Deck 1: A Sociological Compass

Question 1

Allyson is trying to make her heart-broken friend Linda feel better about Linda's impending divorce by explaining that many people get divorced because women have more economic options and higher education today than in the past.What is Allyson using?

A) sociological mapping
B) sociological imagination
C) structural investigation
D) global structural analysis

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which revolution was referred to as a sociological laboratory filled with previously unstudied social problems?

A) Industrial Revolution
B) Scientific Revolution
C) Sociological Revolution
D) Democratic Revolution

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Jessica is trying to decide which post secondary institution she is most suited to attend next fall.Which of the following is best for her to activate in order to get advice that is likely to be useful and specific to her situation?

A) microstructures
B) macrostructures
C) global structures
D) patriarchal structures

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Jim believes that he should make the money and control the finances while his wife should raise the children and clean the house.Which of the following terms describes his beliefs?

A) androcentricity
B) patriarchy
C) class conflict
D) patrilineal descent

Question 5

What do we call the ability to make connections between one's personal troubles and the social context that they occur within?

A) global structural analysis
B) structural investigation
C) sociological imagination
D) sociological mapping

Question 6

Which theorist is responsible for calling the scientific study of society "sociology"?

A) C. Wright Mills
B) Karl Marx
C) Auguste Comte
D) Herbert Spencer

Question 7

Which theorist developed the idea of a sociological imagination?

A) C. Wright Mills
B) Emile Durkheim
C) Karl Marx
D) Auguste Comte

Question 8

In the textbook's discussion of Romeo Dallaire's actions in Rwanda,which of the following conclusions can be reached about heroism?

A) A small percentage of the population is born with traits that cause them to act heroically.
B) Most people are born with traits that cause them to act heroically.
C) People who become heroes are usually raised in households where independence, ethics, and compassion are emphasized.
D) Heroic actions are usually carried out by people who adhere closely to conventional ideas of right and wrong and who strictly follow authority.

Question 9

According to the textbook's discussion of suicide,which of the following facts about suicide in Canada today is accurate?

A) That men are much more likely to commit suicide than women.
B) That women are much more likely to commit suicide than men.
C) That suicide among youth is so rare as to be almost non-existent.
D) That the highest suicide rates are among those aged 15 to 19.

Question 10

According to the textbook,why are suicide rates among the Innu of Labrador the highest in the world?

A) because the Innu are a nomadic people who rely upon hunting and trapping
B) because most Innu youth are engaged in sniffing gasoline to get high and alcohol abuse
C) because the Innu's traditional lands, practices, norms, and values have been destroyed
D) because government assistance in the forms of welfare and education were cut back

Question 11

According to the textbook,why is mapping the social world an important activity?

A) because it allows us to find our geographical place in the new world
B) because it allows us to understand ourselves within a larger social context
C) because it allows us to forge relationships between ourselves and other people
D) because it allows us to understand how people navigated past explorations of the world

Question 12

According to the textbook,what is the main rationale for the existence of sociology?

A) to understand the past
B) to make the past come alive
C) to create the best possible future
D) to understand the relationship between humans and nature

Question 13

Which revolution put forth the idea that conclusions should be evidence based and not based on speculation?

A) Industrial Revolution
B) Scientific Revolution
C) Sociological Revolution
D) Democratic Revolution

Question 14

Which type of suicide categorized by Durkheim is characterized by having few shared norms or vague norms?

A) altruistic suicide
B) anomic suicide
C) egoistic suicide
D) nomadic suicide

Question 15

Why do most people overlook social forces as causes of suicide?

A) because there are no social reasons for carrying out such an individual act
B) because people who commit suicide are generally depressed or angry
C) because suicide is rare
D) because it is generally carried out by individuals in private settings

Question 16

Which revolution put forth the idea that humans can intervene in and shape society?

A) Industrial Revolution
B) Scientific Revolution
C) Sociological Revolution
D) Democratic Revolution

Question 17

When Brym discusses stories of conflict and stories of the Gluskap,what is the conflict about?

A) That progress is often costly to relationships between humans and between humans and the environment.
B) That progress is exciting and harmony between humans is less important than harmony between humans and the environment.
C) That harmony between humans is important and conquest is unimportant.
D) That harmony between humans and nature is costly to the harmony between humans.

Question 18

What did Durkheim's nineteenth-century study of suicide in France demonstrate?

