Chapter 1 Practice Quiz

. What is a social problem?

A social condition or behavior that is thought to warrant public concern and collective action.

A type of disease.

A theoretical perspective.

A thought pattern.

Al the above.

. What is the sociological imagination?

A way of thinking used in every social science field.

Seeing the connection between large scale public issues and personal experiences.

Attending a post-secondary institute.

A country with a high GDP

A way of thinking that involves seeing the most optimistic outcomes.

. Which sociologist published the seminal text, Suicide?

W.E.B. DuBois

George Herbert Mead

Emile Durkheim

Judith Butler

Jean Baudrillard.

. What did the book Suicide argue?

People have too much wealth

There is too much conspicuous consumption in society.

The only way to create social inequality is through wealth redistribution.

Non-religious people are happier than religious people.

A lack of social integration and social control causes mental distress.

. Which sociological framework is interested in understanding the subjective aspects of reality?

Functionalism

Conflict Theory

Social Constructionism

Symbolic Interactionism

Feminism

. The feminist perspective is about:

A young female's perspective

Understanding women's social reality.

Examines gender inequalities to eliminate them.

A and C

B and C

. A lesbian Black woman, for example, faces discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, and gender, and her struggles would be analyzed using what type of theoretical lens?

Intersectionality

Class theory

Critical Race Theory

Feminism

Labelling Theory

. Which theoretical perspective rejects the idea of an objective truth, instead emphasizing the fluidity of truth, the power of language, and the importance of power relations within society.

Conflict Theory

Post-modernism

Structural Functionalism

Symbolic Interactionism

Post-structuralism

. Individualized solutions to social problems include:

Reaching out to family or friends for temporary housing help.

Relying on debt

Pursuing education or retraining

Taking on multiple jobs.

These are all individualized solutions.

. Collective solutions to social problems do not include:

Activism

Social Movements

Government Support

Making use of online resources.

These are all collective solutions.

. Moral panics are short-lived intense periods of concern.

True

False

. Structural functionalism views society as a collection of varied groups struggling over unequally distributed wealth.

False

True

. Conflict theory is primarily focused on manifest and latent functions.

False

True

. Emile Durkheim developed the term anomie to describe conditions of order and systematic control.

False

True

. Norms are rules of society that specify proper behavior in different settings.

True

False

. Karl Marx noted that in an industrial society two social groups emerge: the workers and the capitalist class.

True

False

. Symbolic interactionists focus on large-scale social interactions.

False

True

. Labelling theory says that labels are meaningless, and society doesn't use subjective criteria to evaluate the world around them.

False

True

. The following are all forms of feminist thought: liberal feminism, radical feminism and, Marxist feminism.

True

False

. Whistle-blowers are employees who expose illegal or unethical conduct within an organization.

True

False

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