TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: Thinking Sociologically and Doing Sociology Chapter 1: Sociology and the Real World Chapter 2: Studying Social Life: Sociological Research Methods Part II: Framing Social Life Chapter 3: Culture Chapter 4: Socialization, Interaction, and the Self Chapter 5: Separate and Together: Life in Groups Chapter 6: Deviance Part III: Understanding Inequality Chapter 7: Social Class: The Structure of Inequality Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity as Lived Experience Chapter 9: Constructing Gender and Sexuality Part IV: Social Institutions and the Micro-Macro Link Chapter 10: Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion Chapter 11: The Economy and Work Chapter 12: Life at Home: Families and Relationships Chapter 13: Leisure and Media Chapter 14: Health and Illness Part V: Envisioning the Future and Creating Social Change Chapter 15: Populations, Cities, and the Environment Chapter 16: Social Change For the full document, click any of these links: OBJ: Levels of Analysis: Micro- and Macrosociology MSC: Understanding 5. Howard Becker said that sociology can best be understood as the study of people “doing things together.” This definition reminds us that: a. neither society nor the individual exists in isolation; each is dependent on the other. b. sociology is only interested in the way people act, not in the way they think. c. only large-scale interactions that involve many people can be understood by sociologists. d. individuals exist independently of society and can be understood without considering social influence. ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: Page 9 OBJ: What Is Sociology? MSC: Applying 6. Sociology can be approached from both a microsociological and a macrosociological perspective. Which is more useful? a. The macrosociological perspective is more useful, because it explains how large-scale social institutions influence individuals. b. The microsociological perspective is more useful, because it explains how individuals shape and create large-scale social institutions. c. Both are useful in different ways, because any study that uses only one or the other will be unable to explain anything useful about society. d. Both are useful in different ways, because they each provide different types of information about the same object of study. ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: Pages 14–16 OBJ: Levels of Analysis: Micro- and Macrosociology MSC: Applying 7. Which of the following statements best characterizes microsociology? a. It is an approach that examines interactions between individuals and the ways those interactions reflect larger patterns within a society. b. It is an approach that examines institutional interactions that occur over time. c. It is an approach that quantifies data about social structures so that they can be analyzed statistically. d. It is an approach that focuses exclusively on gender and power as they are enacted socially. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 14 OBJ: Levels of Analysis: Micro- and Macrosociology MSC: Remembering 8. Researcher Pam Fishman studied the conversations of heterosexual couples to determine how power is created and maintained through face-to-face interactions on an everyday basis. How would you describe her approach? a. Macrosociological c. Microsociological b. Historical d. Comparative ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Pages 15–16 OBJ: Levels of Analysis: Micro- and Macrosociology MSC: Applying 9. Sociologists assert that there is a close relationship between the individual and society. How does Pam Fishman’s research on gender and power in heterosexual couples characterize this relationship? a. Fishman’s data shows how macro-level phenomena like gender and power manifest themselves in everyday interactions. b. It doesn’t—Fishman’s data only shows how individuals act. c. Fishman’s data shows that micro-level phenomena have almost no relationship to