Deck 1: C: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

Question 1

A sociologist would identify all of the following as possible reasons behind homelessness except

A)a lack of affordable housing.
B)personal laziness.
C)substance abuse and mental illness.
D)societal forces.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The belief that there exists an objective and knowable reality comes out of this general theoretical approach.

A)Positivism
B)Negativism
C)Ethnomethodology
D)Qualitative sociology

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Urban-rural differences are mainly the result of ___________ factors.

A)economic
B)structural
C)geographical
D)social

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The percentage of persons living with low income ____________ between 1999 and 2011.

A)decreased
B)remained stable
C)increased
D)decreased,then increased

Question 5

Which of the following is the best definition of ascribed status?

A)The status of a person has been gained through personal attributes and qualities.
B)A person has been assigned advantage or disadvantage through simply being born.
C)People should strive to achieve the most they can in life despite any disadvantages they have.
D)We judge the status of the people around us based on social factors such as gender and socio-economic status.

Question 6

The term sociology was coined by this theorist in 1838.

A)Plato
B)Peter Berger
C)Auguste Comte
D)Émile Durkheim

Question 7

Which sociological theorist highlighted the difference between "personal troubles" and "social issues"?

A)Dorothy Smith
B)Peter Berger
C)Auguste Comte
D)C.Wright Mills

Question 8

On average in Canada today,men earn approximately __ percent more than women.

A)5
B)10
C)20
D)35

Question 9

The positivists' belief that science and experimentation will grant us the greatest insights into our world is in keeping with _____________ sociology.

A)technological
B)qualitative
C)interpretive
D)quantitative

Question 10

This term is used to describe a combination of variables to position or score people on criteria such as income level,level of education achieved,occupation,and area of residence.

A)Ascribed status
B)Relative privilege status
C)Minority status
D)Socioeconomic status

Question 11

C)Wright Mills defines quality of mind as

A)a person's level of intelligence.
B)the educational values of a society.
C)the ability to influence other people with your way of thinking.
D)the ability to view personal circumstance within a social context.

Question 12

Anti-positivists argue that science cannot be separated from

A)research.
B)theory.
C)time and context.
D)our values.

Question 13

All of the following are revolutionary events in Europe that inspired the rise of sociology except

A)the political revolution.
B)the scientific revolution.
C)the economic revolution.
D)the Industrial Revolution.

Question 14

Using the sociological imagination,rising tuition costs would be best approached in terms of

A)private trouble.
B)a political problem.
C)a social issue.
D)an economic reality.

Question 15

Sociology is best defined as the systematic study of

A)human groups and their interactions.
B)social problems and their causes.
C)face-to-face interaction.
D)social networks and their consequences for individuals.

Question 16

Homelessness,racism,and poverty are all examples of

A)personal troubles.
B)social issues.
C)symbolic interactionism.
D)the Metaphysical Stage.

Question 17

Which of the following is the best definition of the sociological perspective?

A)A foundational theory of sociology
B)The unique way that sociologists view the world and the relationships within it
C)Where each individual's view of the world is influenced by the society in which they live
D)The perspective utilized by microsociologists in their research approach

Question 18

Incidence of low income for female lone-parent families is approximately _____ that of two-parent families with children.

A)the same as
B)double
C)3 times higher than
D)10 times higher than

Question 19

Critics of positivist-oriented sociology are most likely to argue that knowledge and understanding should be defined in relation to

A)human subjectivity.
B)inner feelings.
C)theology.
D)hard science.

Question 20

Comte's Law of Three Stages defines how advances of the mind created three different types of societies.What are the three stages?

A)Theological,Metaphysical,and Positive
B)Theological,Religious,and Atheist
C)Metaphysical,Industrial,and Political
D)Positive,Appositive,and Negativistic

Question 21

What province has had a significant influence on regionalism in Canada?

A)British Columbia
B)Ontario
C)Quebec
D)Nunavut

Question 22

Globalization can best be defined as

A)a process involving the production,distribution,and consumption of technological,political,economic,and socio-cultural goods and services.
B)the collapse of space and time due to electronic media,which has enabled people to interact and experience life on a global scale.
C)the increased difficulty of communicating with others across cultures.
D)regionalism within countries.

Question 23

Which of the following would not be considered an ideal of the political revolution?

A)Globalization
B)Individual rights
C)Equality of opportunity
D)Democracy

Question 24

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's notion that we can achieve more by working together than we can apart is termed

A)the social contract.
B)a social issue.
C)the blank slate theory.
D)microsociology.

Question 25

All of the following are considered leading theorists of microsociology except

A)George Herbert Mead.
B)Herbert Blumer.
C)Max Weber.
D)Charles Horton Cooley.

Question 26

German sociologist Max Weber argued that the modern world is becoming increasingly

A)meaningless.
B)commodified.
C)Disneyfied.
D)rationalized.

