sociology

Learning more sociology helps us to:

All of the above are correct.

Three campus roommates are talking about why they are in college. A sociological view of going to college highlights the effect of:

All of the above are correct.

Which of the following is a reason that it is important to understand the world beyond our own borders?

All of the above are correct.

The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was:

Emile Durkheim.

Read the following statements. Only one of them is TRUE. Which one is it?

Gaining a global understanding is important to college students because eight of ten new U.S. jobs involve international trade.

The text presents a portrait of a "global village." Which of the following statements about this village is true?

Half the people are Africans.

What might a sociologist say about people's selection of marriage partners?

Typically, a person marries someone of similar social position.

Sociologists use the term "social marginality" to refer to:

being defined by others as an "outsider."

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages:

challenging commonly held beliefs.

If marginality encourages sociological thinking, we would expect people in which category listed below should to make the most use of the sociological perspective?

disabled persons or people who are a racial minority

Following the thinking of C. Wright Mills, we would have expected the sociological imagination to be more widespread:

during times of social crisis

Sarah is spending a summer living in another country where people have a way of life that differs from her own. A sociologist might expect that this experience would lead her to:

end up with a greater understanding of both a new way of life and her own way of life.

Peter Berger described using the sociological perspective as seeing the ______ in the _______.

general; particular

The United States falls within which category of the world's nations?

high-income nations

The nations of Europe, Israel, Japan, and Australia fall into which of the following categories of countries?

high-income nations

Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of the United States than in urban areas, we would expect suicide rates to be:

higher in rural areas.

Sociology provides an advantage to students preparing for later careers by preparing them for work:

in all of the above careers and many others, including business, education, law enforcement, and social work.

According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has:

lower social integration.

Almost all of Latin America and Asia falls within which of the following categories?

middle-income nations

Which of the following categories contains countries in which average income is typical for the world as a whole and in which people are as likely to live in a rural area as in an urban area?

middle-income nations

C. Wright Mills claimed that the "sociological imagination" transformed:

personal problems into public issues.

By stating that the sociological perspective shows us "the strange in the familiar," the text argues that sociologists:

reject the familiar idea that people simply decide how to act in favor of the initially strange idea that society shapes our lives.

Which discipline defines itself as "the systematic study of human society"?

sociology

Sociologist Lenore Weitzman carried out research showing that women who divorce:

suffer a significant loss on income.

The idea that the social world guides our actions and life choices just as the seasons influence activities and choice of clothing describes:

the essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology.

More than 1 million immigrants enter the United States each year and many (including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gloria Estefan) have become well known. These facts support the conclusion that:

the world's nations are increasingly interconnected.

A sociological analysis of childbearing around the world suggests that the number of children born to a woman reflects:

whether she herself was born into a poor or rich society.

In the United States today, the suicide rate is highest for which category of people listed below?

white males

In the box about Barbara Ehrenreich working at low wage jobs, we learned that she:

worked very hard but never made enough money to pay for her basic needs.