Social Problems Review Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the major social problems affecting contemporary society, including issues such as poverty, inequality, crime, discrimination, substance abuse, environmental degradation, and health disparities. Students will analyze the causes and consequences of these problems, examine their impact on individuals and communities, and consider possible solutions through the lens of sociological theories and research. The course encourages critical thinking about the ways in which social problems are constructed, perceived, and addressed by institutions, policy-makers, and grassroots organizations.
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Sociology The Core 8th Edition by Michael Hughes
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Chapter 1: Developing a Sociological Consciousness
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Q1) Theory
A) helps to provide explanations for specific social phenomena.
B) stands in opposition to research.
C) often brings about research that can support or disprove it.
D) helps to provide explanations for specific social phenomena and often brings about research that can support or disprove it are correct.
Answer: D
Q2) Marx's perspective is called dialectical materialism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Herbert Spencer was an English sociologist who argues that society was like a human organism because it was made up of many interrelated parts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Culture and Social Structure
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Q1) If someone constructed a playhouse in your backyard for his or her children and a group of neighbors complained that he or she had violated the written deed restrictions for the neighborhood,the basis of their complaint would best illustrate a(n)
A) social more.
B) law.
C) informal norm.
D) value.
Answer: B
Q2) A group is,essentially,the same as a category.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) __________ represent(s)the most comprehensive and complex type of social structure in today's world.
A) Societies
B) Institutions
C) Culture
D) Groups
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Socialization
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Q1) Social learning theory,a microlevel theory,suggests we are socialized through positive and negative reinforcements by the significant people in our lives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Cognitive developmental theory,a macrolevel theory,proposes that what and how we learn depends on the objective social "facts" that we encounter in the world.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The average American child spends between __________ hours with a television every day.
A) one and two
B) two and three
C) three and four
D) three and six
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Social Groups and Formal Organizations
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Q1) Sociologists call an association between two people characterized by relatively stable mutual expectations a(n)
A) interconnected link.
B) social tie.
C) relationship.
D) dyadic node.
Q2) The Kennedy administration's Bay of Pigs invasion illustrates Parkinson's Law.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Instrumental ties are
A) means-ends oriented to achieve some sort of goal.
B) based on strong emotional investment.
C) based primarily on sexual exploitation - a form of sexual harassment.
D) the foundation of in-groups.
Q4) Groupthink is a concept where group members share an illusion of invulnerability that leads to overconfidence and a tendency to ignore contrary evidence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Deviance and Crime
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Q1) Data on index crime,released in 2001,showed that
A) serious crime has significantly increased.
B) the level of serious crime has remained steady.
C) crime continued to decline.
D) the forcible rape rate has increased,while the other three categories have declined.
Q2) In 2001,the largest category of all arrests was
A) violent crime.
B) property crime.
C) drug abuse violations.
D) prostitution.
Q3) In the case of victimless crime,if there is any suffering,it is by the A) criminal justice system.
B) offenders themselves.
C) wider society.
D) citizenry.
Q4) Outline and briefly explain each of the principal components of the criminal justice system in the United States.
Q5) Explain the functions and dysfunctions of deviance.
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Chapter 6: Social Stratification
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Q1) During the Vietnam War,80 percent of the 2.5 million men who served in Southeast Asia came from working-class and impoverished backgrounds.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The United States is founded on the idea that all people should enjoy equal status within the confines of a classless society.
A)True
B)False
Q3) __________ refer(s)to the magnitude and manner of consumption of goods and services.
A) Life chances
B) Social stratification
C) Style of life
D) Social classes
Q4) The United States serves as a good example of a relatively open class system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the meaning of the term social mobility.Identify and define the four types of social mobility.
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Chapter 7: Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) ____________ groups are identified chiefly on cultural grounds.
A) Social class
B) Racial
C) Ethnic
D) Gender
Q2) Genocide is a milder form of inequalitarian pluralism in action.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Pluralism exists when diverse groups coexist while maintaining separate identities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Genocide represents the systematic _____________ of a racial or ethnic group.
