Question 1

Which sociologist is most closely associated with the terms 'moral panic' and 'folk devils'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pierre Bourdieu 
B)  Stan Cohen 
C)  Michel Maffesoli 
D)  Stuart Hall 
A)  Pierre Bourdieu 
B)  Stan Cohen 
C)  Michel Maffesoli 
D)  Stuart Hall B

Question 2

Global youth culture is enabled through which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Consumerism 
B)  Feminism 
C)  Social interaction 
D)  Digital technology 
A)  Consumerism 
B)  Feminism 
C)  Social interaction 
D)  Digital technology D

Question 3

What are music tastes, fashions, beliefs, leisure practices and slang examples of?

Accepted Answer

A)  Common culture 
B)  Subculture 
C)  High culture 
D)  Neo-tribes 
A)  Common culture 
B)  Subculture 
C)  High culture 
D)  Neo-tribes B

Question 4

Australia has many youth 'tribes'. What is the difference between a hipster and bogan stereotype?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hipsters are educated and have 'refined tastes'; bogans are anti-intellectual and lack 'taste' 
B)  Hipsters are racist and bogans are sexist 
C)  Hipsters drive cars and bogans ride motorbikes 
D)  Hipsters are mocked for their pretentiousness; bogans are admired for their resilience 
A)  Hipsters are educated and have 'refined tastes'; bogans are anti-intellectual and lack 'taste' 
B)  Hipsters are racist and bogans are sexist 
C)  Hipsters drive cars and bogans ride motorbikes 
D)  Hipsters are mocked for their pretentiousness; bogans are admired for their resilience

Question 5

Why is habitus a useful concept for understanding young people's decision-making?

Accepted Answer

A)  It explains their sexuality 
B)  It concerns deeply held values 
C)  It regulates youth positions 
D)  It impacts their life chances and life choices 
A)  It explains their sexuality 
B)  It concerns deeply held values 
C)  It regulates youth positions 
D)  It impacts their life chances and life choices

Question 6

What are the three main milestones of youth transition to adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A)  Obtaining a driver's licence, being able to vote and legally drink alcohol 
B)  Completing Year 12, graduating from university and starting a career 
C)  Graduating from university, buying a house and getting married 
D)  Obtaining a job, an independent dwelling and creation of a family 
A)  Obtaining a driver's licence, being able to vote and legally drink alcohol 
B)  Completing Year 12, graduating from university and starting a career 
C)  Graduating from university, buying a house and getting married 
D)  Obtaining a job, an independent dwelling and creation of a family

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a process normally associated with youth transitions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Seeking full-time work 
B)  Getting married 
C)  Consumption of global products 
D)  Moving out of the family home 
A)  Seeking full-time work 
B)  Getting married 
C)  Consumption of global products 
D)  Moving out of the family home

Question 8

Why is gender important for youth studies?

Accepted Answer

A)  It strongly influences the split in the life journey as young people become adults 
B)  It enables researchers to understand different career choices for boys and girls 
C)  It helps to understand the LGBTIQ youth experience 
D)  It provides insight into why young women have lower starting salaries and pay when they first enter the full-time workforce 
A)  It strongly influences the split in the life journey as young people become adults 
B)  It enables researchers to understand different career choices for boys and girls 
C)  It helps to understand the LGBTIQ youth experience 
D)  It provides insight into why young women have lower starting salaries and pay when they first enter the full-time workforce

Question 9

What term is often used to describe the sequence of events that includes completing education, entering the labour market, leaving home to set up a new household, and getting married?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adolescence 
B)  De-territorialisation 
C)  Lifestyles 
D)  Youth transition 
A)  Adolescence 
B)  De-territorialisation 
C)  Lifestyles 
D)  Youth transition

Question 10

Karl Marx said that while each person makes her or his own life, 'they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past' (Marx 1978/1852, p. 595). Which of the following statements best summarises the meaning of this claim?

Accepted Answer

A)  People do not know what is good for them so they just follow what others say 
B)  Nobody has an entirely free choice in life, but people can make choices according to what is available to them 
C)  Nobody can escape from the circumstances they were born into and their destined path in life 
D)  It is up to individuals to make the best of themselves 
A)  People do not know what is good for them so they just follow what others say 
B)  Nobody has an entirely free choice in life, but people can make choices according to what is available to them 
C)  Nobody can escape from the circumstances they were born into and their destined path in life 
D)  It is up to individuals to make the best of themselves

Which sociologist is most closely associated with the terms 'moral panic' and 'folk devils'?

Global youth culture is enabled through which of the following?

What are music tastes, fashions, beliefs, leisure practices and slang examples of?

Australia has many youth 'tribes'. What is the difference between a hipster and bogan stereotype?

Why is habitus a useful concept for understanding young people's decision-making?

What are the three main milestones of youth transition to adulthood?

Which of the following is NOT a process normally associated with youth transitions?

Why is gender important for youth studies?

What term is often used to describe the sequence of events that includes completing education, entering the labour market, leaving home to set up a new household, and getting married?

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Contemporary Sociological Theorists and Theories

Sociological Investigations: Doing Social Research

How We Become Who and What We Are: Socialisation and the New Genetics

Families and Intimate Relationships

Consumption and Lifestyles

Sporting Life

A Sociology of Licit and Illicit Drugs

Class and Inequality in Australia

Gender and Sexualities

Ethnicity and Belonging

Race and Reconciliation in Australia

Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Australia

Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

The Social Determinants of Health and Illness

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Global Risk and the Surveillance State: A Sociology of New Terrorism

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Exam 6: Youth Transitions and Youth Culture

Which sociologist is most closely associated with the terms 'moral panic' and 'folk devils'?

Global youth culture is enabled through which of the following?

What are music tastes, fashions, beliefs, leisure practices and slang examples of?

Australia has many youth 'tribes'. What is the difference between a hipster and bogan stereotype?

Why is habitus a useful concept for understanding young people's decision-making?

What are the three main milestones of youth transition to adulthood?

Which of the following is NOT a process normally associated with youth transitions?

Why is gender important for youth studies?

What term is often used to describe the sequence of events that includes completing education, entering the labour market, leaving home to set up a new household, and getting married?

The Sociological Gaze: Linking Private Lives to Public Issues

Sociological Foundations: Early Theorists and Theories

Contemporary Sociological Theorists and Theories

Sociological Investigations: Doing Social Research

How We Become Who and What We Are: Socialisation and the New Genetics

Families and Intimate Relationships

Consumption and Lifestyles

Sporting Life

A Sociology of Licit and Illicit Drugs

Class and Inequality in Australia

Gender and Sexualities

Ethnicity and Belonging

Race and Reconciliation in Australia

Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Australia

Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

The Social Determinants of Health and Illness

Globalisation, Power, and Social Movements

Global Risk and the Surveillance State: A Sociology of New Terrorism

Working 247: The New Work Ethic

Digital Sociology

Media and Popular Culture

Educating Society: Sociological Debates and Dilemmas

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