Question 27

Macrosociology can best be defined as

A)the study of society as a whole.
B)applying the sociological perspective to everyday problems.
C)a social movement dedicated to improving the quality of mind of Canadians.
D)the study of individual or small-group dynamics within a larger society.

Question 28

Which of the following provides an example of qualitative sociology?

A)Crime rates
B)The emotional effects of going through a divorce
C)A comparative study on the number of homeless people in various major cities
D)A survey on gender and earning potential

Question 29

A sociologist whose primary research interest is in the cross-cultural comparison of income levels between genders over time most likely comes out of which general approach?

A)Quantitative
B)Positivistic
C)Naturalisitic
D)Qualitative

Question 30

Cultural assessments by which something is identified as right,desirable,and moral are referred to by sociologists as

A)norms.
B)standards.
C)values.
D)beliefs.

Question 31

Where was the first Canadian sociology department formed in 1924?

A)York University in Toronto
B)McGill University in Montreal
C)Queen's University in Kingston
D)The University of Manitoba in Winnipeg

Question 32

Renowned Canadian media scholar Marshall McLuhan is recognized for coining which term?

A)Globalization
B)Virtual reality
C)Global village
D)Political economy

Question 33

Sam the sociologist approaches the social world in relation to face-to-face interaction and small-group dynamics.She is approaching the world through which approach?

A)Macrosociological
B)Microsociological
C)Sociological imagination
D)Network theory

Question 34

Durkheim argued that

A)the "self" emerges through communication.
B)professionals hold more power than non-professionals.
C)people want to work together.
D)people define selves by how others view them.

Question 35

Which of the following is the best explanation for why Canadian sociology is more radical than the American tradition of sociology?

A)Canada is a more liberal society.
B)Canadian sociology is newer than American sociology.
C)Canada is more influenced by European thinking.
D)Canadian sociology has a greater focus on macrosociology and feminist perspectives.

Question 36

In his works The Fur Trade in Canada and The Cod Fisheries,Innis developed the staples thesis,which contends that

A)all knowledge is the result of experience.
B)regionalism has had a major influence on the development of Canadian culture and identity.
C)Canadian development was based on the exploitation of raw materials that were sent to European countries.
D)tensions and contradictions within society form the basis for social change.

Question 37

The writings of Karl Marx draw our attention to

A)power.
B)subjectivity.
C)meaning.
D)authority.

Question 38

Symbolic interactionism can best be defined as

A)a macrosociological approach to exploring social problems.
B)a perspective that asserts that people and societies are defined and created through the interactions of individuals.
C)a positivistic explanation for how knowledge and understanding are developed.
D)the tension between quantitative and qualitative approaches to sociological research.

Question 39

As discussed in the text,all of the following are social problems that emerged out of the Industrial Revolution and the move from rural to urban environments except

A)child labour.
B)poverty.
C)globalization.
D)increased crime rates.

Question 40

Émile Durkheim's sociology draws connections between rising suicide rates and low levels of

A)self-esteem.
B)religious affiliation.
C)social integration.
D)employment.

Question 41

Which of the revolutions do sociologists argue had the biggest effect on society?

A)The industrial revolution
B)The political revolution
C)The scientific revolution
D)The communicative revolution

Question 42

_____________ asserted that ideas are not innate and that all knowledge is the result of experience.

A)John Locke
B)Jean-Jacques Rosseau
C)Thomas Hobbes
D)Rene Descartes

Question 43

Mead believed that the self is formed through

A)negotiating conflict.
B)communication.
C)parental authority.
D)peer reflection.

Question 44

Who coined the term global village?

A)Marshall McLuhan
B)Anthony Giddens
C)Antonio Gramsci
D)Herbert Spencer

Question 45

In The Prince,Machiavelli argued that

A)human behaviour is motivated by self-interest and a desire for material gain.
B)human beings were able to understand the world through rational reflection.
C)techniques used in the hard sciences to explain the physical world should be applied to the social world as well.
D)ideas are not innate and that all knowledge is the result of experience.

Question 46

According to Harold Innis,Canadian society seems to have been partly defined by

A)the use of two distinct languages.
B)the understanding that Canada is not a major economic force.
C)the unique landscape.
D)the small population in comparison to the size of the land.

Question 47

Sophists were the first thinkers to

A)understand the link between the physical and social worlds.
B)focus their efforts on human beings.
C)challenge the virtue of being paid for one's knowledge.
D)understand a new science was necessary.

Question 48

Which is an example of a sociological perspective?

A)seeing the causal link between smoking and poor health
B)understanding that the roles men and women enact are rooted in biology
C)understanding that there is an inextricable link between gender and sexuality
D)understanding that women's lower rates of employment and wages is related to patriarchy

Question 49

Which does not apply to anti-positivism?

