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Community and Society explores the dynamic relationships between individuals, local groups, and broader social structures. The course examines how communities are formed, maintained, and transformed, considering cultural, economic, and political influences on social organization. Students analyze theories of social cohesion, identity, and collective action, and study the impact of social institutions, urbanization, and globalization on community life. Through case studies and interactive projects, learners gain insights into contemporary issues such as social inclusion, civic engagement, and the role of technology in shaping modern societies.
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Investigating Social Problems 2nd Edition by A. Javier Trevino
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Chapter 1: Sociology and Social Problems
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Q1) A large collection of people must define something as a problem for it to be considered a social problem.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following research methods involves observing people in their everyday settings?
A)survey research
B)quantitative research
C)experimental research
D)participant observation
Answer: D
Q3) ______ theories examine relatively narrow features of society and/or very specific social problems.
A)Specialized
B)Integrated
C)Constructionist
D)Macro
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Poverty and Class Inequality
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Q1) The belief that those in power choose to "blame the victim" rather than accept any responsibility for poverty best illustrates ______.
A)functionalism
B)symbolic interactionism
C)conflict theory
D)integrative theory
Answer: C
Q2) Karl Marx believed there were three primary classes,all determined based on ownership to the means of production.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) ______ is concerned with the relationship between perceptions of inequality and principles of fairness.
A)Social empathy
B)Distributive justice
C)Social inclusion
D)Social solidarity
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) According to the 2010 U.S.Census,what percentage of Americans are considered Native American?
A)1
B)5
C)12
D)20
Answer: A
Q2) ______ racism is a form of racism in which people of color buy into racist ideology that characterizes their own group as inferior.
A)Symbolic
B)Institutional
C)Manifest
D)Internalized
Answer: D
Q3) Sociologist Devah Pager found a White male with a criminal record was more likely to get a callback than a Black male without a criminal record.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Gender
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Q1) The majority of domestic workers (nannies,housekeepers,and home health-care aides)in the United States are White women and immigrants.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In both wealthy and low-income countries,women and girls perform much more unpaid labor,such as child care and cleaning,than men and boys.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In South Sudan in 2015,less than half of school-age boys and one-third of school-age girls were in school.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Some radical feminists argue that the first step to ending gender inequality is for women to do which of the following?
A)engage in consciousness-raising
B)focus primarily on forming more religious institutions
C)form their own separate institutions and organizations free of male domination
D)create more patriarchal organizations
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Chapter 5: Sexuality
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Q1) According to the U.S.Bureau of Justice,only ______of rape and sexual assaults were reported to police in 2015.
A)21.5%
B)32.5%
C)46.3%
D)26.0%
Q2) What is black feminist theory? Thoroughly describe how mass media representations of Black sexuality may have harmful consequences.
Q3) Although the hookup culture is not necessarily a bad thing for women,it may be responsible for contributing to a ______.
A)rape culture
B)tokenistic fallacy
C)sexual script theory
D)labeling standard
Q4) HPV affects ______ people in the United States.
A)100,000
B)900,000
C)1 million
D)80 million
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Chapter 6: Aging
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Q1) ______ is defined as the average number of years a person born in a given year can expect to live.
A)Aging
B)Sex ratio
C)Life expectancy
D)Fertility rate
Q2) ______ is the number of older persons 65+ for every 100 people aged 16-64.
A)Aging
B)Sex ratio
C)Life expectancy
D)Old-age dependency ratio
Q3) In the United States,Medicare provides health care for ______.
A)the unemployed
B)the elderly
C)children under 8
D)college students
Q4) Symbolic interaction assumes that individuals in a society communicate via cultural symbols and shared meaning.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Education
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Q1) According to Basil Bernstein,what is the difference between the communication codes of working- and middle-class children? Give an example to support your answer.How do differences in codes affect children's performance in school?
Q2) Current research seems to indicate that the education system in ______ focuses too much on memorization and test-taking skills and not enough on critical thinking and creativity skills.
A)Germany
B)the United States
C)Finland
D)Japan
Q3) What was the name of the documentary that filmed two Black children and their educational experience?
A)American Dream
B)American Promise
C)Idris and Seun
D)American Life
Q4) According to Raymond Rist (1977),how do teacher expectations affect student performance? Describe an educational policy (real or imaginary)that has or could result from this research.
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Chapter 8: Media
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Q1) Research finds media exaggeration may contribute to moral panics in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______.
A)journalists pay more attention to events that are uncommon or statistically unusual
B)journalists overstate the extent/size of a social problem
C)reporters inaccurately use terms like epidemic or crisis
D)journalists quote multiple sources in their reporting of an issue
Q2) With regard to activists intervening and highlighting social issues in the news,discuss the general relationship between media activism and social problems.
Q3) Due to ______,popular social media such as Facebook are becoming increasingly significant claims-making arenas.
A)culturally resonant themes
B)media frames
C)instances of moral panic
D)user-generated media content
Q4) Describe the general relationship between crime rates and news coverage of crime.Then name and describe three important factors that contribute to this relationship.
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Chapter 9: Family
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Q1) Researchers studying premarital relationships among women in sub-Saharan Africa found that unmarried women who are poor are more likely to engage in ______,the receipt of money and gifts from a male partner in exchange for sexual activities.
