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This course explores the foundational concepts, theories, and practices of social justice, examining how power, privilege, and inequality operate within societies. Students will analyze historical and contemporary struggles for justice in areas such as race, gender, class, sexuality, and ability, investigating the roles of individuals, communities, and institutions in challenging or perpetuating inequity. Through critical readings, discussions, and case studies, the course fosters an understanding of intersectionality and encourages the development of practical strategies for promoting social change and advocacy in diverse settings.
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Investigating Social Problems 2nd Edition by A. Javier Trevino
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Chapter 1: Sociology and Social Problems
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Q1) Karl Marx's theory that people in a capitalist society are primarily divided into two antagonistic social classes is an example of ______.
A)structural functionalism
B)conflict theory
C)symbolic interactionism
D)feminist theory
Answer: B
Q2) Race is not considered a demographic characteristic.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Viewing society as an integrated system made up of different social institutions that work together to keep it going best illustrates which theoretical approach?
A)structural functionalism
B)conflict theory
C)symbolic interactionism
D)feminist theory
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Poverty and Class Inequality
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Q1) A janitor earns less than a school principal.Functionalist sociologists might argue this difference in income ______.
A)ensures that the most talented people hold the most important jobs
B)prevents the social mobility of janitors
C)creates unnecessary divisions of income and power
D)makes it more likely principals will exploit janitors
Answer: A
Q2) The poverty rate for female-headed households is higher than the poverty rate for male-headed households.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The belief that wealth can buy influence,media access,and the support of policymakers best illustrates ______.
A)functionalism
B)symbolic interactionism
C)conflict theory
D)integrative theory
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) Sociologist Devah Pager found a White male with a criminal record was more likely to get a callback than a Black male without a criminal record.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) To combat internalized racism and media biases,consumers might do which of the following?
A)continue to support the portrayals of people of color in the media
B)reduce public dialogue about race and racism
C)send a message to media executives by exercising their buying power
D)advocate for antiracist educational settings
Answer: C
Q3) Foreign-born people who are raised in the United States from childhood are known as ______.
A)first-generation immigrants
B)the 1.5 generation
C)second-generation immigrants
D)ethnic immigrants
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Gender
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Q1) Liberal feminism is most closely associated with which of the following sociological perspectives?
A)conflict theory
B)integrative theory
C)post-structuralism
D)structural functionalism
Q2) Though many women in ______ occupations feel pressure to do masculinity,this pressure is reduced in occupations characterized by an ethic of professionalization.
A)technical
B)manufacturing
C)criminal justice
D)medical
Q3) Critics of socialist feminism argue that while class inequality typically results in ______,gender inequality does not.
A)allocation
B)segregation
C)accountability
D)stratification
Q4) What does it mean to say that gender is socially constructed?
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Chapter 5: Sexuality
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Q1) A ______ approach to sexual violence would focus on the concept that men control resources within society and are,consequently,better positioned to set the sexual agenda in heterosexual contexts.
A)symbolic interactionism
B)conflict theory
C)structural functionalism
D)integrative theory
Q2) Among women,which age group reports the highest rates of rape in comparison to other age groups?
A)25-30
B)18-24
C)30-35
D)35-40
Q3) According to the U.S.State Department,human trafficking is a ______ industry.
A)$100 billion
B)$220 billion
C)$150 billion
D)$180 billion
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Chapter 6: Aging
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Q1) In the United States,Medicare provides health care for ______.
A)the unemployed
B)the elderly
C)children under 8
D)college students
Q2) Elderly women are more likely to live in poverty than elderly men.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Activity theory is most closely associated with which of the following theoretical traditions?
A)functionalism
B)symbolic interactionism
C)conflict theory
D)dependency theory
Q4) The number of people in the United States who are considered "old" is expected to triple in the next 30 years.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Education
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Q1) According to Basil Bernstein,what is the difference between the communication codes of working- and middle-class children? Give an example to support your answer.How do differences in codes affect children's performance in school?
Q2) Functionalists do not believe a meritocracy should guarantee ______,only that the role of schooling is to provide ______ to compete for unequal results.
A)equal cohesion;shared ability
B)equal opportunity;equal outcomes
C)equal outcomes;equal opportunity
D)shared ability;equal cohesion
Q3) Institutional theorists argue that mass universal education benefits individuals but not societies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research finds that unusually effective schools often have flexibility for teachers and administrators to experiment and the ability to adapt to new situations and problems.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Media
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Q1) A moral entrepreneur ______.
A)is an advocate who works to focus attention on an issue he/she believes is important
B)determines how the media portrays social problems
C)invokes widely held beliefs,values,and preferences
D)is solely responsible for the advocacy and promotional work of publicizing and advancing a specific interpretation of an issue
Q2) Most crime reporting rarely includes information from authorities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The dramatizing and embellishing of social issues to attract and hold the attention of an audience is known as ______.
A)media exaggeration
B)an honorable panic
C)a media scare
D)a false entrepreneur
Q4) The functionalist approach defines media as a kind of alarm system.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Family
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Q1) Which theory views family as a set of subsystems defined by boundaries and striving toward social equilibrium?
A)family ecology theory
B)family life course and development theory
C)social exchange theory
D)family systems theory
Q2) Compared to non-cohabitors,unmarried partners are more likely to ______.
