Introduction to Sociology Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Sociology offers students a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts, theories, and methods used in the study of society. This course explores the ways in which individuals interact within groups, the influence of culture and social structures, and the impact of institutions such as family, education, religion, and media on human behavior. Through critical analysis of topics like socialization, inequality, race, gender, and social change, students will gain a deeper understanding of the complex patterns that shape human society and develop skills for observing and analyzing social phenomena in everyday life.
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The Family Dynamic A Canadian Perspective 6th Edition by Margaret Ward
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Chapter 1: What Is a Family
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Q1) According to the text,which of the following is the structural functionalist view of the family often associated with?
A)the "traditional" family
B)the feminist movement
C)decision making in families
D)the meaning of family behaviour
Answer: A
Q2) The Orthodox Mennonites of Waterloo Region in Ontario live very simply,with no electricity,cars,computers,or telephones on their farms.The basic unit of institutional life in this community is the congregation.Which term best describes the Orthodox Mennonites?
A)household
B)cohabitation
C)communal living
D)intentional family
Answer: C
Q3) A(n)____________ consists of the relationships between two or more microsystems.
Answer: mesosystem
Q4) A(n)____________ refers to people who occupy the same dwelling.
Answer: household
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Chapter 2: History, Culture, and Canadian Families
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Q1) Matchmaking most often occurred in small migratory hunting groups like the Swampy Cree at the time of which of the following?
A)summer villages
B)buffalo-hunting camps
C)potlatch ceremonies
D)winter feasts
Answer: C
Q2) What did the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947 do?
A)allowed Canadians to be officially regarded as British subjects
B)permitted married women to be citizens in their own right
C)provided a way for women to bypass citizenship requirements
D)allowed men to automatically assume the nationality of their wives
Answer: B
Q3) ______________ is an acculturation policy based on forced separation from the dominant group.
Answer: Segregation
Q4) _____________ is a negative attitude toward an entire group of people.
Answer: Prejudice
Q5) _____________ refers to physical differences between groups of people.
Answer: Race
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Chapter 3: Getting Together
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Q1) According to the text,in contrast to South Asian society,what does mainstream North American culture value?
A)a rigid occupational system
B)individual achievement
C)family solidarity
D)reliance on relatives
Answer: B
Q2) According to Erik Erikson,what is the most important developmental task in young adulthood?
A)finding a sense of identity
B)establishing intimacy
C)falling in love
D)getting married
Answer: B
Q3) What is the term use to refer to physical or geographic closeness?
A)endogamy
B)exogamy
C)complementarity
D)propinquity
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Wedding Bells or Not
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Q1) In Canada,which of the following is responsible for licensing and registering marriages?
A)the federal government
B)the provincial governments
C)the municipal governments
D)the Catholic Church
Q2) What have studies shown about cohabiting couples when compared with legally married ones?
A)Cohabitors are happier because they choose to stay together.
B)Cohabitors are not as committed to their relationship.
C)Cohabitors are less likely to experience violence in their union.
D)Cohabitors are less likely to have an affair with an outsider.
Q3) Why is it difficult to make general statements about cohabiting couples?
A)Sociologists have hardly ever studied cohabitors.
B)Cohabitation includes a wide variety of relationships.
C)The 2011 Census did not ask about cohabitation.
D)Many cohabitors don't tell the truth in interviews.
Q4) State the rights and duties implied in a legal marriage.
Q5) Briefly explain the developmental tasks facing a newly married couple.
Q6) Briefly explain the effect of the current economic situation on marriage rates.
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Chapter 5: Children-yes or No
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Q1) Explain the difference between open and closed adoption.
Q2) According to the text,which of the following is an event that signals a change in status?
A)a social script
B)a marker event
C)role overload
D)passing
Q3) What are medical science's two major effects on the birth rate?
A)contraception and abortion
B)contraception and reduced infant mortality
C)longevity and reduced infant mortality
D)abortion and reduced infant mortality
Q4) During boom times,what do women tend to do in terms of having children?
A)have their first child earlier than in poor economic times
B)have their first child later than in poor economic times
C)postpone having a child because so many women are employed
D)have their first child earlier because their biological clock is ticking
Q5) What is the psychological impact of unwanted childlessness?
Q6) A privately arranged adoption between two families within the Aboriginal community is called ______________________ adoption.
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Chapter 6: Bringing up Baby
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Q1) ____________________ parents are low in both responsiveness and the demands they place on their children.
Q2) Which factor affected the socialization of the baby boom generation?
A)rapid growth of technology,including television
B)the availability of the birth control pill
C)a shift toward smaller families
D)a push to migrate to farms and small communities
Q3) According to the text,how children are socialized depends on which factor?
