Unemployment is ______________ when it involves 24 million people in a nation of 156 million workers.
a. an issue c. a private matter
b. a trouble d. a social fact
Question 2A trouble is
a. a societal issue. c. the result of personal shortcomings.
b. deeply and significantly social. d. outside any one person's control.
Question 3Which one of the following is not a characteristic of an issue?
a. An issue is a societal matter.
b. An issue involves understanding larger social forces.
c. The cause of an issue is deeply personal.
d. Issues transcend the life of any one individual.
Question 4The sociological imagination includes an ability to
a. see the connection between self and personal shortcomings.
b. distinguish between types of suicide.
c. make change by starting with the person.
d. distinguish between personal troubles and social issues.
Question 5Sociology offers insights about the many ways human activity can be organized. These insights are especially useful today because they
a. ultimately help us understand cognitive processes.
b. allow us to see that ways of doing things can be changed.
c. alert us to the dangers associated with change.
d. encourage people to not change.
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