Sociology Chapter 3

What is the building block of society that guides human behavior?

• Social Structure
• Role
• Social Institution
• Dyad

A position a person occupies within a social structure is what?

• Ascribed Status
• Achieved Status
• Status
• Master Status

What is a set of norms that defines how people in a given social position ought to behave?

• Role Set
• Role
• Role Conflict
• Conflict

What is a social position assigned to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics?

• Exchanged Status
• Conflict
• Cooperation
• Ascribed Status

What is a social position that a person attains largely through his or her own efforts?

• Achieved Status
• Triad
• In-Group
• Gesellschaft

What has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life?

• Role Strain
• Out-Group
• Master Status
• Accommodation

What is a number of roles attached to a single status?

• Examples of Social Institutions
• Exchange Theory
• Social Institution
• Role set

What is a condition in which the performance of a role in one status interferes with the performance of a role in another status.

• Role
• Role Conflict
• Social Institution
• Cooperation

What is tension among the roles connected to a single status called?

• Role Strain
• Dyad
• Social Structure
• Out-Group

What are a set of widely shared beliefs, norms, and procedures necessary for meeting the basic needs of a society?

• Triad
• Exchange Theory
• In-Group
• Social Institution