Social Problems
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Course Introduction
This course explores the major social problems confronting contemporary societies, such as poverty, inequality, crime, substance abuse, discrimination, and environmental challenges. Emphasizing both structural causes and individual experiences, students will analyze how these issues emerge, their impact on diverse populations, and the ways in which societies attempt to address or perpetuate them. Through discussions, case studies, and critical evaluation of policy responses, the course encourages students to develop informed perspectives on the complexities of social problems and the possibilities for social change.
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Sociology in Our Times 6th Canadian Edition by Jane Murray
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Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
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Q1) What do feminist perspectives assume?
A)Men and women have natural tendencies to be either aggressive or nurturing.
B)Because women are biologically capable of having babies,they should reproduce.
C)Women will always be primary caregivers of children.
D)Men can be primary caregivers of children if they are socialized as such.
Answer: D
Q2) What cultural value leads people to overlook the connections between personal life and larger patterns in society?
A)passivism
B)collectivism
C)narcissism
D)individualism
Answer: D
Q3) Sociologists refer to making friends on the job as what type of function of work?
A)intended function
B)latent function
C)prerequisite function
D)manifest function
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Sociological Research
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Q1) How does the text refer to the relationship between theory and research?
A)as a deductive process
B)as a love-hate relationship
C)as a dyadic process
D)as a continuous cycle
Answer: D
Q2) Suppose a researcher carefully designs a situation that tests the impact of previous experiences of being a victim of auto theft on reactions to video depictions of youth stealing cars.Which of the following methods would he or she be using?
A)participant observations
B)surveys
C)experiments
D)qualitative procedures
Answer: C
Q3) A weakness of secondary analysis is that the data are hard to obtain and quite expensive to use.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Culture
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Q1) Being on your favourite social networking site with your friends is participating in what kind of culture?
A)nonmaterial
B)popular
C)high
D)counter
Answer: B
Q2) Behavioural responses that satisfy needs such as sleep,food,water,or sexual gratification are examples of what?
A)instincts
B)reflexes
C)drives
D)learned behaviours
Answer: C
Q3) Storytelling is an example of what type of culture?
A)linguistic
B)oral
C)abstract
D)symbolic
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Socialization
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Q1) Jean Piaget believed that children's perception of the world around them governed their development.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Using an example,discuss how older adults in industrialized societies have experienced social devaluation.
Q3) According to the text,what do sociobiologists study?
A)the similarities between humans and animals
B)the role of genetics in shaping human behaviour
C)the differences between zoology and sociology
D)the importance of "nurture" in human development
Q4) According to the text,which of the following is NOT a function of socialization?
A)It enables us to develop our human potential.
B)It is essential for the survival and stability of society.
C)It provides a basis for studying sociology.
D)It helps individuals acquire a self-identity.
Q5) Children's perceptions are based on punishment and obedience at the conventional level of moral development.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Society, social Structure, and Interaction
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Q1) What did Emile Durkheim call social interaction characterized by face-to-face,intimate,primary-group relationships in societies?
A)organic solidarity
B)cohesive solidarity
C)primitive solidarity
D)mechanical solidarity
Q2) Ethnicity,gender,and social class have little effect on the meanings we give to our social interactions with others.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which kind of symbol are the bags of aluminum cans and glass bottles a homeless man carries down the street?
A)status
B)role
C)group
D)disadvantage
Q4) Primary groups are more specialized than secondary ones.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Groups and Organizations
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Q1) Bureaucracies experience inefficiency and rigidity only at the upper levels of the organization.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Define groupthink and provide a real-life example of this process.Include a discussion of prior conditions,symptoms,and defective decision making.
Q3) Andrew is using a conflict perspective to study groups.Which of the following statements best exemplifies his views?
A)Groups help meet people's instrumental and expressive needs.
B)Group size influences the kind of interactions that take place between members.
C)Groups cannot ensure that individual members are equally served.
