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Tests Banks fors Macionis/Gerber,s Sociology,s Ninths Canadians EditionsChap
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MultiplesChoicesQuestions

Whatsmightsassociologistssaysaboutspeople'ssselectionsofsmarriagespartners?s
Peoplesmarrysbecausestheysfallsinslove.s
Whensitscomesstosromance,sit’ssallsasmattersofspersonalstaste.sT
ypically,saspersonsmarriesssomeonesofssimilarssocialsposition.s
Whensitscomesstoslove,soppositessattract.s
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Thesideasthatsthessocialsworldsguidessoursactionssandslifeschoicessjustsassthesseasonssinfluencesactivit
iessandschoicesofsclothingsdescribess
thesbasissofswhatsphilosophyscallss―freeswill.‖s
thesessentialswisdomsofsthesdisciplinesofssociology.s
thesfactsthatspeopleseverywhereshaves―commonssense.‖s
thesfactsthatspeoplesfromscountriessallsaroundsthesworldsmakesmostlysidenticalschoicessaboutshowstoslive.s
Answer:sbs
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Whichsdisciplinesdefinessitselfsass―thessystematicsstudysofshumanssociety‖?sso
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psychology
seconomics

shistorysAns

wer:sas
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PetersBergersdescribedsusingsthessociologicalsperspectivesassseeingsthe insthe
.sgood;sworststra
gediess
new;s oldsspecifi
c;sgenerals
general;sparticularsAns
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PagesReference:s3sSkil
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Bysstatingsthatsthessociologicalsperspectivesshowssuss―thesstrangesinsthesfamiliar,‖sthestextsarguessthatsso
ciologistss
focussonsthesbizarreselementssofssociety.s
rejectsthesfamiliarsideasthatspeoplessimplysdecideshowstosactsinsfavoursofsthesinitiallysstrangesideasthats
societysshapessourslives.s
believesthatspeoplesoftensbehavesinsstrangesways.s
believesthatsevenspeopleswhosaresmostsfamiliarstosusshavessomesverysstrangeshabits.sAnsw
er:sbs
PagesReference:s4–
5sSkill:sConceptuals

Threescampussroommatessarestalkingsaboutswhystheysaresinscollege.sAssociologicalsviewsofsgoingstosc
ollegeshighlightsstheseffectsofs
nationality,sbecausesmostscountriessoutsidesofsthesWestsdon’tshavescolleges.s
gender,sbecauseswomensdon’tsgenerallysattendscollege.s




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oursplacesinshistory,sbecausesascenturysagosgoingstoscollegeswassnotsansoptionsforsmostspeople.si
ntelligence,sbecausesit’sssmarterstosgostoscollegesthanstradesschool.s
Answer:scs
PagesReference:s5sSkil
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Associologicals analysiss ofs childbearings arounds thes worlds suggestss thats thes numbers ofs childrens borns tos asw
omansreflectss
herspreferencesfors familys size.sho
wsmanyschildrensshescansafford.s
whethersshesherselfswassbornsintosaspoorsorsrichssociety.st
hesdesiressofshershusband.s
Answer:scs
PagesReference:s5sSkil
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AccordingstosEmilesDurkheim,sascategorysofspeopleswithsashigherssuicidesratestypicallyshass
moresclinicalsdepression.s
lesssmoney,spower,sandsothersresources.slo
werssocialsintegration.s
greatersself-
esteem.sAnswer:scs
PagesReference:s5–
6sSkill:sFactuals

ThespioneeringssociologistswhosstudiedspatternssofssuicidesinsEuropeswassRo
bertsK.sMerton.s
AugustesComte.sE
miles Durkheim.sK
arlsMarx.sAnswer:s
cs
PagesReference:s5sSkil
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InsCanadastoday,sthessuicidesratesisshighestsforswhichscategorysofspeopleslistedsbelow?s
Whitesmaless
BlacksmalessWh
itesfemalessBlac
ksfemalessAnsw
er:sas
PagesReference:s6sSkil
l:sFactuals

BecausestheresissmoressocialsisolationsinsruralsareassofsCanadasthansinsurbansareas,sweswouldsexpectssuicid
esratesstosbes
highersinsurbansareas.s
highersinsruralsareas.s
highsinsbothsurbansandsruralsareas.sl
owsinsbothsurbansandsruralsareas.sA
nswer:sbs
PagesReference:s6–
7sSkill:sApplieds

Sociologistssusesthesterms―socialsmarginality‖stosreferstosp
eopleswhoshaveslittlesunderstandingsofssociology.shavings
specialssocialsskills.s




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beingsdefineds bys otherss ass ans―outsider.‖s
peopleswhosaresespeciallyssensitivesaboutstheirsfamilysbackground.sAnswe
r:scs
PagesReference:s7sSkil
l:sConceptuals

Ifsmarginalitysencouragesssociologicalsthinking,sweswouldsexpectspeoplesinswhichscategoryslistedsbelowtos
makesthesmostsusesofsthessociologicalsperspective?s
theswealthys
disabledspersonssorspeopleswhosaresasracialsminorityspolit
icianss
thesmiddlesclasssAnsw
er:sbs
PagesReference:s7–
8sSkill:sApplieds

FollowingsthesthinkingsofsC.sWrightsMills,sweswouldshavesexpectedsthessociologicalsimaginationstosbes
moreswidespreads
duringstimessofspeacesandsprosperity.samo
ngsthesverysrich.s
amongsverysreligiousspeople.sdurin
gstimessofssocialscrisis.sAnswer:sds
PagesReference:s7–
8sSkill:sApplieds

C.sWrightsMillssclaimedsthatsthes―sociologicalsimagination‖stransformedscomm
onssensesintoslawssofssociety.s
peoplesintossupporterssofsthesstatussquo.sp
ersonalsproblemssintospublicsissues.sscient
ificsresearchsintoscommonssense.sAnswer:s
cs
PagesReference:s8sSkil
l:sConceptuals

Canadasfallsswithinswhichscategorysofsthesworld’ssnations?sl
ow-incomesnationss
middle-
incomesnationsshigh-
incomesnationssvariable-
incomesnationssAnswer:s
cs
PagesReference:s9sSkil
l:sFactuals

Whichsofsthesfollowingscategoriesscontainsscountriessinswhichsaveragesincomesisstypicalsforsthesworldassas
wholesandsinswhichspeoplesaresasslikelystoslivesinsasruralsareasassinsansurbansarea?s
low-
incomesnationssmiddle-
incomesnationsshigh-
incomesnationssvariable-
incomesnationssAnswer:s
bs
PagesReference:s9–
11sSkill:sConceptuals

ThesnationssofsEurope,sIsrael,sJapan,sandsAustraliasfallsintoswhichsofsthesfollowingscategoriessofscount
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