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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