A)what we expect of their future
B)who their parents are
C)how intelligent they are
D)whether or not the child is at school
Q4) Why are many immigrants well educated?
A)Education is one factor in favour of their being granted admission to Canada.
B)Education is more valued in their countries of origin.
C)They believe that education is the way for their children to succeed.
D)They regard poverty as due only to a lack of education.
Q5) At its worst,____________________ can escalate into child abuse.
Q6) Explain how the present trend toward smaller families may affect the socialization of children.
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Chapter 7: The Middle Years of the Family and the Not So Empty Nest
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Q1) Explain how James Marcia's description of four identity types is related to the four different parenting styles.
Q2) The ____________________ refers to the depression and sense of uselessness some women experience when the last child leaves home.
Q3) Which of the following is a characteristic of the midlife group?
A)their diversity
B)their unusual similarity
C)their rapid physical decline
D)their child rearing
Q4) Which of the following is the most basic need of adolescents?
A)firm boundaries
B)acceptance within the peer group
C)a belief that their parents support them
D)freedom to explore drugs and alcohol
Q5) Define "empty nest" and explain why it is often more important for women than for men.
Q6) Explain why more young adults are living with their parents now than formerly and describe the stresses this trend creates in parent-child relationships.
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Chapter 8: Grey Power and the Sunset Years
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Q1) What is the third pillar of the Canadian retirement income system?
A)the CPP/QPP
B)Old Age Security
C)the Guaranteed Income Supplement
D)Registered Retirement Savings Plans
Q2) Which of the following best describes social aging?
A)It is occurring at a younger age because of early retirement.
B)It is becoming clearer,as marker events become more definite.
C)It depends on the notion that old age is a frame of mind.
D)It is becoming more variable in recent years.
Q3) Why are men more likely than women to remarry?
A)They have more close relationships than women.
B)There are more eligible women than men available.
C)Their children are more likely to encourage them to remarry.
D)They want to receive a survivor's pension.
Q4) Why is relatively little known about how gay men and lesbians age?
A)Because few people want to research this issue.
B)Because doctors are not allowed to ask about someone's sexual orientation.
C)Because most homosexuals do not have health problems.
D)Because many older individuals have remained in the closet.
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Chapter 9: The Lone-Parent Familythe Future Majority
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Q1) What does the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth state about children born in recent years?
A)They will continue to experience lone-parent family living at about the current rate.
B)They are more likely to spend their entire childhood with a lone parent.
C)They will experience lone-parent family living younger than earlier generations.
D)They do not have male role models because they live with lone mothers.
Q2) In the future,what is likely to happen to lone-parent families?
A)They will probably decrease as a result of better contraception.
B)They will probably decrease as a result of poor economic times.
C)They will probably increase as a result of delayed marriages.
D)They will probably increase as a result of the growing divorce rate.
Q3) A mother or a father,with no spouse or common-law partner present,living in a dwelling with one or more children is called a(n)____________.
Q4) Identify the different paths to single parenthood.Which factors play a role in how a person becomes a single parent?
Q5) Identify the various paths to single parenthood.
Q6) A woman who has her first birth under the age of 20 is called a ___________.
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Chapter 10: Coming Apartthe Divorce Experience
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Q1) Describe the emotional crisis following separation or divorce.Use examples to illustrate your points.
Q2) Divorce usually produces a transitional state.Which of the following is usually part of such a state?
A)negotiation new relationships
B)a return to old patterns of behaviour
C)holding on to previous roles
D)continuation of family developmental tasks
Q3) What are the three crises of divorce?
Q4) Which steps does the "divorce cascade" usually involve?
A)decision to divorce,planning the breakup,separation
B)increased conflict,consideration of divorce,separation
C)emotional crisis,separation,family reorganization
D)emotional separation,custody decision,family reorganization
Q5) When can some abusive ex-partners form co-parenting relationships?
A)if the courts allow them continued contact
B)if the children haven't taken sides in marital conflicts
C)if they are able to separate their spouse and parent roles
D)if both partners are motivated enough to do so
Q6) Lower socioeconomic status is linked with ________________ divorce rates.
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Chapter 11: The Second Time Around
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Q1) Gisèle is married to René.They live together with Gisèle's daughter and René's two sons.What kind of family is this?
A)simple stepfamily
B)complex stepfamily
C)extended family
D)binuclear family
Q2) Explain the difference between simple and complex stepfamilies.
Q3) Joel is divorced and has two children from his ex-wife.Which of the following likely describes the role of Joel's ex-wife now that Joel has remarried?
A)She can affect the new marriage because she is the mother of Joel's children.
B)She cannot affect the new marriage because Joel is still very angry at her.
