Introduction to Sociology Final
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Sociology explores the fundamental concepts, theories, and methods used to understand the structure and dynamics of human societies. This course examines how individuals shape and are shaped by social institutions, culture, race, gender, class, and other key social forces. Through the study of topics such as socialization, group behavior, inequality, and social change, students develop a critical understanding of societal patterns and gain analytical tools to better understand their own experiences within a broader social context.
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Understanding Social Problems 4th Canadian Edition by Linda A. Mooney
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Chapter 1: Thinking About Social Problems
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Q1) Which of the following causes of social conflict do non-Marxist conflict theories focus on?
A) weak social norms
B) economic inequalities
C) competing values and interests
D) social disorganization
Answer: C
Q2) Which perspective views society as comprising different groups and interests competing for power and resources?
A) essentialist
B) symbolic interactionist
C) structural-functionalist
D) conflict
Answer: D
Q3) Queer theory has strong ties to feminist work, but also corrects the pervasive assumption that heterosexuality is both natural and a historical.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Illness and Health Care
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Q1) Most of the under-five mortality rate occurs in developing countries.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to the American Psychiatric Association, what are kleptomania and pathological lying classified as?
A) dissociative disorders
B) mood disorders
C) impulse control disorders
D) personality disorders
Answer: C
Q3) Globally, prevalence rates for AIDS are higher for women.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) In some sub-Saharan countries, the life expectancy at birth in the year 2000 was lower than it was in 1975.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) The use of tranquillizers, antidepressants, and sleeping pills increases as income increases.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, in 2001, how many Canadians were smokers?
A) 1.5 million
B) 2.3 million
C) 4.7 million
D) 5.4 million
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is required for acceptance into Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous?
A) referral from a physician or mental health professional
B) having lost a job or been arrested due to alcohol and/or drug use
C) the desire to stop using drugs or alcohol
D) referral from a probation/parole officer
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Crime and Violence
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Q1) Describe and compare three major types of statistics used to measure crime.
Q2) Which type of crime is likely to be captured in self-report offender surveys?
A) homicide
B) minor crime
C) theft
D) spousal abuse
Q3) Which of the following statements describes self-report offender surveys?
A) They ask if the crime was premeditated
B) They ask offenders about their criminal behaviour.
C) They ask crime victims if they reported the crime.
D) They ask police why they arrested certain individuals.
Q4) Which of the following is a criterion for defining aggravated assault?
A) a weapon is used
B) robbery is also a motive
C) a victim is wounded, maimed, or disfigured
D) there is a lack of provocation
Q5) In Canada, a DNA warrant can be issued during criminal investigations for a list of designated offences, and DNA samples can be taken and stored.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Family Problems
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Q1) Suppose Melissa frequently accuses her boyfriend, Eric, of being unfaithful to her. According to the concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy, what will happen?
A) Eric is likely to have an affair as a result of Melissa's expectation that he is unfaithful.
B) Melissa will likely continue to be jealous an insecure.
C) Melissa is likely to cheat on Eric.
D) Melissa will in all likelihood, lash out at Eric
Q2) The belief that it is okay to hit a family member in order to discipline them is in keeping which of the following cultural factors that contributes to physical abuse?
A) gender role socialization
B) the view that women and children are property of men
C) the acceptance of corporal punishment
D) the lack of faith in the criminal justice system in dealing with such matters
Q3) What is the "cycle of abuse"?
Q4) What are the four patterns of intimate partner violence described in the textbook?
Q5) Do the rising rates of divorce and cohabitation signal the breakdown of the family? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 6: Youth and Aging
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Q1) In 2000, which country passed a law that legalized physician-assisted suicide?
A) Canada
B) Germany
C) The Netherlands
D) Spain
Q2) Which term applies to those who are emotionally and financially responsible for both their own children and their aging parents?
A) hippies
B) generation X
C) generation Y
D) sandwich generation
Q3) Aboriginal children have a disability rate of more than twice the national average.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Canada, the northern territories tend to have the lowest median age.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List and describe three reasons behind the "greying of Canada."
Q6) What is age grading?
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Chapter 7: Gender Inequality
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Q1) Nursing would be a good example of a pink-collar job.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which hypothesis sees differences between the earnings of women and men as the result of differences between women's and men's levels of education, skills, training, and work experience?
A) structural sexism
B) human capital
C) devaluation
D) double jeopardy
Q3) Which of the following exemplifies "quid pro quo" sexual harassment?
A) Michelle's boss tells her he could arrange for her to get a raise if she would be willing to do some "after hours" work in a nearby hotel room.
B) Michelle's boss frequently asks her if she is wearing anything underneath her skirt.
C) Michelle's boss asks her to work overtime.
