Question 1

Which of the following is unlikely to be stigmatizing?

Accepted Answer

A)  A stay in a mental hospital. 
B)  A conviction for possession of child pornography. 
C)  Getting a B in sociology. 
D)  Being homeless. 
A)  A stay in a mental hospital. 
B)  A conviction for possession of child pornography. 
C)  Getting a B in sociology. 
D)  Being homeless.

Question 2

Describe the similarities and differences between conformity and obedience,
 according to Stanley Milgram. Give examples to support both concepts.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
 Conformity is the te

Question 3

Aboriginal Canadians are incarcerated a nine times the rate of non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following is an ascribed status?

Accepted Answer

A)  a quadriplegic 
B)  a major league baseball player 
C)  a university student 
D)  a corporation president 
A)  a quadriplegic 
B)  a major league baseball player 
C)  a university student 
D)  a corporation president

Question 5

The participants who acted as "teachers" in Milgram's classic social control experiment obeying the experimenter's orders to shock the "learner" were described by Milgram as acting obediently, because they were accustomed to submitting to impersonal authority figures in the social world. Which sociological perspective explains the organization of North American society in this way?

Accepted Answer

A)  feminists 
B)  conflict theorists 
C)  functionalists 
D)  symbolic interactionists 
A)  feminists 
B)  conflict theorists 
C)  functionalists 
D)  symbolic interactionists

Question 6

Since the overthrow of Communist Party rule in Russia, what has crime done?

Accepted Answer

A)  slightly increased 
B)  skyrocketed 
C)  precipitously declined 
D)  slightly declined 
A)  slightly increased 
B)  skyrocketed 
C)  precipitously declined 
D)  slightly declined

Question 7

Describe the various components of a bureaucracy as suggested by Max Weber. How did Weber perceive the efficiency of bureaucracies?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
 'Bureaucracy' is an

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an example of social control?

Accepted Answer

A)  The code of conduct at your school. 
B)  The directions on a box of cold medication. 
C)  A police officer in an intersection, directing traffic. 
D)  Taking a number and waiting in line at the meat counter. 
A)  The code of conduct at your school. 
B)  The directions on a box of cold medication. 
C)  A police officer in an intersection, directing traffic. 
D)  Taking a number and waiting in line at the meat counter.

Question 9

Which of the following was a finding in the study by Bearman et al. on adolescent sexual networks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most teenagers have sexually transmitted diseases. 
B)  Teenagers start to develop social networks only when they become sexually active. 
C)  Most sexually active adolescents do not have a single, stable partner. 
D)  Young people today are more sexually conservative than their counterparts were in the 1980s. 
A)  Most teenagers have sexually transmitted diseases. 
B)  Teenagers start to develop social networks only when they become sexually active. 
C)  Most sexually active adolescents do not have a single, stable partner. 
D)  Young people today are more sexually conservative than their counterparts were in the 1980s.

Question 10

A primary group is a small group that is described by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  used as a standard for evaluating oneself and one's behaviour. 
B)  characterized by intimate, face-to-face association and cooperation. 
C)  characterized by impersonality and face-to-face associations. 
D)  characterized by impersonality, with little intimacy or mutual understanding. 
A)  used as a standard for evaluating oneself and one's behaviour. 
B)  characterized by intimate, face-to-face association and cooperation. 
C)  characterized by impersonality and face-to-face associations. 
D)  characterized by impersonality, with little intimacy or mutual understanding.

Question 11

Being arrested for murder would be an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  an informal sanction 
B)  a norm 
C)  a formal sanction 
D)  a value 
A)  an informal sanction 
B)  a norm 
C)  a formal sanction 
D)  a value

Question 12

What is differential justice? Give an example and explain how each of the four
 theoretical perspectives (functionalist, conflict, symbolic interactionist and
 feminist) might view it.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
 Differential justice

Question 13

By whom were the concepts Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft introduced to sociology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ferdinand Tönnies 
B)  Max Weber 
C)  Émile Durkheim 
D)  Hannah Arendt 
A)  Ferdinand Tönnies 
B)  Max Weber 
C)  Émile Durkheim 
D)  Hannah Arendt

Question 14

What is the term for a temporary or permanent alliance toward a common goal?

Accepted Answer

A)  coalition 
B)  in-group 
C)  negotiation 
D)  self-help group 
A)  coalition 
B)  in-group 
C)  negotiation 
D)  self-help group

Question 15

Which of the following is most likely to be a primary group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Your introductory sociology class. 
B)  The members of a neighbourhood softball team. 
C)  The Council of Canadians. 
D)  All of the players in the National Hockey League. 
A)  Your introductory sociology class. 
B)  The members of a neighbourhood softball team. 
C)  The Council of Canadians. 
D)  All of the players in the National Hockey League.

