Test Bank for Sociology, A Brief Introduction, 7th Canadian Edition by Schaefer (All Chapters included)
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Complete Test Bank for Sociology, A Brief Introduction, 7th Canadian Edition by Richard T. Schaefer, Jana Grekul ; ISBN13: 9781260065800....(Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 16)...1 Understanding Sociology
2 Sociological Research
3 Culture
4 Socialization
5 Social Interaction, Groups, and So...
Sociology, A Brief Introduction
7th Canadian Edition by Richard T. Schaefer
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Student name:__________
1) Anomie refers to:
A) a model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated
B) a loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of individual behaviour
has become ineffective
C) a classification scheme containing two or more categories
D) a type of suicide that is based on depression
2) An ideal type is:
A) a body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
B) a construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can
be evaluated
C) a detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically
D) an initiator of people's attitudes or behaviour.
3) Bourdieu's theory of social capital is NOT illustrated by:
A) a student with older brothers and sisters who have graduated in the same university
program he or she is taking
B) an employee who got the job because his best friend is related to the employer and
was able to alert them of the vacancy before it was advertised officially
C) a new business owner who sends out invitations for an official opening to a network
of friends and family
D) a homeless person receiving assistance from a government agency
4) Which of the following terms refers to the worldwide integration of government policy,
financial markets, and social movements through trade and the exchange of ideas?
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A) Globalization
B) Communization
C) Transnationalism
D) Postmodernism
5) Comte was responsible for coining the term "sociology." He argued that:
A) sociology was high in the hierarchy of social sciences
B) a theoretical science of society and systematic observations of human behaviour
must come before improvements could be made
C) a science of society would lead directly to more rational behaviour by everyone
D) society should be studied by examining religious explanations for social phenomena
6) A theoretical perspective is:
A) a lens or viewpoint from which the sociologist explains the world
B) an explanation on a macrosociological level
C) a sociological explanation
D) a biased view of the world
7) The awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their immediate,
personal social settings and the remote, impersonal social world is called:
A) the sociological imagination
B) positivism
C) naturalism
D) verstehen
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8) Functionalist Talcott Parsons described society as:
A) one in which a hierarchical structure enables everyone to know their place
B) patterns of interconnectedness that function to provide cultural capital
C) a verstehen system of functional feelings and actions
D) a vast network of connected parts, each of which contributes to the maintenance of
the system as a whole
9) Marxist theory, and the theories of Comte and Spencer, have something in common, and
that is:
A) a belief that inequality is dysfunctional
B) they all regard societies as naturally stable
C) acceptance of evolutionary theory as applied to societies
D) acceptance of conflict theory as not generally part of social life
10) Which early sociologist translated the works of Auguste Comte into English?
A) Jane Addams
B) Harriet Martineau
C) Herbert Spencer
D) Emile Durkheim
11) The word that Max Weber used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account
people's emotions, thoughts, beliefs, understandings, and attitudes was:
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