Sociology and Status Test

______________________________ is the process by which people act toward or respond to other people.

• Social Structure

• Social Interaction

• Social Science

• Social Identity

A ___________________________________ is a network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction.

• social structure

• social identity

• social status

• social role

A ____________________________ is a socially defined position in a group or in a society.

• role

• deviant

• status

• social institution

A(n) ________________________ is the behavior - rights and obligations - expected of someone occupying a status.

• identity

• role

• status

• performance

A person who earns his/her bachelor's degree and becomes the manager of Target. What is the type of status for this person?

• ascribed

• achieved

• master

Being a male or female, age, or son or daughter, these are all examples of what type of status?

• ascribed

• achieved

• master

All of the following are true of an ascribed status except:

• assigned according to standards beyond a person's control

• is acquired on the basis of some special skill, knowledge, or ability

• not based on efforts or accomplishments

• based on inherited traits or assigned automatically when reaching a certain age

What status plays the greatest role in a person's life?

• ascribed

• achieved

• master

____________________________________ are socially determined behaviors expected of a person.

• Status

• Role

• Role Expectation

• Role Performance

____________________________________ is the actual behavior of a person and it may not match the behavior expected of society.

• Status

• Role

• Role Expectation

• Role Performance