Contemporary Social Issues
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Course Introduction
This course examines pressing social issues in contemporary society, such as inequality, discrimination, gender dynamics, environmental challenges, globalization, and the impact of technology. Through critical analysis, students explore the complex causes, consequences, and possible solutions to these challenges at local, national, and global levels. The course encourages the development of informed perspectives and equips students with the tools to engage thoughtfully in current debates about social justice and societal transformation.
Recommended Textbook experience sociology 1st Edition by David Croteau
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Chapter 1: Sociology in a Changing World
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Q1) Before 1800,approximately what percentage of Europeans lived in rural areas?
A)about 90 percent
B)about 50 percent
C)about 30 percent
D)about 70 percent
Answer: A
Q2) What did Emile Durkheim mean by the term "division of labor"?
A)Individuals were classified as workers or capitalists.
B)Men and women performed different kinds of work.
C)Individuals specialized in jobs that highlighted their skills.
D)Workers are placed in jobs based on how hard they work.
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a latent function of attending college?
A)increased independence from family
B)finding a marriage partner
C)developing job skills
D)learning to live independently
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Understanding the Research Process
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Q1) What type of research seeks to create knowledge that can be used to make society a better place?
A)positivist social science
B)interpretive social science
C)critical social science
D)All of the answers are correct.
Answer: C
Q2) Evidence that is based in numbers is known as _____ data.
A)computer-based
B)survey
C)quantitative
D)qualitative
Answer: C
Q3) Researchers generalize their findings when they are able to use findings from a sample to explain patterns in a larger population.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Culture
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Q1) When people share a common language,worldview,history,and tradition this can promote
A)cultural relativism.
B)consensus.
C)multiculturalism.
D)None of the answers is correct.
Answer: B
Q2) Hitler was xenophobic.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) What perspective emphasizes micro-level interactions?
A)functionalist
B)conflict
C)feminist
D)symbolic interactionist
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Social Structure
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Q1) Which of following would is an example of a student exhibiting action?
A)A student follows the teacher's instructions.
B)A student helps a teacher pass out papers.
C)A student fails a test because he did not understand the material.
D)A student calls a teacher by her first name and refuses to us the title of Ms.
Q2) How do affective and traditional forms of action compare to one another?
A)Affective action is motivated by efficiency whereas traditional action is motivated by emotion.
B)Affective action is motivated by emotion whereas traditional action is motivated by custom.
C)Affective action is motivated by custom whereas traditional action is motivated by emotion.
D)Affective action is motivated by emotion whereas traditional action is motivated by rationality.
Q3) As society functions and maintains social stability,individuals are never harmed.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Power
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Q1) In the United States,"individual achievement" is the focus of the ideology behind the system of stratification.This idea that individual effort determines one's lot in life implicitly
A)justifies inequality.
B)promotes individual achievement.
C)improves the economy.
D)promotes justice.
Q2) A class system is based on a combination of achievement and ascribed status. A)True
B)False
Q3) The Indian caste system is based on A)personal achievement.
B)ascribed status.
C)achieved status.
D)segregation.
Q4) Max Weber conceived of class as the opportunity related to a person's economic position.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Socialization
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Q1) What does the work of Clyde Kluckhohn demonstrate?
A)biology plays a stronger role in socialization than the environment
B)the powerful effects of the social environment over biology
C)a person can easily learn new languages and norms regardless of where they have been raised
D)biology can be used to discriminate against some people
Q2) Many immigrants come to the United States each year,often in search of a better life for themselves and their children.For the first-generation immigrants,life in a new country can be challenging,especially if they do not speak English.They often rely on their children to help them navigate their new environment.The first-generation immigrants' children often quickly assimilate into American culture.It is increasingly difficult for them to maintain the customs from their traditional culture while living in a society in which many of those customs may be outdated.This can create conflict between the parents and children.What accounts for this conflict?
A)a cultural lag
B)a transformational experience
C)an age divide
D)a generation gap
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Chapter 7: Interaction, Groups, and Organizations
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Q1) With which of the following statements would Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann mostly likely disagree?
A)Men are a social product.
B)Society is an objective reality.
C)Society has organically evolved.
D)Society is a human product.
Q2) Sociologists believe that successful interaction requires each participant to take the perspective of the other to achieve some common understanding.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What perspective does a sociologist take when he or she studies social interaction using the metaphor of theater?
A)ethnomethodology
B)dramaturgy
C)symbolic interaction
D)functionalism
Q4) Examples of a dyad are a married couple who are also business partners.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Deviance and Social Control
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Q1) Which of the following best describes race and the justice system in the United States?
A)Race is not a factor in the justice system.
B)Whites are more likely to be arrested and punished.
C)Black men are six times more likely to be imprisoned than white men.
D)White women are more likely to be imprisoned than Hispanic women.
Q2) People sometimes commit acts that contradict most any moral code.What explains such deviant behavior?
A)individual immorality
B)social immorality
C)a set of social conditions
D)anti-social personality
Q3) The American criminal justice system _____ in preventing chronic crime.
A)is ineffective
B)is effective
C)has made significant progress
D)has stepped up efforts
Q4) Public-order crimes are the most common type of crime.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Class and Global Inequality
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Q1) Karl Marx described what group as the "proletariat"?
