Contemporary Social Issues
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Course Introduction
This course explores pressing social issues affecting societies around the world today. Students will critically examine topics such as inequality, globalization, migration, gender, race, environmental challenges, and the impact of technology on communities. Through lectures, case studies, and discussions, learners will analyze the root causes, consequences, and possible solutions for these contemporary challenges, engaging with multiple perspectives and fostering skills in research, analysis, and effective communication around social problems.
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Experience Sociology 2nd Edition by David Croteau
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Chapter 1: Sociology in a Changing World
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Q1) Which of the following events did NOT occur during the Industrial Revolution?
A)industrialization of goods
B)increased influence of religion
C)the growth of cities
D)the development of democracy
Answer: B
Q2) Jennie believes that one's virginity only means as much as the value you attach to it.Which theoretical perspective would best match her view of virginity?
A)symbolic interactionist theory
B)feminist theory
C)structural-functionalist theory
D)conflict theory
Answer: A
Q3) During the Middle Ages,who or what dominated European intellectual life?
A)enlightened monarchs
B)the Church and its clergy
C)science
D)philosophers
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Understanding the Research Process
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Q1) What data-gathering technique includes focus groups?
A)field research
B)intensive interviewing
C)content analysis
D)survey Answer: B
Q2) The goal of basic research in sociology is to describe and help us better understand our social world.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following is one way a researcher can ensure confidentiality?
A)ensuring that participants understand the research process
B)keeping a list of participant contact information
C)including the names of participants in the final report
D)changing personal details that might identify a person
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Culture
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Q1) In 2010,which country banned women from wearing face-covering veils in public?
A)France
B)Russia
C)Iran
D)Afghanistan
Answer: A
Q2) Actions associated with a group that help to reproduce a distinctive way of life are known as A)symbols.
B)values.
C)behaviors.
D)gestures.
Answer: C
Q3) Athletes who train and participate in triathlons would be considered examples of A)a subculture.
B)ideal culture.
C)a counterculture.
D)dominant culture.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Social Structure
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Q1) In order to survive,an institution has to serve a function that meets the needs of the broader society.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which best describes a social structure?
A)recurring patterns of behavior
B)the scaffolding that supports a building
C)a strict hierarchy of power
D)a system of social stratification
Q3) How does a social institution relate to the concept of social structure?
A)A hospital is a social institution,whereas the interaction between two people is a social structure.
B)Social institutions are established patterns of behavior,whereas social structures are about random behaviors.
C)Social institutions are a type of social structure that governs major areas of social life.
D)Social structures are overarching social institutions.
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Chapter 5: Power
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Q1) The structure of inequality in the feudal system of medieval Europe is most similar to A)an early European democracy.
B)the European capitalist system.
C)the Indian caste system.
D)early U.S.democracy.
Q2) ________ is based on the acceptance of rules and laws.
A)Legal power
B)Traditional authority
C)Rational-legal authority
D)Political power
Q3) Patricia Hill Collins's concept of the matrix of domination is best described as A)a silent conspiracy.
B)multidimensional oppression.
C)hidden domination.
D)indirect oppression.
Q4) Those who are weakest and have the lowest status in a society are unable to resist power.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Socialization
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Q1) Which stage of development,according to Mead,occurs when children are in the classroom and are able to respect and listen to their teacher rather than doing whatever they would like to do?
A)pre-play
B)generalized other C)play
D)game
Q2) Kids often play dress-up or play school as a form of A)resocialization.
B)imitation.
C)role modeling.
D)anticipatory socialization.
Q3) What is the current retirement age,for those born after 1960,to receive full Social Security benefits in the United States?
A)65
B)67
C)69
D)70
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Chapter 7: Interaction, Groups, and Organizations
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Q1) The goal of scientific management is to
A)make sure that technology informs the end product of a business.
B)make sure that factories employ the most technical programs.
C)increase efficiency by taking discretion away from the worker.
D)allow workers to have workplace control to improve productivity.
Q2) What does impersonality mean in terms of a bureaucracy?
A)People who work at bureaucracies are mean.
B)Bureaucracies rely greatly on robots and technology.
C)People move in out of positions,but the structure remains.
D)When a position is vacated it takes a long time to be filleD.
Q3) Darren has three children.To Darren,being a good dad is being a good provider,and he spends many overtime hours earning extra money.But when he works overtime,he feels he isn't spending enough time with his children.Darren is experiencing
A)role conflict.
B)role overload.
C)role strain.
D)role competition.
Q4) One example of a dyad is a married couple who are also business partners.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Deviance and Social Control
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Q1) Deviance tends to occur when a major discrepancy exists between culturally defined goals and the means of achieving those goals.Which theoretical perspective of deviance does this statement represent?
A)medicalization theory
B)strain theory
C)differential association theory
D)control theory
Q2) Why are nonconformist activities or styles attractive as commercial products?
A)To many people,they represent authenticity.
B)They are easily marketable.
C)They attract mass attention.
D)For a significant portion of the population,they cater to preexisting dispositions.
Q3) Individual immorality often explains deviant behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) People can engage in deviant behavior on the basis of a rational choice-the calculation of costs and benefits.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Class and Global Inequality
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Q1) People living in developed nations have a higher material standard of living than underdeveloped nations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Incomes across all social classes in the United States have been decreasing in the last thirty years.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Max is the owner of a leading food distributor and owns a large share of the company's stock.According to Karl Marx,to which class does Max belong?
