chapter 9

Question 1

social structure
society

Answer 1

set of interrelated social institutions developed to impose constraints on interaction for the purpose of survival and well-being of the collectivity

Question 2

social institutions

Answer 2

provide social stability/predictability
organize rights and duties into statuses (social positions) and roles, and identify the expected behaviors for the roles

Question 3

statuses

Answer 3

specific social postitions

Question 4

roles

Answer 4

regular behaviors of people in specific statuses

Question 5

what are 3 processes that help stabilize social institutions

Answer 5

regulatory- rules monitoring and enforcement through rewards and punishment
normative- values and norms about how things should be done
cultural-cognitive-beliefs about hte world and how to behave in it

Question 6

economic inequality may decrease

Answer 6

social cohesion
trust
health

Question 7

economic inequality may increase

Answer 7

violence
economic stagnation

Question 8

conservative’ thesis

Answer 8

inequality is the natural, divine order, and no/minimal efforts should be made to alter it

Question 9

radical antithesis

Answer 9

equality is the natural, divine order; inequality is based on abuse of privilege and should be minimized

Question 10

class consciousness

Answer 10

awareness of one’s social class and hostility toward other classes, motivates people to transform society

Question 11

Great variability found along the continuum reflects

Answer 11

multiple sources of power

Question 12

structural inequality and social classes are

Answer 12

necessary for society

Question 13

structural determinsim

Answer 13

human behavior highly determined by one’s social class position

Question 14

human agency

Answer 14

capacity of humans to create their own realities

Question 15

Structuration theory

Answer 15

proposes relationship between human agency and social structure