Sociology for the Social Sciences
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Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental concepts, theories, and methodologies of sociology as they apply to the broader realm of social sciences. Students will examine the structures and processes that shape human behavior, social institutions, and group interactions within diverse societies. Topics include culture, socialization, social stratification, power dynamics, inequality, and the impact of social change. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and the application of sociological perspectives to contemporary social issues, preparing students for interdisciplinary work across fields such as psychology, political science, and anthropology.
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SOC+ 2nd Edition by Robert J. Brym
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Chapter 1: Introducing Sociology
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Q1) In an experiment, the experimental group is the group exposed to the independent variable, and the control group is the group not exposed to the independent variable.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to the functionalist view of sociology, why do fashion trends come and go?
A) because they enable social inequality to persist
B) because they reflect trends in popular culture
C) because people often like the clothes their parents liked
D) because fashions allow people to express themselves
Answer: A
Q3) The origin of the sociological imagination occurred in the historic events of scientific, democratic, and industrial revolutions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Define the sociological imagination.
Answer: Answers will vary.
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Chapter 2: Culture
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Q1) What is the term for the process by which formerly separate economies, states, and cultures are becoming increasingly interdependent?
A) industrialization
B) diversification
C) multiculturalism
D) globalization
Answer: D
Q2) One exception to postmodernism's rejection of big historical projects was the spread of worldwide communism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following best reflects the meaning of the term subculture?
A) a group defined by practices perceived as inferior by members of the elite in that society
B) an inferior culture
C) an emergent culture
D) a set of distinctive values, norms, and practices within a larger culture
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Socialization
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the most important contributing factors in the growing flexibility of the self?
A) the creation of virtual communities
B) the experience of initiation rites
C) globalization bringing choice from cultural influences
D) the creation of cultures
Answer: C
Q2) The Palo Alto experiments revealed that one's self-conception and patterns of behaviour endure despite radical alteration of one's social environment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) As discussed in the text, working class and racial-minority students often reject the hidden curriculum. Why do they do this?
A) because they believe that they are evaluated only on the basis merit
B) because they expect to achieve little if they play by the rules
C) because they view rejecting the hidden curriculum as a political act
D) because they internalize teachers' expectations
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: From Social Interaction to Social Organizations
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Q1) Members of an in-group create boundaries that separate them from members of an out-group. Group boundaries emerge when which of the following is present?
A) competition for scarce resources
B) an external threat
C) a need for increased group esteem
D) internal chaos
Q2) The lead character in Avatar learns about himself and the world around him through his interaction as a member of the Na'vi. This method of developing an appreciation of the generalized other draws on the work of which of the following theorists?
A) Arlie Hochschild
B) George Herbert Mead
C) Erving Goffman
D) Charles Derber
Q3) Identify the two main factors of bureaucratic inefficiency. Explain how they decrease efficiency.
Q4) What are norms of solidarity and how are they related to conformity?
Q5) Create a map of your social network. Begin by creating a list of three to five needs that you rely on social contacts to help you fulfill.
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Chapter 5: Deviance and Crime
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Q1) According to Becker's study of marijuana use, which of the following is the most important factor in learning a deviant behaviour?
A) lack of morality
B) opportunity
C) socialization
D) motivation
Q2) What does creating justifications and rationalizations, such as appealing to higher loyalties or condemning those who pass judgment on them, enable criminals to do?
A) forge new criminal alliances
B) differentially associate
C) clear their conscience
D) conform to broad societal norms
Q3) Until Canada's laws on sexual assault changed in 1983, which of the following was not a crime?
A) a husband forcing his wife to have sex with him
B) a father having sex with his daughter
C) employees having consensual sex
D) child rape
Q4) Describe recent and current crime trends in Canada.
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Chapter 6: Social Stratification-Canadian and Global Perspectives
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the majority of the poor?
A) They are either criminals or immigrants.
B) They are likely able to escape poverty.
C) They are likely to be poor for several generations.
D) They are happy in their adaptive culture of poverty.
Q2) In a family conversation with her teenage children, Carmela described the family's financial situation. She told her children that the total value of everything they owned minus the total amount of debt that they owed was approximately $1200. Which of the following is the term sociologists use to describe this number?
A) goods
B) tangibles
C) articles
D) wealth
Q3) In Mordecai Richler's novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, which of the following might the main character, "Duddy," be said to represent?
A) downward mobility
B) lateral mobility
C) fixed mobility
D) upward mobility
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Chapter 7: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) The success of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec has meant that, for the most part, the ethnic stratification that once characterize Quebec society has all but disappeared.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The current reduced longevity and high rates of poverty, unemployment, ill health, and violence within Canada's Aboriginal populations are a consequence of which of the following?
A) internal colonialism
B) culture lag
C) cultural resistance
D) assimilation
Q3) Racial and ethnic inequality is more deeply rooted in biology than any other characteristic.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Use the history of Asian immigration to Canada to explain the split labour market theory. Research modern examples of migrant labourers in Canada to determine if split labour market theory can provide an explanation of current racial and ethnic tensions.
