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In Zimbardo's mock prison experiment at Stanford University: |
| | A) | The social interactions between the prisoners and the guards influenced the social structure of the prison. |
| | B) | The social structure of the prison influenced the social interactions between the prisoners and the guards. |
| | C) | There was no relationship between social interaction and social structure. |
| | D) | Zimbardo believed that social structure and social interaction influence each other. |
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Which sociologist saw that the "definition of the situation" could mold the thinking and personality of the individual? |
| | A) | Philip Zimbardo |
| | B) | Herbert Blumer |
| | C) | William I. Thomas |
| | D) | Erving Goffman |
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Which of the following statements is not correct? |
| | A) | Sociologists use the term negotiated order to underscore the fact that social order is continually being constructed and altered through negotiation. |
| | B) | Negotiation is a cultural universal. |
| | C) | Most elements of social structure are not static and are therefore subject to change through bargaining and exchanging (negotiation). |
| | D) | Negotiation is a macro-level process that does not usually involve interactions between small groups, such as families. |
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Which of the following is an ascribed status? |
| | A) | daughter |
| | B) | long-distance runner |
| | C) | doctor |
| | D) | each of the above |
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Which of the following is an achieved status? |
| | A) | senior citizen |
| | B) | member of the female sex |
| | C) | bank robber |
| | D) | Native American |
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It is the fourth week of the semester and your class has decided that your sociology instructor, Professor Jones, is excellent! Professor Jones is a disabled middle-aged male. For students in this class, Professor Jones's master status is: |
| | A) | excellent instructor |
| | B) | disabled |
| | C) | middle-aged |
| | D) | male |
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During the Second World War, Christians living in Nazi Germany had to choose between trying to protect Jewish friends and associates and turning them in to the authorities. This is an example of: |
| | A) | cultural universalism |
| | B) | role strain |
| | C) | functional prerequisites |
| | D) | role conflict |
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You are a student at XYZ College and you have your sociology and history final exams on the same morning. You know that preparing for both exams at the same time is going to lead to lower grades in one or both of the exams. The conflict that you are experiencing as you try to fulfill both of your responsibilities at the college is an example of: |
| | A) | role conflict |
| | B) | role exit |
| | C) | role strain |
| | D) | role dissonance |
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Which of the following would experience role exit? |
| | A) | retired person |
| | B) | a recovering alcoholic |
| | C) | nun who leaves her religious order |
| | D) | each of the above |
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In sociological terms, which of the following constitute a group? |
| | A) | members of a hospital's business office |
| | B) | all residents of the state of Vermont |
| | C) | women in the United States 50 years and over |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which sociological perspective emphasizes that, in comparison with women, men can draw on larger social networks that are useful in locating employment opportunities? |
| | A) | functionalist perspective |
| | B) | conflict perspective |
| | C) | interactionist perspective |
| | D) | clinical perspective |
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The native people of Tasmania, a large island just south of Australia, are now extinct because they failed to: |
| | A) | teach new recruits |
| | B) | preserve order |
| | C) | replace personnel |
| | D) | provide and maintain a sense of purpose |
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Which sociological perspective emphasizes that the performance of major social institutions is generally efficient and desirable? |
| | A) | functionalist perspective |
| | B) | conflict perspective |
| | C) | interactionist perspective |
| | D) | each of the above |
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In studying the social behavior of word processors in a Chicago law firm, sociologist Mitchell Duneier drew on the: |
| | A) | functionalist perspective |
| | B) | conflict perspective |
| | C) | interactionist perspective |
| | D) | macrosociological perspective |
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In Gerhard Lenski's theory of sociocultural evolution, a society's level of _______________ is critical to the way it is organized. |
| | A) | agriculture |
| | B) | health care |
| | C) | technology |
| | D) | all of the above |
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