A)transitional sex
B)transactional sex
C)sex work
D)sexual slavery
Q2) Today,about ______ of first marriages begin with the couple living together.
A)10%
B)35%
C)60%
D)80%
Q3) According to Trevino,______ does not seem to value family values as much as other developed countries.
A)Canada
B)Sweden
C)France
D)the United States
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Chapter 10: Work and the Economy
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Q1) According to the reading,which country is one of the poorest yet possesses the largest garment manufacturing industry?
A)United States
B)Mexico
C)Sierra Leone
D)Bangladesh
Q2) ______ unemployment occurs when joblessness results from major changes in the basic structure of the economy.
A)Cyclical
B)Structural
C)Frictional
D)Industrial
Q3) Brad is a construction worker.He is best characterized as being employed in the ______ sector of the labor force.
A)primary
B)secondary
C)service
D)industrial
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Chapter 11: Crime
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Q1) While males are more likely to commit crimes,females are more likely to be the victims of crime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Rather than using a case efficiency model of justice,______ courts make problem-solving their primary goal and orient their proceedings toward social justice.
A)traditional
B)corrective
C)specialized
D)collaborative
Q3) What is deterrence? Discuss the difference between the two primary types of deterrence and provide examples of each.
Q4) ______allows inmates to leave prison early and finish their sentence within the community,also under supervision and other conditions.
A)Probation
B)General deterrence
C)Parole
D)Incapacitation
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Chapter 12: Drugs
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Q1) While Whites have higher rates of ______,Black and Hispanic Americans have higher rates of ______.
A)drug convictions;drug dependence
B)drug arrests;drug use
C)drug dependence;drug rehabilitation
D)drug use;drug dependence
Q2) Women are more likely than men to exit a drug career for family reasons or because it interferes with work responsibilities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain social learning theory.Describe how this theory can be used to understand drug use and drug rehabilitation.
Q4) A ______ theorist would be most likely to study what happens to a person's sense of self as he transitions from an "addict" to "sober" during recovery.
A)functionalist
B)conflict
C)interactionist
D)bureaucratic
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Chapter 13: Health
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Q1) Women are diagnosed as suffering from more ill-health than men.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Health care in ______ states has traditionally been provided by the government.
A)democratic
B)feudalistic
C)neoliberal
D)welfare
Q3) The belief that the health-care industry has four interrelated economic functions in capitalist society (accumulation of capital,provision of investment opportunities,absorption of surplus labor,and maintenance of the labor force)is most closely associated with the ______ perspective.
A)functionalist
B)conflict
C)interactionist
D)integrative
Q4) Discuss Talcott Parsons's perspective on the shared set of expectations between the patient and the doctor.Be sure to discuss the "sick role" and the four dimensions of the sick role.
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Chapter 14: The Environment
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Q1) A ______ is most likely to argue that we use a common language when trying to describe an idea like global warming,and that language develops more depth and becomes more meaningful the more we use it.
A)functionalist
B)conflict theorist
C)social constructionist
D)naturalist
Q2) ______is the implicit understanding that government will enact rules to make sure people are protected as society bounds progressively forward.
A)Social equity
B)Environmental blindness
C)Realism
D)Risk contract
Q3) Environmental justice has become increasingly complicated in recent years because of ______.
A)the aging population in Western countries
B)U.N.policies protecting business interests
C)globalization
D)scientific disagreement about the role of humans in climate change
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Chapter 15: Science and Technology
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Q1) A new data-intensive scientific methodology using sophisticated algorithms and statistical techniques is defined as ______.
A)the sociotechnical system
B)the fourth paradigm
C)technoscience
D)crisis science
Q2) A ______ view of progress sees technology as a means to fix social problems.
A)technosocial
B)megacratic
C)megasocial
D)technocratic
Q3) A(n)______ includes material artifacts,human skills,and social practices defined by social norms within an organizational pattern to obtain or address a goal or objective.
A)cyber society
B)Internet world
C)technological paradigm
D)sociotechnical system
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Chapter 16: War and Terrorism
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Q1) Interstate war increased significantly after the end of the Cold War in 1989.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)include all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A)sleep disturbances
B)decreased sensitivity to noise
C)disturbing dreams
D)poor concentration
Q3) Compared to citizens in many other governmental systems,citizens in democracies are more likely to do all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A)see war only as a measure of last resort
B)cherish martial values
C)value negotiation and diplomacy
D)see war as expensive
Q4) The primary motive of ______ is to control valuable resources.
A)national wars
B)wars between borders
C)ethnic cleansing
D)globalized intrastate wars
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Chapter 17: Urbanization
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Q1) It was the contention of ______ that people in cities develop defense mechanisms to deal with the fact of living in close physical contact with a large number of strangers.
A)Georg Simmel
B)Émile Durkheim
C)Ferdinand Tönnies
D)Herbert Spencer
Q2) Water shortages,real or perceived,produce social relationships characterized by all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A)depression
B)anxiety
C)hostility
D)competition
Q3) Today about ______% of the U.S.population lives in cities.
A)15
B)35
C)50
D)75
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