Chapter 3 Test Review

Someone's socially defined position in a group or society is called...

• Social Structure
• Status
• Compromise
• Conflict

The behavior that is expected of someone with a specific status is called...

• Role
• Social Institution
• Ascribed status
• Reciprocity

Which of the following would be considered an ascribed status? (pick two)

• 17 years old
• McDonalds employee
• female
• friend

Which of the following would be considered an achieved status? (pick two)

• Son
• Member of the football team
• Student
• Native American

The status in your life that is most important to you would be called what?

• Best status
• Greatest role
• Achieved status
• Master status

When your role expectations of one status interferes with your role expectations of a different status, this is called...

• Role conflict
• Role strain
• Status conflict
• Status strain

Alex is a student at Madmid High School and he is also a member of the track team. His teacher Mr. Strongarm has scheduled a really important test for this Thursday and Alex needs to spend some time studying this week for the test. However, his track coach has scheduled a track meet for every night this week and he won't be getting home from those meets until late at night making it hard to find time to study. What is Alex experiencing?

• Status conflict
• Role strain
• Role conflict
• Status strain

A person who has recently gone through a divorce is experiencing what?

• Role strain
• Role conflict
• Status change
• Role exit

When statuses and roles are organized to satisfy one or more of the basic needs of society, these groups are called...

• Social institutions
• Society
• Teams
• Corporations

When people interact in an effort to receive a reward or a return for their actions it is called...

• Competition
• Conflict
• Exchange
• Cooperation