Introduction to Sociology Question Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Sociology explores the systematic study of human society, social behavior, and social institutions. This course introduces students to key concepts, theories, and research methods used by sociologists to understand the structure and dynamics of societies. Topics include culture, socialization, social groups, deviance, social stratification, race and ethnicity, gender, and the impact of social institutions such as family, education, and religion. By examining real-world issues, students gain insights into how social forces shape individual experiences and contribute to patterns of social change.
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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 conflict theory,families and society change as a result of which of the following?
A)the vicious cycle of morphogenesis
B)changes in the meanings found in the situation
C)shifts in the balance of power
D)the pressure of developmental tasks
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is a criticism of family systems theory discussed in the text?
A)It does not account for the influence of one family member on the entire family.
B)It overemphasizes the varied experience of individual family members.
C)It makes little or no reference to important social influences.
D)It does not explain why behaviour continues in destructive patterns.
Answer: C
Q3) The process by which individuals learn the socially defined behaviour appropriate for males and females is called _____________________.
Answer: gender socialization
Q4) A(n)____________ consists of the relationships between two or more microsystems.
Answer: mesosystem
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Chapter 2: History, Culture, and Canadian Families
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Q1) No one knows how many multiracial children are in Canada.What is the reason for this?
A)Parents sometimes refuse to call their children multiracial.
B)Multiracial children are not counted as a specific category.
C)The definition of multiracial is not clear.
D)Some multiracial children prefer to be recognized as just one race.
Answer: B
Q2) The United States encourages immigrants to become good,loyal American citizens.Which term best describes this acculturation policy?
A)multiculturalism
B)melting pot
C)segregation
D)exclusion
Answer: B
Q3) North American Indians,both registered and non-registered,are collectively known as ___________.
Answer: First Nations
Q4) What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Answer: Responses will vary.
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Chapter 3: Getting Together
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Q1) A comparative study of heterosexual,lesbian,and gay male relationships warned couple therapists about presuming what?
A)that heterosexual relationships have more problems than homosexual relationships
B)that all gay male relationships naturally evolve to monogamy
C)that all gay male relationships naturally evolve to non-monogamy
D)that most lesbian relationships do not last more than three years
Answer: C
Q2) According to the text,what happened in terms of marriage during the period in which settlers moved into areas already mapped by the traders and explorers?
A)Practical considerations were important in choosing a mate.
B)Men had a wide choice of marriage partners.
C)Men usually asked relatives to arrange marriages.
D)Romantic love played no part in mate selection.
Answer: A
Q3) The tendency to marry someone similar to oneself is called
Answer: homogamy
Q4) _____________ occurs when people are coerced into a marriage against their will.
Answer: Forced marriage
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Chapter 4: Wedding Bells or Not
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Q1) A longitudinal study of couples' happiness over a 20-year period was conducted.What factor did researchers find to be the most predictive of declines in happiness?
A)the couple's level of happiness at the beginning of the study
B)whether or not the couple had children
C)the couple's communication style
D)the couple's income
Q2) According to the text,what is an important motive for same-sex couples to marry?
A)the legal recognition and benefits that come with marriage
B)the greater social acceptability of marriage
C)the greater show of love and affection among married people
D)to look like heterosexual couples
Q3) Which of the following is NOT considered a legal right in marriage in Canada?
A)the right to be treated kindly
B)the right to consent to the sale of family assets
C)the right to use family assets
D)the right to expect sexual access to the spouse
Q4) Describe the factors that affect the satisfaction of married couples.
Q5) The quality of ____________________ in a marriage is important,since it directly affects the way in which couples make decisions and solve problems.
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Chapter 5: Children-yes or No
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Q1) According to the text,which of the following is a factor influencing the success of in vitro fertilization?
A)the woman's age
B)the man's age
C)the experience of the doctor
D)the number of previous attempts
Q2) Kathryn and Nathan have learned that Nathan is infertile.According to the text,which procedure are they most likely to use in order to have a child?
A)in vitro fertilization
B)artificial insemination
C)cloning
D)a host womb
Q3) Give four reasons some couples choose to remain childless.
Q4) Which term is a measure of the number of births in a given year?
A)annual birthing rate
B)crude birth rate
C)crude fertility rate
D)child-bearing rate
Q5) Discuss the various factors responsible for the falling Canadian birth rate.
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Chapter 6: Bringing up Baby
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Q1) How do sociologists define socialization?