D)Groups are generally characterized by superficiality.
Q4) Which term did Simmel use to refer to a group such as a couple with a newborn child?
A)an extended family
B)a productive dyad
C)a triad
D)a trio
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Chapter 7: Crime and Deviance
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Q1) Sara,Maria,and Stephanie have skipped school since the end of February,and now that it is approaching end-of-year exams,their teachers,parents,and friends are concerned that the girls do not care.According to social bond theory,what might be the problem?
A)attachment
B)commitment
C)involvement
D)belief
Q2) According to Comack (2009),the increase in female crime is attributable to what?
A)role convergence
B)economic marginalization
C)role conflict
D)social isolation
Q3) According to social bond theory,the probability of deviant behaviour increases when a person becomes tied to a deviant subculture.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain how the computer can act as a modern panopticon.Provide an example.
Q5) According to Hirschi,what are the four features of social bonding?
Q6) Using an example,discuss the relationship between crime and gender.
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Chapter 8: Social Class and Stratification in Canada
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Q1) People from the upper and middle classes typically have better life chances than those from the working class.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In a closed system of stratification,boundaries between levels are flexible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Damien is studying the relationship between poverty and health.Which of the following is NOT a key finding in his research?
A)Living on low income creates excessive stress.
B)Drinking and smoking help alleviate the stressful conditions associated with poverty.
C)Children born into poor families are more likely to die during their first year of life.
D)People with a higher income struggle to maintain a healthy body weight.
Q4) Outline the feminist perspective on the family as an institution that encourages or exacerbates exploitation of women.
Q5) Compare and contrast slavery,caste,and class systems.
Q6) Discuss some of the main barriers to social mobility in Canada.
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Chapter 9: Global Stratification
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Q1) According to the World Health Organization,infectious diseases are now largely under control in most developing nations as a result of improved sanitation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The production of a popular line of children's toys requires a complex pattern of international labour and production processes.What is this called?
A)capitalism
B)global consumerism
C)a global commodity chain
D)global labour management
Q3) What is an outcome of selling highly subsidized products to poor countries?
A)It increases local production.
B)It reduces childhood poverty.
C)It creates new jobs in the marketplace.
D)It depresses local prices.
Q4) Walt W.Rostow was an influential critic of modernization theory.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast absolute,relative and subjective poverty.
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Chapter 10: Ethnic Relations and Race
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Q1) According to the text,what justified Europeans' aggression toward Aboriginals?
A)stereotypes
B)power
C)class
D)history
Q2) Scapegoats are incapable of offering resistance to the hostility and aggression of others.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which term best describes white males in Canada?
A)a majority
B)a minority
C)superior
D)powerful
Q4) Canada is colour-blind.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define racism.Outline the various forms of racism formulated by Fleras and Elliott.Provide examples that distinguish between them.
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Q6) In what sense is the Indian Act an example of de jure discrimination?
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Chapter 11: Gender
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Q1) Activity anorexia is characterized by excessive exercising,usually attached to feelings of guilt about eating.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which feminist perspective argues that women's oppression results from their dual roles as paid and unpaid workers in a capitalist economy?
A)socialist
B)postmodern
C)liberal
D)radical
Q3) Based on a conflict analysis,in what kind of society would one expect that male sexual dominance would be at its peak?
A)industrialized
B)agrarian
C)hunting and gathering
D)horticultural
Q4) Sex is always clear-cut.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Sex, sexualities, and Intimate Relationships
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Q1) Which term refers to a preference for emotional-sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex?
A)homosexuality
B)bisexuality
C)gendered sexuality
D)heterosexuality
Q2) Discuss the implications of hookup culture for young women and girls.Provide examples.
Q3) Compare and contrast polygamy,polygyny,and polyandry.
Q4) List three reasons why the overall teen pregnancy rate has declined in the past 30 years.
