Chapter 4 - Quiz

Question 1

A sociologist should use _____ to analyze the broad features of society

Answer 1

a macro-sociological approach

Question 2

Micro sociologists are most likely to study which of the follow?

Answer 2

face to face interactions

Question 3

To best gain an understanding of how members of a group develop rules and codes for getting along, a sociologist would use _______

Answer 3

the microsociologocial approach.

Question 4

During World War 2, European Jews had to wear yellow stars on their clothing. The star is an example of a ___________.

Answer 4

negative status symbol.

Question 5

Why might blindness sometimes ben classified as a master status?

Answer 5

blindness can become the trait that other respond to more than any other.

Question 6

A teenage boy who is a student, cashier, and teammate illustrates the concept of _______.

Answer 6

status set

Question 7

Organic solidarity differs from mechanical solidarity in that it is based on ________.

Answer 7

the interdependence of different interest groups with different ideas about life.

Question 8

The suffix - ette means “little one.” How does this suffix show the relative social statuses of bachelors and bachelorettes?

Answer 8

It suggests that women are less socially valuable than men.

Question 9

_______ is based on income, education, and occupational prestige.

Answer 9

Social class.

Question 10

Functionalists identify five functional requisites for the survival of any society. All of society’s institutions are involved in meeting which one ?

Answer 10

Proving a sense of purpose.

Question 11

Which of the following examples best demonstrates a self-fulfilling stereotype?

Answer 11

A math teacher hears that her new student is very smart and pleasant to work with. She gives him extra encouragement and challenging assignments. The student, who once did poorly in math and was surely in class, is now happy and cheerful and is willing to try more difficult work.

Question 12

Ethnomethodology is the study of __________.

Answer 12

The way people understand their lives.

Question 13

The symbolic interaction approach views society as __________.

Answer 13

The product of the everyday interactions of individuals.

Question 14

According to Edward Hall, if you were having a conversation with lab partner outside science class, the “distance zone” you would share is _______ distance.

Answer 14

personal

Question 15

Which of the following statements best explains the relationships between the social construction of reality and the definition of the situation ?

Answer 15

Reality is a social construction based on how we define the situation.

Question 16

Goffman described _______ as a person’s efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others.

Answer 16

impression management

Question 17

Which of the following examples illustrates role conflict?

Answer 17

A parent can no longer handle the responsibilities of parenting, working, and housekeeping.

Question 18

Whiuch of the following exampels from the post-tornado photographs in the text examines the situation on a macrosociological level

Answer 18

The picture of cable TV being restored.

Question 19

Why are both macro sociology and micro sociology necessary to gain a complete sociological picture?

Answer 19

Each focuses on a different aspects of the human experience, so they are both necessary for a full understanding fo social life.

Question 20

Using the macrosociological approach and the examples of the “Saints” and the “Roughnecks,” who has the best chances of success in the United States?

Answer 20

A white boy born into a wealthy, prominent New England family.

Question 21

Willaim Chambliss used the micro-sociological approach to gather information about the social interaction of the “Saints” and the “Roughnecks”, including _______.

Answer 21

How the “Saints” manipulated their good reputations to skip classes.

Question 22

The family gives the newcomer to society a sense of belonging by providing _____, an account of how he or she is related to others.

Answer 22

a lineage.

Question 23

A group consists of _________.

Answer 23

two or more people who interact with each other and who feel that their common values, itnerested, and norms are important.

Question 24

Cindy acts casually around her friends but formally around her coworkers. When she gets together with her in-laws, she is polite and reserved however, when she is alone with her husband and children, she is extroverted and witty. Erving Goffman would present Cindy’s behavior as an example of ______.

Answer 24

dramaturgical analysis.

Question 25

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding social status?

Answer 25

Both ascribed and achieved statuses provide guidelines for how we are to act and feel.

Question 26

Which of the following statements about groups is correct?

Answer 26

Being a member of a group means a person must yield to others the right to make decision and judgements about his or her behaviour.

Question 27

Which of the following is an example of norms pertaining to the social institution of religion?

Answer 27

A child attending a church’s Sunday school.

Question 28

A type of body language that could be used to discourage social interaction is _________.

Answer 28

frowning and shaking your heard side to side.

Question 29

Suki enjoys her long commute to work every day, because it gives her a chance to mentally switch gears from being am other to being a business woman. By separating these parts of her life, Suki is attempting to minizime _______.

Answer 29

role conflict.

Question 30

Religion, class, and interests are all part of our _____ that affects how we perceive the world.

Answer 30

social structure.

Question 31

What characterizes a stereotype?

Answer 31

It is simplified description applied to every person in some category.

Question 32

In the U.S, people tend to stay several feet apart when talking to each other. In the Middle Easy, however, both men and women tend to stand much closer. Which of the following does this demonstrate?

Answer 32

Personal space is largely cultural.

Question 33

Julain conducts an experiment at a formal retirement ceremony. When he is introduced to people at the ceremony, he shakes hand with his left hand as opposed to the usual right hand. What is the expected result of the experiment?

Answer 33

People become upset and confused, because a social rule has been broken.

Question 34

Which of the following is the best example of meeting our social goals through impression management?

Answer 34

A rowdy college student presents herself as calm and polite so that her new roommate will like her.