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Sociology in Action: A Canadian Perspective
Diane G. Symbaluk & Tami M. Bereska
4th Edition
All Chapters Complete (Questions with Verified Answers)
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Table of Contents
Part 1 — Practising Sociology: Your Sociological Toolkit
1. Seeing and Acting Through the Lens of Sociology
2. Applying Sociological Research Methods
Part 2 — Society and the Self: The Foundations
3. “I Am Canadian”: What Is “Canadian” Culture?
4. Socialization: The Self and Social Identity
5. Social Inequality in Canadian Society
6. Mass Media: Living in the Electronic Age
Part 3 — The Micro and Macro of Our Everyday Lives
7. Sex, Gender, and Sexualities: Deconstructing Dualisms
8. Race and Ethnicity: Defining Ourselves and Others
9. Canadian Families: Past, Present, and Future
10. Learning What Is “True”: Religion, Science, and Education
11. Social Control, Deviance, and Crime
12. Health and Illness: Is It “Lifestyle” or Something More?
Part 4 — Our Changing World
13. Social Change: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements
14. “Going Green”: Environmental Sociology
15. Globalization: The Interconnected World
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Chapter 1
(ANSWERS HIGHLIGTED WITH AN ASTERISK *)
1. Chapter 01-001
According to the textbook authors, we might better understand who becomes a
professional hockey player by applying ideas developed by which of the following?
a. Karl Marx
b. Emile Durkheim
*c. Max Weber
d. Auguste Comte
2. Chapter 01-002
According to the textbook authors, what is the relationship between unemployment and
postsecondary education?
a. As unemployment increases, postsecondary enrolments decrease.
*b. As unemployment increases, postsecondary enrolments increase.
c. Unemployment and postsecondary unemployment are essentially
unrelated.
d. As unemployment decreases, postsecondary enrolments also decrease.
3. Chapter 01-003
"Expectations regarding how we are supposed to act" defines which of the following?
a. values
b. functionality
*c. norms
d. cultural facts
4. Chapter 01-004
It can be argued that the so-called hook-up culture found on the modern university or
college campus results from a variety of social factors of which the individuals involved
might not even be aware. When we make this statement, what kind of sociology are we
practising?
*a. seeing the strange in the familiar
b. seeing the particular in the general
c. employing social facts
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d. recognising the irrelevance of free will
5. Chapter 01-005
According to sociologists, why do some individuals seem to have more resources and
face fewer challenges when considering postsecondary education?
a. Some universities will only admit students above a particular income level.
b. Some individuals make poor choices and have no self-control in their
youth.
*c. Some individuals experience several coinciding larger social factors that may
limit their choices.
d. Some individuals don't have the inner resources to overcome life's challenges.
6. Chapter 01-006
In Canada today, how is postsecondary education most commonly viewed?
*a. normative
b. renormative
c. dysfunctional
d. functionally required
7. Chapter 01-007
Once Ruth got married, she quit her job, had two children, and stayed at home to raise
them. Although Ruth had wanted to be a doctor, raising her children was what her
family and friends expected her to do. What kind of influence on her actions was
Ruth's decision to follow "expected path"?
a. micro-level
*b. macro-level
c. global
d. functional
8. Chapter 01-008
Which term refers to the level of broad social forces?
a. micro level
*b. macro level
c. sociological level
TEST BANK
Sociology in Action: A Canadian Perspective
Diane G. Symbaluk & Tami M. Bereska
4th Edition
All Chapters Complete (Questions with Verified Answers)
,@ProfdocDigitalLibraries <Best Online Study Materials>
Table of Contents
Part 1 — Practising Sociology: Your Sociological Toolkit
1. Seeing and Acting Through the Lens of Sociology
2. Applying Sociological Research Methods
Part 2 — Society and the Self: The Foundations
3. “I Am Canadian”: What Is “Canadian” Culture?
4. Socialization: The Self and Social Identity
5. Social Inequality in Canadian Society
6. Mass Media: Living in the Electronic Age
Part 3 — The Micro and Macro of Our Everyday Lives
7. Sex, Gender, and Sexualities: Deconstructing Dualisms
8. Race and Ethnicity: Defining Ourselves and Others
9. Canadian Families: Past, Present, and Future
10. Learning What Is “True”: Religion, Science, and Education
11. Social Control, Deviance, and Crime
12. Health and Illness: Is It “Lifestyle” or Something More?
Part 4 — Our Changing World
13. Social Change: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements
14. “Going Green”: Environmental Sociology
15. Globalization: The Interconnected World
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Chapter 1
(ANSWERS HIGHLIGTED WITH AN ASTERISK *)
1. Chapter 01-001
According to the textbook authors, we might better understand who becomes a
professional hockey player by applying ideas developed by which of the following?
a. Karl Marx
b. Emile Durkheim
*c. Max Weber
d. Auguste Comte
2. Chapter 01-002
According to the textbook authors, what is the relationship between unemployment and
postsecondary education?
a. As unemployment increases, postsecondary enrolments decrease.
*b. As unemployment increases, postsecondary enrolments increase.
c. Unemployment and postsecondary unemployment are essentially
unrelated.
d. As unemployment decreases, postsecondary enrolments also decrease.
3. Chapter 01-003
"Expectations regarding how we are supposed to act" defines which of the following?
a. values
b. functionality
*c. norms
d. cultural facts
4. Chapter 01-004
It can be argued that the so-called hook-up culture found on the modern university or
college campus results from a variety of social factors of which the individuals involved
might not even be aware. When we make this statement, what kind of sociology are we
practising?
*a. seeing the strange in the familiar
b. seeing the particular in the general
c. employing social facts
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d. recognising the irrelevance of free will
5. Chapter 01-005
According to sociologists, why do some individuals seem to have more resources and
face fewer challenges when considering postsecondary education?
a. Some universities will only admit students above a particular income level.
b. Some individuals make poor choices and have no self-control in their
youth.
*c. Some individuals experience several coinciding larger social factors that may
limit their choices.
d. Some individuals don't have the inner resources to overcome life's challenges.
6. Chapter 01-006
In Canada today, how is postsecondary education most commonly viewed?
*a. normative
b. renormative
c. dysfunctional
d. functionally required
7. Chapter 01-007
Once Ruth got married, she quit her job, had two children, and stayed at home to raise
them. Although Ruth had wanted to be a doctor, raising her children was what her
family and friends expected her to do. What kind of influence on her actions was
Ruth's decision to follow "expected path"?
a. micro-level
*b. macro-level
c. global
d. functional
8. Chapter 01-008
Which term refers to the level of broad social forces?
a. micro level
*b. macro level
c. sociological level
