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Sociology in Action A Canadian Perspective 4th Edition by
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Bereska Tami and Symbaluk Diane
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,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
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, d. recognising $iothe $ioirrelevance $ioof $iofree $iowill
5. Chapter $io01-005
According $ioto $iosociologists, $iowhy $iodo $iosome $ioindividuals $ioseem
$ioto $iohave $iomore $ioresources $ioand $ioface $iofewer $iochallenges
$iowhen $ioconsidering $iopostsecondary $ioeducation?
a. Some $iouniversities $iowill $ioonly $ioadmit $iostudents $ioabove
$ioa $ioparticular $ioincome $iolevel.
b. Some $ioindividuals $iomake $iopoor $iochoices $ioand $iohave
$iono $ioself-control $ioin $iotheir $ioyouth.
*c. $ioSome $ioindividuals $ioexperience $ioseveral
$iocoinciding $iolarger $iosocial $iofactors $iothat $iomay $iolimit
$iotheir $iochoices.
d. $ioSome $ioindividuals $iodon't $iohave $iothe $ioinner $ioresources $ioto
$ioovercome $iolife's $iochallenges.
6. Chapter $io01-006
In $ioCanada $iotoday, $iohow $iois $iopostsecondary $ioeducation $iomost
$iocommonly $ioviewed?
*a. $ionormative
b. renormative
c. dysfunctional
d. functionally $iorequired
7. Chapter $io01-007
Once $ioRuth $iogot $iomarried, $ioshe $ioquit $ioher $iojob, $iohad $iotwo
$iochildren, $ioand $iostayed $ioat $iohome $ioto $ioraise $iothem. $ioAlthough
$ioRuth $iohad $iowanted $ioto $iobe $ioa $iodoctor, $ioraising $ioher
$iochildren $iowas $iowhat $ioher $iofamily $ioand $iofriends $ioexpected
$ioher $ioto $iodo. $ioWhat $iokind $ioof $ioinfluence $ioon $ioher $ioactions
$iowas $ioRuth's $iodecision $ioto $iofollow $io"expected $iopath"?
a. micro-level
*b. $iomacro-level
c. global
d. functional
8. Chapter $io01-008
Which $ioterm $iorefers $ioto $iothe $iolevel $ioof $iobroad $iosocial $ioforces?
a. micro $iolevel
*b. $iomacro $iolevel
c. sociological $iolevel
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, d. public $iolevel
9. Chapter $io01-009
How $iomight $ioa $iosociologist $iobest $iounderstand $ioa $iosituation
$ioin $iowhich $iosomeone $ioadopts $ioa $iofashion $iotrend $iothat $iois $iobeing
$iowidely $ioshared $ioby $ioothers $ioin $iosociety?
a. an $ioexample $ioof $ionetwork $iodiffusion
b. the $iofamiliar $ioin $iothe $iostrange
*c. $iothe $iostrange $ioin $iothe $iofamiliar
d. $iodecorative $iodiffusion
10. Chapter $io01-010
Charles $iois $iosupposed $ioto $iodrive $iohis $iofriends $ioto $ioschool
$iofor $ioan $ioimportant $ioexamination. $ioHowever, $iono $iomatter $iohow
$iomuch $iohe $iotries, $ioCharles $iocannot $iostart $iohis $iocar. $ioIn
$ioanger $iohe $iotells $iohis $iofriends $iothat $iohis $iocar $iois $iodoing $iothis
$ioon $iopurpose. $ioWhat $ioquality $iois $ioCharles $ioattributing $ioto
$iohis $iocar?
a. directionality
*b. $ioagency
c. micro $iotendencies
d. non-operationality
11. Chapter $io01-011
What $iodoes $ioit $iomean $iowhen $iosociologists $iorefer $ioto $ioagency?
*a. $iothe $ioability $ioto $iomake $iochoices
b. the $ioability $ioto $ioconnect $ioto $ioa $iobroad $ioweb $ioof
$iosocial $ioservices
c. the $ioability $ioto $ioinfluence $ioothers
d. the $ioability $ioto $iointeract $ioeffectively $iowith
$ioa $iobureaucracy $iosuch $ioas $iothe $iouniversity
12. Chapter $io01-012
Factors $iosuch $ioas $iosocial $iostratification, $ioinequality,
$iorace, $ioethnicity, $ioand $iogender $ioaffect $ioopportunities
$ioavailable $ioto $ioa $ioperson. $ioWhat $iolabel $iodid $ioMax $ioWeber
$iogive $ioto $iothese $iofactors?
*a. $iolife $iochances
b. individual $ioopportunities
c. life $ioopportunities
d. individual $iochances
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