After the upheaval of events like the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution, people began to believe that
a. religious dogma was the only safety.
b. human beings could solve their social problems.
c. royalty should be obeyed.
d. society could not truly be analyzed rationally.
Question 2Sociology emerged in Western Europe in the _____ century during the period known as the Enlightment or the Age of Reason.
a. early 17th
b. late 17th
c. early 18th
d. late 18th
Question 3Sociological imagination lets us see that the solution to social problems involves a willingness to
a. change individuals directly, rather than change the structure of society.
b. become our best selves, within the context of our society.
c. change the structure of society rather than change people.
d. build the best society by changing the individuals within it.
Question 4According to Mills, sociological imagination is stimulated by the ability to view the social world
a. as the product of millennia of research and planning.
b. as inherently sacred.
c. as a zero-sum game.
d. from the perspective of others.
Question 5One implication of the belief that people create their own societies, which then influence and control them, is that
a. social organizations are imperfect.
b. the ways of other societies should not be questioned.
c. positivist role models are important in any society.
d. non-scientific ways of thinking are as important as scientific ones.
Question 6. _____ refers to the fact that individuals actively shape social life by adapting to, negotiating with, and changing social structures.
a. Sociological imagination
b. Human agency
c. Social determinism
d. Value neutrality
Question 7While a person's genes determine his or her individual physiology and potential, which of the following determines how those characteristics will be evaluated?
a. Social environment
b. Person's attractiveness
c. Physical environment
d. Individual's self-determination
Question 8. _____ is the assumption that human behavior is explained exclusively by social factors.
a. Positivism
b. Social determinism
c. Value neutrality
d. Sociological imagination
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