D) Michelle's boss makes her travel to different cities.
Q4) Identify two types of sexual harassment.
Q5) What is meant by the terms "expressive role" and "instrumental role"?
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Chapter 8: Critical Studies in Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) The term "canadien-français" was eventually replaced by which of the following?
A) English
B) French-speaking
C) Francophone
D) Québécois
Q2) It was not until after the Second World War that an independent Canadian citizenship was introduced.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following was identified as a tool to promote tolerance and an appreciation of diversity?
A) constitutional changes
B) lobbying
C) multicultural education
D) television and movies
Q4) The number of nonstatus Indians has increased in the last decade.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How are "aversive racism" and "modern racism" similar? How do they differ?
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Chapter 9: Sexualities
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Q1) Which of the following describes transgendered individuals?
A) persons who are males and act like females or vice versa
B) persons whose behaviour is not congruent with the expectations for their sex
C) persons who have gender identity issues
D) persons who struggle with gender role expectations
Q2) Outline how Canadian social policy has changed in recent years with respect to same-sex marriages.
Q3) Worldwide, most cases of HIV and AIDS are attributed to heterosexual transmission.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Wilcox and Wolpert (2000), which factor has changed attitudes toward gays in a positive direction in recent years?
A) the depiction of gays in the media
B) contact with openly gay people
C) Anti-discriminationlegislation
D) religious acceptance of the lifestyle
Q5) What is homophobia?
Q6) What is transgenderism?
Q7) What is reparative therapy?
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Chapter 10: Poverty: National and International Issues
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Q1) Canadian women with disabilities are more likely than Canadian men with disabilities to live as lone parents.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Despite its intent, welfare remains an inadequate tool for handling the needs of the poor in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Statistics Canada developed which of the following measures of poverty?
A) LCBO
B) LICO
C) LMPO
D) HPI
Q4) In Canada, political efforts to reduce poverty among children have resulted in which of the following?
A) a large reduction in the problem
B) little impact on the problem
C) making the problem even worse
D) very mixed results in terms of the problem
Q5) What family and parenting problems are associated with poverty?
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Chapter 11: Work and Unemployment
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Q1) Bonded labour is most common in South America.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Corporate multinationalism results in higher labour costs for corporations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is part of alienation in the workplace?
A) excessive creativity
B) powerlessness
C) self-fulfillment
D) freedom
Q4) Currently in Canada, only women can take paid parental leave from work.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When Arlie Hochschild (1997) asked her sample of employed parents, "overall, how well do you feel you can balance the demands of your work and family?" most said "very well."
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is corporate multinationalism?
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Chapter 12: Problems in Education
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Q1) Discuss the reasons why students from low-income families achieve lower levels of education on average than students from middle- and upper-income families.
Q2) What are alternative schools? What roles do they serve in the contemporary Canadian educational system?
Q3) For some unexplained reason, Canada has never adopted any form of Head Start programs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the term for awarding A's to students whose work warrants lower grades?
A) functional illiteracy
B) cultural imperialism
C) grade inflation
D) social promotion
Q5) According to Call (1997), one of the best predictors of a child's academic success is which of the following?
A) pre-school experiences
B) parental academic achievement
C) their physical health
D) the quality of their school lunch
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Chapter 13: Environmental Problems
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Q1) In 2006, Canada made a key announcement about its Kyoto targets. Which of the following was the main message?
A) Canada would be able to meet its Kyoto targets.
B) Canada would be unable to meet its Kyoto targets.
C) Canada is uncertain whether it can meet its Kyoto targets.
D) Canada wanted to revise its Kyoto targets.
Q2) About how much of the world's surface is land?
A) 30 percent
B) 35 percent
C) 40 percent
D) 45 percent
Q3) Which of the following would be called environmental injustice?
A) the threatened extinction of plant and animal species
B) the violation of environmental laws and regulations
C) the increasing consumerism and resulting waste and pollution worldwide
D) the tendency for minority groups to bear the brunt of environmental ills
Q4) Discuss some of the effects of global warming and climate change.
Q5) The world's population is projected to reach more than 9 billion by 2050.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Armed Conflict in Global Perspective
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Q1) Approximately how many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are estimated to be suffering from PTSD?
A) 10 000
B) 100 000
C) 200 000
D) 300 000
Q2) To legitimize war, the act of killing is usually regarded as which of the following?
A) anything but murder
B) collateral damage
C) a necessary evil
D) a means of social control
Q3) What is the military-industrial complex?
Q4) Canada's role as a "peacekeeper" was assigned by the United Nations.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define "dual-use technologies."
Q6) Combatants often intentionally exploit natural resources to fuel their efforts.
A)True
B)False
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