Question 1

What does the sociological perspective encourage us to do?

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Examine how society influences behavior

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Focus on people's natural instincts

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Assume individuals act randomly

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Ignore group patterns and trends

Question 2

According to C. Wright Mills, the sociological imagination allows us to:

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See the link between personal lives and society

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Understand only historical events

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Focus only on personal experience

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Blame others for individual problems

Question 3

How is a public issue different from a personal trouble?

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It involves widespread patterns in society

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It results from a lack of motivation

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It affects one person in isolation

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It’s based on private decisions only

Question 4

What is an example of using a sociological perspective?

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Noticing how gender roles are shaped by culture

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Ignoring differences in school funding

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Assuming boys and girls have natural skills

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Believing success is based only on effort

Question 5

Which theory sees society as a system with interrelated parts?

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The structural functionalist perspective

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The feminist conflict approach

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The psychological theory of self

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The symbolic interactionist view

Question 6

What question would a conflict theorist most likely ask?

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Who benefits from this social inequality?

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How do individuals form friendships?

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How do symbols shape daily behavior?

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What keeps society balanced and calm?

Question 7

How do symbolic interactionists study society?

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By analyzing everyday social meanings

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By measuring economic inequality

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By mapping historical class divisions

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By explaining global power struggles

Question 8

Which shows the sociological view?

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School success tied to social factors

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Crime happens due to bad moods

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Some kids just don’t like school

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Teens act weird without reason

Question 9

What is sociology?

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The study of society and behavior

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The study of plants and animals

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The study of stars and space

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The study of health and disease

Question 10

What do sociologists focus on?

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Patterns in group behavior

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Random actions of people

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Individual life goals only

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Personal mental health issues

Question 11

What is the sociological imagination?

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Linking personal life to society

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Remembering past experiences

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Judging right from wrong

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Predicting future inventions

Question 12

What is a public issue?

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A problem that affects many people

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A feeling that comes and goes

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A choice made by one person

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A private situation at home

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