A)the ability to interact with people and have a good time socially
B)the process of passing on to new members a culture's ways of thinking and acting
C)the social principles accepted by a society as a whole or by a group within that society
D)cultural rules that tell us what,where,when,how,and why we should do something
Q2) In Canada,how is childcare regulated?
A)by the federal government
B)by provincial and territorial governments
C)by the childcare centres themselves
D)childcare is not regulated in Canada
Q3) What often happens when children begin to go to childcare or to school?
A)Parents lose control over their children's environment.
B)Parents feel reassured since they select the form of childcare.
C)Parents retain some control over their children's environment.
D)Parents continue to exert full control over their children's socialization.
Q4) State the common effects of authoritarian parenting on child development.
Q5) Identify and describe the various age cohorts described in the chapter.
Q6) Describe how parents influence gender socialization.
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Chapter 7: The Middle Years of the Family and the Not So Empty Nest
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Q1) What does the "revolving door" refer to?
A)the rat race many middle-aged people are trapped in
B)the fact that elderly parents move in with their children
C)the return home of a child who earlier moved out
D)the need to provide daycare for grandchildren
Q2) Explain what is meant by "midlife crisis."
Q3) In what ways do men and women evaluate their work at midlife?
Q4) According to the text,why do most midlife children return home?
A)loneliness
B)employment loss
C)death of a spouse
D)to assist aging parents
Q5) The ____________________ is the socially approved schedule for certain life events.
Q6) Sonja and Eli are in the second half of middle age.According to the text,what are they most likely focused on?
A)liberation and experimentation
B)death and dying
C)self-evaluation and transition
D)caretaking and parenting
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Chapter 8: Grey Power and the Sunset Years
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Q1) Aging has four dimensions.Discuss how well these dimensions identify who is considered to be old.
Q2) Name and discuss three key areas of conflict involving older people and their family members.
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) Discuss the impact of economic factors on older people.
Q5) What does it mean to say that the government pension system is a pay-as-you-go system?
A)present retirees are being paid from the contributions they have made themselves
B)present retirees are being paid from the future contributions of later generations
C)future retirees will be paid from the future contributions of later generations
D)future retirees will be paid from the contributions of the present generation
Q6) Discuss the effect of a terminal illness on family relationships.Give examples.
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Chapter 9: The Lone-Parent Familythe Future Majority
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Q1) In 2011,the proportion of lone-parent families was highest in the province of
Q2) What does the "Noah's ark syndrome" refer to?
A)stepfamilies
B)lone-parent families
C)two-parent families
D)cohabiting couples
Q3) In 2010,regulated childcare spaces could accommodate what percentage of Canadian children 0 to 12 years old?
A)10.6 percent
B)19.9 percent
C)32.5 percent
D)48.7 percent
Q4) Discuss factors affecting the economic well-being of lone parents.Give examples.
Q5) Compare stereotypes with the reality about children who grow up in lone-parent families.
Q6) List three reasons teenagers might choose to have children.
Q7) Explain why individuals who have grown up in lone-parent families may have an increased level of difficulty in life.
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Chapter 10: Coming Apartthe Divorce Experience
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Q1) Following Confederation in 1867,what was the situation in provinces where there was no divorce law?
A)It was impossible to get a divorce.
B)To get a divorce,it was necessary to have a private member's bill passed in parliament.
C)Anybody could get divorced easily because there were no regulations.
D)Only men could get divorces.
Q2) Which of the following describes the divorce rate?
A)the number of couples who get divorced divided by the number of couples who marry in a given year
B)the number of married couples who get divorced before their 30th wedding anniversary times 100
C)a prediction of the proportion of couples that can be expected to divorce before their 30th wedding anniversary based on current patterns of divorce
D)an estimate of the proportion of people who get divorced each year divided by the total number of married couples in the population
Q3) Briefly explain the importance of life changes after divorce to children's well-being.
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Chapter 11: The Second Time Around
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Q1) Which of the following is a stage in establishing a second marriage?
A)deciding if it is true love
B)prolonged courtship
C)overcoming the previous relationship
D)forming the remarriage family
Q2) Which of the following best describes stepfamilies?
A)parents in stepfamilies tend to be younger
B)parents in stepfamilies are less likely to be in a common-law union than to be married
C)parents in stepfamilies identify fewer financial concerns than parents in non-stepfamilies
D)no significant difference exists between the family income of parents in stepfamilies and those in non-stepfamilies
Q3) Who are children living in a stepfamily most similar to in terms of their adjustment in later life?
