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TEST BANK FOR SOCIOLOGY IN ACTION: A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE4THEDITIONBYBERESKATAMI
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According to the textbook authors, we might better understandwhobecomesaprofessional
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hockeyplayer by applying ideas developed by which of the following?
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*c. Max Weber
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Accordingtothetextbookauthors, whatistherelationship between unemployment and
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postsecondary education?
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a. Asunemploymentincreases,postsecondaryenrolments decrease.
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*b.Asunemploymentincreases,postsecondary enrolments increase.
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unrelated.
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d. Asunemploymentdecreases,postsecondaryenrolments also decrease.
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"Expectations regardinghowwe aresupposedto act"defines which of the following?
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a. values
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It can be argued that the so-called hook-up culture found on the modern university or
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college campus results from a variety of social factors of which the individuals involved
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,u might not even be aware. When we make this statement, what kind of sociology are we
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u practising?

*a. seeing the strange in the familiar
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b. seeingtheparticular in thegeneral
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Accordingtosociologists,whydo someindividuals seemto have more resources and face
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fewer challenges when considering postsecondary education?
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a. Someuniversities willonly admit studentsabovea particular income level.
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b. Some individuals make poor choices and have no self-control in their
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youth.
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*c. Some individuals experience several coinciding largersocialfactorsthatmay
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limittheirchoices.
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d.Some individualsdon't havethe innerresources to overcome life's challenges.
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InCanadatoday, howispostsecondary educationmost commonly viewed?
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*a.normative
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Once Ruth got married, she quit her job, had two children, and stayed at home to raise them.
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Although Ruth had wanted to be a doctor, raising her children was what her family and
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friends expected her to do. What kind of influence on heractionswas Ruth'sdecision to
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follow"expected path"?
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a. micro-level
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c. global
d. functional