Deck 1: Introduction: The Sociological Perspective

Question 1

Second Thoughts explains our resistance to the sociological perspective by citing ______.

A) our cultural emphasis on "me"
B) our preference for certain rather than probable answers
C) our innumeracy
D) All of these choices are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Ruane and Cerulo attribute our resistance to the sociological eye to ______.

A) our culture's "social" bias
B) our preference for "certain" over probable answers
C) the staid quality of social life
D) All of these choices are correct.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A major takeaway from the introduction is that conventional wisdom often fails us because ______.

A) it is advice out of context
B) the situation giving rise to the advice may not be generalizable
C) the advice may not transcend specific circumstances or experiences
D) All of these choices are correct.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Sociologists are interested in learning more about ______.

A) social context
B) individual motives
C) social statics
D) All of these choices are correct.

Question 5

Michael Moss talks about the "bliss point" of food which refers to ______.

A) the point when our eating washes away our troubles
B) the precise amount of sweetness that makes foods most appealing to us
C) the point when our brains signal happiness
D) None of these choices are correct.

Question 6

According to Second Thoughts, which of the following account(s) for resisting the sociological perspective?

A) our rejection of commonsense approaches to understanding
B) our preference for the "me, me, me" focus
C) our brains being hardwired to reject the social
D) All of these choices are correct.

Question 7

According to Second Thoughts, our current obesity crisis is in large measure due to ______.

A) lack of individual self-discipline
B) Earl Butz' food policies
C) a genetic disorder
D) our love affair with the food network

Question 8

According to Second Thoughts, our current obesity crisis is the result of ______.

A) changes in school budgets and curriculum
B) lifestyle changes that see more of us sedentary
C) changes in food production policies dating back to the 1970s
D) All of these choices are correct.

Question 9

A self-fulfilling prophecy refers to the process whereby ______.

A) that which we think is true becomes true
B) if we can imagine it, it is possible
C) we see the "social" in everything
D) we are what we eat

Question 10

The maxim "If we define situations as real, they are real in their consequences" is most consistent with ______.

A) the structural functional paradigm
B) the order paradigm
C) the conflict paradigm
D) a self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 11

The sociological imagination refers to ______.

A) the ability to think outside the box
B) the ability to see the intersection between the personal, social, and historical
C) creative problem-solving
D) concept mapping

Question 12

The sociological imagination ______.

A) shows the influence of personal, historical, and social forces on our private lives
B) allows individuals to look at life from a psychological perspective
C) becomes less and less necessary as society becomes more technologically driven
D) helps us understand and solve our "troubles."

Question 13

A cultural value is best thought of as a ______.

A) belief
B) sentiment about what is right or wrong
C) morally charged idea
D) positive ideology