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TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY IN ACTION: A CANADIAN
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1. Chapter 01-001 hy


According to the textbook authors, we might better
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understand who becomes a professional hockey player by
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applying ideas developed by which of the following?
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a. Karl Marx hy


b. Emile Durkheim hy


*c. Max Weber hy hy


d. Auguste Comte
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2. Chapter 01-002 hy


According to the textbook authors, what is the relationship
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between unemployment and postsecondary education?
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a. As unemployment increases, postsecondary enrolments
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decrease.
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*b. As unemployment increases, postsecondary
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enrolments increase.
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c. Unemployment and postsecondary unemployment are hy hy hy hy


essentially unrelated.
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d. As unemployment decreases, postsecondary enrolments
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also decrease.
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3. Chapter 01-003 hy


"Expectations regarding how we are supposed to act" defineshy hy hy hy hy hy hy hy


which of the following?
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a. values
b. functionality
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d. cultural facts
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4. Chapter 01-004 hy


It can be argued that the so-called hook-up culture found
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on the modern university or college campus results from a
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variety of social factors of which the individuals involved
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might not even be aware. When we make this statement, what
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kind of sociology are we practising?
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*a. seeing the strange in the familiar
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b. seeing the particular in the general hy hy hy hy hy


c. employing social facts hy hy

, d. recognising the irrelevance of free will hy hy hy hy hy




5. Chapter 01-005 hy


According to sociologists, why do some individuals seem to
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have more resources and face fewer challenges when
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considering postsecondary education?
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a. Some universities will only admit students above a
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particular income level.
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b. Some individuals make poor choices and have no
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self-control in their youth.
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*c. Some individuals experience several coinciding
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larger social factors that may limit their choices.
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d. Some individuals don't have the inner resources to
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overcome life's challenges.
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6. Chapter 01-006 hy


In Canada today, how is postsecondary education most
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commonly viewed?
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*a. normative hy


b. renormative
c. dysfunctional
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7. Chapter 01-007 hy


Once Ruth got married, she quit her job, had two children,
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and stayed at home to raise them. Although Ruth had wanted
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to be a doctor, raising her children was what her family
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and friends expected her to do. What kind of influence on
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her actions was Ruth's decision to follow "expected path"?
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a. micro-level
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c. global
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Which term refers to the level of broad social forces?
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a. micro level hy



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c. sociological level hy

, d. public level hy




9. Chapter 01-009 hy


How might a sociologist best understand a situation in
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which someone adopts a fashion trend that is being widely
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shared by others in society?
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a. an example of network diffusion
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b. the familiar in the strange hy hy hy hy


*c. the strange in the familiar
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d. decorative diffusion
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10. Chapter 01-010 hy


Charles is supposed to drive his friends to school for an
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important examination. However, no matter how much he
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tries, Charles cannot start his car. In anger he tells
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his friends that his car is doing this on purpose. What
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quality is Charles attributing to his car?
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a. directionality
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c. micro tendencies hy


d. non-operationality


11. Chapter 01-011 hy


What does it mean when sociologists refer to agency?
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*a. the ability to make choices
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b. the ability to connect to a broad web of social
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services
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c. the ability to influence others
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d. the ability to interact effectively with a
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bureaucracy such as the university
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12. Chapter 01-012 hy


Factors such as social stratification, inequality, race,
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ethnicity, and gender affect opportunities available to a
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person. What label did Max Weber give to these factors?
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*a. life chanceshy hy


b. individual opportunities hy


c. life opportunities hy


d. individual chances hy