TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY IN ACTION: A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE 4TH EDITION BY
BERESKA TAMI AND SYMBALUK DIANE.
,Chapter 1
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
, 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
BERESKA TAMI AND SYMBALUK DIANE.
,Chapter 1
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
, 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