Question 16

Which of the following statements about crime statistics is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The self-reporting rate of violent victimization among the gay and lesbian population is more than twice the rate for heterosexuals. 
B)  Many women do not report rape or spousal abuse for fear of being blamed for the crime. 
C)  Aboriginal Canadians are less likely to report being a victim of a violent crime than non-Aboriginal Canadians. 
D)  Members of racial and ethnic minority groups often distrust law enforcement agencies and refrain from contacting the police when they are victimized. 
A)  The self-reporting rate of violent victimization among the gay and lesbian population is more than twice the rate for heterosexuals. 
B)  Many women do not report rape or spousal abuse for fear of being blamed for the crime. 
C)  Aboriginal Canadians are less likely to report being a victim of a violent crime than non-Aboriginal Canadians. 
D)  Members of racial and ethnic minority groups often distrust law enforcement agencies and refrain from contacting the police when they are victimized.

Question 17

What is bureaucratization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Organized patterns of beliefs and behaviour centered on basic social needs. 
B)  An element or process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability. 
C)  The process through which an organization identifies an entirely new objective because its traditional goals have been either realized or denied. 
D)  The process by which a group, organization, or social movement increasingly relies on technical-rational decision-making in their pursuit of efficiency. 
A)  Organized patterns of beliefs and behaviour centered on basic social needs. 
B)  An element or process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability. 
C)  The process through which an organization identifies an entirely new objective because its traditional goals have been either realized or denied. 
D)  The process by which a group, organization, or social movement increasingly relies on technical-rational decision-making in their pursuit of efficiency.

Question 18

Which of the following is a statement of the Peter principle?

Accepted Answer

A)  all line workers get burned in the end. 
B)  all bureaucracies are notoriously inefficient. 
C)  every employee within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her own level of incompetence. 
D)  if something can go wrong, it will. 
A)  all line workers get burned in the end. 
B)  all bureaucracies are notoriously inefficient. 
C)  every employee within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her own level of incompetence. 
D)  if something can go wrong, it will.

Question 19

Sociologists who focus more on power, the consequences of difference, and resource distribution suggest that social institutions do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Train personnel equitably. 
B)  Maintain the privileges of the powerful individuals and groups within a society. 
C)  Preserve order and equality. 
D)  Provide and maintain a sense of basic fairness. 
A)  Train personnel equitably. 
B)  Maintain the privileges of the powerful individuals and groups within a society. 
C)  Preserve order and equality. 
D)  Provide and maintain a sense of basic fairness.

Question 20

A negative consequence of the written rules and regulations of a bureaucracy is that they  contribute to feelings of alienation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is unlikely to be stigmatizing?

Describe the similarities and differences between conformity and obedience, according to Stanley Milgram. Give examples to support both concepts.

Aboriginal Canadians are incarcerated a nine times the rate of non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Which of the following is an ascribed status?

Since the overthrow of Communist Party rule in Russia, what has crime done?

Describe the various components of a bureaucracy as suggested by Max Weber. How did Weber perceive the efficiency of bureaucracies?

Which of the following is NOT an example of social control?

Which of the following was a finding in the study by Bearman et al. on adolescent sexual networks?

A primary group is a small group that is described by which of the following?

Being arrested for murder would be an example of which of the following?

What is differential justice? Give an example and explain how each of the four theoretical perspectives (functionalist, conflict, symbolic interactionist and feminist) might view it.

By whom were the concepts Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft introduced to sociology?

What is the term for a temporary or permanent alliance toward a common goal?

Which of the following is most likely to be a primary group?

Which of the following statements about crime statistics is NOT true?

What is bureaucratization?

Which of the following is a statement of the Peter principle?

Sociologists who focus more on power, the consequences of difference, and resource distribution suggest that social institutions do which of the following?

A negative consequence of the written rules and regulations of a bureaucracy is that they contribute to feelings of alienation.

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Which of the following is unlikely to be stigmatizing?

Describe the similarities and differences between conformity and obedience, according to Stanley Milgram. Give examples to support both concepts.

Aboriginal Canadians are incarcerated a nine times the rate of non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Which of the following is an ascribed status?

Since the overthrow of Communist Party rule in Russia, what has crime done?

Describe the various components of a bureaucracy as suggested by Max Weber. How did Weber perceive the efficiency of bureaucracies?

Which of the following is NOT an example of social control?

Which of the following was a finding in the study by Bearman et al. on adolescent sexual networks?

A primary group is a small group that is described by which of the following?

Being arrested for murder would be an example of which of the following?

What is differential justice? Give an example and explain how each of the four theoretical perspectives (functionalist, conflict, symbolic interactionist and feminist) might view it.

By whom were the concepts Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft introduced to sociology?

What is the term for a temporary or permanent alliance toward a common goal?

Which of the following is most likely to be a primary group?

Which of the following statements about crime statistics is NOT true?

What is bureaucratization?

Which of the following is a statement of the Peter principle?

Sociologists who focus more on power, the consequences of difference, and resource distribution suggest that social institutions do which of the following?

A negative consequence of the written rules and regulations of a bureaucracy is that they contribute to feelings of alienation.

The Sociological Imagination, and Sociological Research

Culture, and Socialization

Families, Education & Religion

Government, Economy, and Social Class

Global Inequality, Gender & Age

Race, Ethnicity, Health, Medicine & Environment

Social Change

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