Ch 5: Social Structure

Question 1

______ is created when humans interact within a geographic location and share a culture

Answer 1

Social structure

Question 2

Over time interactions ____ structure

Answer 2

build

Question 3

Social structure means that society is organized in a way that make human behavior and relationships _____

Answer 3

predictable

Question 4

A _______ is a stable culture that develops around basic goals that are necessary for social systems to survive

Answer 4

social institution

Question 5

_____ is a socially defined position that an individual occupies

Answer 5

status

Question 6

(T/F) Status in the sociological sense does not indicate standing in society

Answer 6

False; does

Question 7

A ______ is the combination of all statuses any individual holds at a given time

Answer 7

status set

Question 8

Being a teacher, parent, child, sibling, and etc is an example of a _____

Answer 8

status set

Question 9

______ is the status that we are born into

Answer 9

ascribed status

Question 10

What are examples of ascribed statuses

Answer 10

age, race, and sex

Question 11

An ______ is one that is the result of own effort or action

Answer 11

achieved status

Question 12

What are examples of achieved statuses

Answer 12

• Grade lvl in school
• job status

Question 13

All statuses have _____ attached to them

Answer 13

social roles

Question 14

____ are a bundle or set of expectations given to a social status in society

Answer 14

roles

Question 15

We occupy a ______ but we perform a ______

Answer 15

social status; role

Question 16

Society _____ the expectations for social roles, individuals perceives those expectations and then make decisions based on those perceptions

Answer 16

prescribes

Question 17

Society prescribes the expectations for social roles, individuals ______ those expectations and then make decisions based on those perceptions

Answer 17

perceive

Question 18

______ is when the expectations of a status are not clear

Answer 18

Role ambiguity

Question 19

_____ is when one role causes multiple stresses

Answer 19

Role strain

Question 20

_____ roles come into conflict

Answer 20

role conflict

Question 21

_____ are a fundamental part of social structure

Answer 21

groups

Question 22

A _____ can be as small as two people

Answer 22

group

Question 23

A group as small as two people is called a _____

Answer 23

dyad

Question 24

_____ are those in which people physically or socially interact

Answer 24

social groups

Question 25

(T/F) All groups are based on affiliation or affinity

Answer 25

False; Not all

Question 26

_____ are formed not by the group members but by sociologists and statisticians

Answer 26

Statistical groups

Question 27

_____ refer to a group of people who share a common characteristic

Answer 27

categorical groups

Question 28

Statistical and categorical groups are _______

Answer 28

not coordinated

Question 29

An ___ is a social group consisting of a collection of people who are together in one place and socialize very little

Answer 29

aggregate

Question 30

An ______ consists of people who join together in some organized way to pursue a common interest

Answer 30

associational or organizational group

Question 31

Sociologists are chiefly interested in ______, which have certain characteristics

Answer 31

social groups

Question 32

Sociologists are chiefly interested in social groups, which have the 4 following characteristics:

Answer 32

1) They interact
2) Members have a sense of belonging
3) Members share interests or agree on values, norms, and goals
4) They have a structure — a definable, recognizable arrangement of parts

Question 33

Primary groups are:
1) close and ______
2) important to _____

Answer 33

1) close and influential
2) important to self

Question 34

Secondary groups are:
1) means to an ____
2) sometimes go _____

Answer 34

1) means to an end
2) sometimes go between

Question 35

An ______ is a social category to which people feel they belong

Answer 35

in-group

Question 36

(T/F) Members know they belong in an in-group

Answer 36

true

Question 37

An _____ is one to which people feel they do not belong

Answer 37

out-group

Question 38

We may favor/prefer to give favors to people who are “____” us

Answer 38

like

Question 39

(T/F) Some people use their group status to influence others

Answer 39

True

Question 40

______ are who inspire our choices and who we think about when making comparisons

Answer 40

Reference

Question 41

Groups share information and resources and are linked together in _____

Answer 41

networks

Question 42

______ are reinforced by multiple connections and are close, weak ties are not as close

Answer 42

strong ties

Question 43

____ are not as close as strong ties are

Answer 43

weak ties

Question 44

______ are deliberately constructed groups and structural arrangements organized to achieve certain specific, clearly stated goals

Answer 44

Formal organizations

Question 45

Formal organizations tend to follow a ______

Answer 45

bureaucratic structure