SOCIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ The feminist perspective argues that past academic research has
inadequately studied women's experiences as different from men's
experiences. Which characteristic of the research is responsible for
this inadequacy?
Answer: the research has been androcentric
◉ Dorothy Smith proposes that since men and women experience
different positions in society, they form different life perspectives.
T/F
Answer: TRUE
◉ Factors such as social stratification, inequality, race, ethnicity, and
gender affect opportunities available to a person. What label did Max
Weber give to these factors?
Answer: life chances
◉ According to sociologists, why do some individuals seem to have
more resources and face fewer challenges when considering
postsecondary education?
,Answer: Some individuals experience several coinciding larger
social factors that may limit their choices.
◉ In a large metropolitan centre, authorities suspected that break-
and-enter and other theft crimes were increasing due to massive
layoffs during a global recession and the subsequent loss of income.
By systematically studying the income levels of populations within
the metropolitan area, the most vulnerable areas were identified
and strategies for addressing the immediate needs of the people in
those areas were initiated. Which sociological approach is useful for
this type of objective study of this nature?
Answer: positivist
◉ The difference between disciplines such as sociology and
anthropology is less apparent in the 21st century. According to the
text, what is this phenomenon called?
Answer: postdisciplinary
◉ Who is noted as the first academic to recognize the significance of
combining empirical research and theory as a productive method of
studying the social world?
Answer: Auguste Compte
,◉ Comte coined the term "sociology" to describe a new science that
would use empirical research and theory for the study of society.
T/F
Answer: TRUE
◉ While macro-level processes have an impact on the micro-level,
micro-level processes have no effect on the macro-level. T/F
Answer: FALSE
◉ According to the text, what type of theorizing explores the role
that power plays in social processes, and emphasizes the importance
of knowledge being tied to emancipation?
Answer: critical theorizing
◉ As a feminist, Dorothy Smith argued that in order to understand
social structures we must understand differences in lived
experiences between men and women at the micro-level. T/F
Answer: TRUE
◉ Sociological research has provided society with an overview of the
Canadian legal and corrections systems. This data would not have
been available for analysis and application to society without the use
of which of the following to gather reliable knowledge?
Answer: empirical methods
, ◉ How can contemporary social science research be best described?
Answer: postdisciplinary and interdisciplinary
◉ Postmodern sociology emerged after which significant historical
event?
Answer: WWII
◉ Rachel is a tenured faculty member of the economics department
at the local university, Anita is an associate professor in sociology,
and Harley is tenured in the department of family medicine. As a
research group, they have been awarded funds from a major
national funding agency to study the accumulated long-term
sociocultural and sociomedical effects of low income on the health of
immigrant groups in a midsized city in Western Canada. What is this
is an example of?
Answer: interdisciplinary
◉ The 21st century can be said to have witnessed the rise of
postdisciplinarity. T/F
Answer: TRUE
◉ According to Max Weber, the ways in which our opportunities in
life are affected by factors such as race, ethnicity, and gender is
summarized by which of the following?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ The feminist perspective argues that past academic research has
inadequately studied women's experiences as different from men's
experiences. Which characteristic of the research is responsible for
this inadequacy?
Answer: the research has been androcentric
◉ Dorothy Smith proposes that since men and women experience
different positions in society, they form different life perspectives.
T/F
Answer: TRUE
◉ Factors such as social stratification, inequality, race, ethnicity, and
gender affect opportunities available to a person. What label did Max
Weber give to these factors?
Answer: life chances
◉ According to sociologists, why do some individuals seem to have
more resources and face fewer challenges when considering
postsecondary education?
,Answer: Some individuals experience several coinciding larger
social factors that may limit their choices.
◉ In a large metropolitan centre, authorities suspected that break-
and-enter and other theft crimes were increasing due to massive
layoffs during a global recession and the subsequent loss of income.
By systematically studying the income levels of populations within
the metropolitan area, the most vulnerable areas were identified
and strategies for addressing the immediate needs of the people in
those areas were initiated. Which sociological approach is useful for
this type of objective study of this nature?
Answer: positivist
◉ The difference between disciplines such as sociology and
anthropology is less apparent in the 21st century. According to the
text, what is this phenomenon called?
Answer: postdisciplinary
◉ Who is noted as the first academic to recognize the significance of
combining empirical research and theory as a productive method of
studying the social world?
Answer: Auguste Compte
,◉ Comte coined the term "sociology" to describe a new science that
would use empirical research and theory for the study of society.
T/F
Answer: TRUE
◉ While macro-level processes have an impact on the micro-level,
micro-level processes have no effect on the macro-level. T/F
Answer: FALSE
◉ According to the text, what type of theorizing explores the role
that power plays in social processes, and emphasizes the importance
of knowledge being tied to emancipation?
Answer: critical theorizing
◉ As a feminist, Dorothy Smith argued that in order to understand
social structures we must understand differences in lived
experiences between men and women at the micro-level. T/F
Answer: TRUE
◉ Sociological research has provided society with an overview of the
Canadian legal and corrections systems. This data would not have
been available for analysis and application to society without the use
of which of the following to gather reliable knowledge?
Answer: empirical methods
, ◉ How can contemporary social science research be best described?
Answer: postdisciplinary and interdisciplinary
◉ Postmodern sociology emerged after which significant historical
event?
Answer: WWII
◉ Rachel is a tenured faculty member of the economics department
at the local university, Anita is an associate professor in sociology,
and Harley is tenured in the department of family medicine. As a
research group, they have been awarded funds from a major
national funding agency to study the accumulated long-term
sociocultural and sociomedical effects of low income on the health of
immigrant groups in a midsized city in Western Canada. What is this
is an example of?
Answer: interdisciplinary
◉ The 21st century can be said to have witnessed the rise of
postdisciplinarity. T/F
Answer: TRUE
◉ According to Max Weber, the ways in which our opportunities in
life are affected by factors such as race, ethnicity, and gender is
summarized by which of the following?
