Understanding the differences between countries encourages ________
a. an increase in global poverty.
b. increasing gender inequality.
c. increasing our understanding of both of our own lives and the lives of others.
d. increasing global wealth.
Question 2Sociologists use the term social marginality to refer to ________
a. people who have little understanding of sociology.
b. people who have special social skills.
c. people who are defined by others as an outsider.
d. people who are especially sensitive about their family background.
Question 3C. Wright Mills claimed that the sociological imagination transformed ________
a. common sense into laws of society.
b. people into supporters of the status quo.
c. personal problems into public issues.
d. scientific research into common sense.
Question 4Following the thinking of C. Wright Mills, we would expect the sociological imagination to be more widespread in a population ________
a. during times of peace and prosperity.
b. among the very rich.
c. among very religious people.
d. during times of social crisis.
Question 5The chapter's sociological analysis of childbearing around the world suggests that the number of children born to a woman reflects ________
a. only her personal preference for family size.
b. how many children she can afford.
c. whether she lives in a poor or a rich society.
d. simply the desires of her husband.
Question 6According to Emile Durkheim, categories of people with a higher suicide rate typically have ________
a. more clinical depression.
b. less money, power, and other resources.
c. lower levels of social integration.
d. higher self-esteem.
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