A)children raised by lesbian parents
B)children raised in traditional nuclear families
C)children raised by grandparents
D)children raised by lone mothers
Q4) Briefly explain the three stages of remarriage-family formation.
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Chapter 12: The Family and the World of Work
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Q1) What is one significant change in marital and partner roles since the first half of the last century?
A)most married women now work outside the home
B)most married women now work at home
C)most married men now work at home
D)most married men now work outside the home
Q2) Identify the four pillars of childcare in Canada.
Q3) 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
Q4) The virtual office or telecommuting appeals to which of the following people?
A)those who want flexibility to schedule their daily work
B)those who have only a short commute to the office
C)those who find it difficult to juggle home and work
D)those who have good daycare arrangements for their children
Q5) A(n)____________________ refers to a job with long hours,in which work is concentrated into three or four days,allowing for several days in succession off work.
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Chapter 13: The Family Beleagueredwhen Problems Come
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Q1) Functional coping occurs when a family member is chronically ill,and includes all except which of the following?
A)working at keeping the family together
B)trying to understand the medical situation
C)bringing in only the immediate family to limit stressors on the ill person
D)accepting any social support that is available
Q2) In which circumstances might there be a crisis when families are very rigid in their roles?
A)the family feels disgraced because a member has been imprisoned
B)families cannot meet a goal because of the chronic illness of a member
C)someone cannot fulfill the demands of a role
D)family members see a crisis as a challenge
Q3) How society perceives an illness can have a significant impact on a family's stress.When is this most likely to be an issue of concern?
A)when the person with the illness is an ethnic minority
B)when the illness is stigmatized
C)when the illness is caused by a person's behaviour (e.g. ,smoking)
D)when the illness is chronic
Q4) Explain what is meant by a snag point and give an example.
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Chapter 14: Home Dangerous Homeviolence in the Family
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Q1) Which of the following best describes violence against women as it existed for centuries?
A)it was a major public health concern
B)it occurred only rarely because of family values
C)it was considered a private family matter
D)it occurred only among cohabiting couples
Q2) What has research found regarding the characteristics of police-reported dating violence?
A)it is very different from spousal violence
B)it is less severe than spousal violence
C)it is more likely to be a one-time event
D)it is generally similar to spousal violence
Q3) What is longer-term accommodation for abused women called?
A)second-stage housing
B)transition housing
C)welfare housing
D)temporary housing
Q4) ____________________ is any form of abuse,mistreatment,or neglect that children or adults experience from other members of their family.
Q5) Identify three basic approaches to prevention of family violence.
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Chapter 15: Poverty and the Family
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Q1) For many poor Canadians,what proportion of their income may be spent on housing?
A)over one-sixth
B)over one-quarter
C)over one-third
D)over one-half
Q2) According to the text,what is the main cause of poverty in Canada?
A)lack of motivation
B)not enough social support
C)low wages
D)high unemployment
Q3) Describe the various measures of poverty in Canada.What are the advantages and disadvantages of each measure?
Q4) Prior to the development of the social safety net,which of the following ideas was generally held?
A)Poor people should be able to retain some dignity.
B)Poverty was the result of social inequality and exploitation.
C)Asking for financial help should be easy.
D)Help should be less than the most poorly paid worker earned.
Q5) Explain the difference between depth,breadth,and duration of poverty.
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Q6) 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) Canadians can expect the age of the population to ____________________.
Q2) The ______________ is the ratio of the combined youth and senior population to the working-age population,expressed as the number of dependants for every 100 workers.
Q3) Explain what is meant by the terms "matrilineal" and "patrilineal."
Q4) Explain what is meant by the term "see-through walls."
Q5) _________________ refers to the process whereby people gradually abandon religious beliefs and put an emphasis on self-fulfillment.
Q6) According to the text,what is one way of predicting the future of the family?
A)consider current trends that might continue
B)take account of future economic downturns
C)look at future government social and economic policies
D)allow for future immigration policies
Q7) Briefly explain why it is difficult to predict the future of the family.
Q8) What is a dependency ratio?
A)a way of comparing dependants to providers in the workforce
B)the ratio of children to adults in a Canadian household
C)a ratio of debt to income
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Q9) ___________________ refers to counting descent through one's mother.
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