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

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Question 2

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

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A)   good; worst tragedies
B)   new; old
C)   specific; general
D)   general; particularE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

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A)   How is society held together?
B)   How is society divided?
C)   How do people experience society?
D)   How do some people protect their privileges?E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

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

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A)   People marry because they fall in love.
B)   When it comes to romance, it's all a matter of personal taste.
C)   Typically, a person marries someone of similar social position.
D)   When it comes to love, opposites attract.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The term "sociology" was coined in 1838 by

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A)   Karl Marx.
B)   Herbert Spencer.
C)   Adam Smith.
D)   Auguste Comte.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

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A)   the function of schools is to teach needed skills.
B)   the meaning of schooling varies from child to child.
C)   schools have been a major path to social advancement.
D)   tracking provides some students with far better schooling than others.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 11

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

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A)   low-income nations
B)   middle-income nations
C)   high-income nations
D)   various parts of Canada fall within different categoriesE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

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?

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A)   low-income nations
B)   middle-income nations
C)   high-income nations
D)   variable-income nationsE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

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

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A)   more clinical depression.
B)   less money, power, and other resources.
C)   lower social integration.
D)   greater self-esteem.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 14

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

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A)   Karl Marx
B)   Emile Durkheim
C)   Auguste Comte
D)   Max WeberE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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.

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Question 17

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

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Question 18

The term sociology was coined by Emile Durkheim in 1898.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

People rarely recognize all of the functions of social structure.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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A)   White males
B)   Black males
C)   White females
D)   Black femalesE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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