Chapter 1 Practice Quiz

1. Which term does C. Wright Mills use to refer to the social problems that arise in society?

2. Which term refers to the culture of society's elite?

3. Which term refers to a system of behaviour, beliefs, knowledge, practices, values, and materials?

4. From a sociological perspective, which of the following is true about religion in society?

5. In which research method does a researcher ask each participant the same set of questions and records their responses?

6. Durkheim argued that when regulation in a society is excessively low, individuals commit which type of suicide?

7. Which of the following groups is NOT considered a part of a subculture?

8. Research methods often employed by sociologists include which of the following?

9. Which term refers to the largest-scale human group that shares a common geographic territory and common institutions?

10. Research questions focus on the relationship between which two main types of variables?

11. Auguste Comte invented the word "sociology."

12. Many sociologists use survey to study documents such as newspapers, historical letters, or other types of texts.

13. Society is based on interactions that can occur at numerous levels including neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.

14. Qualitative research focuses on things that can be counted whereas quantitative research focuses on the social processes of a small number of cases.

15. Humans have the ability to make their own choices, but their choices are limited by larger social forces such as family, the economy, gender norms, and the education system.

16. C. Wright Mills argued that we can't understand our own lives and biographies by understanding the larger history of our society.

17. Harold Garfinkel's breaching experiments refer to breaking a social rule to reveal the unrecognized way by which all individuals cooperate to maintain the smooth functioning of social interactions and order.

18. Sociology and other social sciences include two major types of research: qualitative and quantitative.

19. Some scholars and activists believe we must move away from the term "visible minority" and use another term, such as "racialized people."

20. "Homophily" is the term suggesting that most people couple with and marry people who are similar to them.

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