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Sociology of Social Issues Practice
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Sociology of Social Issues explores the complex ways in which social problems emerge, are defined, and persist within society. This course examines topics such as inequality, poverty, racism, gender discrimination, crime, and environmental challenges through a sociological lens, analyzing root causes and consequences at both individual and structural levels. Students will critically engage with theories and research to understand how social institutions, cultural norms, and power dynamics contribute to the construction and resolution of social issues, and explore strategies for social change and policy intervention in contemporary contexts.
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Understanding Social Problems 4th Canadian Edition by Linda A. Mooney
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Chapter 1: Thinking About Social Problems
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Q1) Who developed the term "sociological imagination"?
A) Karl Marx
B) Talcott Parsons
C) Robert Merton
D) C. Wright Mills
Answer: D
Q2) What type of researchers avoid the time and expense of collecting their own data?
A) survey
B) experimental
C) secondary
D) field
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following causes of social conflict do Marxist conflict theories focus on?
A) weak social norms
B) economic inequalities
C) social disorganization
D) class inequality
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Illness and Health Care
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Q1) Which theory focuses on how the lack of wealth, power, and status impacts on health?
A) feminist
B) conflict
C) functionalist
D) interactionist
Answer: B
Q2) Perinatal transmission of HIV refers to the transmission of the disease through heterosexual contact.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Prior to the twentieth century, what factor caused women to have a lower life expectancy than did men?
A) lack of education
B) lack of access to health care
C) deaths associated with childbirth
D) high rates of smoking and alcohol abuse
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) Friends are the most common source of drugs for teenagers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Harm-reduction initiatives tend to focus on the supply side of the drug equation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In Canada (1999), which population is most likely to abuse prescription drugs?
A) teenagers
B) seniors
C) men
D) women
Answer: D
Q4) According to the National Population Health Survey (Canada, 1996-97), binge drinking is much more common among males in the 20 to 24 age group.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Crime and Violence
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Q1) Which of the following statements describes self-report offender surveys?
A) They ask if the crime was premeditated
B) They ask offenders about their criminal behaviour.
C) They ask crime victims if they reported the crime.
D) They ask police why they arrested certain individuals.
Q2) Although males are more likely to be the perpetrators of crime in general, females are more likely to be the victims of those crimes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which term refers to the use of harm or the threat of harm to prevent unwanted behaviours?
A) restorative justice
B) deterrence
C) alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
D) rehabilitation
Q4) What other term is commonly used to refer to vice crimes?
A) classic crimes
B) violent crimes
C) conventional crimes
D) victimless crimes
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Chapter 6: Youth and Aging
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Q1) In 2001 in Canada, elderly men were more likely than elderly women to be divorced or widowed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the structural-functionalist perspective, which of the following applies to the disengagement of the elderly from social roles?
A) It is a prime example of economic determinism.
B) It is dysfunctional for society.
C) It is natural and necessary to maintain the social system.
D) It is not likely to continue in future generations.
Q3) What is the period of childhood in Canadian society?
A) from birth through age 8
B) from birth through age 10
C) from birth through age 13
D) from birth through age 17
Q4) According to activity theory, why do the elderly disengage from social roles?
A) They are structurally segregated and isolated.
B) People naturally become less active as they age.
C) They are no longer able to contribute to society.
D) They enjoy other types of solitary activities.
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Chapter 7: Gender Inequality
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Q1) Which of the following are women serving in the military and playing pro basketball, and men dieting and undergoing cosmetic surgery, all examples of?
A) transsexualism
B) transvestism
C) homoeroticism
D) gender tourism
Q2) When did "first wave" feminism occur?
A) the early 1800s
B) the early 1900s
C) the decade 1960-1970
D) the early part of the twenty-first century
Q3) According to a study done by Pollock (2000), which of the following is likely to be a victim of violent crime?
A) disabled women
B) immigrants
C) women in general
D) men in general
Q4) What is meant by the terms "expressive role" and "instrumental role"?
Q5) Identify two types of sexual harassment.
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Chapter 8: Critical Studies in Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) What is amalgamation?
Q2) Stereotypes are generally considered to be relatively harmless.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Genetic studies indicate that genetic variation is greater within racially classified populations than between racial groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is exemplified by the Canadian Multiculturalism Act?
A) primary assimilation
B) pluralism
C) acculturation
D) secondary assimilation
Q5) According to research by Pascarella et al. (1996), which of the following had the greatest effect on openness to diversity among first-year students at colleges and universities?
A) precollege/preuniversity variables
B) environmental emphasis of the college/university
C) student academic experiences at college/university
D) student social/nonacademic experiences at college/university
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Chapter 10: Poverty: National and International Issues
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Q1) According to the United Nations Development Programme (1997), 75 percent of poor people in developing countries rely on which of the following for their livelihoods?
A) begging
B) sweat shop labour
C) agriculture
D) crime
Q2) "Corporate welfare" refers to laws and policies that benefit the rich.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the low income cut-off line, families or individuals who spend a certain portion of their pre-tax income on food, clothing, and shelter would be in financial difficulty. What is that portion?
A) 54.7 percent
B) 69.2 percent
C) 73.2 percent
D) 83.1 percent
Q4) What is corporate welfare?
Q5) What is the Human Poverty Index and what does it measure?
Q6) What is the "low income cut-off"?
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Chapter 11: Work and Unemployment
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Q1) Which labour market refers to jobs that are poorly paid with no security?
A) split
B) primary
C) secondary
D) tertiary
Q2) Karl Marx developed the term alienation to describe the powerlessness that some workers experience.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sweatshops are likely to be found in which of the following industries?
A) automobile manufacturing
B) the garment industry
C) food services
D) construction
Q4) Which of the following work sectors involves the production of raw materials and food goods?
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) para-professional
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Chapter 12: Problems in Education
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Q1) In Canada, Head Start programs are directed primarily toward gifted or academically precocious children.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Evaluations of Head Start programs in the United States and Canada have generally found which of the following about the programs?
A) they really don't help students with low intelligence
B) they really don't help students with visual or auditory impairments
C) they have helped students to complete school with better grades
D) they worked initially and now they seem to have little, if any, impact
Q3) Special education is usually which of the following?
A) remedial
B) controversial
C) not a victim of budget cuts
D) found only in primary schools
Q4) Parents in low-income brackets are as likely as parents in higher income brackets to expect their children to go on to college or university.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Environmental Problems
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Q1) Which country recently decided to shut down all of its 19 nuclear power plants by the year 2020?
A) Canada
B) Russia
C) the United States
D) Germany
Q2) Bioinvasion usually occurs and as a result of displacement.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a microwave oven that is built to last only seven years a good example of?
A) faulty manufacturing
B) greenwashing
C) pronatalism
D) planned obsolescence
Q4) Biodiversity refers to the earth's great variety of which of the following?
A) life forms
B) weather patterns
C) geological formations
D) chemical compounds
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Chapter 14: Armed Conflict in Global Perspective
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Q1) War has contributed indirectly to the industrialization and technological sophistication of the modern world.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Another name for a "holy war" is a jihad.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Canada's mission in Afghanistan is considered to be one of war.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty attempts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons into countries that traditionally didn't have them.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What was the original mission of the United Nations?
A) peacekeeping efforts in troubled areas
B) the elimination of war
C) prevention of abuse and torture of prisoners of war
D) nuclear weapon disarmament
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