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CHAPTER 1
The types of suicide are egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and _________.
religious
economic
fatalistic
psychological
political
Some people credit ___________ as the founder of sociology.
Porter
Marx
Durkheim
Weber
Comte
Durkheim believed society was based on
consensus and cooperation.
rational choices.
patriarchy.
individual agency.
conflict.
Three major concepts of functionalism are functions, equilibrium, and __________.
learning
inequality
meanings
development
language
Conflict theorists look on prostitution as
all of above.
functional for society.
something that eliminates the need for emotional commitment.
marked by power and coercion.
individual choice.
Marx held that society was held together by
human agency.
capitalist domination.
common meanings.
trust.
mutual interdependence.
Our behaviour and attitudes depend on how we perceive, define, and ___________ the world.
eliminate dysfunctions in
deal with inequality in
eliminate discrimination in
eliminate patriarchy in
construct
Game theory takes into account relative marginal utility and ________.
meanings
values
costs
roles
power
Symbolic interaction theorists include Mead, Blumer, and __________.
Dawson
Porter
Weber
Clark
Durkheim
Feminist theory emphasizes
quantitative studies.
functionalism.
equilibrium.
a broad range of approaches.
not getting involved.
The first Canadian sociology department was established at which university?
McGill
Carleton
McMaster
Laval
Toronto
The Vertical Mosaic was written by
McLuhan.
Clark.
Innis.
Porter.
Hughes.
The influence of staples on social organization was first identified in Canada by
Porter.
Dawson.
Innis.
McLuhan.
Falardeau.
The expressions “the medium is the message” and “global village” were coined by
Dawson.
Hughes.
McLuhan.
Innis.
Clark.
Great growth occurred for sociology in the ________.
1970s
1990s
1960s
1980s
1950s
The “Quiet Revolution” took place in ___________.
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Quebec sociology emphasizes ___________ more than does English-language sociology.
symbolic interactionism
quantitative research
interdisciplinary studies
policy/applied studies
occupation studies
CHAPTER 2
Folkways are
strings of symbols.
sanctions.
general beliefs about what is desirable.
norms that do not evoke severe condemnation when broken.
norms that do evoke severe condemnation when broken.
A role is
a position gained by achievement.
a cluster of behavioural expectations involved with a position.
a set of norms.
a position gained at birth.
a status set.
Role conflicts are
status conflicts.
inconsistencies.
conflicts of economic positions.
behavioural expectation conflicts of two roles.
contradictory expectations within a role.
A berdache is a(n)
aggressive female.
passive male.
male who takes on female roles.
society where traditional male and female roles are reversed.
prostitute.
Globalization can also bring about
greater collectivism.
ecumenism.
stronger nation-states.
urban legends.
localization.
Which of the following is a cultural universal?
patriarchy
matrilineal descent
gendered division of labour
incest taboo
monogamy
Critics of Lipset suggest that Canadian/American differences can be explained by
the U.S. being a more violent country.
the U.S. being a more inhabitable territory.
Canada not having had a revolution.
differences between the rich and poor in the countries.
Canada not having had a civil war.
The Yir Yoront ceased to function as independent social groups because
they suffered disease.
settlers killed them.
missionaries gave steel axes to young men and women.
they were confined to reserves.
they lost faith in their gods.
Orientalism is a view of Oriental cultures as exotic, sensuous, and ________.
unchanging
dynamic
rational
individual
devious
Androcentrism means __________________.
female-centred
other-centred
Western-centred
male-centred
transsexual
Trobrianders' use of magic illustrates _________________.
symbolic interactionism
conflict theory
functionalism
cultural materialism
feminism
Ideology is a system of thought that
explains the origin of the term homosexual.
explains the use of magic.
explains why Hindus do not eat cows.
legitimizes existing inequalities.
explains family histories.
Harris sees culture as an adaptation to
the conflict of cultures.
the oppression of women.
an individual's wishes.
the oppression of the poor.
the physical environment.
According to feminists, the gendered division of labour
is found only in agricultural societies.
is found primarily in industrial societies.
is not supported by evidence in prehistory.
is found in pastoral societies.
was widespread in prehistory.
“Nymphomania” was a diagnosis used to
identify a condition parallel to satyriasis.
show the influence of functionalism.
identify liberated women.
control women.
show that women were interested in sex.
Sociologists apply the term society to a large group of people who
share a common culture
think of themselves as having inherited a common set of historical traditions
interact with other group members frequently
see themselves as being associated with a particular geographic area
all of the above
The tendency to see things from the point of view of the observer's culture rather than from the observed is called ______________.
androcentrism
eurocentrism
ethnocentrism
patriarchal
intracentrism
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