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Chapter 8: Sexuality and Gender
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Q1) Spend an evening conducting a content analysis of TV programs and advertisements. Identify the gender roles and ideals that are dominant. Comment on whether any progress toward gender equality is evident in current media.
Q2) Intersexed is the term given by sociologists for children raised by transgendered and transsexual couples.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain why achieving gender equality would be liberating for men and not just advantageous for women.
Q4) What term is used for men and women receiving equal pay for work of equal value, with jobs being evaluated on the basis of required education, work experience, level of responsibility, amount of stress, and working conditions?
A) equality
B) fair work
C) pay equity
D) emancipation
Q5) Explain why social conditions more than psychological aberrations are the root of male violence against women.
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Chapter 9: Families
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Q1) Outline the factors that have enabled women to have reproductive choice.
Q2) Ellen met Jerry working at a local pub and quickly discovered they both were graduate students at the same university. They dated for two years before deciding to get married. What sociological term refers to the workplace and university in this example?
A) local dating spaces
B) local dating pools
C) local marriage markets
D) local matrimony settings
Q3) Which of the following countries provides the least amount of government support for the family?
A) the United States
B) Germany
C) France
D) Canada
Q4) Explain the phrase "genuine gender revolution" and provide evidence of its emergence.
Q5) Explain when and why love became an important component of marriage.
Q6) Briefly describe the five main functions of the nuclear family according to functionalist theory.
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Chapter 10: Religion and Education
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Q1) The loss of religion's pervasive authority over all aspects of life, the intensification of religious belief and practice, and the adoption of religion as a vehicle for political expression are all trends that show the world is which of the following?
A) increasingly diverse in religion
B) more religious than ever
C) neither more religious nor more secular, but more polarized
D) not yet evolved to the ultimate balance of religion and politics
Q2) Sociologists generally divide religious groups into just three types: churches, sects, and cults.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Weber, which of the following occurred where the Protestant ethic took root and where economic conditions were favourable?
A) socialism became more popular
B) religious revivals swept the scene
C) early capitalism grew robustly
D) churches proliferated in urban areas
Q4) Define and give an example of Durkheim's term "collective conscience."
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Chapter 11: Health and Medicine
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Q1) Health risks are unevenly distributed in the population due to factors such as social class, race, ethnicity, and gender. Which of these claims follows from this statement?
A) Health is based on medicine, which transcends sociological concepts.
B) Health is not only a medical question but also a sociological issue.
C) Health is a medical and biological question rather than a sociological issue.
D) There are large biological variations in susceptibility to disease among humans.
Q2) Brian is a 75-year-old man whose wife has just died. According to the textbook, which of the following is he at a higher risk for experiencing?
A) an accident
B) suicide
C) social isolation
D) Alzheimer's disease
Q3) Describe the five factors that explain the relationship between class inequalities and health outcomes.
Q4) What are the health consequences of social isolation?
Q5) How does "race" and ethnicity affect health and health care in Canada?
Q6) What accounts for unevenly distributed health risks in the human population?
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Chapter 12: The Mass Media
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Q1) Werner is told by his editor to contact Paul Jones, the Apex Copper Mine public relations representative in Toronto, in order to investigate the possibility that their proposed copper mine in Brazil will cause environmental pollution and health problems. According to Herman and Chomsky, what is wrong with relying on this as the only source for the story?
A) Because the public relations officer is not an expert in heath or the environment, his information may not be accurate.
B) Because the public relations officer is paid to promote the interests of the corporation, his information may be misleading.
C) There is nothing wrong with using this as the only source.
D) Because Jones is in Toronto, he will not know enough about the conditions in Brazil to provide enough helpful information.
Q2) For decades, the Canadian media have been owned by fewer than a dozen families. A)True B)False
Q3) How do mass media influence the way audiences think about the world?
Q4) Explain how viewers or audience members influence mass media.
Q5) Outline the development of the technology that we now call the Internet.
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Chapter 13: Technology, the Environment, and Social Movements
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Q1) Kenrick and Sophie are discussing the relative merits of nuclear power in light of the consequences of the tsunami that damaged the nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor in Japan. Kenrick defends the overall safety of nuclear energy by pointing out that the damage was caused by a natural disaster as opposed to any human error. Sophie responds by explaining that, according to some sociologists, these kinds of disasters are predictable consequences of the complexity of new technology. How do these sociologists refer to these events?
A) normal accident
B) statistical anomaly
C) catastrophic outlier
D) planned obsolescence
Q2) While somewhat upset about the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, Miriam realizes that this event is sometimes just the cost of progress. Based on this information, how does Miriam most likely feel about the less positive outcomes that accompany technological advances?
A) that they are normal accidents
B) that they are the risks of genius
C) that they are acceptable perils
D) that they are a modern menace
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