Chapter Two: Social Structure and Social Interaction, Part A

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To better understand human behavior, we need to understand social structure, the framework of society that was already laid out before you were born.

• agreed upon

• thought up

• figured out

• set out

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I can be fairly certain (not absolute, mind you, but relatively confident) that when you entered the classroom, social structure overrode your mood.

• overwhelmed

• overcome

• outperformed

• outweighed

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For lack of effort (or for efforts that others fail to appreciate), you become a school dropout, a former friend, an ex-spouse, a debarred lawyer, or a defrocked member of the clergy.

• disqualified

• accused

• banned

• appointed

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People wear wedding rings to announce their material status; uniforms, guns, and badges to proclaim that they are police officer (and not so subtly to let you know that their status gives them authority over you).

• declare

• profess

• exclaim

• convince

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People who are confined to wheelchairs can attest to how their wheelchair overrides all their other statues and influences others' perceptions of everything they do.

• understand

• observe

• prove

• affirm

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Like other components of social structure, social statuses come with built-in norms (that is, expectations) that guid our behavior. When statuses mesh well, as they usually do, we know what to expect of people. This helps social interaction to unfold smoothly.

• succeed

• disclose

• happen

• reveal

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The sociological significance of roles is that they lay out what is expected of people. As individuals throughout society perform their roles, those many roles mesh together to form this thing called society.

• level out

• cement together

• fit together

• mete out

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When a formal occasion comes along, however, such as a family wedding or a funeral, they are likely to cave in to norms that they find overwhelming.

• continue obeying

• tolerate conformity to

• appreciate violation of

• stop opposing

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The groups to which we belong-just like social class, statuses, and roles-are powerful forces in our lives. By belonging to a group, we assume an obligation to affirm the group's values, interests, and norms.

• confirm

• uphold

• disregard

• strengthen

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When parents say to their 15-year-old daughter, "As long as you are living under our roof, you had better be home by midnight," they show their show their expectation that their daughter, as a member of the family, will conform to their ideas about many aspects of life, including their views on curfew.

• adhere to

• comply with

• scoff at

• stick to