C)She can cause problems in the new marriage by gossiping with Joel's new wife.
D)She has no more influence over Joel and cannot affect the new marriage.
Q4) Give four factors that may lead to conflict between stepsiblings.
Q5) What is one possible complication between stepparents and stepchildren?
A)There are rigid rules about how they should interact.
B)Stepchildren may like them more than their biological parent.
C)There is no explicit incest taboo surrounding this relationship.
D)Stepparents always avoid conflict in order to keep a good relationship.
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Chapter 12: The Family and the World of Work
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Q1) Currently,who in the family is most likely to do most of the housework?
A)the woman
B)the man
C)both partners equally
D)the teenage children
Q2) Which of the following commonly is a wife's response when her husband is laid off?
A)she finds a job or increases her work hours
B)she reduces her hours of work to spend more time with him
C)she considers separation because he is not living up to the male "provider" role
D)she pays all the bills immediately
Q3) Trace the development of the childcare system in Canada.
Q4) Which stage is generally considered to be the most stressful in the family life cycle?
A)old age
B)retirement
C)marriage and the first years
D)child-rearing and adolescence
Q5) Define "burnout" and describe its effects on the individual.
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Chapter 13: The Family Beleagueredwhen Problems Come
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Q1) Which of the following is a group that has a stake in keeping society unchanged?
A)a gatekeeper
B)public opinion
C)one with a vested interest
D)one with a competing interest
Q2) How long can it take for family members to learn new patterns of interacting after an alcoholic family member stops drinking?
A)four to six weeks
B)six months to two years
C)two to three years
D)five to ten years
Q3) What happens to families with more effective problem-solving skills?
A)they do not use tactics that have worked in the past
B)they usually communicate clearly
C)they often seem to be talking at cross-purposes
D)they attempt to keep things the same
Q4) Briefly explain the part an "enabler" plays in an alcoholic family.
Q5) There are five general types of stressors that can pile up.What are these stressors?
Q6) A prolonged illness is called a(n)____________________ illness.
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Chapter 14: Home Dangerous Homeviolence in the Family
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Q1) What does tertiary prevention of abuse involve?
A)working with groups considered to be at risk
B)some intervention to keep abuse from recurring
C)television programs on family violence
D)education about family violence and community resources
Q2) Which children are more likely to be abused by a non-family member?
A)younger children
B)older children
C)stepchildren
D)adopted children
Q3) The greatest stigma is attached to which kind of incest?
A)father-daughter incest
B)brother-sister incest
C)mother-child incest
D)grandfather-grandchild incest
Q4) Which of the following best describes treatment in many large centres?
A)Treatment is focused on abusers rather than on their victims.
B)There are few treatment resources for abused families.
C)Members of minorities have no difficulty finding appropriate help.
D)Treatment is available for all family members.
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Chapter 15: Poverty and the Family
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Q1) Explain the difference between depth,breadth,and duration of poverty.
Q2) Explain what is meant by the social safety net and give two examples of programs included within it.
Q3) According to an American study of single mothers surviving on welfare,what was their first choice for extra funds to meet their expenses?
A)working,but not reporting the pay
B)asking relatives for help
C)selling sex,drugs,or stolen goods
D)getting money from the child's father
Q4) What does "depth of poverty" refer to?
A)the amount that family or individual income is below the poverty line
B)the length of time family income has remained below the poverty line
C)the number of families in an area with incomes below the poverty line
D)the number of families in the country with incomes below the poverty line
Q5) List four suggestions from the Senate report on how the federal government could best address inequality and poverty in Canada.
Q6) What are policymakers doing to ensure food security among Canadian families?
Q7) One common definition for poverty is the Statistics Canada
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Q8) What is meant by the "working poor"? Give two reasons for poverty in this group.
Chapter 16: The Crystal Ball-predicting the Future of the Family
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Q1) Dr.Kerry Daly suggests that we are caught up in negative stories about the family.Which belief are these stories linked to?
A)that families are less necessary for a functioning society today than in the past
B)that "traditional" family values are ideal
C)that the family is fragile and declining
D)that individuals are responsible for meeting the intimacy needs of family members
Q2) Which group has experienced the greatest increase in people living alone?
A)older women because of improved pensions
B)older men because they tend to outlive their wives
C)young men who have moved out of the emptying nest
D)young women who delay marriage even though they are parents
Q3) Canadians can expect the age of the population to ____________________.
Q4) How has the traditional family life cycle changed?
A)New stages have been added to reflect new family forms.
B)The social time clock has become more insistent.
C)Social scripts that specify appropriate behaviour have become more rigid.
D)There has been a growing emphasis on family values.
Q5) The group with the greatest increase in people living alone is _______________.
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