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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth examination of the major social problems facing contemporary societies, including issues such as poverty, inequality, crime, substance abuse, discrimination, and environmental challenges. Students will explore how these problems are defined, measured, and experienced across different social groups, and consider the roles of social institutions and public policy in addressing them. Through critical analysis and discussion, the course encourages students to understand the root causes of social problems and to evaluate potential solutions from sociological perspectives.
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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) Gramsci wrote that in pre-industrial societies the powerful controlled populations mostly by force.According to Gramsci, what mechanism of control has largely replaced force after the Industrial Revolution?
A)economic domination
B)cultural hegemony
C)class consciousness
D)imperialism
Answer: B
Q2) The fact that many people meet their future mate in university would be seen by functionalists as an example of which of the following?
A)a primary function
B)a manifest function
C)a latent function
D)a dysfunction
Answer: C
Q3) Beginning in the 1960s, decisions about fashion trends became less democratic.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: How Sociologists Do Research
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Q1) Which of the following research characteristics leads to statistically significant research results?
A)experimental method
B)sophisticated statistics
C)representative sample
D)outsider's viewpoint
Answer: C
Q2) What is the main advantage of an outsider's viewpoint for acquiring knowledge of an organization?
A)a critical attitude
B)extensive detail
C)a global perspective
D)disruption of organizational rules
Answer: C
Q3) According to the table, how many females are happy?
A)25
B)50
C)75
D)100
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Culture
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Q1) Who consumes mass culture?
A)all social classes
B)primarily the middle class
C)primarily the lower class
D)women more than men
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following exemplified the global trend toward homogeneity?
A)loss of local languages
B)increase in the global number of Chinese speakers
C)decrease in the global number of Chinese speakers
D)increase in the number of local languages
Answer: A
Q3) Kristin is an outspoken critic of Canadian foreign policy, which her parents rarely question.What type of thinking does Kristin's attitude reflect?
A)tribalism
B)postmodernism
C)urbanism
D)primitivism
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Socialization
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Q1) According to the textbook, for which of the following gender roles do Harlequin romance novels prepare their readers?
A)sex subject
B)sex object
C)wife and mother
D)single mother
Q2) What is the dominant socializing agent from middle childhood through adolescence?
A)the family
B)a school
C)a peer group
D)the mass media
Q3) In preindustrial societies, how were children viewed?
A)as smaller versions of adults
B)as capable of doing no wrong
C)as being inherently wicked
D)as sent to earth by supernatural beings
Q4) Explain the influence of total institutions.How might someone resist authority within a total institution?
Q5) What is "taking the role of the other"?
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Chapter 5: Social Interaction
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Q1) According to the textbook, women have been strongly required to control their anger since which time period?
A)nineteenth century
B)seventeenth century
C)fifteenth century
D)thirteenth century
Q2) Carol works as a general floor manager in a high-end restaurant, ensuring that all customers are happy with the service and content by the end of their meals.What is she engaged in?
A)emotion management
B)emotion distancing
C)emotion labour
D)emotion displacement
Q3) 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
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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) In the Glen Ridge rape case, which community value was betrayed by Charles Figueroa?
A)the subordination of women
B)tolerance of male misconduct
C)intense group loyalty
D)lack of compassion
Q3) The large organization that Josh works for issues each employee a number, has each employee sign in to work via time clock, and never addresses employees by name, only by number.What criticism against bureaucracies is relevant in this case?
A)bureaucratic ritualism
B)bureaucratic inertia
C)oligarchy
D)dehumanization
Q4) Primary groups develop more pressure to conform than secondary groups.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain what is meant by organizational environment.
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Chapter 7: Deviance and Crime
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Q1) Which of the following reforms of the Canadian penal system has been suggested as means to reduce recidivism?
A)moderate non-intervention
B)radical non-intervention
C)denial of parole
D)early parole
Q2) By introducing "zero tolerance" policies against violence, Canadian schools have entered a field of social control previously enacted by police.Which of the following theorists would best explain this change?
A)Hirschi
B)Merton
C)Durkheim
D)Foucault
Q3) The main rationale for incarceration in Canada is rehabilitation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How has increasing gender equality affected women's involvement in crime as perpetrators and victims?
Q5) What factors help explain the declining crime rates in Canada in recent decades?
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Chapter 8: Social Stratification
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Q1) According to research, what do Canadians think about inequality in their society?
Q2) Ryuichi's parents have decided to send him to a private high school.Which of the following assets contributing to high income can they reasonably hope that he will gain there?
A)natural talent
B)social conscience
C)cultural capital
D)enlightenment
Q3) Gina is a talented jazz pianist, but cannot make a living playing music.She works at a tax office full time and only plays for her friends at home.Is piano playing part of Gina's human capital?
A)Yes, because playing makes her happy.
