Sociology of Everyday Life Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
Sociology of Everyday Life explores how social processes, norms, and structures shape our daily experiences, interactions, and identities. This course examines the routines, rituals, and meanings created through ordinary activities, drawing on key sociological theories and concepts such as socialization, symbolic interactionism, and the construction of reality. Students analyze topics including family life, work, consumption, communication, and the use of public and private spaces, developing critical insight into how larger social forces influence individual and collective behavior in routine contexts.
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Sociology Your Compass for a New World 5th Canadian Edition by Robert J. Brym
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Chapter 1: A Sociological Compass
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Q1) Which of the following influential symbolic interactionists is known for "dramaturgical approach" to everyday social interaction?
A)Talcott Parsons
B)George Herbert Mead
C)Michel Foucault
D)Erving Goffman
Answer: D
Q2) Freja believes that there is immense variability in gender identities and performances.Which theory is her argument most consistent with?
A)feminism
B)queer theory
C)social constructionism
D)conflict theory
Answer: B
Q3) The concept of class conflict is more important in Marx's than in Weber's theory.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: How Sociologists Do Research
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Q1) A researcher believes that colder temperatures lead to more snowfall.Which of the following terms refers to the amount of snowfall?
A)the independent variable
B)the dependent variable
C)the spurious variable
D)the sociological variable
Answer: B
Q2) What is the relationship between quantitative and qualitative research?
A)They are incompatible.
B)They are complementary.
C)They are mutually dependent.
D)Quantitative research is a type of qualitative research.
Answer: B
Q3) How many variables are typically included in a contingency table?
A)one
B)two
C)three
D)four
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Culture
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Q1) According to the textbook, momentous social and political changes have been going on since the fourteenth century.However, which of the following has sped up cultural fragmentation?
A)cultural reproduction
B)fundamentalism
C)industrialization
D)multiculturalism
Answer: C
Q2) How has the rights revolution affected culture? Illustrate your answer with an example.
Answer: The rights revolution has had a significant impact on culture by promoting greater equality and inclusivity. This has led to a shift in societal attitudes and norms, as well as changes in media representation and popular culture. For example, the LGBTQ+ rights movement has led to greater visibility and acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals in mainstream culture. This is evident in the increasing number of LGBTQ+ characters in television shows and movies, as well as the growing presence of LGBTQ+ themes in music and literature. Overall, the rights revolution has helped to create a more diverse and inclusive cultural landscape.
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Chapter 4: Socialization
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Q1) Discuss the relationship between the flexible self and virtual communities.
Q2) How is schoolyard bullying different from cyber-bullying?
A)It makes it easy for victims to retaliate.
B)It has disappeared from Canadian schools.
C)It is limited to a small audience.
D)It is harmless.
Q3) Gaitri and Rowan do not normally attend religious ceremonies, but have decided to have one for their wedding.Who is most likely to influence their decision about the religious organization in which to hold the wedding?
A)their parents
B)their friends
C)their neighbours
D)their peers
Q4) Three-year-old David's parents teach him how to share his toys with his two-year-old cousin Sam.According to George Herbert Mead, what is being created in this situation?
A)id
B)"I"
C)"me"
D)"you"
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Chapter 5: Social Interaction
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Q1) Interaction based on domination ultimately rests on trust.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the textbook, the advantage of "tight" societies is that time and effort are not wasted on negotiating which of the following?
A)everyday social interaction
B)central cultural norms
C)mechanisms of domination
D)gender roles
Q3) What is the purpose of emotion labour done by flight attendants and nurses?
A)to make employees happy
B)to make customers happy
C)to control aggression among managers
D)to control aggression among owners
Q4) Do professionals and managers perform emotion labour? Answer the question using textbook material.
Q5) High level of trust is a routine consequence of a fair and competitive society.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain what status cues are and how they work.
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Chapter 6: Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies
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Q1) Explain democratic leadership and its consequences for efficiency of an organization.
