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Sociology A Brief Introduction 6th Canadian Edition By Richard T. Schaefer - Test Bank
Sociology A Brief Introduction 6th Canadian Edition By Richard T. Schaefer - Test Bank
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, Chapter 01Understanding Sociology
True / False Questions
1. Sociology is the systematic study of social behaviour and the study of individual personality differences.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01 What is sociology?
2. The sociological imagination is an empowering tool allowing observers to go beyond behaviour to the social
environment in which it occurs.
TRUE
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01 What is sociology?
Topic: 01-02 The Sociological Imagination
3. Sociology is really just common sense.
FALSE
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01 What is sociology?
Topic: 01-04 Sociology and Common Sense
,4. An effective sociological theory may have both explanatory and predictive power.
TRUE
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-02 What is sociological theory?
Topic: 01-05 What is Sociological Theory?
5. Emile Durkheim argued that anomie could increase suicide rates.
TRUE
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Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-03 How did sociology develop?
Topic: 01-08 Emile Durkheim
6. Empathetic understanding would introduce bias into research.
FALSE
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Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-03 How did sociology develop?
Topic: 01-09 Max Weber
7. Karl Marx saw the factory as the centre of conflict between society's exploiters and its exploited masses.
TRUE
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Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-03 How did sociology develop?
Topic: 01-10 Karl Marx
, 8. Sociological perspectives vary and cause arguments over whether society is unstable or stable, proposing more, or
less, authoritative controls.
FALSE
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Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major theoretical perspectives?
Topic: 01-13 What Are the Major Theoretical Perspectives?
9. Feminists have so far ignored social media in their research, focusing more on observation.
FALSE
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major theoretical perspectives?
Topic: 01-18 The Sociological Approach
10. Social interactionists are more interested in how individuals make sense of interactions at work, than in how much they
earn.
TRUE
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Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major theoretical perspectives?
Topic: 01-17 Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
11. Feminism is a radical perspective that regards all women as oppressed by men.
FALSE
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major theoretical perspectives?
Topic: 01-16 Feminist Perspectives
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