A)working class
B)upper class
C)wealthy class
D)capitalist class
Q4) Knowing which fork to use to eat dessert while dining at an upscale restaurant is an example of cultural capital.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) Why do many people dislike being labeled as "Hispanic"?
A)It lumps them in a category with too many other cultures.
B)They worry about being discriminated against if people know that they are Hispanic.
C)They want to be identified as individuals not as members of a group.
D)They feel that "Latino" is a more appropriate term for people with a Spanish-speaking heritage.
Q2) Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding majority groups?
A)They are very conscious of their status and the barriers that they face.
B)They tend to have fewer resources and power.
C)They do not need to learn about minority cultures to be successful.
D)They are very aware of their status and feel fortunate for their privilege.
Q3) Which minority group is the largest in the United States?
A)Native Americans
B)African Americans
C)Latinos
D)Asians
Q4) The term Caucasian is a synonym for "white."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) An individual can have a gender expression that does not match his or her biological sex.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is shaped by gender roles?
A)what jobs we want to have
B)the kind of jewelry we wear
C)the emotions we experience
D)All these answers are correct.
Q3) Amy works full time as a manager at an office supply store.After work,she goes home and helps her kids with their homework,cooks dinner,and cleans the house while her husband relaxes after his day of work.This unpaid work is referred to as
A)family work.
B)kin work.
C)the mommy shift.
D)the second shift.
Q4) Differences in men's and women's wages can be explained by individual sexism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Family and Religion
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Q1) Muhammad and Alia are in their twenties.They share a household and an intimate sexual relationship with one another.They feel that their arrangement works well,since they are able to share the rent,the bills,and household responsibilities with one another.As economic conditions worsen,they see more of their friends in this type of relationship as well.Also,both of their parents are divorced and Muhammad and Alia are both concerned that this could be a path that they could follow.Muhammad and Alia's social relationship is best described as
A)cohabitation.
B)a trial marriage.
C)an extended family.
D)a conjugal family.
Q2) Endorsers of the secularization thesis predict the disappearance of religion.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The concept of karma is a part of which major religion?
A)Christianity
B)Hinduism
C)Buddhism
D)Islam
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Chapter 13: Education and Work
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Q1) Jamal waits his turn before speaking in class,and in his school records his teachers note he is polite.What kind of conformity has Jamal exhibited,according to Brint?
A)religious
B)moral
C)behavioral
D)cultural
Q2) What was the primary way that the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)evaluated student performance?
A)through extensive standardized testing
B)through interviews with students
C)through classroom observation
D)through teacher comments
Q3) From a sociological perspective,which of the following is NOT a major contributor in determining where people end up in terms of their adult status and job?
A)individual merit
B)race and ethnicity
C)community of residence
D)parents' educational level
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Chapter 14: Media and Consumption
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Q1) Sociologists are concerned that people spend too much time with media learning about tragic events (like war and famine)instead of using media as a form of entertainment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) User-generated media are always vetted before being posted to the Internet,to prevent negative or harmful content.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What influences how active audiences interpret media images?
A)class
B)race/ethnicity
C)gender
D)All these answers are correct.
Q4) Under capitalism,workers
A)work for themselves and retain all profits.
B)sell their labor power to others in exchange for wages.
C)become very attached to the products they produce.
D)earn more money than they ever could working for themselves.
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Chapter 15: Communities, the Environment, and Health
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Q1) An effort to prevent illegal practices of exposing people of low status,resources,and political voice to undue environmental hazards is called
A)legal action.
B)environmental justice.
C)environmentalism.
D)the green movement.
Q2) The fact that urban infrastructure and amenities are typically of a much higher standard in the more prosperous areas of the city reflects the fact that ________ plays a major role in urban development.
A)corruption
B)misguided policies
C)class inequality
D)rational calculation
Q3) Recent research suggests that doctors' authority in the medical field is A)weakening.
B)growing stronger.
C)being redefined.
D)rebuilding.
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Chapter 16: Politics and the Economy
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Q1) The contemporary economy depends on
A)government intervention.
B)independence from government.
C)a laissez-faire system.
D)deregulation.
Q2) The spiral of silence inflates our perception of political consensus by ________ alternative views.
A)publically denouncing
B)explicitly discouraging
C)refuting
D)excluding
Q3) A voting system that focuses on the percentage of votes won by parties instead of individual candidates is what type of system?
A)proportional representation
B)direct representation
C)party system
D)plurality voting
Q4) The United States has always kept a large military force.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Social Change: Globalization, Population, and Social Movements
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Q1) Based on Karl Marx's perspective,what is the mode of production?
A)a factory system
B)a structure of inequality
C)an economic system
D)the division of labor
Q2) Even though women today enjoy full equality in the workplace,they still collectively make significantly less money than men.This is evidence that while some beliefs and attitudes change,
A)they do not change fast enough.
B)they are replaced by new ones.
C)other structural patterns persist.
D)things really stay the same.
Q3) Social movements promote charitable efforts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which group most benefits from the principles of economic neoliberalism?
A)investors and capitalists
B)the working class
C)the government sector
D)marginal groups
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