University of South Florida

SOCIOLOGY MISC

Exam 1 Quiz

Chapter 1: Sociology and the Study of Social Problems

1)According to UNAIDS (2014), 55 million adults and children worldwide were living with HIV in 2013.

2. The sociological imagination will help us make a connection between social problems at large and our social solutions on a grand scale.

3. From a conflict perspective, most social problems do not arise from competing interest groups; rather, they emerge out of the mass media.

4. Charles Lemert argues that sociology is a thing to be “lived” rather than a thing to be “studied.”

5. The concept of the social construction of reality refers to how our world is a social creation that has evolved through our everyday thoughts and actions.

6. The independent variable does NOT account for changes in the dependent variable.

7. In order for a social condition to be considered a social problem, it must be personally experienced by every individual in a particular society.

8. For feminists, the patriarchal society where men dominate women and justify their domination within powerful groups is the basis of social problems.

9. Anomie can be explained by periods of rapid social change, such as political upheaval.

10. Mickey Chopra, UNICEF’s chief of health, reports that as countries such as the United States have turned their attention and funding to the AIDS epidemic worldwide, deaths due to preventable diseases have increased.

11. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the average of total fees for students was higher than tuition. At a four-year public institution, the out-of-state cost increased by 3.2% while four-year private-college costs increased 3.7%.

12. Mike is conducting research on why the number of homeless has been on the rise in the United States. He collected survey data from 100 homeless shelters in 15 states to see how many clients they have served in the past five years. Mike is using a macro perspective to conduct his research.

13. Sociology offers an erratic and unsystematic approach to understanding the causes and effects of social problems.

14. The sociological imagination gives us the ability to link out personal lives and experiences with our social world.

15. The Ryan White CARE Act provides supports for nearly 500,000 HIV/AIDS patients annually, making it the largest federal government programme for those living with the disease.