Q2) Public support for the Holocaust was an extraordinary event, unlikely ever to be repeated.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Weber defined bureaucracy as a large impersonal organization comprising many clearly defined positions arranged in a hierarchy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the textbook, what lies at the heart of social interactions that require cooperation?
A)trust
B)competition
C)networking
D)socializing
Q5) Explain why one is more likely to find bystander apathy in big cities than in small communities.
Q6) Explain what bystander apathy is.
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Chapter 7: Deviance and Crime
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Q1) Which of the following theorists developed the strain theory of deviance?
A)Robert Merton
B)Travis Hirschi
C)Howard Becker
D)Steven Spitzer
Q2) Which of the following terms describes behaviours such as frowning at someone, calling a person a bad name, or looking away from a person when the person commits an unacceptable action?
A)deviance
B)stigmatization
C)informal punishment
D)criminalization
Q3) Which of the following is believed to compensate for the shortcomings of official crime statistics?
A)the Juristat Reporting Survey
B)the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey
C)a Health Canada research survey
D)a self-report survey
Q4) Explain why prosecuting large corporations is difficult in North America.
Q5) Define types of deviance and crime.Give one example of each.
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Chapter 8: Social Stratification
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Q1) According to the textbook, which of the following influences rates of poverty among immigrants to Canada?
A)age at arrival to Canada
B)length of residence in Canada
C)residence in a rural area
D)country of origin
Q2) According to Weber, authority rests on moral consent-"I comply with your demands not because you force me to but because I believe they are legitimate."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Terri-Lynn and Brian both work, but have been able to find only part-time work.After they pay their rent for the month, they have nothing left to buy food and must use the local food bank.What does their situation illustrate?
A)homelessness
B)absolute poverty
C)relative poverty
D)the cycle of poverty
Q4) Define "the culture of poverty" and main objections to this explanation.
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Chapter 9: Globalization, Inequality, and Development
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Q1) Which of the following shows the highest level of inequality measured by the Gini index?
A)individuals worldwide
B)individuals in developing countries
C)a country like Germany
D)a country like Brazil
Q2) According to the textbook, which of the following events were instrumental in slowing the rate of globalization in the twentieth century?
A)World War I and the Great Depression
B)World War I and World War II
C)the Great Depression and World War II
D)the Great Depression and the fall of communism
Q3) What useful lesson in alleviating the plight of poor countries could the international community learn from organizations such as Oxfam?
A)support democratic regimes
B)oppose autocratic regimes
C)increase the amount of foreign aid
D)redesign the delivery of foreign aid
Q4) Describe trade regionalization.Which aspect of globalization does it contradict?
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Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) When was the policy of multiculturalism established in Canada?
A)1961
B)1971
C)1981
D)1991
Q2) Which of the following is factual regarding race and brain size?
A)The racial background of individuals can be determined by skull size.
B)The racial background of individuals can be determined by skull shape.
C)The sex of individuals can often be determined by skull size.
D)The sex of individuals can often be determined by skull shape.
Q3) In the nineteenth century, it was already known that brain size was unrelated to intelligence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What has been the outcome of Canadian-U.S.differences on the retention of immigrant culture following immigration?
A)American immigrants are more likely to acquire citizenship.
B)Canadian immigrants are more likely to acquire citizenship.
C)American immigrants are much more successful economically.
D)Canadian immigrants are much more successful economically.
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Chapter 11: Sexualities and Gender Stratification
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Q1) Women get passed over for promotion to upper management because, according to Deborah Tannen, they appear too accommodating and indecisive at work.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Shulamith believes that women's inequality stems from the actions of men, their violence, and control over politics and the economy.She believes that the only way to defeat patriarchy is for women to stop reproducing or having relationships with men, as even the best intentioned men reproduce the harmful dynamics of patriarchy.Which theory is Shulamith's position consistent with?
A)liberal feminism
B)radical feminism
C)Marxist feminism
D)postmodernist feminism
Q3) What influence do adults have on gender boundary crossing among children?
