A sociology student is examining aggregate Statistics Canada trends in earnings and level of education. What might the student conclude about the relationship between earnings and education That more education leads to higher earnings
A sociologist is studying education. She wishes to understand h...
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A sociology student is examining aggregate Statistics Canada trends in earnings and
level of education. What might the student conclude about the relationship between
earnings and education ✅That more education leads to higher earnings
A sociologist is studying education. She wishes to understand how schools teach social
norms like hard work, respect for authority, and the efficient use of time. What is the
sociologist studying ✅Hidden curriculum
A sociology student is examining Statistics Canada data about educational attainment
and parental social class. What might the student conclude about the relationship
between parental social class and educational attainment ✅Children of higher-class
parents are more likely to attend university
A student is being streamed into a new school. At this school, students are expected to
analyse social systems as part of their work. Into what class of school is the student
being streamed ✅Executive elite
A sociologist studies the education system and observes that education also acts as a
marriage market. What has the sociologist observed of education ✅Its latent function
Widely shared, high-status cultural signals, such as upper-class preferences, is known
as what ✅Cultural Capital
As discussed in lecture, research in the US shows what to be a good a predictor of
future success as a university degree ✅Talent and family background
The negative impact of stereotypes on the school performance of disadvantaged groups
is known as what ✅Stereotype threat
Vinay belongs to a group of people who have extensive formal education and who
regulate their own training. To what does group does Vinay belong ✅Profession
Because of protests, a proposed pipeline was diapered it away from the middle-class
community. The pipeline will not run close to a low income aboriginal reserve. While the
leaders on the reserve have protested the pipeline, the state and the company are not
going to going to divert it. How might a sociologist classify this ✅Environmental racism
A country has a Gini coefficient of 0.9. What can a sociologist conclude about the health
of citizens in that country ✅Citizens have worse overall health
, A politician is interested in improving the health of an undeveloped country. If she could
change one thing about a country, which thing would have the greatest impact on health
✅Increase the public health system
What is one of the main gender inequalities in the North American healthcare system
✅Gender Bias in medical research
Smoking cigarettes consuming excessive amounts of alcohol having a poor diet and not
exercising represent what kind of illness ✅Lifestyle
As people moved on the social hierarchy, health deteriorates and death rates increase.
Which of the following is also associated with a lower position on the social hierarchy
✅Higher levels of stress
As discussed in lecture, the process by which people gain control and authority over
their occupation and clients is known as what ✅Professionalization
A health practitioner examines a patient. She diagnoses a disease based on the
presence of specific symptoms. What model of medicine is she practicing ✅Biomedical
Generalized fear and anxiety caused by the race associated with modern technology
and industrialization is a characteristic of what ✅Risk society
Through Canadian radio and television, the government ensures that Canadians have
access to important national issues, values, and culture. Which function of media is the
government fulfilling ✅Socialization
News agencies rely heavily upon official press releases news conferences and
interviews organized by large corporations and government agencies both routing lead
slant information to reflect upon themselves are more favorable. How would the
sociologist refer to this process ✅Sourcing
Vinay is upset that the content on the Internet is from a small number of sources most of
which reflect the national culture of the United States using social media he urges
people to create their own content. What is Vinay fighting against ✅Media Imperialism
A Student is reading The Medium and comes across a story about student cheating at
UTM. The story features several students were caught cheating and punished by the
university. The student thinks to herself. "Wow, I'm never going to cheat!" What theory
explains the interaction with media ✅Functionalism
One of the distinct features of social media compared to traditional media is that it is
almost everywhere. What term describes this feature ✅Ubiquity
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