Question 1

Sociology provides an advantage to students preparing for later careers by preparing them for work

Accepted Answer

A)  only as teaching sociologists. 
B)  only in criminal justice or social work. 
C)  only as clinical sociologists. 
D)  in all of the above careers and many others, including business, education, law enforcement, and social work. 
A)  only as teaching sociologists. 
B)  only in criminal justice or social work. 
C)  only as clinical sociologists. 
D)  in all of the above careers and many others, including business, education, law enforcement, and social work.

Question 2

Which of the following statements reflects a social-exchange analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  People typically seek mates who offer as much as they do. 
B)  Class differences are reflected in favoured sports. 
C)  People build reality as they introduce themselves. 
D)  People who do more important work usually earn more pay. 
A)  People typically seek mates who offer as much as they do. 
B)  Class differences are reflected in favoured sports. 
C)  People build reality as they introduce themselves. 
D)  People who do more important work usually earn more pay.

Question 3

The goal of the structural-functional approach is not simply to understand how society operates but to reduce social inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that times of social crisis foster widespread sociological thinking.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages

Accepted Answer

A)  challenging commonly held beliefs. 
B)  accepting conventional wisdom. 
C)  the belief that society is mysterious. 
D)  people to be happier with their lives as they are. 
A)  challenging commonly held beliefs. 
B)  accepting conventional wisdom. 
C)  the belief that society is mysterious. 
D)  people to be happier with their lives as they are.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is based on a symbolic-interaction analysis of sports?

Accepted Answer

A)  Winning at sports means different things to different people. 
B)  Some categories of people benefit more than others from sports. 
C)  Sports help develop important cultural values. 
D)  "Stacking" is a type of racial inequality in sports. 
A)  Winning at sports means different things to different people. 
B)  Some categories of people benefit more than others from sports. 
C)  Sports help develop important cultural values. 
D)  "Stacking" is a type of racial inequality in sports.

Question 7

Which term is used to describe relatively stable patterns of social behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A)  social structure 
B)  eufunctions 
C)  social functions 
D)  social dysfunctions 
A)  social structure 
B)  eufunctions 
C)  social functions 
D)  social dysfunctions

Question 8

Which of the following early sociologists had an important influence on the development of the social-conflict approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx 
B)  Talcott Parsons 
C)  Emile Durkheim 
D)  Herbert Spencer 
A)  Karl Marx 
B)  Talcott Parsons 
C)  Emile Durkheim 
D)  Herbert Spencer

Question 9

Since beginning this course in sociology, how has your view of the world changed? Provide one specific example of something in your life that you see differently now compared to before you started this course. Is this change a good thing? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Since beginning this course in sociology

Question 10

What can you say sociologically about why sociology arose when and where it did?

Accepted Answer

Sociology arose when and where it did du

Question 11

Thomas Hobbes's idea that society reflects a selfish human nature illustrates the thinking common at which of Comte's stages of societal development?

Accepted Answer

A)  theological stage 
B)  metaphysical stage 
C)  scientific stage 
D)  sociological stage 
A)  theological stage 
B)  metaphysical stage 
C)  scientific stage 
D)  sociological stage

Question 12

Which of the following is a reason that it is important to understand the world beyond our own borders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nations of the world are increasingly interconnected. 
B)  So we can see how much better our country is than other countries. 
C)  Because of an international agreement mandated by the United Nations. 
D)  It isn't important. 
A)  Nations of the world are increasingly interconnected. 
B)  So we can see how much better our country is than other countries. 
C)  Because of an international agreement mandated by the United Nations. 
D)  It isn't important.

Question 13

The manifest functions of our society's reliance on personal automobiles include tens of thousands of deaths each year in traffic accidents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A social-conflict analysis of sports points out that the games people play reflect their social standing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

If marginality encourages sociological thinking, we would expect people in which category listed below to make the most use of the sociological perspective?

Accepted Answer

A)  the wealthy 
B)  disabled persons or people who are a racial minority 
C)  politicians 
D)  the middle class 
A)  the wealthy 
B)  disabled persons or people who are a racial minority 
C)  politicians 
D)  the middle class

Question 16

Which theoretical approach claims that it is not so much what people do that matters as much as what meaning they attach to their behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A)  structural-functional approach 
B)  social-conflict approach 
C)  symbolic-interaction approach 
D)  social-exchange approach 
A)  structural-functional approach 
B)  social-conflict approach 
C)  symbolic-interaction approach 
D)  social-exchange approach

Question 17

According to Comte, people begin to see society as a natural-rather than a supernatural-phenomenon as their society enters which stage of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  theological stage 
B)  metaphysical stage 
C)  scientific stage 
D)  post-scientific stage 
A)  theological stage 
B)  metaphysical stage 
C)  scientific stage 
D)  post-scientific stage

Question 18

Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of Canada than in urban areas, we would expect suicide rates to be

Accepted Answer

A)  higher in urban areas. 
B)  higher in rural areas. 
C)  high in both urban and rural areas. 
D)  low in both urban and rural areas. 
A)  higher in urban areas. 
B)  higher in rural areas. 
C)  high in both urban and rural areas. 
D)  low in both urban and rural areas.

Question 19

Name the three social changes in European history that were especially important to the development of sociology.

Accepted Answer

The three social changes in European his

Question 20

According to Comte, people living in Europe during the Middle Ages thought of society as

Accepted Answer

A)  a system operating according to its own laws. 
B)  chaotic and having little form. 
C)  an expression of God's will. 
D)  operating precisely as nature intended. 
A)  a system operating according to its own laws. 
B)  chaotic and having little form. 
C)  an expression of God's will. 
D)  operating precisely as nature intended.

Exam 1: The Sociological Perspective

Sociology provides an advantage to students preparing for later careers by preparing them for work

Which of the following statements reflects a social-exchange analysis?

The goal of the structural-functional approach is not simply to understand how society operates but to reduce social inequality.

Sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that times of social crisis foster widespread sociological thinking.

Making use of the sociological perspective encourages

Which of the following statements is based on a symbolic-interaction analysis of sports?

Which term is used to describe relatively stable patterns of social behaviour?

Which of the following early sociologists had an important influence on the development of the social-conflict approach?

Since beginning this course in sociology, how has your view of the world changed? Provide one specific example of something in your life that you see differently now compared to before you started this course. Is this change a good thing? Explain.

What can you say sociologically about why sociology arose when and where it did?

Thomas Hobbes's idea that society reflects a selfish human nature illustrates the thinking common at which of Comte's stages of societal development?

Which of the following is a reason that it is important to understand the world beyond our own borders?

The manifest functions of our society's reliance on personal automobiles include tens of thousands of deaths each year in traffic accidents.

A social-conflict analysis of sports points out that the games people play reflect their social standing.

If marginality encourages sociological thinking, we would expect people in which category listed below to make the most use of the sociological perspective?

Which theoretical approach claims that it is not so much what people do that matters as much as what meaning they attach to their behaviour?

According to Comte, people begin to see society as a natural-rather than a supernatural-phenomenon as their society enters which stage of development?

Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of Canada than in urban areas, we would expect suicide rates to be

Name the three social changes in European history that were especially important to the development of sociology.

According to Comte, people living in Europe during the Middle Ages thought of society as

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