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Chapter 03: Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age Chapter 03 Multiple Choice Questions 1. Why is Anna's experience sociologically significant? A) Her case shows the effect of nurturance by non-humans. B) Her case illustrates the viability of biological models of human behaviour. ...

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,Chapter 01: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method


Chapter 01 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sociology is defined as the:
A) study of individuals in society.
B) study of people in groups.
C) study of people and events you may not have heard of before.
D) study of social patterns.
E) systematic study of human society.

QuestionID: 01-1-01
Page-Reference: 4
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Skill: factual

Answer: E) systematic study of human society.

2. From a sociological perspective, which of the following is true regarding the decision about
whom to marry?
A) It is a personal choice that impacts one's life.
B) It illustrates the importance of luck in our everyday choices.
C) It illustrates how our lives are influenced by sheer chance combined with free will.
D) It shows us how similar people's lives are.
E) It demonstrates that our social world guides our actions and life choices.

QuestionID: 01-1-02
Page-Reference: 4
Topic: Introduction
Skill: conceptual

Answer: E) It demonstrates that our social world guides our actions and life choices.

3. The statement that "our social world guides our actions and life choices in much the same
way that the seasons influence our clothing" describes:
A) the fact that humans rely on "free will" in all their choices.
B) the essential principle of sociology.
C) the fact that sociologists understand the present and the future only in terms of what history tells them.
D) the fact that people from countries around the world make essentially identical life choices.
E) the fact that our destiny is determined at birth.

QuestionID: 01-1-03
Page-Reference: 4
Topic: Introduction
Skill: conceptual

Answer: B) the essential principle of sociology.

4. What discipline may be described as the systematic study of human society?
A) sociology
B) social philosophy
C) psychology
D) international relations

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,E) political science

QuestionID: 01-1-04
Page-Reference: 4
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Skill: factual

Answer: A) sociology

5. When Peter Berger characterized the sociological perspective as "seeing the general in the
particular," he meant that sociology helps us:
A) see general patterns in the behaviour of particular people.
B) see that people are rather particular about their behaviours.
C) make generalizations about individuals' particular habits.
D) recognize that society has the same effect on all categories of people.
E) identify exceptional people.

QuestionID: 01-1-05
Page-Reference: 4
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Skill: conceptual

Answer: A) see general patterns in the behaviour of particular people.

6. When we say that using the sociological perspective amounts to "seeing the strange in the
familiar," we mean that sociologists:
A) focus on the bizarre elements of society.
B) work to avoid the idea that we live our lives only in terms of what we decide.
C) understand that individuals' explanations for their behavioural choices are sufficient for our
understanding of why people do the things they do.
D) understand that even people who are familiar to us often have some very strange habits.
E) are good at identifying what is strange and unusual.

QuestionID: 01-1-06
Page-Reference: 5
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Skill: conceptual

Answer: B) work to avoid the idea that we live our lives only in terms of what we decide.

7. From a sociological perspective, one of the most significant factors that determines the
number of children a woman bears is:
A) genetics.
B) free choice.
C) economic opportunities.
D) intelligence.
E) personality characteristics.

QuestionID: 01-1-07
Page-Reference: 5
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Skill: conceptual

Answer: C) economic opportunities.

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, 8. You are asked to report on suicide rates in France in the 1800s. Which author's writings
should you consult?
A) Robert K. Merton
B) Emile Durkheim
C) Auguste Comte
D) Talcott Parsons
E) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

QuestionID: 01-1-08
Page-Reference: 5
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Skill: factual

Answer: B) Emile Durkheim

9. Which of the following did Durkheim believe to be a key factor in explaining why some
categories of people had higher rates of suicide than others?
A) social disintegration
B) exclusivity
C) intelligence
D) relativity
E) social integration

QuestionID: 01-1-09
Page-Reference: 5
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Skill: factual

Answer: E) social integration

10. If the results of Durkheim's study of suicide hold true for people in Canada today, the
typical person committing suicide would be:
A) a wealthy and unmarried Protestant male.
B) a poor and unmarried Catholic male.
C) a poor and married Catholic female.
D) a wealthy and unmarried Protestant female.
E) a poor and widowed Catholic of either gender.

QuestionID: 01-1-10
Page-Reference: 5-6
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Skill: applied

Answer: A) a wealthy and unmarried Protestant male.

11. Suicide rates for people in Canada show that:
A) males have the highest suicide rates.
B) females have the highest suicide rates.
C) there are no differences between the suicide rates of males and females.
D) the difference between men and women have diminished in the past 30 years.
E) higher levels of social integration are associated with higher suicide rates.

QuestionID: 01-1-11
Page-Reference: 7
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
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