Question 1

Patterns of touch are strongly influenced by gender.Which of the following statements regarding gender and touch is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Women are more likely to use touch for emotional support than men are. 
B) Boys tend to be touched by their parents more roughly than girls are. 
C) In an interaction,which people touch others is a reflection of the relative social status of the participants. 
D) In everyday interaction men and women tend to use touch about equally.

Question 2

When the different statuses of a person each brings with them significantly different amounts of prestige this causes.

Accepted Answer

A) role strain 
B) status inconsistency 
C) role conflict 
D) status ambivalence

Question 3

In a society marked by organic solidarity

Accepted Answer

A) individuals play a great variety of different roles and unity is based on role differentiation. 
B) the roles people play are very similar. 
C) individuals share the same values and hold the same things sacred. 
D) there is a complete lack of collective consciousness.

Question 4

The established position that one occupies within a social structure and that carries with it a degree of prestige is called a(n) .

Accepted Answer

A) status 
B) occupation 
C) role 
D) role set

Question 5

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild's concept of "the second shift" is discussed in the text as an example of .

Accepted Answer

A) a role set 
B) role conflict 
C) role strain 
D) taking the role of the other

Question 6

Explain the differences between preindustrial and industrial societies in terms of economic and social organization.

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Question 7

Ais a broad system that organizes specific functions in society.

Accepted Answer

A) social organization 
B) social institution 
C) social structure 
D) socialization

Question 8

Sociologists who study the large patterns of social interactions that are vast,complex,and highly differentiated are using.

Accepted Answer

A) microanalysis 
B) macroanalysis 
C) content analysis 
D) organic analysis

Question 9

What is the relationship between culture and society,from a sociological perspective?

Accepted Answer

A) The members of a society share a culture to some extent. 
B) A society is much larger and more widespread than culture. 
C) A society involves social interaction; culture does not. 
D) Culture is a subset of society.

Question 10

The social exchange model states that our interactions are influenced by the rewards and punishments that we receive from others.The social rewards that influence our behavior

Accepted Answer

A) must be tangible,such as gifts or recognition. 
B) may be subtle everyday gesture such as nods or smiles. 
C) must be known in advance of the interaction. 
D) are influential even if they are outweighed by punishments.

Question 11

The key difference that distinguishes different types of societies is the type and level of technology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A pastoral society is unlike a forging society because:

Accepted Answer

A) It lacks a division of labor. 
B) A forging society is more complex. 
C) It develops a division of labor. 
D) It lacks surplus.

Question 13

Sociologists who study patterns of social interaction use macroanalysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Functionalist theorists contend that social institutions

Accepted Answer

A) assure the stability and continuance of society. 
B) provide for some segments of society at the expense of others. 
C) distribute power to the various segments of society unequally. 
D) shape individual identity and personality.

Question 15

Within a gemeinschaft society,how is social control achieved?

Accepted Answer

A) through social institutions such as the legal system 
B) through a system of written laws that apply equally to members of society 
C) through an internal sense of belonging that member of society share 
D) through a strict division of labor.

Question 16

Explain the importance of division of labor,according to Durkheim.

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Question 17

are statuses that demonstrate that it is difficult to draw a firm line between ascribed and achieved statuses.

Accepted Answer

A) Occupation and education 
B) Social class and gender 
C) Age and occupation 
D) Being a parent and being a student

Question 18

Your age and race are examples of

Accepted Answer

A) ascribed statuses. 
B) achieved statuses. 
C) assumed statuses. 
D) acquired statuses.

Question 19

Insocieties,there is a clearer division of labor than pastoral societies,but less than in industrial societies.

Accepted Answer

A) foraging 
B) horticultural 
C) pastoral 
D) post-industrial

Question 20

In postindustrial societies

Accepted Answer

A) the economy is dependent on the production and distribution of services and knowledge. 
B) there is very little social differentiation or division of labor. 
C) religion and family are the most vital social institutions. 
D) social inequality is rare.

Exam 5: Social Structure and Social Interaction