Chapter 3 - Social Structure

A ________________is the process people go through to completely detach from a role that was previously central to their social identity.

Ex: When a father leaves a demanding job in the middle of an important meeting to attend his daughter’s first band concert

• role exit

• role strain

• role conflict

A person's role performance— their actual role behavior—does not always match the behavior expected by society.

• True

• False

Which of the following plays the greatest role in shaping a person’s life and determining his or her social identity; can change overtime.

• ascribed status

• achieved status

• master status

The different roles attached to a single status is called _____________.

• role strain

• role set

• role conflict

Which of the following terms describes people working together?

• cooperation

• conflict

• competition

In sociological terms, a set of people who interact on the basis of shared expectations and who possess some degree of common identity is called

• social structure

• group

• social institution

• dyad

The practice of exchanging one good or service for another.

• barter

• purchase

• stealing

In a(n) _______________________ the emphasis shifts from the production of food to the production of manufactured goods.

• preindustrial society

• industrial society

• postinductrial society

• mechanical society

In a _______________________ the economic emphasis is on the provision of information and services rather than on manufacturing.

• preindustrial society

• industrial society

• postindustrial society

• mechanical society

A _______________________is a type of society in which food production, carried out through the use of human and animal labor, is the main economic activity.

• preindustrial society

• industrial society

• postindustrial society