Q5) John's appearance mirrors the stereotype of female beauty (e.g. ,makeup,well-groomed hair,etc. ),and he acts in culturally feminine ways,including wearing dresses.What term best describes John?
A)bi-gender
B)gender neutral
C)gender deviance
D)transgender
Q6) To what extent does the sexual double standard still exist? Provide examples.
Q7) In what sense is sexual assault an overconforming act?
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Chapter 13: Families
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Q1) What do recent statistics reveal about family violence?
A)Men and women are at minimal risk of experiencing family violence.
B)Men are at slightly higher risk of experiencing family violence.
C)Women are at slightly higher risk of experiencing family violence.
D)Women are five times more likely to experience family violence.
Q2) How much housework per day do married women with children do as compared to married men with children?
A)half as much
B)twice as much
C)1.5 times as much
D)one third as much
Q3) Refer to Scenario 1.Which type of family structure are the Roberts an example of?
A)stepfamilies or blended families
B)remarried families
C)divorced families
D)new families
Q4) Why is it difficult to define family in Canada? What are the main issues surrounding how sociologists define family?
Q5) Compare and contrast feminist and conflict perspective on families.
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Chapter 14: Education
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Q1) According to the Toronto District School Board,what percentage of black students failed to complete high school in 2009?
A)less than 10 percent
B)between 15 and 20 percent
C)about 25 percent
D)over 30 percent
Q2) Suppose you witness a four-year-old child playing an advanced,visually stimulating game on an iPod,almost effortlessly moving through various levels of difficulty.As a budding sociologist,which of the following observations might you make?
A)The child must have practised playing the game a lot.
B)The child's parents likely taught him or her how to play the game.
C)The child,unlike most kids,has superior intelligence.
D)The child,like other cyber kids,is intellectually at home in spatially organized virtual worlds.
Q3) Close to 30 percent of students anticipate debt of more than $10,000 once their education is complete.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In what sense is education a vehicle for reproducing class relationships?
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Chapter 15: Religion
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Q1) Religiosity is highest within agrarian societies.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What doctrine divides people into two groups,the saved and the damned?
A)predestination
B)higher calling
C)karmic law
D)reincarnation
Q3) Which of the following concepts would explain Canadians drawing on religion to fulfill rites of passage such as baptisms,weddings,and funerals?
A)secular humanism
B)religious consumption
C)secularization
D)religious commitment
Q4) Which of the following is a likely outcome of increased religiosity?
A)health benefits
B)reduction in crime and delinquency
C)shorter marriages
D)more sects,cults,and churches
Q5) Discuss the secularization debate from a postmodern perspective.
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Chapter 16: Health, health Care, and Disability
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Q1) What did Gorey et al.(1997)discover in their comparative study of cancer survivors in Toronto and Detroit?
A)Social class is the biggest predictor of survival rates among cancer patients.
B)Survival rates are connected to the availability of government-funded health care.
C)The benefits of universal health care are most apparent among wealthy patients.
D)Survival rates in Canada and the U.S.A.are almost equal.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between health and race?
A)Residential schools reduced the spread of infectious diseases among Aboriginal people.
B)The effects of early contact with Europeans on Aboriginal health are often exaggerated.
C)Most infectious diseases have been brought under control among Aboriginal people.
D)Life expectancy is five years less for Aboriginal men than for white men.
Q3) Infant mortality rates among Aboriginal people are half the Canadian average.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Mass Media
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Q1) Which of the following statements does NOT describe research on online dating?
A)The internet is the third most common way of meeting someone.
B)The percentage of people who met their partners on the Internet was 22 percent in 2010.
C)School and the family have steadily declined as sources for meeting a romantic partner.
D)Heterosexual couples are much more likely to meet over the Internet.
Q2) Define status conferral and provide an example.
Q3) Which term refers to the ability to access,analyze,evaluate,and create media in a variety of forms?
