Question 1

Which sociologist explored what it meant to be female and Black living in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jane Addams 
B)  Ida Wells-Barnett 
C)  Harriet Martineau 
D)  Meda Chesney-Lind

Question 2

Applied sociology is dedicated to facilitating change by altering social relationships or restructuring social institutions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

One of Robert Merton's most significant contributions to sociology was the attempt to merge the microlevel and macrolevel approaches to the study of society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The fact that the September 11,2001,terrorist attacks in the U.S.led to an economic decline throughout the world is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S. world domination. 
B)  world support for the U.S. 
C)  social inequality. 
D)  globalization.

Question 5

Which of the following academic disciplines investigates personality and individual behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  history 
B)  psychology 
C)  political science 
D)  sociology

Question 6

A sociology instructor asks students to make lists of the characteristics of the best and worst possible instructors.These lists,which would be used to evaluate all instructors,are an example of a (an):

Accepted Answer

A)  typology. 
B)  ideal type. 
C)  verstehen. 
D)  hypothesis.

Question 7

The body of knowledge obtained using methods based upon systematic observation is called a (an):

Accepted Answer

A)  theory. 
B)  verstehen. 
C)  science. 
D)  ideal type.

Question 8

In his research on suicide,Émile Durkheim's found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Protestants had higher suicide rates than Catholics. 
B)  married people had higher suicide rates than unmarried people. 
C)  civilians had higher suicide rates than soldiers. 
D)  suicide rates were higher during periods of prosperity than during periods of depression.

Question 9

Which aspect of divorce would most likely be of interest to sociologists using the sociological imagination?

Accepted Answer

A)  the structural impact of divorce 
B)  the personal hardships of a man or woman divorcing 
C)  the average amount of child support payments for dependent children 
D)  the number of suicides connected to divorce

Question 10

In 1909,W.E.B.Du Bois helped found which of these organizations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black Panther Party 
B)  Nation of Islam 
C)  NAACP 
D)  Black National Congress

Question 11

Critics of television often suggest that executives of major television networks and movie corporations are wealthy White males who decide which programs or movies will be produced and which directors and actors will obtain jobs in the industry.This analysis reflects the:

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective. 
B)  conflict perspective. 
C)  interactionist perspective. 
D)  global perspective.

Question 12

Explain the similarities and differences between the three major sociological perspectives of functionalism,conflict theory,and symbolic interactionism.Identify which perspectives use a macrolevel or a microlevel of analysis.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Émile Durkheim is known for his classic sociological study of:

Accepted Answer

A)  suicide. 
B)  abortion. 
C)  soccer. 
D)  crowd control.

Question 14

Which of the following academic disciplines is classified as a natural science?

Accepted Answer

A)  sociology 
B)  history 
C)  political science 
D)  biology

Question 15

What is considered to be the major theme of analysis in sociology today?

Accepted Answer

A)  social inequality 
B)  individual inferiority 
C)  genetic influences 
D)  mental disturbance

Question 16

Which social science would be interested in cost comparisons between the use of the death penalty and incarceration for criminal offenders?

Accepted Answer

A)  history 
B)  economics 
C)  sociology 
D)  political science

Question 17

A natural scientist would be likely to study:

Accepted Answer

A)  the clothing patterns of a group of people during a hundred-year period. 
B)  food preparation among a tribal group in New Guinea. 
C)  rock formations and composition in the Grand Canyon. 
D)  the interaction between men and women on a college campus.

Question 18

Which sociologist made an important contribution to the discipline by successfully combining theory and research?

Accepted Answer

A) C. Wright Mills 
B)  Jane Addams 
C)  Harriet Martineau 
D)  Robert Merton

Question 19

Which sociological perspective would view society as a living organism in which each part of the organism contributes to its survival and stability?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  all of these

Question 20

Émile Durkheim's study of suicide related suicide rates to:

Accepted Answer

A)  personal depression. 
B)  personal stress. 
C)  the extent to which people were integrated into the group life of a society. 
D)  climatic conditions such as oppressive heat, heavy rain, and cold winters.

Exam 1: Understanding Sociology