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Seeing Sociology An Introduction 3rd Edition Ferrante
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Seeing Sociology An Introduction 3rd Edition Ferrante
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,1. As a student of sociology you will come to understand thata. everyone is unique.
b. "shit happens."
c. things are not what they seem.
d. people can be anything they want to be.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 3
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Chapter Opener
NOTES: New
2. Sociology is the systematic and scientific study of
a. society. b. individuals.
c. mental processes. d. identities.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.1
NOTES: New
3. The distinctiveness of the sociological perspective lies with its focus on
a. children. b. the individual.
c. social forces. d. personal troubles.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 4
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.1
NOTES: New
4. Sociology offers insights about the many ways human activity can be organized. These
insights are especially useful today because they
a. ultimately help us understand the human personality.
b. allow us to see that ways of doing things can be changed.
c. alert us to the dangers associated with change.
d. encourage people to not change.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 6
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.1
NOTES: Pickup
5. The Industrial Revolution transformed the nature of work in which one of the following ways?
, a. Human effort (muscle) required to make products decreased dramatically.
b. People now could say, “I made this; this is a unique product of my labor.”
c. Products were hand crafted.
d. Worker control over the production process increased dramatically.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 8
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.2
NOTES: Pickup
6. In the book ___________, Adam Smith argues that the invisible hand of the free market is the
key to prosperity and progress.
a. The Sociological Imagination b. The Division of Labor
c. The Wealth of Nations d. Economy and Society
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 10
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.2
NOTES: Pickup
7. The process of replacing human and animal muscle with power derived from burning wood,
oil, coal, and natural gas is
a. standardization. b. rationalization.
c. modernization. d. mechanization.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 8
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.2
NOTES: Pickup
8. Before mechanization, customers knew the person who baked their bread. With mechanization
they came to depend on strangers to sustain them. This change is part of which historical event?
a. Enlightenment b. Industrial Revolution
c. World War II d. Post-industrialization
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 9
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.2
NOTES: Pickup
9. The defining feature of the Industrial Revolution was
a. craftsmanship. b. solidarity.
, c. manual labor. d. mechanization.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 8
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.2
NOTES: Pickup
10. The quality of mind that enables us to see how larger social forces shape our biography or life
story is
a. the sociological imagination. b. intuition.
c. independent thinking. d. common sense.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 19
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.4
NOTES: Pickup
11. A ________ consists of all the day-to-day activities from birth to death that make up a
person’s life.
a. social fact b. social force
c. biography d. trouble
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 19
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.4
NOTES: Pickup
12. The sociological imagination includes the ability to
a. see the connection between self and personal shortcomings.
b. understand what makes people tick.
c. motivate people to change.
d. see how outside forces shape our life story or biography.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 19
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 1.4
NOTES: New
13. From a sociological point of view an issue is
a. an individual problem.
b. unsolveable.
c. deeply personal.
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