Question 1

Why are the institutions of the government critically important to the overall social structure?

Accepted Answer

The institutions of the government are c

Question 2

When social structure breaks down so does social order;which of the following best illustrates a breakdown in social structure?

Accepted Answer

A) Wall Street after the housing market crashed 
B) New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina 
C) shoppers in a new mall 
D) a parking lot after a sporting event 
A) Wall Street after the housing market crashed 
B) New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina 
C) shoppers in a new mall 
D) a parking lot after a sporting event

Question 3

How is privilege most commonly maintained?

Accepted Answer

A) through social movements 
B) through discrimination 
C) through diversification 
D) through apartheid 
A) through social movements 
B) through discrimination 
C) through diversification 
D) through apartheid

Question 4

Why do institutions form?

Accepted Answer

A) to ensure consistency and continuity 
B) to complicate social life 
C) to quickly formalize social norms 
D) to maintain the status quo 
A) to ensure consistency and continuity 
B) to complicate social life 
C) to quickly formalize social norms 
D) to maintain the status quo

Question 5

Which of the following best explains how social hierarchies arise?

Accepted Answer

A) They arise when a group is able to use its assets to claim advantage over others. 
B) They emerge when norms and rules are institutionalized. 
C) They are determined by our religious ideology. 
D) They are based on our skills and abilities. 
A) They arise when a group is able to use its assets to claim advantage over others. 
B) They emerge when norms and rules are institutionalized. 
C) They are determined by our religious ideology. 
D) They are based on our skills and abilities.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of how understanding how social structure determines one's life opportunities?

Accepted Answer

A) Poor people "know" that the world is stacked against them. 
B) Rich people "know" that poor people don't work hard. 
C) Women "know" their path is not influenced by their gender. 
D) University students "know" that a degree is not the best path to success. 
A) Poor people "know" that the world is stacked against them. 
B) Rich people "know" that poor people don't work hard. 
C) Women "know" their path is not influenced by their gender. 
D) University students "know" that a degree is not the best path to success.

Question 7

Path dependency is the process by which __________.

Accepted Answer

A) individuals distinguish between logical outcomes and illogical outcomes 
B) children are socialized to their parents' behavioural expectations 
C) economies decline in theoretically expected ways 
D) historical legacies and past outcomes impact actors and organizations in the present 
A) individuals distinguish between logical outcomes and illogical outcomes 
B) children are socialized to their parents' behavioural expectations 
C) economies decline in theoretically expected ways 
D) historical legacies and past outcomes impact actors and organizations in the present

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of how population changes impact life chances?

Accepted Answer

A) The types of jobs and employment available to individuals can be determined by population size. 
B) Population changes have very little impact on life chances. 
C) People's IQs can be determined by whether a population has changed recently. 
D) When people move into a new area,they immediately develop new social structures. 
A) The types of jobs and employment available to individuals can be determined by population size. 
B) Population changes have very little impact on life chances. 
C) People's IQs can be determined by whether a population has changed recently. 
D) When people move into a new area,they immediately develop new social structures.

Question 9

The glass ceiling is a barrier against the advancement of _______.

Accepted Answer

A) homosexuals 
B) African Americans 
C) women 
D) low-income men 
A) homosexuals 
B) African Americans 
C) women 
D) low-income men

Question 10

What is social structure?

Accepted Answer

A) individual personality differences in a variety of contexts 
B) a collection of sociological theories that examine the difference between rich and poor 
C) the way rules and norms become enduring patterns that shape social interactions 
D) the deterministic belief that one can never escape one's social position 
A) individual personality differences in a variety of contexts 
B) a collection of sociological theories that examine the difference between rich and poor 
C) the way rules and norms become enduring patterns that shape social interactions 
D) the deterministic belief that one can never escape one's social position

Question 11

Where does the process of socialization typically begin?

Accepted Answer

A) in communities 
B) in families 
C) in schools 
D) in peer groups 
A) in communities 
B) in families 
C) in schools 
D) in peer groups

Question 12

Which of the following is an accurate example of norms?

Accepted Answer

A) Walking on the right side of a hallway full of people. 
B) Getting a ticket for running a red light. 
C) Planting a garden in the backyard. 
D) Protesting a school board decision. 
A) Walking on the right side of a hallway full of people. 
B) Getting a ticket for running a red light. 
C) Planting a garden in the backyard. 
D) Protesting a school board decision.

Question 13

How does socialization instil roles and norms in the individual?

Accepted Answer

Socialization is the process through whi

Question 14

As we transition from one stage of the life course to another we are expected to alter our ________to fit new roles.