B)No, because she does not use this skill in her paid work.
C)Yes, because she has spent years learning to play.
D)No, because even her friends do not appreciate her skill.
Q4) Discuss the differences between progressive and regressive taxation, and their relative impacts on poverty.
Q5) Argue for and against income redistribution through taxation.
Q6) 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) Developed countries claim to engage in military intervention in order to promote democracy in underdeveloped countries.Which sociological theory would support this claim?
A)modernization theory
B)dependency theory
C)international control theory
D)international cooperation theory
Q2) How has geopolitical position influenced economic growth in former colonies?
Q3) According to dependency theory, what type of country is Canada?
A)a core capitalist country
B)a core peripheral country
C)a peripheral capitalist country
D)a semiperipheral capitalist country
Q4) Which of the following concepts could be employed in an argument against the idea that globalization is equivalent to homogenization?
A)global supply chain and commodification
B)glocalization and regionalization
C)international division of labour and international trade
D)productivity and rationalization
Q5) How has the type of colonialism influenced economic growth in former colonies?
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Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) Which of the following characterized Canada in the nineteenth century?
A)cultural imperialism
B)internal colonialism
C)symbolic ethnicity
D)colonialism
Q2) According to the textbook, which of the following explains a higher likelihood of extremism among French than among Canadian Muslims?
A)higher rates of conversion to Christianity
B)higher level of prejudice and discrimination
C)higher level of religiosity
D)higher level of self-segregation
Q3) Critical race theory emphasizes that each person is individually responsible for his/her level of racism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain what happened to the Beothuk of Newfoundland and Labrador, and why.
Q5) Compare the experiences of African Canadians and Asian Canadians.What can be learned by analyzing their experiences?
Q6) Discuss the theory of split labour market, using Canadian examples.
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Chapter 11: Sexualities and Gender Stratification
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Q1) Is homosexuality a matter of choice? Explain your answer.
Q2) Social constructionism explains apparently natural social phenomena such as gender differences.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Charlie is not interested in sexual relations.He avoids both cruising bars with his friends and his mother's attempts to introduce him to a "nice girl." Which of the following best describes Charlie?
A)transsexual
B)autosexual
C)bisexual
D)asexual
Q4) Toni was born biologically male and has changed his body shape through surgery and hormonal treatment, although he retains male genitalia.Which of the following categories fits Toni the best?
A)transsexual
B)transgendered
C)homosexual
D)heterosexual
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Chapter 12: Sociology of the Body: Disability, Aging, and Death
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Q1) What do we call the type of impairment that keeps a person from being able to perform within the range of "normal" human activity?
A)impediment
B)disability
C)injury
D)immobilization
Q2) Discuss how the elderly are stereotyped in popular media.Make a case that this situation is getting better, staying the same, or getting worse.
Q3) How does mainstream Canadian culture deal with death and dying, compared to how these matters are dealt with in other countries and cultures?
Q4) What is the most important thing that an age pyramid can show us about Canada?
A)mortality issues
B)morbidity information
C)where government spending is needed
D)regional distributions of various age groups
Q5) More Canadians are overweight today than previously.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Work and the Economy
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Q1) According to Human Resources Development Canada (2000), which of the following is an emerging growth sector in the Canadian economy?
A)aerogenetics
B)multimedia
C)agribusiness
D)tertiary sector manufacturing
Q2) The Canadian Medical Association is an example of a labour-market shelter.
A)True
B)False
Q3) As of 2009, Rogers Communications owned 460 retail stores, the Shopping Channel network, 54 radio stations, 70 consumer publications, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Rogers Centre event venue, among other things.According to the textbook, what is Rogers?
A)an oligopoly
B)a mega-opoly
C)a conglomerate
D)a monopoly
Q4) Discuss the major revolutions in the form and nature of the economy.
Q5) Describe the problems globalization has created for many developing countries.
Q6) Explain how work has changed over time.
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Chapter 14: Politics
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Q1) Which of the following is a major dynamic in contemporary Canadian politics?
A)ethnicity
B)gender
C)region
D)class
Q2) Explain what power is.
Q3) The Bloc Québécois provides us with a confirmation of state-centred theory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why was the "most important election of the twentieth century" labelled this way by the authors of the text?
A)because it was the first time that the NDP formed the Government of Canada
B)because it brought in sweeping reforms to the Canadian Criminal Code
C)because it was linked to the North American Free Trade Agreement
D)because it signalled the rise of right-wing politics in Canada
Q5) Discuss the reasons why societal warfare has replaced interstate warfare globally today.
Q6) What are the social preconditions of democracy?
Q7) Describe the organizations in civil society that shape and regulate the state.
Q8) What is the difference between war and terrorism?
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) For most of human history, marriage was based on love.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To which of the following do researchers attribute the high cohabitation rates found in Quebec?