A) that suicide was mainly carried out by "desperate" people
B) that suicide was influenced mainly by people's level of psychological distress
C) that suicide was related to an individual's level of integration into society
D) that suicide was caused by a high level of confusion when people belonged to several social networks at once

Question 19

Robert has just been laid off after 30 years working for the auto industry,and he understands that his layoff was due to the company moving its manufacturing plant to Cambodia.What has Robert used to understand his situation fully?

A) sociological imagination
B) social forces
C) social structural analysis
D) structural transformation theory

Question 20

What do we call social relations that are stable and patterned?

A) sociological maps
B) social forces
C) social solidarity
D) social structures

Question 21

When functionalism was criticized for exaggerating the degree of consensus that people in a society shared,which theorist proposed that social structures may have differing impacts on different groups of people?

A) Robert Merton
B) Charles Horton Cooley
C) Talcott Parsons
D) George Herbert Mead

Question 22

Adrian states that children who have a close bond with their parents are less likely to engage in drug use and vandalism because they feel more closely tied to mainstream norms that discourage this type of behaviour.What is Adrian engaging in?

A) sociological imaginings
B) theorizing
C) research
D) scientific hypothesizing

Question 23

Which theorist is historically associated with the development of functionalism?

A) Karl Marx
B) Emile Durkheim
C) Max Weber
D) Herbert Spencer

Question 24

Which of the following theories enjoyed great popularity for approximately 30 years beginning around the time of the Great Depression in North America?

A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) feminism

Question 25

"Survival of the fittest" is a concept most closely allied with which of the following theorists' work?

A) Auguste Comte
B) Herbert Spencer
C) Karl Marx
D) Max Weber

Question 26

According to the textbook,which theory has arisen in recent decades to correct some problems in earlier sociological theories?

A) functionalism
B) feminist theory
C) conflict theory
D) symbolic interactionism

Question 27

Justifying the privileges of the wealthy based on the idea that the wealthy are simply better people than those who are poor,is consistent with which of the following ideas?

A) sociological imagination
B) sociology
C) democratic revolution
D) social Darwinism

Question 28

Amandev noticed that while universities are places where people learn specific skills that prepare them for the world of employment,they are also excellent places for meeting one's future mate.Which theorist's work is he using in identifying these differing functions?

A) Talcott Parsons
B) Erving Goffman
C) Charles Horton Cooley
D) Robert Merton

Question 29

Looking at the ways that the breadwinner-homemaker family popular in the 1950s helped society run smoothly is characteristic of which of the following theories?

A) feminism
B) conflict theory
C) functionalism
D) symbolic interactionism

Question 30

Dallin thinks that more funding should be spent on researching alternatives to fossil fuel.According to the textbook,what drives his opinions about what funding should be spent on?

A) personal values
B) the sociological imagination
C) microstructural analysis
D) tension between societal contradictions

Question 31

Jonah is researching at the ways that the public education system has taken over a lot of the work of educating children that families and religious groups used to do.What theoretical tradition is he likely using to guide his research?

A) feminism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) functionalism

Question 32

Which of the following theories is characterized by the study of macrostructures,shared values,and a focus on societal equilibrium?

A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) feminism

Question 33

The fact that people obtain an education leading to future employment by obtaining a degree at a university can be seen as which of the following?

A) the sociological imagination
B) a manifest function
C) a latent function
D) a social norm

Question 34

Zoey is interested in studying the ways that family socialization contributes to social harmony.Which theorist's work is she most likely to be interested in?

A) C. Wright Mills
B) Herbert Spencer
C) Talcott Parsons
D) Max Weber

Question 35

The fact that many people meet their future mate in university would be seen by functionalists as which of the following?

A) the sociological imagination
B) a manifest function
C) a latent function
D) a social norm

Question 36

Tanya has an idea that people in elevators focus on the floor numbers as the elevator moves as a way of not engaging with other people.She spends one hour every day for a week at her office building,riding the elevator,observing people's behaviour,and making notes.What is Tanya doing?

A) speculating
B) theorizing
C) research
D) judging

Question 37

Michelle believes that prostitution is beneficial for the whole of society because people are provided with outlets for sexual gratification that they might not have otherwise.Which of the following theories is her idea most closely aligned with?

A) symbolic interactionism
B) functionalism
C) conflict theory
D) feminism

Question 38

What do we call ideas about good and bad and right and wrong?

