Exam 4: Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life

Explain the two types of societies described by Tӧnnies according to their degree of social solidarity and social control.

Describe and compare the typologies Durkheim and Tӧnnies developed to account for different types of solidarity in society.

Which of these is not characteristic of industrialized society?

__________ may focus on the problems of one homeless family, describing how the parents and kids live in a car and eat meals from a soup kitchen. These stories do not necessarily describe the larger context of homelessness.

Discuss the views of functionalist and conflict theorists regarding social institutions.

It is not always clear when the provider-dependent aspect of the parent-child relationship ends. Should it end at age 18 or 21? When a person is no longer in school? This is an example of __________.

Which of these is the best example of a primary group?

Teacher, student, professional athlete, rock musician, and homeless person are all examples of __________.

Sociologist Helen Ebaugh concluded that role exit occurs in four stages, the first of which is __________, in which people experience frustration or burnout when they reflect on their existing roles.

Which of these questions best describes the interests of ethnomethodologists?

Sociologist Erving Goffman's term __________ refers to the ways in which an individual shows awareness that another is present without making this person the object of particular attention.

__________ emphasize the role of social institutions in accomplishing essential tasks for society.

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild suggests that we acquire a set of __________ that shape the appropriate emotions for a given role or specific situation, including how, where, when, and with whom an emotion should be expressed.

Amber is a first grade teacher, a daughter, a wife, a mother, a Presbyterian, a soccer coach, and a Kansas resident. Taken together, all of these socially defined positions constitute her __________.

Social encounters and social interaction have different meaning for people based on their status and previous experience.

Define social structure and explain why it is important for individuals and society.

__________ theorists maintain that in capitalistic societies, where a few people control the labor of many, the social structure reflects a system of relationships of domination and subordination.

Jane defines herself first and foremost as a student. For Jane, being a student is considered her _________ status.

A(n) __________ status is a social position conferred at birth or received involuntarily later in life, based on attributes over which the individual has little or no control, such as race/ethnicity, age, and gender.

Social structure consists of all of these, except __________.