Deck 7: Demography

Question 1

Which process is not associated with microsociology?

A) social effects on individuals
B) interaction between pairs of individuals
C) interaction in small groups
D) large group interactions

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Most microsociologists _____.

A) only interact with each other in small groups
B) assume that any individual will respond to a social situation in a similar way
C) fabricate experimental data
D) assume that people do not have free will

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Stanley Milgram studied ______.

A) to what extent people would obey orders from authority to inflict pain on another person.
B) murders in New York City and their effects
C) the student-teacher relationship in New York City classrooms
D) how external cues influenced human interactions

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which is an important determinant in whether an individual comes to another individual's aid?

A) status
B) wealth
C) uncertainty
D) lunar cycle

Question 5

One way "diffusion of responsibility" manifests itself is _____

A) the "easy rider problem"
B) the "free rider problem"
C) social justice
D) dyad bimorphism

Question 6

Potluck dinners are an example of _____.

A) homeostasis
B) "diffusion of responsibility"
C) altruistic egoism
D) food poisoning

Question 7

______ is an area of sociological study that describes and explains people's social phenomena they produce in terms of the meanings these behaviors have for the people involved.

A) Symbolic interactionism
B) Diffusic morphism
C) Responsibility diffusion
D) Symbolic diffusion

Question 8

The principal founder of symbolic interactionism is _____.

A) Jethro Tull
B) Aldous Huxley
C) George Herbert Mead
D) Stanley Milgram

Question 9

____ is a theory that says most social behavior is based on exchanges of things between people.

A) Power-dependence principal
B) Exchange theory
C) Symbolic interactionism
D) Non-symbolic interactionism

Question 10

It has been shown that power between spouses will be more equal _____.

A) if both are full-time in the labor force
B) if the husband is a banker
C) if the wife is the principal bread-winner and makes the husband do the laundry
D) Power between spouses is never equal.

Question 11

Which is not one of the three solutions to the "prisoner's dilemma" determined by social scientists?

A) A formal agreement
B) Communication
C) Repetition
D) Raising the stakes of the "game"

Question 12

Exchange relationships require _____.

A) stupidity
B) trickery
C) trust
D) deception

Question 13

_____ is how hierarchies form and operate in small groups.

A) "Game Theory"
B) Status processes
C) Symbolic interactionism
D) Non-symbolic interactionism

Question 14

Hierarchies in groups form most often ____.

A) within 10 minutes
B) within 10 seconds
C) after several hours
D) after weeks, if at all

Question 15

Which is not one of the key determinants to determining a person's place in the "status structure"?

A) diffuse status characteristics
B) chartreuse status characteristics
C) specific status characteristics
D) a person's behavior

Question 16

Which is not a diffuse status characteristic?

A) gender
B) age
C) race
D) ability to speak Welsh

Question 17

Which is not a specific status characteristic for a group stranded in rural Wales?

A) gender
B) ability to read maps
C) skill as a hunter
D) ability to speak Welsh

Question 18

_____ are behaviors that contribute to a person's high status in a group

A) phrasing one's contributions as questions, not statements
B) silence
C) phrasing one's contributions as statements, not questions.
D) hallucinations

Question 19

Which is not a characteristic that boosts status?

A) height
B) physical well-being
C) physical disability
D) beauty

Question 20

Most people do not interact in small groups.

Question 21

In Milgram's experiment, most students stopped the test at the first outcry from the "victim".

Question 22

When Milgram's study was repeated recently, the results were essentially the same.

Question 23

People have a tendency to conform to with others.

Question 24

When people are unsure of the situation, they are often reluctant to help a victim.

Question 25

In many cases a group of people respond more, on average, than an individual

Question 26

There are behavioral tendencies common to all humans that produce similar responses to situations.

Question 27

According to Mead, as we grow up we begin to see ourselves through other's eyes.

Question 28

Very small children are often more self-conscious and embarrassed than adults.

Question 29

Reciprocation is often important in social interactions.

Question 30

In times of economic struggles and high unemployment, in a free-market economy, the employers have more power than the employees.

Question 31

The communication solution to the "prisoner's dilemma" eliminates the temptation for each party to cheat.

Question 32

People want to be in long-term exchange relationships.

Question 33

A desire to gossip is probably an evolved human predisposition.

Question 34

People often do not care about their reputation.

Question 35

It is easy, once a hierarchy is formed, to change leaders.

Question 36

Older people are more likely to get higher status than younger people.

Question 37

When combating a forest fire, if one of your group is a professional firefighter, he is more likely to be chosen as leader.

Question 38

Silence is a behavior that helps one to obtain high status.

Question 39

One a hierarchy is set up, non-leaders are encouraged to be loud and assertive.

Question 40

Beauty helps increase status.

Question 41

In exchange processes, higher status people tend to get better deals than lower status people.

Question 42

Why is microsociology worth studying?

Question 43

What are the 2 perspectives within symbolic interaction?

Question 44

Describe the "prisoner's dilemma"

Question 45

Why is a person's reputation important? Give an example i.e dating?

Question 46

Give 3 diffuse status characteristics.

Question 47

Give 3 specific status characteristics to a group trying to translate the Old Testament from Hebrew to English.

Question 48

What is exchange theory? Describe how imbalances occur in exchange relations.

Question 49

What is a status characteristic? How do they influence everyday interaction? Give examples.