Question 1

To evaluate a theory, sociologists

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A)   gather data or facts.
B)   follow the conventional wisdom of their society.
C)   are guided by what they personally want to be true.
D)   ask their sociology professors if it sounds right.

Question 2

Which early U.S. sociologist studied the Black community and served as a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ?

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A)   Jane Addams
B)   Harriet Martineau
C)   W.E.B. Du Bois
D)   Herbert Spencer

Question 3

Racial discrimination in professional sports is evident today in

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A)   the positions typically played by White and Black players.
B)   the exclusion of Black players from professional sports.
C)   the fact that most managers and team owners are Black.
D)   There is no racial discrimination in professional sports.

Question 4

What did C. Wright Mills mean by "the sociological imagination"? How does this point of view change the way we see personal problems?

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Question 5

Which of the following is a manifest function of sports?

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A)   providing recreation and physical conditioning
B)   fostering social relationships
C)   generating jobs
D)   teaching a society's way of life

Question 6

In which of the countries noted below did sociology as a formal discipline appear first?

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A)   the United States
B)   Japan
C)   France
D)   China

Question 7

The basic idea of the symbolic-interaction approach is that society is

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A)   an arena of conflict between categories of people.
B)   the product of people interacting in everyday situations.
C)   a system that operates to benefit people.
D)   an accident of chaos which we don't understand.

Question 8

In deciding what kinds of questions to ask in their research, sociologists are guided by

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A)   one or more theoretical approaches.
B)   their own common sense.
C)   our society's traditional wisdom.
D)   sheer chance.

Question 9

Sociologists cannot identify "laws of society" that allow us to predict individual human behaviour

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A)   because human behaviour is patterned but also spontaneous.
B)   because sociology is still very young.
C)   because no sociologist ever tried to discover such laws.
D)   because society is modelled after God's will, which is beyond the understanding of sociology.

Question 10

According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has

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A)   more clinical depression.
B)   less money, power, and other resources.
C)   lower social integration.
D)   greater self-esteem.

Question 11

The last of Comte's "three stages" is the metaphysical stage in which people know the world in terms of God's will

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Following the thinking of C. Wright Mills, we would have expected the sociological imagination to be more widespread

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A)   during times of peace and prosperity.
B)   among the very rich.
C)   among very religious people.
D)   during times of social crisis.

Question 13

Looking at Canada, high suicide rates are typical of people who

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A)   live densely packed in cities.
B)   live spread apart in rural areas.
C)   have higher incomes.
D)   live in a warmer climate.

Question 14

Briefly explain the difference between a macro-level and micro-level theoretical orientation.

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Question 15

The _____ approaches are macro-level, describing societies in broad terms.

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A)   structural-functional and social-conflict
B)   structural-functional and symbolic-interaction
C)   social-conflict and symbolic-interaction
D)   social conflict and social control

Question 16

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)   ethnicity

Question 17

If we state that children raised in single-parent families are at high risk of being single parents themselves, we have constructed a(n)  _____ of family life.

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A)   approach
B)   precept
C)   concept
D)   theory

Question 18

Who, of the following would be most likely to ask "what factors give rise to social inequality"?

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A)   a structural functionalist
B)   a social-conflict theorist
C)   a symbolic interactionist
D)   a social-control theorist

Question 19

Unrecognized and unintended consequences of a social pattern are called

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A)   latent functions.
B)   manifest functions.
C)   eufunctions.
D)   dysfunctions.

Question 20

The social-conflict approach draws attention to

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A)   how elements contribute to the overall operation of society.
B)   how people construct meaning in their interactions.
C)   patterns of social inequality.
D)   the stable aspects of society.

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Looking at Canada, high suicide rates are typical of people who

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To evaluate a theory, sociologists

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Unrecognized and unintended consequences of a social pattern are called

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In which of the countries noted below did sociology as a formal discipline appear first?

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Sociologists cannot identify "laws of society" that allow us to predict individual human behaviour

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In deciding what kinds of questions to ask in their research, sociologists are guided by

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Racial discrimination in professional sports is evident today in

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Which early U.S. sociologist studied the Black community and served as a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ?

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The _____ approaches are macro-level, describing societies in broad terms.

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The last of Comte's "three stages" is the metaphysical stage in which people know the world in terms of God's will

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Who, of the following would be most likely to ask "what factors give rise to social inequality"?

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Briefly explain the difference between a macro-level and micro-level theoretical orientation.

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The basic idea of the symbolic-interaction approach is that society is

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