Q4) According to Foucault, it was impossible for men involved in same-sex relationships in Ancient Greece to "come out of the closet."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Sociology of the Body: Disability, Aging, and Death
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT an activity that is involved in a body project enterprise?
A)camouflaging
B)adapting
C)minimizing
D)redesigning
Q2) What is ageism?
A)the belief that age is associated with certain psychological, behavioural, and intellectual traits
B)the belief that youth should respect their elders
C)the rejection of authority based on age
D)the widespread cultural fear of aging and death
Q3) What is revealed about the textbook's authors in their assertion that dying and death are the ultimate social problems?
A)their fear of death
B)their lack of knowledge about the processes of dying
C)their denial of death as liberating
D)their cultural biases
Q4) What does it mean when we say that disability is socially constructed?
Q5) Explain what the rehabilitation movement is.
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Chapter 13: Work and the Economy
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Q1) Because wage levels and other benefits are established by the forces of supply and demand, as well as by the power of those employed in it, what type of market is the primary labour market?
A)a free market
B)a closed market
C)a flexible market
D)a regulated market
Q2) The human relations style of management advocated less authoritarian leadership on the shop floor.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain why stress, depression, aggression, and substance abuse are on the rise in the primary and secondary labour markets.
Q4) Which of the following jobs is most likely to be unionized in Canada?
A)lawyer
B)hospital lab technician
C)retail clerk
D)auto mechanic
Q5) Describe the three sectors of the economy.
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Chapter 14: Politics
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Q1) As of 2011, approximately what percentage of Members of Parliament and provincial and territorial members of legislative assemblies were women?
A)45 percent
B)35 percent
C)25 percent
D)15 percent
Q2) Leonard believes that public policy in Canada is influenced by shifts in power, and the balance in power between people of different classes, ethnicities, and regions.Which theory does he subscribe to?
A)elite theory
B)pluralist theory
C)state-centred theory
D)power resource theory
Q3) The Bloc Québécois provides us with a confirmation of state-centred theory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss why Al-Qaeda turned to terrorism.
Q5) What is power resource theory and how does it differ from elite and pluralist theories?
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a true statement in reference to child support payments in Canada?
A)All Canadian provinces and territories have programs to prevent non-payment of child support.
B)Names and photos of child support payment defaulters are posted on government websites in some regions.
C)The problem of "deadbeat parents" remains a significant issue.
D)Child support payment can be guaranteed by a court order.
Q2) Canada was the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is the term used by some sociologists when describing the phenomenon of more surviving generations with fewer family members in each generation?
A)beanpole family
B)modern nuclear family
C)extended family
D)angular family
Q4) What is patriarchy?
Q5) What are the effects of divorce on children?
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Chapter 16: Religion
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Q1) In a graph showing religious involvement by age, what would a straight line that is lowest in the left-hand corner and highest in the right-hand corner indicate?
A)Religious involvement increases steadily with age.
B)Religious involvement decreases steadily with age.
C)Religious involvement is higher at younger and older ages and lowest in the middle ages.
D)Religious involvement is high at the younger ages and lower at the older ages.
Q2) How did Durkheim refer to the everyday world?
A)as sacred
B)as profane
C)as ritualistic
D)as the collective effervescence
Q3) Compare and contrast the positions of Émile Durkheim and Karl Marx on the nature and consequences of religious practice.
Q4) What was the average life expectancy of most people in medieval Europe?
A)25 years
B)35 years
C)45 years
D)55 years
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Chapter 17: Education
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Q1) According to the text, what can we conclude about educational attainment for youth from all class backgrounds over the past half century?
A)It has steadily risen over the last 50 years.
B)It is relatively the same as ever.
C)It is realistically only for the rich.
D)It has steadily declined over the last 50 years.
Q2) Before the rise of Protestantism, merchants and tradesmen held a virtual monopoly on literacy.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Kennedy does very well in school, rarely missing any days or being late, and she often helps out other adolescents in her classes as a peer tutor.What is it likely she has accepted?
