SOCIOLOGY IN OUR TIMES THE ESSENTIALS 11TH EDITION BY DIANA - Test Bank

True / False

a. True

b. False

1. Sociologists are in agreement that sociological research can and should be value free.

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: 6

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SIOT.KEND.18.1-1 - Define sociology and explain how it can contribute to our

understanding of social life.

TOPICS: Factual

NOTES: Pickup

Rejoinder: Some sociologists do not believe it is possible or even desirable to be

completely value free in one’s research.

2. Sociologists understand that there are multiple causes and effects of social issues.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: 6

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SIOT.KEND.18.1-1 - Define sociology and explain how it can contribute to our

understanding of social life.

TOPICS: Factual

NOTES: Pickup

3. The sociological imagination helps us place personal troubles, such as losing our job or attempting suicide, into a

larger social context, where we can distinguish whether and how personal troubles may be related to public issues.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: 6

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TOPICS: Conceptual

NOTES: Pickup

SIOT.KEND.18.1-2 - Identify what is meant by the sociological imagination.

Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 14. Middle-income countries are nations with highly industrialized economies technologically advanced industrial,

administrative, and service occupations and relatively high levels of national and personal income.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: 9

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SIOT.KEND.18.1-2 - Identify what is meant by the sociological imagination.

TOPICS: Conceptual

NOTES: Pickup

Rejoinder: This statement describes high-income countries. Middle-income countries

are nations with industrializing economies, particularly in urban areas, and moderate

levels of national and personal income.

5. European thinkers began making observations about human behavior during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: 9

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SIOT.KEND.18.1-3 - Describe the historical context in which sociological thinking

developed.

TOPICS: Factual

NOTES: New

Rejoinder: While sociology did not emerge in Europe until the eighteenth and nineteenth

centuries, social philosophers and religious authorities have made countless

observations about human behavior throughout history.

6. Like Auguste Comte, British social theorist Herbert Spencer was strongly influenced by the turmoil of the French

Revolution.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: 11

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SIOT.KEND.18.1-3 - Describe the historical context in which sociological thinking

developed.

TOPICS: Factual

NOTES: New

Rejoinder: Spencer was born in a more peaceful and optimistic period in his country’s

history.

Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 27. The early sociologists were in agreement that human behavior could be studied using the same techniques used in

the natural sciences.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: 11

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SIOT.KEND.18.1-3 - Describe the historical context in which sociological thinking

developed.

TOPICS: Factual

NOTES: New

Rejoinder: Both Co