 11

Why does Mills believe there is a great need for sociological imagination in the modern world?

Accepted Answer

A)  We can no longer understand our own minds. 
B)  There is a decline in spirituality. 
C)  We are experiencing monumental change. 
D)  There is a rise in personal problems. 
A)  We can no longer understand our own minds. 
B)  There is a decline in spirituality. 
C)  We are experiencing monumental change. 
D)  There is a rise in personal problems.

Question 12

Mills contends that individuals feel ______ by their private lives.

Accepted Answer

A)  judged 
B)  trapped 
C)  undone 
D)  transformed 
A)  judged 
B)  trapped 
C)  undone 
D)  transformed

Question 13

What is the task of the classic social analyst?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Which distinction is a feature of all classic work in social science?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 1: The Promise

Define troubles and issues.

Mills refers to the sociological imagination as the ______.

Identify the first fruit of the sociological imagination.

According to C. Wright Mills, the history that affects every individual is now ______ history.

The sociological imagination has the capacity to shift from the political to the ______ perspective.

According to Mills, individuals are seldom aware of the connection between their ______.

The sociological imagination is best described as ______.

According to Mills, no social study that does not come back to the problems of ______ and ______-and of their intersections within a society-has completed its intellectual journey.

Describe how war can be both a personal trouble and a social issue.

A trouble is a ______ matter.

Why does Mills believe there is a great need for sociological imagination in the modern world?

Mills contends that individuals feel ______ by their private lives.

What is the task of the classic social analyst?

Which distinction is a feature of all classic work in social science?

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