Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.
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A person's age is an example of what kind of status? |
| | A) | ascribed status |
| | B) | achieved status |
| | C) | master status |
| | D) | role status |
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AIDS is an example of what kind of status? |
| | A) | ascribed status |
| | B) | achieved status |
| | C) | master status |
| | D) | proven status |
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In the United States, we expect that cab drivers will know how to get around a city. This expectation is an example of what? |
| | A) | a role conflict |
| | B) | a role strain |
| | C) | a social role |
| | D) | a master status |
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What occurs when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person? |
| | A) | role conflict |
| | B) | role strain |
| | C) | role exit |
| | D) | Both A and B |
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Social control in the Gemeinschaft community is maintained through all but which one of the following means? |
| | A) | moral persuasion |
| | B) | gossip |
| | C) | legally defined punishment |
| | D) | gestures |
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In which type of societies are the members primarily engaged in the production of food? |
| | A) | hunting and gathering societies |
| | B) | horticultural societies |
| | C) | agrarian societies |
| | D) | both B and C |
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Which one of the following men defined postindustrial society as a society whose economic system is engaged primarily in the processing and control of information? |
| | A) | Ferdinand Tonnies |
| | B) | Gerhard Lenski |
| | C) | Mitchell Duneier |
| | D) | Daniel Bell |
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Which type of society is a technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images? |
| | A) | postmodern society |
| | B) | industrial society |
| | C) | postindustrial society |
| | D) | All societies are preoccupied with consumer goods and media images. |
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Social psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted an experiment involving a "mock prison setting," wherein student participants were asked to play the roles of correctional officers and inmates. Zimbardo's investigation best illustrates which concept? |
| | A) | negotiation |
| | B) | social interaction |
| | C) | ascribed status |
| | D) | negotiated order |
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__________ refers to the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships. |
| | A) | Social interaction |
| | B) | Status |
| | C) | Social structure |
| | D) | Social role |
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President of the United States, fruit picker, son or daughter, resident of Texas, dental technician, and neighbor are all examples of |
| | A) | ascribed statuses. |
| | B) | achieved statuses. |
| | C) | master statuses. |
| | D) | statuses. |
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Bank president, lawyer, pianist, advertising executive, and social worker are all considered |
| | A) | achieved statuses. |
| | B) | ascribed statuses. |
| | C) | social roles. |
| | D) | none of the above |
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The mass media, the government, the economy, the family, and the health care system are all examples of |
| | A) | social networks. |
| | B) | collectivities. |
| | C) | social institutions. |
| | D) | groups. |
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Sociologist Daniel Bell uses which term in referring to a society whose economic system is engaged primarily in the processing and control of information? |
| | A) | postmodern |
| | B) | horticultural |
| | C) | industrial |
| | D) | postindustrial |
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In sociological terms, what do we call any number of people with similar norms, values, and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis? |
| | A) | a category |
| | B) | a group |
| | C) | an aggregate |
| | D) | a society |
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A small group characterized by intimate, face-to-face association and cooperation is referred to as what kind of group? |
| | A) | a primary group |
| | B) | a secondary group |
| | C) | an in-group |
| | D) | an out-group |
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Which kind of group often emerges in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation? |
| | A) | a primary group |
| | B) | a secondary group |
| | C) | an in-group |
| | D) | an out-group |
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What do sociologists call any group that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior? |
| | A) | a coalition |
| | B) | a primary group |
| | C) | a secondary group |
| | D) | a reference group |
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Which sociologist is credited as the first sociologist to emphasize the importance of the interaction process within groups, and to note how they change as group size changes? |
| | A) | Charles Horton Cooley |
| | B) | Max Weber |
| | C) | George Simmel |
| | D) | William Julius Wilson |
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Which sociologist first directed researchers to the significance of bureaucratic structure? |
| | A) | Karl Marx |
| | B) | Max Weber |
| | C) | George Simmel |
| | D) | Laurence J. Peter |
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Who developed the five characteristics of a bureaucracy? |
| | A) | Karl Marx |
| | B) | Max Weber |
| | C) | George Simmel |
| | D) | Laurence J. Peter |
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Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a primary group? |
| | A) | intimate, face-to-face association |
| | B) | some emotional depth in relationships |
| | C) | relatively short duration, often temporary |
| | D) | generally small |
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Which of the following statements regarding telecommuting is not true? |
| | A) | The interactionist perspective would argue that telecommuting could destroy the trust created by face-to-face social opportunities. |
| | B) | Telecommuting could move society further along the continuum from Gesellschaft to Gemeinschaft. |
| | C) | Telecommuting may be the first social change that pulls fathers and mothers back into the home rather than pushing them out. |
| | D) | All of the above statements are true. |
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College sororities and fraternities, dance companies, tenants' associations, and chess clubs are all considered examples of |
| | A) | collectivities. |
| | B) | aggregates. |
| | C) | groups. |
| | D) | categories. |
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The very existence of an in-group implies that there is a/an __________ group viewed as "they" or "them." |
| | A) | reference |
| | B) | out- |
| | C) | secondary |
| | D) | primary |
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