Accepted Answer

A) behaviour 
B) hierarchies 
C) social inequalities 
D) social structures 
A) behaviour 
B) hierarchies 
C) social inequalities 
D) social structures

Question 15

What was the second major economic shift in North American history?

Accepted Answer

A) Agriculture 
B) Manufacturing 
C) Technology 
D) Knowledge 
A) Agriculture 
B) Manufacturing 
C) Technology 
D) Knowledge

Question 16

Karen works for an Internet marketing company with annual billings of over $100 million.She was recently promoted to client services manager and began looking for a mentor.She noticed that over 90 percent of the executives at the director level or above are male and that only one woman has a seat on the firm's board.What does this scenario suggest may be at play in Karen's place of employment?

Accepted Answer

A) intergenerational social mobility 
B) the glass ceiling 
C) a social hierarchy 
D) path dependency 
A) intergenerational social mobility 
B) the glass ceiling 
C) a social hierarchy 
D) path dependency

Question 17

As a young boy in the 1970s,Robert remembered that there was a push for public schools to teach children the metric system.The movement to adopt metric measurement was eventually abandoned in the United States.How could Robert explain this outcome?

Accepted Answer

A) path dependency 
B) resocialization 
C) discrimination 
D) institutionalization 
A) path dependency 
B) resocialization 
C) discrimination 
D) institutionalization

Question 18

Which of the following is true about roles?

Accepted Answer

A) a person can only occupy one role at a time 
B) throughout the day we play multiple roles 
C) once in a particular role our behaviour is static over the life course 
D) all roles are assigned to us 
A) a person can only occupy one role at a time 
B) throughout the day we play multiple roles 
C) once in a particular role our behaviour is static over the life course 
D) all roles are assigned to us

Question 19

How is social structure like the structure of a tall building?

Accepted Answer

Social structure is like the structure o

Question 20

Which of these are the basic rules of society that help us know what is and what is not appropriate to do in any situation?

Accepted Answer

A) roles 
B) laws 
C) norms 
D) structure 
A) roles 
B) laws 
C) norms 
D) structure

Why are the institutions of the government critically important to the overall social structure?

When social structure breaks down so does social order;which of the following best illustrates a breakdown in social structure?

How is privilege most commonly maintained?

Why do institutions form?

Which of the following best explains how social hierarchies arise?

Which of the following is an example of how understanding how social structure determines one's life opportunities?

Path dependency is the process by which __________.

Which of the following is an example of how population changes impact life chances?

The glass ceiling is a barrier against the advancement of _______.

What is social structure?

Where does the process of socialization typically begin?

Which of the following is an accurate example of norms?

How does socialization instil roles and norms in the individual?

As we transition from one stage of the life course to another we are expected to alter our ________to fit new roles.

What was the second major economic shift in North American history?

As a young boy in the 1970s,Robert remembered that there was a push for public schools to teach children the metric system.The movement to adopt metric measurement was eventually abandoned in the United States.How could Robert explain this outcome?

Which of the following is true about roles?

How is social structure like the structure of a tall building?

Which of these are the basic rules of society that help us know what is and what is not appropriate to do in any situation?

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Exam 5: Social Structure

Why are the institutions of the government critically important to the overall social structure?

When social structure breaks down so does social order;which of the following best illustrates a breakdown in social structure?

How is privilege most commonly maintained?

Why do institutions form?

Which of the following best explains how social hierarchies arise?

Which of the following is an example of how understanding how social structure determines one's life opportunities?

Path dependency is the process by which __________.

Which of the following is an example of how population changes impact life chances?

The glass ceiling is a barrier against the advancement of _______.

What is social structure?

Where does the process of socialization typically begin?

Which of the following is an accurate example of norms?

How does socialization instil roles and norms in the individual?

As we transition from one stage of the life course to another we are expected to alter our ________to fit new roles.

What was the second major economic shift in North American history?

As a young boy in the 1970s,Robert remembered that there was a push for public schools to teach children the metric system.The movement to adopt metric measurement was eventually abandoned in the United States.How could Robert explain this outcome?

Which of the following is true about roles?

How is social structure like the structure of a tall building?

Which of these are the basic rules of society that help us know what is and what is not appropriate to do in any situation?

The Sociological Imagination

Social Theory

Studying the Social World

Social Interaction

Culture, media, and Communication

Power and Politics

Markets, organizations, and Work

Social Stratification, inequality, and Poverty

Race and Ethnicity

Gender and Sexuality

Families and Family Life

Sociology of Religion

Education

Health and Medicine

Crime, deviance, and Social Control

Social Movements and Revolutions

Environmental Sociology

Population

Globalization

Filters