A) theories
B) values
C) norms
D) scientific reasoning

Question 39

When there is great social upheaval,people are often attracted to theories that focus on restoring social harmony.Which of the following theories is likely to be most popular in that situation?

A) feminism
B) conflict theory
C) functionalism
D) symbolic interactionism

Question 40

Which theorist is best known in North America for identifying how various societal institutions work together to create a smoothly running society?

A) Robert Merton
B) Charles Horton Cooley
C) Talcott Parsons
D) George Herbert Mead

Question 41

Which of the following is a central feature of conflict theory?

A) manifest functions
B) latent functions
C) dysfunction
D) class conflict

Question 42

A widespread belief in meritocracy,rugged individualism,and the "American dream" led to the development of which of the following theories linking the individual to society?

A) functionalism
B) feminism
C) conflict theory
D) symbolic interactionism

Question 43

Phoenix believes that class conflict is not the only force that drives social change,believing that religion and politics also create change.Whose theoretical works is Phoenix most closely aligned with?

A) Karl Marx
B) Talcott Parsons
C) Max Weber
D) Emile Durkheim

Question 44

Sociologists suggest that suicide rates are actually one-third higher than officially determined by coroners.What point are the textbook authors trying to make by pointing out this discrepancy?

A) People determine the meaning of the situation and make a subjective interpretation.
B) Knowing someone's motive for suicide is irrelevant in the case of suicide.
C) Surviving relatives may find the death embarrassing if it is conclusively shown to be a suicide.
D) Many deaths in automobiles are probably suicides but there is no way to know conclusively.

Question 45

Which theorist found flaws in the argument that capitalism would inevitably collapse?

A) Karl Marx
B) Emile Durkheim
C) Herbert Spencer
D) Max Weber

Question 46

Which of the following terms best characterizes the global "Occupy Movement" that started in 2011?

A) Protestant ethic
B) class consciousness
C) false consciousness
D) Verstehen

Question 47

Which theory purports that humans have agency and can influence their own destinies?

A) conflict theory
B) social Darwinism
C) symbolic interactionism
D) queer theory

Question 48

Which theory focuses on subjectivity,interpersonal relationships,and human agency?

A) conflict theory
B) functionalism
C) queer theory
D) symbolic interactionism

Question 49

Which theorist made important contributions to both conflict theory and symbolic interactionism?

A) C. Wright Mills
B) Robert Merton
C) Max Weber
D) George Herbert Mead

Question 50

When social structures have a disruptive impact on a group of people,what is the functionalist term that refers to this negative impact?

A) social disequilibrium
B) manifest function
C) latent function
D) dysfunction

Question 51

Which of the following influential symbolic interactionists was born in Canada?

A) Talcott Parsons
B) George Herbert Mead
C) Charles Horton Cooley
D) Erving Goffman

Question 52

Which theorist is responsible for the development of conflict theory?

A) Karl Marx
B) Emile Durkheim
C) Herbert Spencer
D) Max Weber

Question 53

According to the textbook,many contemporary leading sociologists attended graduate school in the 1960s and 1970s.Considering this fact,which theoretical perspective are they most likely to subscribe to?

A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) social Darwinism

Question 54

What did Max Weber believe fuelled capitalism?

A) Verstehen
B) the Protestant ethic
C) the power elite
D) class consciousness

Question 55

Which theory focuses on inequities between social classes,social change,and struggles for power?

A) functionalism
B) symbolic interactionism
C) conflict theory
D) feminism

Question 56

What was the main research finding highlighted in the book The Power Elite?

A) Power is spread evenly between various classes in society.
B) Power is highly concentrated in American society.
C) North American society is more democratic than previously thought.
D) North American society is more capitalist than previously believed.

Question 57

The belief that hard work,thrift,and humility would result in "grace" in God's kingdom is captured in which of the following concepts?

A) the sociological imagination
B) patriarchy
C) the Protestant ethic
D) Verstehen

Question 58

In her research study,Tabitha is trying to understand the meanings her interviewees place on various types of new cell phone applications by putting herself in their situations and using the same applications.What would Weber call the research methodology Tabitha is employing?

A) Verstehen
B) the Protestant ethic
C) the power elite
D) class consciousness

Question 59

According to the textbook,which of the following theorists has been one of the most prominent supporters of conflict theory in North America?

