Deck 1: The Promise

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Mills contends that individuals feel ______ by their private lives.

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

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Mills refers to the sociological imagination as the ______.

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

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

The sociological imagination is best described as ______.

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

Question 7

A trouble is a ______ matter.

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

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.

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

Question 9

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

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 10

What is the task of the classic social analyst?

Question 11

Define troubles and issues.

Question 12

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

Question 13

Identify the first fruit of the sociological imagination.

Question 14

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