A)Subjective reality exists.
B)Research is not value-free.
C)Qualitative research
D)Knowable reality exists.

Question 50

Herbert Blumer's contribution to sociology was his

A)analysis of the self.
B)looking glass theory.
C)analysis of meaning,language,and thought.
D)discussion of anomic suicide.

Question 51

Which does not constitute a minority status?

A)Physical disability
B)Women
C)People of colour
D)Mental disability

Question 52

Who,of the following,was not a Canadian sociologist?

A)John Porter
B)Harold Adams Innis
C)Charles Cooley
D)Herbert Brown Ames

Question 53

Who named symbolic interactionism?

A)Herbert Blumer
B)Karl Marx
C)Charles Horton Cooley
D)George Herbert Mead

Question 54

Global inequality is such that the 1 billion who live in developed countries control ______ percent of global resources.

A)35
B)50
C)65
D)80

Question 55

Which of the following is a microtheorist?

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

Question 56

Who was not a Renaissance thinker?

A)John Locke
B)Machiavelli
C)Descartes
D)Hobbes

Question 57

Where is most of the world's wealth held?

A)Global North
B)Global South
C)North America
D)Developing countries

Question 58

Karl Marx believed that people are

A)co-operative by nature.
B)powerful.
C)naturally competitive.
D)in need of strong-handed laws.

Question 59

Which of the following does not differentiate Canadian from American sociology?

A)Regionalism
B)Political economy
C)Radical in nature
D)Americanization

Question 60

Peter Berger believes that the sociological perspective is the

A)ability to understand the dynamic relationship between individual lives and the larger society.
B)ability to see the differences between personal troubles and social issues.
C)ability to see the strange in the familiar and the general in the particular.
D)the systematic study of human interactions.

Question 61

Mark Twain's famous statement that "There are three kinds of lies: lies,damn lies,and statistics" would be associated with the _________________ approach.

A)positivistic
B)anti-positivistic
C)value judgment
D)quantitative

Question 62

Jacob's annoyance with the person who bumped into him while "wexting" (walking and texting)on their way to class demonstrates his inability to see

A)their sociological perspective.
B)their quality of mind.
C)the strange in the familiar.
D)the general in the particular.

Question 63

The American focus on individual rights,as encoded in its Bill of Rights within the American Constitution,is reflective of the __________________ approach.

A)macrosociological
B)symbolic interactionist
C)positivistic
D)qualitative

Question 64

Oprah's position as one of the world's richest women is based on her

A)race.
B)gender.
C)ascribed status.
D)achieved status.

Question 65

Canada's status as "the great white north" is related to which of the four defining features of Canadian society that distinguish it from the American tradition?

A)Geography and regionalism
B)Focus on political economy
C)Canadianization movement
D)Radical nature

Question 66

Hagan and McCarthy's study of street youth demonstrates that youth homelessness and crime should be viewed as a(n)_____________________ issue.

A)personal
B)social
C)political
D)economical

Question 67

The fact that Canada was the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage is further evidence of which of the four differentiating factors from American sociology?

A)Geography and regionalism
B)Focus on political economy
C)Canadianization movement
D)Radical nature

Question 68

Honour killings,such as in the Shafia case,show us the operation of ______________ in our world.

A)globalization
B)patriarchy
C)socio-economic status
D)achieved status

Question 69

The saying "absolute power corrupts absolutely" fits best with which Renaissance thinker's ideas?

A)Machiavelli
B)Descartes
C)Hobbes
D)Locke

Question 70

The famous Euripides quote "Question everything.Learn something.Answer nothing" represents well the dominant thinking during Comte's ________________ Stage.

A)Theological
B)Metaphysical
C)Positive
D)Industrial

Question 71

The fact that Facebook now supports over 70 languages for its more than 1 billion users worldwide demonstrates the existence of the

A)quality of mind.
B)global village.
C)collective consciousness.
D)hive mind.

Question 72

Ever-increasing mechanization within society (instant tellers,online shopping,self-checkout,drive-through services,etc. )is an example of

A)decline in moral society.
B)power imbalances.
C)globalization.
D)rationalization.

Question 73

Recognizing that the ethnic diversity that appears the norm in the cities of Vancouver,Montreal,and Toronto are not indicative of the entire country of Canada is the ability to see

A)their sociological perspective.
B)quality of mind.
C)the strange in the familiar.
D)the general in the particular.

Question 74

Understanding the relationship between mental illness and homelessness and/or poverty demonstrates an application of

A)quality of mind.
B)quantitative sociology.
C)qualitative sociology.
D)globalization.

Question 75

According to Comte,the rule of the Greek gods,such as Zeus,Poseidon,and Athena,occurred during the

A)Metaphysical Stage.
B)Theological Stage.
C)Positive Stage.
D)Political Revolution.