A)a turning away from religious teachings in the general population
B)a reaction to escalating divorce costs
C)an increase in the number of couples living together in order to save money for their wedding
D)the economic benefit of sharing household expenses
Q3) All Tyler can think about is when he will finally meet the woman of his dreams so they can fall deeply in love, marry, and raise perfect children.According to the textbook, which Hollywood-fuelled desire is Tyler strongly exhibiting?
A)self-aggrandizement
B)self-promotion
C)self-awareness
D)self-gratification
Q4) Child poverty is recognized as a major social problem in Canada.Why does child poverty exist, and what can Canadians do about it?
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Chapter 16: Religion
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Q1) Explain what a new religious movement is.
Q2) In which of the following churches do women comprise one-third of ordained ministers?
A)the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
B)the Promise Keepers
C)the United Church of Canada
D)the Anabaptist Church
Q3) What did Durkheim call public practices that people engage in that connect them with the sacred?
A)religions
B)rituals
C)totems
D)symbolism
Q4) Following confession at church, Edna is given a small cup of grape juice to sip from.What would Durkheim consider the juice to be an example of?
A)a ritual
B)the profane
C)the sacred
D)a totem
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Chapter 17: Education
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Q1) A variety of social commentators have argued that in order to improve the success of socially disadvantaged students, society must focus on which of the following programs?
A)compensatory education and social programs for preschool children
B)special education programs that target school-aged children
C)remedial programs for adolescents who do not do well in school
D)after-school programs for school children that supplement in-class learning
Q2) A large scholarship is available only to students whose parents are alumni from a certain university.What is reinforced by this criterion for scholarship application?
A)meritocracy
B)social exclusion
C)professionalization
D)credential inflation
Q3) One of the most widely repeated findings worldwide is that social class strongly affects how much education people attain.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Conduct a global analysis of the relationship between education and national wealth.
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Chapter 18: Mass Media and Mass Communication
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Q1) The Internet penetration rate in Canada is second only to that of the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Chelsea wears clearly labelled brand-name clothing and makes sure that everyone is aware that she owns an iPhone, a PVR, and a Toyota Yaris.What does her behaviour illustrate?
A)individualism
B)corporatism
C)consumerism
D)narcissism
Q3) Mainstream news sources and outlets always act like the "lap dogs" of the powerful because of media conglomeration.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research on television representation points to little change in the way the mass media treat various minority groups.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Health and Medicine
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Q1) Which of the following groups is most likely to report poor health in Canada?
A)African Canadians
B)Japanese Canadians
C)Aboriginal Canadians
D)Chinese Canadians
Q2) Which of the following groups argue that good health requires maintaining a proper balance between body and mind, taking both the individual and the environment into account?
A)acupuncturists
B)holistic medicine practitioners
C)massage therapists
D)aromatherapists
Q3) The Japanese pay more for prescription drugs than the people of any other country in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Some sociologists believe that socioeconomic position is a fundamental cause of disease.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 20: Population and Urbanization
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Q1) Newlyweds Ray and Esmé are spending their wedding night in a theme room at a hotel at the West Edmonton Mall.The following day, while they are looking for things to outfit their new marital home, they are also planning to ride the mall's rollercoaster and use the water park.What does John Hannigan call this aspect of life in the postmodern city?
A)suburbia
B)fantasy entertainment
C)shoppertainment
D)experiential consumerism
Q2) One of the criticisms against Louis Wirth's urban way of life is that he placed too much emphasis on social intimacy and networks of involvement.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How did the government of Kerala, India, solve its overpopulation problem?
Q4) What do we call the movement of people into a country in order to settle there?
A)targeted entrance
B)geographic mobility
C)in-migration
D)transitional migration
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Chapter 21: Collective Action and Social Movements
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Q1) Using breakdown theory, explain how a riot might occur this year.
Q2) According to the textbook, which of the following terms refers to the struggle engaged in by underprivileged groups to broaden rights?
A)theocratic revolution
B)socialism
C)social movements
D)civil society
Q3) According to the text, what are new social movements working toward?
A)more political participation
B)increased social consciousness
C)promoting universal citizenship
D)effective civil society
Q4) 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
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Chapter 22: Technology and the Global Environment
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Q1) What is the dominant view of technology today?
Q2) Lee is concerned because he lives in the nation that is considered the world's largest polluter.Where does he live?
A)China
B)the United States
C)India
D)South Africa
Q3) According to the textbook, which of the following do some claim may pose the biggest technological threat so far to human well-being and survival?
A)biotechnology
B)environmental technology
C)military technology
D)recombinant technology
Q4) For at least how long must waste from nuclear reactors be kept away from human beings in order to not contaminate them?
A)1000 years
B)5000 years
C)10 000 years
D)15 000 years
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