Sociology Test Bank

In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes in Sociology, 16th edition. In this revision, the questions are tagged according to six levels of learning that move from lower-level to higher-level cognitive reasoning. The six levels are: REMEMBER: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material UNDERSTAND: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas APPLY: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new situation ANA...

Chapter 03 Culture     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. Anthropologist Horace Miner's description of the body ritual among the Nacirema is used to show 
A. cultural differences in what is considered "beautiful."
B. the effects of media on a person's body image.
C. the ability to learn something new about society.
D. how cultural sociology has evolved over the years.   
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's: Understand
Learning Objective: Explain the s...

01 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. According to Timmerman, sociologists are concerned with the study of: 
A. similarities between social evolution and the evolution of viruses.
B. how important individuals shape the society in which ordinary people live.
C. what people do as members of a group or while interacting with one another.
D. what people do today and how it can be used to predict future social trends.   2. The s...

Chapter 03 - Culture Multiple Choice Questions 1. Anthropologist Horace Miner's description of the body ritual among the Nacirema is used to show A. cultural differences in what is considered "beautiful." B. the effects of media on a person's body image. C. the ability to learn something new about society. D. how cultural sociology has evolved over the years. Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Learning Objective: Explain the sociological meaning of culture and soci...

CHAPTER 3 SOCIALIZATION Questions included in web quizzing are marked in bold Student Learning Objectives After reading Chapter 3, students should be able to: 1. Recognize that human abilities remain undeveloped unless social interaction unleashes them. 2. Compare change over the past century in the socializing influence of the family, schools, peer groups and the mass media. 3. Appreciate that people’s identities change faster, more often, and more completely than they did j...

1. Which of the following models did Great Britain adopt to deal with drug abuse in that country? a. the harm reduction model b. the legal model c. the medical model d. the criminal model ANSWER: c 2. Which country treats drug use as a health issue rather than a crime issue? a. Denmark b. Germany c. Greece d. The Netherlands ANSWER: d 3. A country has decided to adopt a different approach to dealing with its drug problem that is less punitive and i...

Chapter 11 Analysis of Quantitative Data 1) Explain how a researcher codes, enters, and cleans data so that it can be used for statistical analysis. What procedures are involved in each of these steps? Answer: • Coding the data: Data coding means systematically reorganizing raw numerical data into a format that is easy to analyze using computers; rules are developed whereby certain numbers are assigned to the attributes of each variable. • Entering data: Data are entered in a grid f...

sociology test bank

sociology test bank

Name: Chapter 02 - Culture True / False 1. Neither society nor culture could exist without the other. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 2. Culture is more important to the individual than it is to society. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 3. Culture works for humans the way that instincts work for other animals, guiding them through their daily lives. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 4. Books, computers, telephones, and washing machines are examples of material culture. a. True b. False ANSWER: ...