A)cultural capital
B)the hidden curriculum
C)class consciousness
D)a self-fulfilling prophecy
Q4) Explain how cultural capital advantages some children.
Q5) How did literacy lead to mass schooling?
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Chapter 18: Mass Media and Mass Communication
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Q1) Graeme is exhausted and stressed out after a 16-hour-per-day week at work.According to the textbook, how is he likely to decompress in this situation?
A)by engaging in challenging physical activity
B)by engaging in unchallenging media consumption
C)by engaging in face-to-face social activities
D)by engaging in challenging mind diversions like Sudoku or crossword puzzles
Q2) Chrissy carefully monitors what her three-year-old daughter is watching on television, ensuring that she is only watching non-violent shows that teach important values like sharing, cooperation, acceptance of diversity, and so on.What function of media is Chrissy engaging?
A)entertainment
B)socialization
C)coordination
D)social control
Q3) What do we learn about the influence of the mass media through popular films and television?
Q4) According to cultural studies experts, people are passive consumers of media.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Health and Medicine
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Q1) How were the well-to-do better able than the poor to escape the Black Death?
Q2) Definitions of many mental disorders depend not only on scientific evidence but also social values and political considerations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) From a sociological perspective, how do social inequalities lead to poorer health in disadvantaged groups?
A)The disadvantaged have lower incomes and poorer material living conditions.
B)The disadvantaged have inadequate diets and they exercise less than others.
C)The disadvantaged tend to smoke and drink more than others.
D)The disadvantaged are less inclined to play the sick role.
Q4) Which of the following is a social cause of illness and death?
A)exposure to infection
B)personality factors
C)genetic predisposition
D)lifestyle factors
Q5) What is the Canadian public health system?
Q6) What is the difference between the maximum human life span and the maximum average human life span?
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Chapter 20: Population and Urbanization
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Q1) New urban sociologists believe city growth is a process rooted in power relations and profit motives.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Cities first emerged in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Egypt 5000 to 6000 years ago, long before the growth of the modern factory.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What did the government of Kerala, India, lower in order to solve its overpopulation problem?
A)the level of class inequality
B)the level of gender inequality
C)the level of ethnic inequality
D)the level of age inequality
Q4) According to demographic transition theory, the main factors underlying population dynamics are industrialization and the growth of modern cultural values.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to Karl Marx, what creates the problem of overpopulation?
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Chapter 21: Collective Action and Social Movements
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Q1) In the United States in the 1960s, certain political forces created a climate that discouraged union growth.What resulted from that situation?
A)Unemployment rose sharply.
B)Union concentration decreased.
C)Welfare benefits decreased.
D)Strike activity rose sharply.
Q2) In Canada, all adults, regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity, ability, and sexual orientation, have the right to equality and full inclusion in society.What do we call this situation?
A)social citizenship
B)civil citizenship
C)political citizenship
D)universal citizenship
Q3) Protesters were able to use modern technology to go global, creating the "Arab Spring" in 2011 and spurring the North American and European "Occupy" movement.Is this the wave of the future for historically excluded groups and categories of people?
Q4) What are social movements?
Q5) What are new social movements?
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Chapter 22: Technology and the Global Environment
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Q1) What is suggested by the fact that environmental issues can be defined as problematic or benign?
A)They are contested phenomena.
B)They are social problems.
C)They are socially diverse.
D)They are complex phenomena.
Q2) The first major nuclear reactor accident in the world occurred in December 1952 at the Chalk River nuclear facility in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the 2008 film Food, Inc., which of the following has been problematic for people's health and safety recently in the production of food?
A)political pressure on food producers to do more with less
B)the erasure of small-scale farmers in North America
C)the manufacture of food in large mechanized settings
D)the heightened costs of producing organic food
Q4) What is biodiversity and why is it important?
Q5) What is technological determinism?
Q6) How might sociology help us overcome the negative consequences of technology?
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