Chapter 1 Practice Quizzes

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. What was the name of the sociological tradition pioneered in Canada by Harold Innis and S.D. Clark?

Political economy correct incorrect

Political science correct incorrect

Political hygiene correct incorrect

Government sociology correct incorrect

Political history correct incorrect

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. The term _________ has been coined to refer to the information, generally bad, provided in the social media and on the Internet about COVID-19.

pandemic correct incorrect

infodemic correct incorrect

media influx correct incorrect

media intersection correct incorrect

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. Who was Ibn Khaldûn?

A French scholar correct incorrect

An American scholar correct incorrect

An Arab scholar correct incorrect

A German aristocrat correct incorrect

An Indian philosopher correct incorrect

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. This term describes the idea that two or more traits can combine to increase one's experience of discrimination or privilege.

intersectionality correct incorrect

variables correct incorrect

sociological imagination correct incorrect

social facts correct incorrect

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. Sociology is

the social science that studies the development of societies correct incorrect

the social science that studies the structure of societies correct incorrect

the social science that studies the functioning of human society correct incorrect

all of the answers listed are correct correct incorrect

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. Sociology became an area of academic interest in Europe in which century?

Sixteenth century correct incorrect

Seventeenth century correct incorrect

Eighteenth century correct incorrect

Nineteenth century correct incorrect

Twentieth century correct incorrect

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. The first professional, university-based sociologist in Canada was

W.E.B Du Bois correct incorrect

Jane Addams correct incorrect

Dorothy Smith correct incorrect

Carl Addington Dawson correct incorrect

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. John Porter was the first Canadian sociologist who placed emphasis on the role of _______ in social stratification:

religion correct incorrect

sexuality correct incorrect

ethnicity correct incorrect

political views correct incorrect

personality correct incorrect

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. The first woman hired as a sociologist at a Canadian university was

Aileen Ross correct incorrect

Helen. C Abell correct incorrect

Annie Marion MacLean correct incorrect

Harriet Martineau correct incorrect

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. Who coined the term sociological imagination?

Karl Marx correct incorrect

Emile Durkheim correct incorrect

Max Weber correct incorrect

C.W Mills correct incorrect

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. Your social location is the set of social traits that informs your views on the world around you.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Standpoint theory views knowledge as developed from a particular lived position making objectivity impossible.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The 1970s saw a big movement to "Canadianize" sociology textbooks.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The sociological imagination enables us to see an individual's circumstances in the context of broader social forces that affect us all.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. There is a direct relationship between age and approval of legalization of marijuana.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Without the sociological imagination, the individual, not society, can become the primary focus of blame.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Weber identified a set of values that he believed contributed to the development of modern capitalism.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Émile Durkheim coined the term "social fact."

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Sociology has "natural" borderlines that separate it from other academic disciplines.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The fact that women pay more for their dry cleaning is an example of a "social pattern."

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect