Exam 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction

One can expect that people who break the rules will attempt to protect their self-esteem.If they know that they are likely to break a rule in advance,they are likely to:

In simple societies,major social needs are met by:

What is a social structure?

Currently,African Americans comprise ____ of all nurse's aides and _____ of physicians.

What is the relationship between a status and a role?

According to sociologist Amy Wilkins,the Goth identity for teens helped them achieve all of the following goals EXCEPT:

Which of the following is the best example of an ascribed status?

_________ societies are characterized by the production of information and services.

According to the text,all of the following is true of the drinking and sexual rituals of university spring break EXCEPT that these:

When incompatible role demands develop within a single status,one experiences role:

Which of these is an example of role conflict?

The version of symbolic interaction that views social situations as scenes manipulated by actors delivering a message to an audience is called:

Education has become particularly important within _________ societies in which high-paying jobs are sharply divided from very low-paying jobs.

Define the following concepts and explain the relationships among them: status,achieved status,ascribed status,and role.

The chief architect of the dramaturgical perspective is:

In __________ societies,a digging stick was used to cultivate the land and produce a surplus.

The frame we use to define a given situation:

The most critical characteristic of a hunting-and-gathering society is that:

What is meant by dramaturgy?

What are spoiled identities?