Social Interactions and Theories Practice

Workers at an insurance company are expected to work five hours of overtime a week without extra pay. If they do not, the boss has implied they will probably never receive a promotion. Which of the following types of social interactiondescribes this situation?

• cooperation

• coercion

• conflict

• conformity

According to the idea of coercion, which of the following is the main method of controlling conflict in prisons?

• the superior power of the guards

• the desire on the part of the inmates to get along with one another

• cable television

• training programs offered to inmates to further their education

When one of the maids on a motel's staff is not feeling well, it is understood that the other maids will help her out by doing part of her work believing in the future she will do the same. This is an example of what type of social interaction?

• social exchange

• conflict

• conformity

• coercion

How does coercion differ from social exchange?

• A. In coercion one party is clearly dominant.

• B. Actions are voluntary in coercion.

• C. People engage in coercion for mutual benefit.

• D. Coercion involves parties who are equal.

Which of the following best expresses conformity?

• A. What do you think?

• B. That's a bad idea.

• C. Let's talk this over.

• D. All my friends say I should!

Match the following example to the type of social interaction

• Social Exchange

• Cutting your hair short because that's how your friends wear theirs

• Coercion

• Doing a lab in science class with your group

• Cooperation

• Your adults say you have to keep your grades up to go out on the weekends

• Conflict

• Helping a friend study for their algebra test & they help you practice your lines for the school play

• Conformity

• Fighting with your sibling on where to eat dinner

Match the following definition to the type of social interaction:

• Conflict

• interaction in which individuals or groups combine their efforts to reach a goal

• Social Exchange

• Interaction aimed at defeating an opponent

• Coercion

• Behavior that matches group expectations

• Conformity

• A voluntary action performed in the expectation of getting a reward

• Cooperation

• Interaction in which individuals or groups are forced to behave in a particular way

Match the following the sociological theory to its description.

• Conflict theory

• Emphasizes the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within society.

  There is an imbalance of POWER with a dominant group and an oppressed group.

• Functionalism

• Emphasizes the contributions made

   by each part of society that helps maintain stability; Assumes society will return to a state of stability after upheaval,
  without major changes

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Focuses on people’s interaction based on mutually understood symbols; Our behavior is based on that meaning

Match the following sociologist to the perspective they contributed to:

• Functionalism

• Karl Marx

• Symbolic Interactionsim

• George Herbert Mead

• Conflict Theory

• Robert K. Merton

Which sociological theory would describe the use of specialized or professional language in some careers. For example, doctors, lawyers, and engineers use specific terminology that most people would not understand.

• Symbolic interactionsim

• Conflict theory

• Functionalism