A)the lower class
B)the upper class
C)the capitalist class
D)the working class
Q2) You have just read a news story about a wealthy nation invading a poor nation after the discovery of massive oil deposits in the country.The wealthy nation sent in its military to take control of the people of the nation and eventually take control of the economic and political systems so that the wealthy country can drill for oil without interference.This is an example of
A)modernization.
B)dependency.
C)neocolonialism.
D)colonialism.
Q3) Monetary assets that an individual holds,such as stocks,homes,and savings accounts,are known as A)income.
B)capital.
C)class.
D)wealth.
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Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) People from India are the largest subgroup in the Asian group in the United States today.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Many people in Africa often have dark skin.Those who live near to the equator often have the darkest skin tone.This is quite often the case for a good portion of South America as well.Around the world,skin tone has some correlation to the level of sunlight in that particular region.From an evolutionary standpoint skin tone is an adaptation to environmental conditions.What accounts for this difference in skin tone?
A)melatonin found in the skin
B)levels of dopamine in the brain
C)melanin levels found in the skin
D)serotonin levels after exposure to sunlight
Q3) All of the following statements are true regarding Puerto Rico EXCEPT
A)its residents can vote for president.
B)it has the right to elect its own governor.
C)it has a nonvoting delegate to Congress.
D)it is subject to United States law.
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Chapter 11: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) Individuals who have surgery to change the sexual characteristics of their bodies are called
A)intersexed people.
B)bisexual people.
C)transgender people
D)transsexual people.
Q2) Today,American society recognizes two gender categories,male and female.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In American society,how many sexual identity groups are recognized?
A)2
B)4
C)3
D)5
Q4) What is the second shift?
A)when women are given less desirable jobs
B)when men work two jobs to support their families
C)when women work two jobs to support their families
D)when working women take responsibility for housework and child care
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Chapter 12: Family and Religion
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Q1) Today,Americans are less likely to marry than at any other time in history.
A)True
B)False
Q2) People in what part of the United States report the highest levels of religious attendance?
A)the West
B)the South
C)the Midwest
D)the North
Q3) The role of the family ends when a person reaches adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which world religion claims the largest following?
A)Christianity
B)Buddhism
C)Islam
D)Hinduism
Q5) Rarely does anyone leave the religious affiliation of their childhood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Education and Work
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Q1) Sociologists believe that learning only occurs in educational settings like a classroom or lecture hall.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Collective bargaining allows workers to have a unified voice in the negotiation process with employers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a credentialized society,which group would have exclusive access to the most rewarded and prestigious jobs?
A)the most highly educated
B)men
C)those from the most elite economic backgrounds
D)the oldest
Q4) According to sociologists,the educational system in America has been the great equalizer,or at least a primary means by which inequality has been eradicated
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Media and Consumption
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Q1) What does it mean to describe traditional media as only involved in one-way communication?
A)It did not rely on audience participation.
B)It used low-level technologies.
C)It created personalized messages for a single viewer.
D)It never considered its audience.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a way that a sociologist would study the media?
A)comparing media depictions to social reality
B)determining cable television cost structures
C)examining media effects on audience
D)comparing content across two media types
Q3) In one country,200 media companies owned the country's media outlets.Two decades later,fewer than 10 corporations owned all of the country's media outlets.This shift in ownership represents which trend in the media?
A)planned obsolescence
B)user-generated content
C)ownership concentration
D)cultural imperialism
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Chapter 15: Communities, the Environment, and Health
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Q1) From the sociological perspective,social change,which includes environmental change,happens when ______ change.
A)social structures,not individuals
B)policy,not politicians
C)the economic system,not economic policy
D)individuals,not governments
Q2) The way human beings interact with the natural environment in which they live is the focus of
A)the sociology of nature.
B)the natural-interaction perspective.
C)environmental sociology.
D)the biosociological perspective.
Q3) The individualized approach to environmental threats has _____ environmental problems.
A)alleviated most
B)solved some
C)contributed to more
D)had no impact on
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Chapter 16: Politics and the Economy
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Q1) Those who are in charge of major bureaucratic institutions,such as business,government,or the military,wield disproportionate power in society.This is consistent with the definition of which theory of power?
A)elitist theory
B)institutional domination theory
C)bureaucratic domination theory
D)power elite theory
Q2) Characteristics of democratic socialism include public ownership of some key industries and astute management of important natural resources.The revenue from this sector is typically used to
A)build up the military sector.
B)finance a wide range of social welfare programs.
C)fund surveillance programs.
D)maintain the power position of the leading party.
Q3) Which was NOT a factor that contributed to the financial crisis of 2008?
A)corporate fraud
B)deregulation
C)complicated financial instruments
D)greedy homebuyers
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Chapter 17: Social Change: Globalization, Population, and Social Movements
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Q1) How is social structure in agrarian societies related to large families?
A)extended family structure
B)religious promotion of procreation
C)absence of birth control
D)need for farm labor
Q2) According to world systems theory,globalization disproportionately benefits wealthy nations because they
A)enjoy a cultural hegemony.
B)have greater political influence.
C)are more powerful.
D)control the rules of capitalism.
Q3) According to community organizers,there are two basic sources of power in social movements.Which of the following is one that social movements possess?
A)money
B)people
C)influence
D)enthusiasm
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