Exam 1: The Sociological Perspective

In Canada, secondary schools place students in college preparatory tracks partly reflecting the social background of their families.

Sociology had its own department at the University of Toronto in 1902.

The term sociology was coined by Emile Durkheim in 1898.

Which of the following questions is the focus of the symbolic-interaction approach?

The term "sociology" was coined in 1838 by

Which of the following founding sociologists urged sociologists to understand a social setting from the point of view of the people in it?

W.E.B. Du Bois translated the writings of Auguste Comte from French into English.

Explain the focus of the gender-conflict or feminist approach. Compare and contrast this approach to the race-conflict approach.

People rarely recognize all of the functions of social structure.

What might a sociologist say about people's selection of marriage partners?

The sociological perspective helps us recognize that the lives of individuals are shaped by the forces of society. Explain, in a short essay, how the sociological perspective reveals "the general in the particular." To illustrate, explain how society plays a part in your own decision to attend a post-secondary institution.

Looking at the operation of Canadian schools, the social-conflict approach might lead a sociologist to conclude that

In Canada today, the suicide rate is highest for which category of people listed below?

Why is a global approach a logical extension of the sociological perspective?

Peter Berger described using the sociological perspective as seeing the ______ in the _______.

Studying other societies is a good way to learn about our own way of life.

John Porter compared Canada and the United States in his book The Vertical Mosaic: An Analysis of Social Class and Power in Canada.

Canada falls within which category of the world's nations?

According to Emile Durkheim, a category of people with a higher suicide rate typically has

Which of the following categories contains countries in which average income is typical for the world as a whole and in which people are as likely to live in a rural area as in an urban area?