A)be over 50 years of age
B)have earned a college degree
C)attend religious services
D)have lived without a father in the home
Q3) Compared to cohabitors,married partners are more likely to have done all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A)attend college
B)attend religious services
C)lived with a father in the home
D)previously divorced
Q4) What is social exchange theory? How does this theory relate to the concept of transactional sex?
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Chapter 10: Work and the Economy
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Q1) Compensation is defined as ______.
A)remuneration paid on a regular basis,not directly tied to the number of hours worked
B)payment for work done on an hourly basis
C)noncash compensation paid to employees such as health insurance and pension plans
D)a worker's weekly payment as well as other benefits received
Q2) Including people employed in the shadow economy in official statistics would not have a significant effect on the unemployment rate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Whether bureaucratic organization is effective or ineffective depends in large part on ______.
A)the nature of the work to be done
B)the leadership style
C)how closely connect the worker is to the finished product
D)employee morale
Q4) What is occupational segregation? Why is it considered problematic? How does occupational segregation affect women's earnings?
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Chapter 11: Crime
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Q1) ______ is the theory that members of the upper class make the laws to serve and protect their own interest to the detriment of the lower class.
A)Bourgeoisie legality
B)Labeling theory
C)Marxist criminology
D)Proletariat
Q2) Nationwide,the number of reported violent crimes and property crimes has increased over the past two decades.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Gun-related homicide in the U.S.rate is seven times higher than other countries
A)True
B)False
Q4) Reported violent and property crime ______ between 1995 and 2014.
A)increased dramatically
B)increased slightly
C)stayed the same
D)decreased substantially
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Chapter 12: Drugs
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Q1) Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic,injection drug users (IDU)have accounted for almost one of every three HIV infections in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ______ developed the general strain theory from the Durkheim tradition of functionalism.
A)George Herbert Mead
B)Howard S.Becker
C)Robert Agnew
D)Arthur Conan Doyle
Q3) ______ states that rehabilitation is rooted in reconditioning in an environment in which abstinence is valued and encouraged by others.
A)Social disorganization theory
B)Social learning theory
C)Self-control theory
D)General strain theory
Q4) Describe the relationship between gender and illegal drug use in the United States.What are the two factors that help to explain why drug use rates may vary by gender?
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Chapter 13: Health
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Q1) Racism affects nondominant racial populations directly in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______ racism.
A)cultural
B)institutional
C)stereotypical
D)structural
Q2) Nearly ______ of school-age children have received a medical diagnosis of ADHD.
A)4%
B)11%
C)20%
D)32%
Q3) Health care in ______ states has traditionally been provided by the government.
A)democratic B)feudalistic
C)neoliberal
D)welfare
Q4) There are no biological markers for ADHD.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 14: The Environment
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Q1) For______ theorists,the plight of the environment is closely tied to the plight of labor.
A)conflict
B)functionalist
C)interactionist
D)feminist
Q2) What is risk society? Discuss reflexive modernization and what a risk society consists of.Also,discuss the concept of a risk contract.
Q3) All of the following groups of people had a higher likelihood of dying in Hurricane Katrina EXCEPT ______.
A)racial minorities
B)the poor
C)the elderly
D)white-collar workers
Q4) A ______ theorist would be most likely to ask why "environmental labor" is free.
A)conflict
B)structural functionalist
C)symbolic interactionist
D)feminist
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Chapter 15: Science and Technology
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Q1) A ______ approach focuses on the meanings and practices of a technology by different actors.
A)structural functionalist
B)conflict theory
C)symbolic interactionist
D)social constructionist
Q2) More than 75% of hacking worldwide is done by ______.
A)women between the ages of 18 and 30
B)men between the ages of 18 and 30
C)men between the ages of 31 and 48
D)women between the ages of 31 and 48
Q3) Discuss the conflict theory perspective in regard to science and technology studies.Be sure to provide specific examples to support your answer.
Q4) Herbicide-tolerant soybean and insect-resistant cotton are examples of ______.
A)transgenic crops
B)greenwashed foods
C)genetic nutrition components
D)technocratic organisms
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Chapter 16: War and Terrorism
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Q1) Using the ______ strategy,New York and other municipalities have used undercover agents to coax young men into discussions about terrorism.
A)discover and capture
B)create and capture
C)observe and capture
D)examine and capture
Q2) The Global War on Terror focused primarily on ______.
A)integrating a series of military,political,legal,intelligence,and policy measures,with a focus largely on militant Islamic groups
B)integrating a series of military,political,legal,intelligence,and policy measures,with a focus largely on domestic terrorist groups
C)sociological strategies aimed toward counterterrorism
D)strategies targeted toward anti-Islamic groups
Q3) About ______% of people who died in World War I were noncombatants.
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Chapter 17: Urbanization
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Q1) ______ is the practice of physically separating the occupants of some social statuses from the occupants of others.
A)Assimilation
B)Multiculturalism
C)Globalization
D)Segregation
Q2) Proponents of ______ are most likely to view the development and redevelopment of the urban built environment as a means for understanding cultural values,ideas,and practices.
A)structural functionalism
B)conflict theory
C)symbolic interactionism
D)communal theory
Q3) In the United States,more than 75% of the population resides in cities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Paris Agreements are the newest set of global emission reductions,adopted in 2015.
A)True
B)False
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