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Sociology Now
The Essentials
(All Chapters Covered)
,Contents
Chapter 1 What is Sociology? 1
Chapter 2 Culture and Society 16
Chapter 3 Society: Interactions, Groups, and Organizations 30
Chapter 4 How Do We Know What We Know? The Methods
of the Sociologist 44
Chapter 5 Socialization 58
Chapter 6 Deviance and Crime 72
Chapter 7 Stratification and Social Class 87
Chapter 8 Race and Ethnicity 102
Chapter 9 Sex and Gender 120
Chapter 10 Age and Sexuality 136
Chapter 11 The Family 151
Chapter 12 Economy and Work 165
Chapter 13 Politics and Media 179
Chapter 14 Education 193
Chapter 15 Sociology of Environments: The Natural, Physical,
and Human Worlds 207
, Chapter 1 What Is Sociology?
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) Sociology is best described as
A) The study of personalities
B) The study of human behavior in society
C) The study of human genetics
D) The study of common sense
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5
Skill: Knowledge
2) Which sociologist wrote of the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ?
A) C. Wright Mills B) Karl Marx
C) Alexis de Tocqueville D) Auguste Comte
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4
Skill: Knowledge
3) What does the Ȉsociological imaginationȈ classify our lives as?
A) Conflicted lives B) Contrasting lives
C) Contextual lives D) Convoluted lives
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4-5
Skill: Comprehension
4) What type of science is sociology?
A) Physical B) Hard C) Soft D) Social
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8
Skill: Knowledge
5) Sociology uses which of the following as part of its scientific approach to interpret social
behavior?
A) Bias B) Systematic observations
C) Simple common sense D) Preconceptions
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9
Skill: Comprehension
6) What was an outcome of the ȈEnlightenmentȈ?
A) Use of reason to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
B) Use of faith alone to understand the relationship of the individual and society.
C) A rejection of the rationalist approach.
D) An embrace of the divine authority of the monarchy.
Answer: A
Diff: 3 Page Ref: 12
Skill: Analysis
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