Test Bank for Kimmel and Aronson Sociology Now The Essentials prepared by Elizabeth Pare Wayne State University Boston New York San Francisco Mexico City Montreal Toronto London Madrid Munich Paris Hong Kong Singapore Tokyo Cape Town Sydney
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Chapter 1
wr What is Sociology?
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Chapter 2
wr Culture and Society wr wr 16
Chapter 3
wr Society: Interactions, Groups, and Organizations
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Chapter 4
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f the Sociologist
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Chapter 5
wr Socialization 58
Chapter 6
wr Deviance and Crime wr wr 72
Chapter 7
wr Stratification and Social Class wr wr wr 87
Chapter 8
wr Race and Ethnicity
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Chapter 9
wr Sex and Gender
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Chapter 10
wr Age and Sexuality
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Chapter 11
wr The Family
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Chapter 12
wr Economy and Work wr wr 165
Chapter 13
wr Politics and Media wr wr 179
Chapter 14
wr Education 193
Chapter 15
wr Sociology of Environments: The Natural, Physical,
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and Human Worlds
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, Chapter 1 What Is Sociology?
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1) Sociology wr is best described as
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A) The wr study of personalities
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B) The wr study of human behavior in society
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Skill: Knowledge
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2) Which sociologist wrote of the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ?
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A) C. Wright Mills wr B) Karl Marx
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C) Alexis de Tocqueville
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3) What does the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ classify our lives as?
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A) Conflicted lives B) Contrasting lives
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C) Contextual lives
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4) What type of science is sociology?
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5) Sociology uses which of the following as part of its scientific approach to interpret soc
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ial behavior?
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6) What was an outcome of the ȈEnlightenmentȈ?
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A) Use of reason to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
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B) Use of faith alone to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
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C) A rejection of the rationalist approach.
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D) An embrace of the divine authority of the monarchy.
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