Sociology Final

According to C. Wright Mills, the sociological imagination enables us to grasp the relations between ___ & ___ in society.

• History and biography

• money and power

• biology and destiny

• students and teachers

When understanding intimate relationships, a sociological imagination allows us to...

• recognize that marriage is not always monogamous, but is a lifetime commitment between a man and a woman

• challenge the assumption that particular forms of marriage are natural as opposed to social in origin

• understand the lack of diversity in intimate relationships cross-culturally

• observe the natural differences in intimate relationships within our own culture

In an ongoing study of more than 2,000 young adults and they progress through college and into their post collegiate years, sociologist Richard Arum has found that

• all graduates in the study had jobs in their fields within five years of graduation

• college had little impact on the earnings of graduates in the study

• 24 percent of graduates in the study were back living with their parents two years after graduation

• sociology majors were 50 percent more likely to be employed than other students in the study

Why is the family of interest to so many sociologists?

• Government funding generously supports family research

• Families are a key to understanding how individuals develop.

• Families are a new area of sociological research.

• Families, which tend to be similar, are ideal cross-cultural subjects.

What can applying the sociological imagination tell us about unemployment and homelessness?

• Homelessness and unemployment are almost always the result of individual choices.

• Unemployment, but not homelessness, is almost always the result of individual choices.

• Anyone is just as likely as another to become either unemployed or homeless.

• Unemployment and homelessness can be due to changing social forces beyond an individual's control.

Norms, the basic rules of society that help us know what is or is not appropriate in a social situation, govern ___.

• the sociological imagination

• social contexts

• social interaction

• historical context

Sociologists' understanding of social contexts, social interactions, and social structures teaches us that people __________.

• typically present themselves in the same way to everyone they meet

• often behave in highly unpredictable way

• never present themselves in the same way twice

• present themselves in different ways based on the social situation they are in

___ refers to the enduring patterns that shape and guide social interaction.

• Social role

• Social strategy

• Social normative behavior

• Social structure

Which of the following accurately connects the effects communities have on people's life pathways?

• Living around people who encourage a child to be confident leads to children who are more ambitious in life.

• Living in a safe neighborhood has very little positive effect on children’s school performance.

• Living in a dangerous neighborhood encourages a child to leave that neighborhood by doing well in school.

• Living in a dangerous neighborhood has very little effect on a child’s future employment.

Which of the following factors pulled people away from farms and into cities during the period of rapid industrialization more so than others?

• drought

• housing

• jobs

• urban agriculture