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,Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action
7th Edition Community, Policy, and Social Action


1. A social condition or pattern of behavior that has negative
consequences for individuals and our social world is referred to as
which of these?

*a. social problem
b. personal issue
c. structural constraint
d. human agency


2. A theory is a set of assumptions and propositions used for
explanation, prediction, and understanding.

*a. True
b. False


3. According to your text, social problems can be identified as
happening in how many stages?

a. two
b. three
c. four
*d. five


4. Applied research has a specific intent to utilize findings for
policy implementation.

*a. True
b. False


5. C. Wright Mills defined the ______ as a small group of political,
business, and military elite who exclusively control our society.

*a. power elite
b. bourgeoisie
c. proletariat
d. prestige elite


6. Identifying an issue as a social problem is a subjective process.
Taking a private trouble and transforming it into a public issue is an
example of what stage in this process?

*a. stage 1
b. stage 2
c. stage 3
d. stage 4

,7. In the first stage of the identification of a social problem,
activists, advocates, and victims of the problem feel distrust toward
formal organizations.

a. True
*b. False


8. Quantitative research methods focus on the collection of ______.

*a. statistical data
b. independent variables
c. dependent variables
d. social life as people experience it


9. What is the term for the ability to link our own lives and
experiences with our social world?

a. sociology
*b. sociological imagination
c. globalization
d. socialism


10. Which perspective considers how society is held together by power
and coercion for the benefit of those in power?

a. functionalist perspective
b. symbolic interactionist perspective
*c. conflict perspective
d. power perspective


11. Which research method traces a sequence of events over time?

a. focus groups
b. secondary data analysis
c. survey research
*d. historical and comparative methods


12. Which type of theory focuses on the individual level of analysis of
society?

a. macro theory
*b. micro theory
c. meso theory
d. anomic theory

, 13. Which type of theory focuses on the societal level of analysis of
society?

*a. macro theory
b. micro theory
c. meso theory
d. anomic theory


14. ______ refers to an awareness of an individual's social position in
society.

*a. Class consciousness
b. Class awareness
c. Class alienation
d. Class subjectivity


15. ______ use their responses to support, educate, and empower
individuals and their communities.

a. Social researchers
*b. Social advocates
c. Social interactionists
d. Social innovators


16. Carla is conducting a study examining the effect of income on
available housing. "Available housing" is the ______.

a. null hypothesis
*b. dependent variable
c. research question
d. independent variable


17. Christopher works at a factory doing the same repetitive task all
day. He has little interaction with his coworkers, and he never sees
the finished product that he helps produce. Drawing from the conflict
perspective, what term best describes Christopher's work experience?

a. self-awareness
b. class consciousness
*c. alienation
d. human agency


18. Describe how social policy can lead to social change. Using
specific examples, describe the role of social advocates and social
innovation in facilitating social change.


19. Dr. Bradley is conducting research on the relationship between
social class and the likelihood of COVID-19 hospitalization. She finds

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