Contemporary Social Issues
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Course Introduction
This course explores major social issues affecting contemporary societies, such as inequality, discrimination, globalization, climate change, migration, and the impact of technology. Students will analyze the underlying causes and consequences of these challenges through various sociological perspectives and case studies. Emphasis is placed on understanding how social, economic, and political factors interplay to shape public debates and policy responses. The course encourages critical thinking, discussion, and reflection on potential solutions to pressing social problems in local and global contexts.
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Deviance Conformity and Social Control in Canada 5th Edition by Tami M. Bereska
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Chapter 1: Determining Deviance
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Q1) Which component of the social typing process involves placing an individual into a specific category because of an observed or presumed characteristic?
A)evaluation
B)stigmatization
C)description
D)prescription
E)discrimination
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following groups of moral entrepreneurs has the most overt power in modern state systems?
A)religious institutions
B)scientists
C)commercial enterprise
D)politicians
E)educational institutions
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Explaining Deviance: The Act
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Q1) Sutherland's differential association theory proposes that groups we interact with early in life have more of an influence on the learning of deviance than groups we interact with later in life do. This is known as
A)duration.
B)priority.
C)intensity.
D)frequency.
E)primacy.
Answer: B
Q2) Cherise lives in a neighbourhood where there is an organized group of people involved in selling illegal weapons to rival gangs. Seeing an opportunity to make some money, Cherise joins this group of weapons dealers. According to Cloward and Ohlin's differential opportunity theory, what type of group has Cherise joined?
A)"conflict gang"
B)"retreatist gang"
C)"criminal gang"
D)"criminal collectivity"
E)"conflict collectivity"
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, and Power
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Q1) Postmodern theories suggest that "truth" exists, despite the massive social changes that have occurred since World War II.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following concepts does Tannenbaum (1938)say accompanies the dramatization of evil?
A)primary deviance
B)secondary deviance
C)tertiary deviance
D)tagging
E)dramaturgy
Answer: D
Q3) The difference between Marxist conflict theories and pluralist conflict theories is that the former emphasize economic inequality, while the latter emphasize multiple axes of inequality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Deviance 20: The Role of the Media
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Q1) Students of a local elementary school are pushing to have certain video games banned. They claim that children who play these games arrive at school violent, aggressive and impulsive. This argument would best support _________ research done in media studies.
A)correlational
B)causation
C)critical
D)framing
E)affective
Q2) What type of research question is most likely posed by someone conducting research in media studies using a critical lens?
A)Does violence on screen lead to aggressive behaviour?
B)Do the number of violent acts in a video game desensitize its gamers?
C)Does regularly portraying Jamaican characters as criminal influence how you view all Jamaicans?
D)Does advertising influence what you buy?
E)Do people walk around looking for a fight because they fear showing weakness and being attacked?
Q3) Describe the five hacker subculture normative orders.
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Chapter 5: Deviant and Normal Sexuality
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Q1) According to D'Emilio and Freedman (1997), by the early 20<sup>th</sup> century the dominant meaning of sexuality in North America was
A)reproduction within marriage.
B)intimacy within marriage.
C)personal fulfillment within marriage.
D)personal fulfillment, regardless of marriage.
E)economic exchange within marriage.
Q2) During the early years of European colonization in Canada, the Hudson's Bay Company encouraged sexual unions between European men and Indigenous women.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In date rape trials, which of the following criteria for determining "deviant" sexuality is emphasized?
A)consent
B)nature of the sexual partner
C)nature of the sexual act
D)setting
E)frequency
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Chapter 6: The Troubling and Troubled World of Youth
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Q1) Which of the following statements about youth smoking is true?
A)youth are less likely to smoke if they live in households where smoking is prohibited, even if their parents are smokers
B)youth are less likely to smoke if they live in households where smoking is prohibited, but only if their parents are non-smokers
C)only 20% of retailers comply with legislation that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to youth
D)more boys than girls are smokers
E)youth whose parents smoke are less likely to smoke themselves, because they see the effects of smoking on their parents' lives
Q2) Which of the following would be an example that represents the social perception that all youth are troubling?
A)The existence of high school
B)The age of majority legislation
C)Rock concerns aimed at youth culture
D)Restrictions on the number of students in a store at one time
E)Both B and D
Q3) List and describe the five elements of a moral panic.
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Chapter 7: Looking Deviant: Physical Appearance
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Q1) Students who have 7 -10 body modifications are more likely to engage in other risky behaviour, such as drinking or substance use.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who has been found to negatively stereotype people who are overweight and/or obese?
A)children
B)teachers
C)health professionals who specialize in treating obesity
D)the general population
E)children, teachers, health professionals who specialize in treating obesity, and the general population have all been found to negatively stereotype people who are overweight and/or obese
Q3) Each of us socially types others on the basis of physical appearance, and each of us is socially typed on the basis of our own physical appearance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the consequences of socially controlling body image.
Q5) Describe the process of the medicalization of body image.
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Chapter 8: Mental Disorders
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Q1) Mariya has been diagnosed with a cognitive disorder that also leads to anxiety. She has let certain Professors know at the university because they are empathetic and willing to work with her, but she keeps it hidden from anyone who does not seem supportive. She is engaging in one of Goffman's management technique. Which one?
A)trying to pass
B)dividing social worlds
C)deflecting
D)challenging
E)accepting
Q2) In Canada, approximately 80% of the adult population knows someone with a mental disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Policies and programs within the discrimination paradigm focus on the symptoms of mental illness that hinder the individual's effective functioning in daily life
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly discuss 3 social factors that are known to impact mental health status.
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Chapter 9: What Do You Believe Religion, Science, and Deviance
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Q1) Sects tend to have more traditional beliefs while cults tend to have more novel beliefs, which create differences in the level of tension that exists with the larger society.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the criticisms that are directed at the traditional typology that distinguishes between churches, sects, and cults.
Q3) Describe the variety of ways in which the European witch craze varied across regions.
Q4) In the Soviet Union, all religious groups were socially typed as "deviant" and made subject to social control.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Sociological analyses of religious belief systems attempt to prove or disprove particular religious belief systems (e.g. Hinduism; Catholicism)
A)True
B)False
Q6) Using specific examples, explain the notion of religion as deviance.
Q7) Differentiate between the anti-cult groups and counter-cult groups.
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Chapter 10: The Deviance Dance Continues
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Q1) List the core themes that are present in diverse human rights documents, and link each of those themes to specific issues that have been addressed in the textbook.
Q2) In contemporary Canada, sexuality is socially controlled through A)legislation.
B)media.
C)medicalization.
D)education.
E)a variety of measures, including those listed above.
Q3) The abuse that many Aboriginal children suffered in residential schools can be perceived as a violation of the basic human right of "security of person and property."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Scholars with more objective interests in deviance have questioned the categorizing of various religions, arguing that power is a dimension in how certain groups are framed in social discourse.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Give three examples of how perceptions of deviance change over time.
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