A)media savviness
B)media knowledge
C)media scholarship
D)media literacy
Q4) Building a national consciousness through the media tends to be positive.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The percentage of couples who met online rose to 20 percent in 2010.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Aging
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Q1) In Canada,age differentiation is based on three broadly defined categories: youth,adulthood,and old age.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why is a 70-year-old male skateboarder likely to attract media attention?
A)He has a good chance of falling and being severely injured.
B)He is likely to suffer from a psychological disorder.
C)He is defying norms for age-appropriate behaviour in our society.
D)He is obviously on a mission to promote a very worthy cause.
Q3) Anna is doing a global analysis of aging trends.Which of the following discoveries is Anna most likely to make?
A)Many undeveloped countries will see a rapid increase in the percentage of people over 60.
B)By 2050,50 percent of China's population will be over 60 years old.
C)Italy will only lose approximately 10 percent of its population within the next 50 years.
D)A quarter of Mexico's population will be over 60 years old.
Q4) Discuss how inequality impacts the lives the major types of older persons.
Q5) Define ageism and provide an example.
Q6) How do researchers suggest people plan their retirement?
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Chapter 19: The Economy and Work
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Q1) The early Canadian economy was based on the sale of staple goods.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Feminist research draws attention to the fact that the home is a workplace and that women do a great deal of unpaid work at home.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which term refers to the rise and fall of economic activity relative to long-term growth in the economy?
A)a peak-trough
B)a corporate procedure
C)the productivity cycle
D)the business cycle
Q4) Like "pure" capitalism,"pure" socialism does not exist.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Outline the main assumptions of a conflict perspective on capitalism.
Q6) Canada currently has what is termed a post-industrial economy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 20: Power, politics, and Government
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Q1) Maternity leave provisions are an example of which function of government,according to a functionalist perspective?
A)maintaining law and order
B)planning and directing society
C)meeting social needs
D)handling international relations
Q2) Refer to Scenario 1.What model best describes the ability of the Environmental Sustainability Club and Students for Justice Group to have their concerns heard?
A)the ruling class model
B)the authoritarian model
C)the pluralist model
D)the power elite model
Q3) The original Indian Act of 1876 enshrined the rights of Aboriginal peoples to equal treatment under the law,guaranteeing equality with all other Canadians.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Outline the characteristics of the federal government in Canada.
Q5) Define terrorism and provide a Canadian example.
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Chapter 21: Population and Urbanization
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Q1) Maya is analyzing urbanization from a feminist perspective.Which of the following statements best summarizes her views?
A)Cities are comprised of circular zones that create divisions between groups.
B)Cities can grow or decline depending on decisions made by elite groups.
C)Cities are places where people can become alienated.
D)Cities provide vulnerable groups more freedom,yet greater potential danger.
Q2) Jason is writing an essay about fantasy cities such as Las Vegas.Which theoretical perspective is Jason most likely to use?
A)postmodern
B)symbolic interactionist
C)conflict
D)functionalist
Q3) At a downtown shop,a clerk routinely says to patrons who enter a store,"How are you?" What does this illustrate,according to Louis Wirth's symbolic interactionist perspective?
A)how gender and city life are related
B)the importance of political economy
C)that urbanism is a way of life
D)that there is a wide diversity of lifestyles found in urban areas
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Chapter 22: Collective Behavior, social Movements, and Social Change
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Q1) According to Turner and Killian,what develops when people define a new situation as unusual or see a long-standing situation in a new light?
A)convergent rules
B)contagious mores
C)emergent norms
D)noncircular reactions
Q2) Compare and contrast reform movements and revolutionary movements.
Q3) Like other forms of behaviour,collective behaviour always has an official division of labour,hierarchy of authority,and established rules and procedures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List and describe the main types of crowd behaviour.Illustrate with examples of each.
Q5) Anti-smoking and drug-free movements are examples of what kind of movement?
A)alternative
B)religious
C)revolutionary
D)resistance
Q6) List and distinguish among the four main explanations of crowd behaviour.
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