Question 1

What is the political spectrum? Describe how attitudes fall on the political spectrum. What defines conservative, liberal, and left-radical positions? How do social issues differ from economic issues? Finally, what types of people tend to be on the left and right of each type of issue?

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-Attitudes on the political spectrum ran...

Question 2

Which of the following concepts refers to the consequences of a social pattern that are intended and widely recognized?

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A)  manifest functions
B)  latent functions
C)  dysfunctions
D)  eufunctions

Question 3

What is a social problem? What does it mean to say that social problems are constructed? How do politics guide the process of constructing problems and defining solutions?

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-Social problems come into being as peop...

Question 4

Because many social problems are related,

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A)  no social problem can be solved.
B)  every social problem can be solved.
C)  solving one social problem may create a new problem.
D)  solving one social problem will solve all social problems.

Question 5

Thinking sociologically about a problem such as unemployment, we understand that this issue is

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A)  the result of bad choices by individuals.
B)  inevitable.
C)  a personal problem.
D)  a social issue involving the operation of society.

Question 6

Because social problems result from the ways in which society operates,

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A)  these problems cannot ever be solved.
B)  people must solve their issues on their own.
C)  solving social problems requires change to society itself.
D)  all social problems can easily be solved.

Question 7

Sociologist Lois Benjamin engaged with 100 successful African Americans in a study of racial prejudice using which research method?

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A)  interview
B)  field research
C)  secondary analysis
D)  experiment

Question 8

Compared to questionnaires, interviews offer a researcher the chance to gain greater

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A)  depth of understanding.
B)  breadth of opinion.
C)  representativeness.
D)  impersonality.

Question 9

In evaluating any social policy, it is important to remember that

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A)  there is only one way to define a policy's level of "success."
B)  there is more than one way to measure a policy's level of "success."
C)  policies have little or nothing to do with people's politics.
D)  the public generally does not care if programs work or not.

Question 10

Which of the following concepts refers to the negative consequences of social patterns?

Accepted Answer

A)  manifest functions
B)  latent functions
C)  dysfunctions
D)  eufunctions

Question 11

The continuum representing a range of political attitudes is called

Accepted Answer

A)  a global perspective.
B)  a research agenda.
C)  the political spectrum.
D)  the social constructionist approach.

Question 12

An example of a pattern that is very harmful but not generally defined as a social problem is

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A)  terrorism, which includes events that resulted in thousands of deaths.
B)  school shootings that have resulted in several dozen deaths.
C)  the use of automobiles that results in some 32,000 deaths each year.
D)  homicide, which involves almost 15,000 deaths each year.

Question 13

An organized effort to encourage or discourage social change is called a

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A)  social movement.
B)  sociological theory.
C)  social-constructionist approach.
D)  subculture.

Question 14

If you focus on social problems involving racial and ethnic inequality, you are probably using which of the following theories?

Accepted Answer

A)  social disorganization theory
B)  class conflict theory
C)  multicultural theory
D)  feminist theory

Question 15

Which early English sociologist made the statement that poverty and related problems were created by people who lacked ability and personal discipline?

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert Spencer
B)  Emile Durkheim
C)  Max Weber
D)  Karl Marx

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Which of the following concepts refers to the consequences of a social pattern that are intended and widely recognized?

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If you focus on social problems involving racial and ethnic inequality, you are probably using which of the following theories?

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Because many social problems are related,

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Which of the following concepts refers to the consequences of a social pattern that are intended and widely recognized?

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