Social Structure

What is conflict?

• the deliberate attempt to control someone

• when two or more groups oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain

• a cease fire established between two entities at war

• none of these

The exchange of good ans services is known as

• accommodation

• barter

• urbanization

• labor

Which status plays the greatest role in shaping a person's life and determining his or her social identity?

• achieved statusq

• ascribed status

• master status

• all of these

Which term is used to describe a two-person group?

• dyad

• triad

• primary group

• secondary group

Going through a divorce is an example of a

• role set

• role exit

• role conflict

• role strain

A state of balance between cooperation and conflict is

• exchange

• social network

• accommodation

• bureaucracy

ranked authority structure that operates according to specific rules and procedures

• bureaucracy

• postindustrial society

• role strain

• role expectations

society characterized by the production of information and the provision of services

• pre-industrial society

• industrial society

• bureaucracy

• postindustrial society

any group to which a person does not belong or identify with

• in-group

• role strain

• out-group

• primary group

involves subjecting every feature of human behavior to calculation, measurement, and control

• social structure

• rationality

• bureaucracy

• division of labor