Question 1

French-Canadian sociology was influenced, initially, by

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A)   sociology in France.
B)   August Comte.
C)   the Roman Catholic Church.
D)   Harriet Martineau.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

How is Canadian sociology distinct from American sociology? Why is this the case?

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Canadian sociology is distinct from Amer...

Question 3

The idea that the social world guides our actions and life choices just as the seasons influence activities and choice of clothing describes

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A)   the basis of what philosophy calls "free will."
B)   the essential wisdom of the discipline of sociology.
C)   the fact that people everywhere have "common sense."
D)   the fact that people from countries all around the world make mostly identical choices about how to live.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

According to sociologists, human behaviour reflects our personal "free will."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The pioneering sociologist who studied patterns of suicide in Europe was

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A)   Robert K. Merton.
B)   Auguste Comte.
C)   Emile Durkheim.
D)   Karl Marx.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

The main characteristic of the _____ approach is its view of society as orderly and stable.

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A)   structural-functional
B)   social-conflict
C)   social-interaction
D)   deviance and social controlE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that society reflected the basic goodness of human nature.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why, in individualistic North America, can the sociological perspective be described as "seeing the strange in the familiar"?

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The sociological perspective is a way of...

Question 9

W.E.B. Du Bois claimed that _____ was the major problem facing the United States during the twentieth century.

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A)   class
B)   race
C)   gender
D)   ethnicityE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Canada falls within which category of the world's nations?

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A)   low-income nations
B)   middle-income nations
C)   high-income nations
D)   variable-income nationsE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Social structures sometimes have negative consequences for the operation of society as a whole. What is the term for these negative consequences?

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A)   social structure
B)   eufunctions
C)   social functions
D)   social dysfunctionsE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

A global perspective has little in common with a sociological perspective.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The theoretical approach in sociology that assumes society is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the

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A)   structural-functional approach.
B)   social-conflict approach.
C)   symbolic-interaction approach.
D)   None of the above is correct.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Examples of people applying their knowledge of sociology at work include people in

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A)   law enforcement understanding which categories of people are most likely to commit crimes.
B)   law enforcement understanding which categories of people are at high risk of becoming victims of crime.
C)   resource-extraction industries that seek to remove ancestral lands from indigenous inhabitants for profit.
D)   people in the clergy who want to weed out undesirable elements in their congregations.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

What is social structure? How do the structural-functional and social-conflict approaches understand social structure differently?

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Social structure refers to the patterned...

Question 16

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages

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A)   challenging commonly held beliefs.
B)   accepting conventional wisdom.
C)   the belief that society is mysterious.
D)   people to be happier with their lives as they are.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Using the structural-functional approach, which of the following questions might you ask about marriage?

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A)   What do people think marriage means?
B)   How does marriage benefit women and men unequally?
C)   What are the consequences of marriage for the operation of society?
D)   How can we help people find more pleasure in their marriages?E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

Karl Marx, speaking for the social-conflict approach, argued that the point of studying society was

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A)   to understand how society really operates.
B)   to compare U.S. society to others.
C)   to foster support for a nation's government.
D)   to bring about needed change.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

People with lower social standing are usually more likely to see the world sociologically than people who are well off.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The sociological perspective reveals the truth of the "common sense" beliefs we tend to take for granted.

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A) True 
 B)False

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