Sociology in Our Times 6th Canadian Edition by Murray - Test Bank
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Chapter 3-Culture
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What do sociologists refer to as “the knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society”?
a.
culture
b.
society
c.
social organization...
1. What is the definition of sociology?
a. the systematic study of human society and social interaction
b. the methodological analysis of the politics of socialism
c. the scientific analysis of primitive people
d. the academic discipline that examines individual human behaviour
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2. Why is the sociological perspective unique?
a. It helps us understand how individual differences and differences in personal
choice are largely a function of physiology and inheritance.
b. It allows sociologists to apply the same perspective and methods to the study of
compelling social issues such as sexual assault.
c. It attempts to explain human behaviour from a moral and ethical perspective.
d. It is a point of view that helps us see how behaviour is shaped by the groups to
which we belong and the society in which we live.
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3. According to sociologists, what do most people take for granted?
a. We take our personal lives for granted and view the world in societal terms.
b. We take our social standing for granted and are relatively unconcerned about social
mobility.
c. We take our families for granted and discount their views.
d. We take our social world for granted and view our lives in very personal terms.
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4. According to the text, what helps us gain a better understanding of ourselves and a more
thorough understanding of the social world?
a. psychology
b. common sense
c. sociology
d. life experiences
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5. What is a society?
a. a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to
the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations
b. a group of wealthy elites who support the arts, especially opera, symphony, and
, ballet
c. a series of social relationships that link an individual to others
d. a set of organized beliefs and rules that are established to meet basic social needs
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6. Imagine a world where people’s lives are closely intertwined, where one nation’s problems are
part of a larger global problem. What sociological term would accurately describe this?
a. global cohesiveness
b. global symbiosis
c. global interdependence
d. global reliance
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7. What frequently guides our ordinary conduct in everyday life?
a. sociological data
b. commonsense knowledge
c. scientific information
d. impulsive behaviour
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8. The statement “Children who grow up in a family with gay parents are more likely to be gay”
is an example of which of the following?
a. falsehood
b. myth
c. misnomer
d. sociological generalization
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9. What has research found about the belief that “one in two marriages ends in divorce”?
a. It is a valid conclusion supported by social science research.
b. This commonsense idea has been disproved by social science research.
c. This commonsense idea has been verified by social science research.
d. The hypothesis has not been investigated by social science researchers.
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10. Siobhan has decided to study eating disorders for her Master’s thesis in sociology. What will
her research likely involve?
a. examining individual psychoses and their relation to food
b. looking for patterns of behaviour even though individuals, and not groups, usually
have eating disorders
c. identifying psychological factors that correlate with high rates of eating disorders
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