Which of the following social thinkers is associated with the concept of the sociological imagination?
a. Max Weber
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Wright Mills
d. Charles Murray
Question 2The examples of India and China as newly industrializing countries are notable because they demonstrate
a. that communist countries can develop economically.
b. that countries with large populations may experience successful economic development.
c. that economic development may take place without industrialization.
d. how economies can improve without government investment.
Question 3The fundamental principle or lesson of sociology is that
a. it is not possible to truly understand human behavior.
b. the social context shapes what people do and think.
c. it is easiest to study the most extreme and unusual behavior.
d. sociology just restates the obvious in empirical ways.
Question 4According to the text, world poverty is caused by all of the following except:
a. unstable governments unable to provide basic services.
b. economies reorganized to pay debt decreasing resources for human services.
c. changes in the world economic system that have favored some economies over others.
d. there is not enough food grown in the world to feed everyone.
Question 5The text emphasizes that _____ is most responsible for a person's chance in life.
a. human biology
b. inherited traits
c. social location
d. individual personality
Question 6According to the text, what is the role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in world poverty?
a. They have lent money to political dissidents causing political instability.
b. They have required restructuring that limits government spending on human services in nations that have borrowed money to support their failing economies.
c. They have limited the amount of food that may be grown using funds they have lent to developing countries.
d. They have drastically reduced funding for the poorest nations.
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