Question 1

What is the main difference between ascribed and achieved status?

Accepted Answer

A) Achieved status is gained as a result of personal ability. 
B) Ascribed status is the result of direct effort. 
C) Ascribed status rarely influences achieved status. 
D) Achieved status has a significant influence on ascribed status. 
A) Achieved status is gained as a result of personal ability. 
B) Ascribed status is the result of direct effort. 
C) Ascribed status rarely influences achieved status. 
D) Achieved status has a significant influence on ascribed status.

Question 2

Who described shared meanings in his observation about two pedestrians approaching each other on a public sidewalk?

Accepted Answer

A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Ferdinand Tönnies 
C) Erving Goffman 
D) Georg Simmel 
A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Ferdinand Tönnies 
C) Erving Goffman 
D) Georg Simmel

Question 3

What did sociologist Carol Brooks Gardner determine in her study of women's reactions to street encounters?

Accepted Answer

A) Women generally engage in conversations with the initiator. 
B) Women are generally unafraid during such encounters. 
C) Women do not perceive street encounters as "routine" rituals. 
D) Women view street encounters in the same way that men do. 
A) Women generally engage in conversations with the initiator. 
B) Women are generally unafraid during such encounters. 
C) Women do not perceive street encounters as "routine" rituals. 
D) Women view street encounters in the same way that men do.

Question 4

Mandeep is scheduled to write her final exam in sociology at 9:00am on December 15th.She is also scheduled to work an eight-hour shift from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on the same day for her employer.What is Mandeep about to experience?

Accepted Answer

A) role conflict 
B) role strain 
C) status conflict 
D) role exit 
A) role conflict 
B) role strain 
C) status conflict 
D) role exit

Question 5

Define impression management and provide an example of how people manage impressions in the classroom.

Accepted Answer

People's efforts to present th

Question 6

Which of the following best reflects the potential negative effects of emotional labour?

Accepted Answer

A) emotionless labour 
B) broken feeling rules 
C) alienation and commercialization of feelings 
D) absence of feeling rules 
A) emotionless labour 
B) broken feeling rules 
C) alienation and commercialization of feelings 
D) absence of feeling rules

Question 7

List and describe the main components of social structure.

Accepted Answer

The answer of List and describe the main components of...

Question 8

Define the term self-fulfilling prophecy and provide an example.

Accepted Answer

A false belief or prediction t

Question 9

The need for personal space decreases with age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is the process by which people act toward or respond to other people?

Accepted Answer

A) social structure 
B) social interaction 
C) psychological behaviour 
D) group interaction 
A) social structure 
B) social interaction 
C) psychological behaviour 
D) group interaction

Question 11

What does the term Gesellschaft refer to?

Accepted Answer

A) a society largely based on ascribed status 
B) a traditional society in which social relationships are based on personal bonds of friendship and kinship and on intergenerational stability 
C) a traditional society in which social relationships have come to be based on corporate procedures 
D) a large,urban society in which social bonds are based on impersonal and specialized relationships,with little long-term commitment to the group or consensus on values 
A) a society largely based on ascribed status 
B) a traditional society in which social relationships are based on personal bonds of friendship and kinship and on intergenerational stability 
C) a traditional society in which social relationships have come to be based on corporate procedures 
D) a large,urban society in which social bonds are based on impersonal and specialized relationships,with little long-term commitment to the group or consensus on values

Question 12

What name did Erving Goffman give to "any physical or social attribute or sign that so devalues a person's social identity that it disqualifies that person from full acceptance?"

Accepted Answer

A) deviant quality 
B) stigma 
C) negative identity 
D) derogatory label 
A) deviant quality 
B) stigma 
C) negative identity 
D) derogatory label

Question 13

Role conflict takes place within one status,while role strain involves two or more statuses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Suppose you choose to study the homeless by analyzing how social institutions have operated to produce current conditions.What kind of approach would you take?

Accepted Answer

A) macrosociological 
B) microsociological 
C) interactionist 
D) developmental 
A) macrosociological 
B) microsociological 
C) interactionist 
D) developmental

Question 15

The text cites an investigation involving students' interactions and discussions following the return of exam grades.In this study,what characterized the students' presentations of self?

Accepted Answer

A) Managed impressions were consistent,regardless of the grade each of them earned on the exam. 
B) Managed impressions had little to do with the grade that each student earned on the exam. 
C) Managed impressions varied,depending on the grade earned by the other students with whom they interacted. 
D) Managed impressions were related to how the professor returned the graded exams to the class. 
A) Managed impressions were consistent,regardless of the grade each of them earned on the exam. 
B) Managed impressions had little to do with the grade that each student earned on the exam. 
C) Managed impressions varied,depending on the grade earned by the other students with whom they interacted. 
D) Managed impressions were related to how the professor returned the graded exams to the class.

Question 16

Which statement reflects a conflict perspective on social structure?

Accepted Answer

A) Social structure creates order and predictability. 
B) Social structure is important for human development. 
C) Social structure is a source of inequality. 
D) Social structure contributes to the emergence of a self-concept. 
A) Social structure creates order and predictability. 
B) Social structure is important for human development. 
C) Social structure is a source of inequality. 
D) Social structure contributes to the emergence of a self-concept.

Question 17

Women are socialized to smile even when they are unhappy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What type of social institution are family,religion,education,and government examples of?

Accepted Answer

A) traditional 
B) emergent 
C) ascribed 
D) achieved 
A) traditional 
B) emergent 
C) ascribed 
D) achieved

Question 19

Conflict and functionalist theorists agree that social institutions are originally organized to meet society's basic needs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What does a functionalist believe is needed to replace and teach members of society,preserve order,and produce and distribute goods and services?

Accepted Answer

A) a democratic government 
B) social institutions 
C) primary groups 
D) social solidarity 
A) a democratic government 
B) social institutions 
C) primary groups 
D) social solidarity

Exam 5: Society, social Structure, and Interaction

What is the main difference between ascribed and achieved status?

Who described shared meanings in his observation about two pedestrians approaching each other on a public sidewalk?

What did sociologist Carol Brooks Gardner determine in her study of women's reactions to street encounters?

Mandeep is scheduled to write her final exam in sociology at 9:00am on December 15th.She is also scheduled to work an eight-hour shift from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on the same day for her employer.What is Mandeep about to experience?

Define impression management and provide an example of how people manage impressions in the classroom.

Which of the following best reflects the potential negative effects of emotional labour?

List and describe the main components of social structure.

Define the term self-fulfilling prophecy and provide an example.

The need for personal space decreases with age.

What is the process by which people act toward or respond to other people?

What does the term Gesellschaft refer to?

What name did Erving Goffman give to "any physical or social attribute or sign that so devalues a person's social identity that it disqualifies that person from full acceptance?"

Role conflict takes place within one status,while role strain involves two or more statuses.

Suppose you choose to study the homeless by analyzing how social institutions have operated to produce current conditions.What kind of approach would you take?

The text cites an investigation involving students' interactions and discussions following the return of exam grades.In this study,what characterized the students' presentations of self?

Which statement reflects a conflict perspective on social structure?

Women are socialized to smile even when they are unhappy.

What type of social institution are family,religion,education,and government examples of?

Conflict and functionalist theorists agree that social institutions are originally organized to meet society's basic needs.

What does a functionalist believe is needed to replace and teach members of society,preserve order,and produce and distribute goods and services?

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