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Understanding and Solving Social Problems MCQ

Understanding and Solving Social Problems MCQ

1. The issue with discovering a perfect solution to a problem is that ________.

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Correct Answer: You cannot predict all of the consequences perfectly

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2. Problem-solving teams usually ________.

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Correct Answer: Lack the authority to implement their decisions

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3. The last step in the problem-solving process is _____.

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Correct Answer: Evaluate your work

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4. Questioning assumptions is useful because it allows us to ________.

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Correct Answer: Keep our biases from limiting our solutions

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5. How can you confirm that the data collected for a study is correct?

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Correct Answer: It is reflective of the population studied.

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6. The Same-Sex Marriage Movement and fears about quicksand show that ______.

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Correct Answer: Social problems and fears change over time

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7. One prevailing aspect of successful social movements is ______.

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Correct Answer: They identified a social goal

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8. DuBois’ work helped to challenge ______.

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Correct Answer: The falsehood of racial stereotypes of Black people

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9. Addams and Du Bois both helped to create the ______.

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Correct Answer: NAACP

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10. ______ is the framework of society constructed through social institutions such as schools, families, or religion.

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Correct Answer: Social structure

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11. Social constructions are based on ______ that vary from society to society and over time.

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Correct Answer: Social perceptions

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12. The first step in conducting social scientific research is ______.

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Correct Answer: Pick a social problem

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13. ______ are socially constructed and change over time. An example would be the fear of quicksand among children in the 1960s.

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Correct Answer: Social problems

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14. ______ believed that sociology could help make sense of the social changes brought about by the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.

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Correct Answer: Auguste Comte

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15. The ability to connect personal experiences with public issues is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Sociological imagination

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16. ______ allows you to see beneath the surface of society and recognize social patterns.

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Correct Answer: A sociological eye

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17. Throughout history, people have used ______ to gain power and change society.

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Correct Answer: Social movements

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18. The income and/or wealth gap among individuals, groups, or countries is called

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Correct Answer: Economic inequality

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19. The viewpoint that inequality is good for society because it ensures people are rewarded more for doing more complex, difficult jobs is called Davis-moore hypothesis

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Correct Answer: True

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20. Informal knowledge, tastes, and preferences learned in a specific social class that help convince others that you belong in that class is called Cultural capital

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Correct Answer: Informal knowledge

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21. Sociological imagination is the ability to connect personal experiences with public issues and the broader social and historical context

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Correct Answer: True

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22. Sociological eye allows you to see beneath the surface of society and recognize social patterns

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Correct Answer: True

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23. The framework of society constructed through social institutions such as government, schools, economy, families, and religion

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Correct Answer: Social structure

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24. Steps that all social scientists must take to ensure that their research takes advantage of previous findings, is as unbiased as possible, does not cause harm, and can be replicated by other researchers.

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Correct Answer: Social scientific research process

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25. Social conditions perceived to be problematic by groups of people is called

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Correct Answer: Social problems

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26. _______ is Ideas or beliefs based on social perceptions that vary from society to society and over time

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Correct Answer: Social construction

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27. A sociological perspective that helps us see that individuals assign meaning to the world around them is called

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Correct Answer: Social constructionism

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28. The rules, values, beliefs, and material goods created by members of our society is called

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Correct Answer: Culture

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29. Core commitments of sociology are ____ obligations that come with gaining a sociological perspective

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Correct Answer: Two

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30. ______ established Hull House, which sought to establish social reform for low- income immigrants.

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Correct Answer: Jane Addams

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31. ____ are social conditions perceived to be problematic by groups of people.

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Correct Answer: Social problems

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