A) extermination
B) exclusion
C) subjugation
D) transfer
Q5) Seventy-seven percent of African-American families live in poverty.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Gender Inequality
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Q1) In 2002,Connecticut was the worst state to live in in terms of access to gender equality.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The invisible barriers that prevent women from occupational advancement are referred to as the
A) "sticky floor" mechanism.
B) "glass ceiling."
C) dominant male syndrome.
D) "9 to 5" problem.
Q3) Regarding rape,sociologists
A) agree that rapists tend to be socially dysfunctional.
B) agree that rapists are psychologically disturbed.
C) found significant evidence to assert that rapists are sexually inadequate.
D) turn to explanations that emphasize culture,socialization,and social structure.
Q4) Until the 20<sup>th</sup> century,English and American common law viewed women as undergoing "civil death" upon marriage.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Political and Economic Power
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Q1) Through legal-rational authority,power is legitimized by the sanctity of age-old customs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Over the twentieth century,two fundamentally different types of economic systems have competed for people's allegiance.They are
A) a capitalist market economy and a socialist command economy.
B) a capitalist market economy and a communist command economy.
C) a socialist management economy and a communist command economy.
D) a socialist command economy and a socialist management economy.
Q3) In a market economy,_______________ determine(s)which goods and services should be provided and in what quantities.
A) the state
B) manufacturers
C) consumers
D) the ruling class
Q4) Power based on the use of force alone is a permanent condition.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Family
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Q1) For the children of divorce,cohabition seems to provide less economic stability than remarriage.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the text,
A) cohabitation may serve as a substitute for marriage.
B) the proportion of couples who marry after cohabiting has decreased.
C) the percentage of cohabiting couples who have children and who do not marry has increased.
D) All of the choices are correct.
Q3) Societies control romantic love by arranging marriages,isolating the young from potential mates,and applying peer and parental pressures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The family unit that emphasizes kinship and common ancestry is the A) secondary family.
B) nuclear family.
C) extended family.
D) hybridized family.
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Chapter 11: Religion, Education, and Medicine
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Q1) Those aspects of social reality considered mysterious and forbidden are considered by Durkheim to be the
A) sacred.
B) profane.
C) secular.
D) mundane.
Q2) According to Durkheim,the "profane" has to do with those elements of society that are obscene by nature,such as the use of bad language and pornography.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ______________ has to do with those socially shared ways of thinking,feeling,and acting that have as their focus the realm of the supernatural or "beyond."
A) Government
B) Astrology
C) Astronomy
D) Religion
Q4) Contrast the sociological definitions of churches,sects,and cults.
Q5) Explain the meaning of "civil religion," and discuss its role in society.
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Chapter 12: Population and Environment
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Q1) Which ecological process occurs in a city when new people or activities encroach on an area and eventually displace earlier inhabitants?
A) segregation
B) invasion
C) succession
D) urban encroachment
Q2) According to the __________ strategy,fertility is a pattern of behavior tied closely to the institutional and organizational structure of society.
A) family planning
B) societalist
C) coercion
D) developmentalist
Q3) The public appears to be most concerned about
A) oil spills,underground storage,and hazardous waste.
B) global warming and destruction of natural habitats.
C) big environmental threats that could unleash catastrophe.
D) air pollution.
Q4) What are population pyramids? Explain how demographers use these.
Q5) Explain the meaning of the term demography,and identify its four components.
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Chapter 13: Social Change
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Q1) A ____________________ is a more or less persistent and organized effort on the part of a relatively large number of people to bring about or resist change.
A) riot
B) crowd
C) social movement
D) democracy
Q2) In practice,what constitutes terrorism is a matter of social definition.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Symbolic interactionists note that the news is
A) translated by the media into "events."
B) a matter of social construction.
C) what remains after the media ignore other events.
D) All of the choices are correct.
Q4) The inventor of ideas is often referred to as a revolutionary. A)True
B)False
Q5) Nearly two-thirds of the U.S.population had computers in 2003. A)True
B)False
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