Exam 5: Interaction, Groups, and Organizations: Connections That Work

Which of the following is an achieved status?

______ refer to our social positions, and ______ refer to the expectations associated with a social position.

Social distance is the distance most public figures use for addressing others, especially in formal settings.

Isabella is a good student; she attends sociology class, does well in her other studies, and would never break a campus rule. Unfortunately, her brother Craig is addicted to drugs, steals from their mother, and lives on the streets. One day, Craig calls Isabella and asks her to let him stay in her dorm. Isabella knows that visitors are not allowed in the dormitory, but she wants to help her brother. According to role theorists, Isabella is feeling ______.

Cindy just changed her major from psychology to sociology and is trying to make friends in her sociology class. One day, Jack, a fellow sociology major, says, "Psychology is only for people interested in studying rats." Cindy laughs, even though she disagrees with him and did not think the joke was funny. According to dramaturgists, Cindy is performing ______ behavior.

______ govern social contexts to let us know what is the right and proper behavior in social interaction.

According to dramaturgy, we only perform a small portion of our interactions in front of audiences.

List and discuss at least four problems in bureaucracies that were presented in the text. How would you address these problems? What would the ideal organizational structure for macro-level groups look like in the United States?

Within a group, individuals may hold both formal and informal statuses.

Durkheim found that personal despair always motivates suicide.

Working toward accomplishing a goal or a task often motivates secondary groups.

Role conflict differs from role strain in that conflict is between the roles within one status.

Global organizations, such as the United Nations, are linked to individuals through social networks.

Nicole addresses an introductory sociology course as a guest lecturer. She is most likely to address the class while standing at a ______.

Krista's group of college friends is considered a(n) ______ group because they have a strong sense of loyalty to one another, they care deeply about each other, and they receive intrinsic value from belonging.

Others assign one to a master status, so it is unlikely to affect an individual's self-concept.

All of the following are characteristics of ideal-type bureaucracy EXCEPT:

Personal distance is used for first-time business relations, such as a job interview.

In the context of foreign language acquisition, nonverbal messages are the easiest part to master.

In the United States, status is stable and does not change over time.