A) Erving Goffman
B) Talcott Parsons
C) Robert Merton
D) C Wright Mills

Question 60

The fact that workers today are able to access employment insurance benefits as well as enjoy higher wages and less oppressive working conditions than workers in earlier centuries leads to which of the following?

A) a critique of the inevitability of a worker revolution
B) a critique of the inevitability of a capitalist society
C) a critique of communism
D) a critique of capitalism

Question 61

Which sociologist received the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize for work with the poor in Chicago?

A) Jane Addams
B) Harriet Martineau
C) C. Wright Mills
D) George Herbert Mead

Question 62

Which of the following theories is a variation of symbolic interactionism?

A) feminist theory
B) social Darwinism
C) postmodernism
D) social constructionism

Question 63

A focus on restrictive and uncomfortable fashions for women as a form of maintaining patriarchy and male dominance is characteristic of which theory?

A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) feminism

Question 64

Based on all of the information given in Chapter 1 of the textbook,which of the following most accurately characterizes postindustrial societies like Canada?

A) freedom
B) constraints
C) contradictions
D) equality

Question 65

Which theory is characterized by social activism,and a focus on patriarchy and on inequities in social,political,and economic power?

A) conflict theory
B) feminist theory
C) queer theory
D) postmodernism

Question 66

According to the textbook,why were there so few early female sociologists?

A) because very few women were interested in sociology before the women's movement of the 1960s.
B) because women did not have access to, or widespread opportunities to, engage in higher education.
C) because women were primarily interested in family life and devoted their energies to that
D) because women were far more likely to be engaged in widespread social and educational reform

Question 67

The idea that "clothes speak" and that people use clothing to convey messages about their identities is consistent with which theory?

A) functionalism
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) feminism

Question 68

Which sociologist is famous for the work titled The Vertical Mosaic?

A) John Porter
B) Erving Goffman
C) Margrit Eichler
D) S.D. Clark

Question 69

Harpreet is interested in studying how the shift in employment from manufacturing and manual work to non-manual office work affects families and gender relations.What major sociological issue does this subject illustrate?

A) the Technological Revolution
B) the Globalization Revolution
C) the Industrial Revolution
D) the Postindustrial Revolution

Question 70

Jane is interested in studying domestic violence and believes that in order to fully understand this phenomena,she needs to look at the interactions between individual members of heterosexual couples and at the overarching gender ideology of her society.Which theoretical framework are her beliefs most consistent?

A) symbolic interactionism
B) feminist theory
C) queer theory
D) social constructionism

Question 71

Who is considered to be the first female sociologist and feminist?

A) Margrit Eichler
B) Dorothy Smith
C) Jane Addams
D) Harriet Martineau

Question 72

The belief that fashion is a distraction for the masses as well as a means to increase the profits for wealthy industrial owners is a feature of which type of analysis?

A) functionalist
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionist
D) feminist

Question 73

The wearing of exclusive,expensive fashions in order to make class distinctions obvious is the main conclusion of which type of analysis?

A) functionalist
B) conflict theory
C) symbolic interactionist
D) feminist

Question 74

Freja argues with her sociology classmates that there is immense variability in the ways that people perform masculinity and femininity.Which theory is her argument consistent with?

A) feminism
B) queer theory
C) social constructionism
D) conflict theory

Question 75

Which of the following is cited as a major issue of our time for sociologists to study?

A) the Industrial Revolution
B) globalization
C) the Technological Revolution
D) identity

Question 76

According to the textbook,what is a major concern of the modern sociological enterprise?

A) social class
B) issues of racialization and ethnicity
C) gender issues
D) disability issues

Question 77

Maya believes that although people's food preferences seem natural and innate,they are really prescribed by cultural norms.Which theory is her belief consistent with?

A) feminism
B) queer theory
C) social constructionism
D) conflict theory

Question 78

Soon-Li feels that society needs to change for the better by equalizing privilege between the wealthy and the poor.Which theoretical tradition is she most likely following?

A) conflict theory
B) symbolic interactionism
C) feminist theory
D) functionalism

Question 79

Which of the following is a major theme of the textbook,according to the authors?

A) freedom versus constraint
B) happiness versus unhappiness
C) industrialization versus postindustrialization
D) globalization versus localization

Question 80

According to the textbook,which theory is responsible for increasing tolerance for alternate or minority viewpoints?

A) feminist theory
B) social Darwinism
C) postmodernism
D) symbolic interactionism