04 Social Structure and Interaction: Micro and Macro Orientations

01

Sociologists use the term __________ to refer to patterns of relationships that endure from one generation to the next.

culture

language

socialization

social structure
02

The smallest components of social structure are:

social institutions.

statuses and roles.

social interactions.

the cultural blueprints.
03

What is the sociological term for the social positions that people occupy?

role

occupation

status

cultural positions
04

A/an __________ is a social position that is received at birth or involuntarily assumed later in the life course.

role

achieved status

master status

ascribed status
05

The status of being a college student is a/an:

role.

achieved status.

master status.

ascribed status.
06

Occupation is an illustration of a/an:

role.

positive status.

master status.

ascribed status.
07

When master statuses are also negative, the term __________ may be applied.

negative status

degradation

status symbol

stigma
08

Cooley referred to small groups characterized by warm, informal, and long-lasting interaction as:

close groups.

primary groups.

emotive groups.

secondary groups.
09

You have been invited to speak at your university’s commencement ceremonies. You would be speaking to a __________ group.

close

bored

primary

secondary
10

Which of the following is involved when a surgeon chooses not to operate on her own son because the personal involvement of motherhood could impair her professional objectivity as a physician?

role strain

role conflict

role ambiguity

role exit
11

Which of the following is involved when a plant foreman wishes to be a good friend and confidant to the workers, but must remain distant to rate the workers’ performance?

role strain

role conflict

role ambiguity

role exit
12

Which of the following characterizes the hunting and gathering society?

Highly egalitarian, very little collective violence, simple division of labor.

Highly egalitarian, warlike predisposition, complex division of labor.

Complex division of labor, emergence of social inequality, formal social control.

Simple division of labor, formal social controls, highly egalitarian.
13

Industrial and postindustrial societies are based on:

the use of sophisticated agricultural tools made possible by technology.

the continuing importance of the family, in particular the dependence on kinship.

the ability of more and more members to become occupational specialists.

the use of non-animate sources of energy for economic production.
14

Sociologist Erving Goffman believed that in real life we play out social scenes following a “script” written by society. This view is characteristic of which sociological approach:

Shakespeare

world-as-a-stage

dramaturgical

symbolic interaction
15

Social structure provides the blueprint for the ways people behave, while culture provides the interactive setting in which the social structure is acted out.

True

False
16

The smallest elements of social structure are statuses and roles.

True

False
17

A Ph.D. working behind the counter at a Burger King restaurant is an example of status inconsistency.

True

False
18

The position of ex-convict is an achieved status.

True

False
19

While occupational positions are statuses, they are rarely considered to be a master status.

True

False
20

We occupy roles and play statuses.

True

False
21

Which bandleader had a huge rhythm and blues hit with "Choo-Choo Ch' Boogie"?

Count Basie

Louis Jordan

Cab Calloway

Bessie Smith

04 Social Structure and Interaction: Micro and Macro Orientations

Sociologists use the term __________ to refer to patterns of relationships that endure from one generation to the next.

The smallest components of social structure are:

What is the sociological term for the social positions that people occupy?

A/an __________ is a social position that is received at birth or involuntarily assumed later in the life course.

The status of being a college student is a/an:

Occupation is an illustration of a/an:

When master statuses are also negative, the term __________ may be applied.

Cooley referred to small groups characterized by warm, informal, and long-lasting interaction as:

You have been invited to speak at your university’s commencement ceremonies. You would be speaking to a __________ group.

Which of the following is involved when a surgeon chooses not to operate on her own son because the personal involvement of motherhood could impair her professional objectivity as a physician?

Which of the following is involved when a plant foreman wishes to be a good friend and confidant to the workers, but must remain distant to rate the workers’ performance?

Which of the following characterizes the hunting and gathering society?

Industrial and postindustrial societies are based on:

Sociologist Erving Goffman believed that in real life we play out social scenes following a “script” written by society. This view is characteristic of which sociological approach:

Social structure provides the blueprint for the ways people behave, while culture provides the interactive setting in which the social structure is acted out.

The smallest elements of social structure are statuses and roles.

A Ph.D. working behind the counter at a Burger King restaurant is an example of status inconsistency.

The position of ex-convict is an achieved status.

While occupational positions are statuses, they are rarely considered to be a master status.

We occupy roles and play statuses.

Which bandleader had a huge rhythm and blues hit with "Choo-Choo Ch' Boogie"?