Question 1

How does smiling reflect gendered power differences?

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Question 2

Alex has just moved out of his parent's house for the first time.He hasn't sorted out with his parents who pays for groceries or when they spend time together.What would a sociologist suggest is happening to Alex?

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A)  He is depressed. 
B)  He is experiencing role ambiguity. 
C)  He is frustrated. 
D)  He is experiencing role conflict.

Question 3

Mark works as a CEO for a global company and travels at least two weeks every month.Which of the following in Mark's life is likely to be most adversely affected by his employment?

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A)  primary groups 
B)  secondary groups 
C)  work colleagues 
D)  emergent social institutions

Question 4

David has an evening meeting on Tuesday.The meeting is at the same time as his daughter's spring recital.What is David experiencing?

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A)  conferred status 
B)  role conflict 
C)  expected norms 
D)  good manners

Question 5

Emotional labour can produce a feeling of estrangement from oneself.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

To celebrate her promotion at work,Stella bought a new Hermes purse.What is the purse an example of?

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A)  status indicator 
B)  status marker 
C)  status symbol 
D)  status capital

Question 7

To what did Henley (1977)attribute the different amounts of physical contact given to male babies compared to female babies?

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A)  power differentials between men and women 
B)  cultural differences 
C)  class differences 
D)  linguistic differences

Question 8

Statuses exist independently of the specific people occupying them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

List and describe the main components of social structure.

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Question 10

Sven has been living in Canada for two years.He often finds himself straddling the cultures of his birth country and his adopted country.What term captures this state?

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A)  role identity 
B)  social marginality 
C)  socioeconomic position 
D)  role diagram

Question 11

In what perspective are both the ethnomethodological and dramaturgical approaches strongly rooted?

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A)  social conflict 
B)  symbolic interactionist 
C)  structural functionalist 
D)  postmodern

Question 12

Demonstrate how homelessness is related to the social structure of Canadian society.

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Question 13

What term is used for a traditional society in which social relationships are based on personal bonds of friendship and kinship and on intergenerational stability?

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A)  Gemeinschaft 
B)  Gesellschaft 
C)  organic solidarity 
D)  mechanical solidarity

Question 14

Compare and contrast role conflict and role strain.

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Question 15

What term refers to a classification scheme containing two or more mutually exclusive categories that are used to compare different kinds of behaviour or types of societies?

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A)  tautology 
B)  terminology 
C)  typology 
D)  symbolism

Question 16

Tim is looking at the interaction between various social institutions,such as the church,the local government,and the local economy in his hometown.He is examining how these interact with social roles.What is Tim studying?

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A)  social interaction 
B)  structurally patterned behaviour 
C)  social structure 
D)  group interaction

Question 17

What kind of group would be formed if a community wanted to get involved in developing a park and playground on the site of a new school?

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A)  a primary social group 
B)  a social network 
C)  a secondary social group 
D)  a formal organization

Question 18

Compare and contrast a functionalist and a conflict perspective on the role of social institutions in society.

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Question 19

Which of the following argues that the organization of economic production is the most important structural aspect of society?

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A)  Karl Marx 
B)  Émile Durkheim 
C)  Erik Erikson 
D)  Robert Park

Question 20

What type of social group are family members,close friends,and peers examples of?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emergent 
B)  Traditional 
C)  Secondary 
D)  Primary

Exam 5: Society, social Structure, and Interaction