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Social Structure and Interaction

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Socially defined position
a)
status
b)
role
c)
ascribed
d)
achieved
2.
behavior expected of someone's status
a)
status
b)
role
c)
ascribed
d)
achieved
3.
You being a brother, sister, teenager, white, black, or hispanic are all ___________ statuses
a)
status
b)
role
c)
ascribed
d)
achieved
4.
when people have difficulty meeting role expectations of one status
a)
status
b)
role conflict
c)
role set
d)
role strain
5.
when fulfilling the role of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the role of another
a)
status
b)
role conflict
c)
role set
d)
role strain
6.
Grow fruits/veggies in small plots (gardens)
a)
agrarian
b)
horticultural
c)
pastoral
d)
hunter-gatherer
7.
Pre-industrial societies main focus was on
a)
government function
b)
creation/exchange of info
c)
manufacturing goods
d)
food production
8.
Post-Industrial societies main focus was
a)
government function
b)
creation/exchange of info
c)
manufacturing goods
d)
food production
9.
Industrial societies main focus was
a)
government function
b)
creation/exchange of info
c)
manufacturing goods
d)
food production
10.
Which is NOT one of the major features of a group
a)
2 or more people
b)
same ethnic make-up
c)
shared expectations
d)
sense of common identity
11.
Most personal/intimate group
a)
out-group
b)
reference
c)
secondary
d)
primary
12.
Any group that a person belongs to and identifies with
a)
in-group
b)
out-group
c)
reference group
13.
Which is NOT a function of groups?
a)
control behavior
b)
define boundaries/purposes
c)
stop problems
d)
select leaders
14.
Influence members and set agendas
a)
pushers
b)
leaders
c)
followers
d)
procastinators
15.
Which is NOT part of formal organizations
a)
bureacracy
b)
empathy
c)
rationality
16.
a ranked authority structure with specific rules/procedures
a)
government
b)
rationality
c)
bureacracy
d)
dungeon
17.
Which is NOT a part of Weber's model of bureaucracy?
a)
division of labor
b)
Empathy
c)
specific lines of advancements
d)
ranking of authority
18.
What is the biggest problem with bureaucracy?
a)
alienation
b)
empathy
c)
personal relationships
19.
Feeling of disconnect, lack of worth, or comfort in a large business
a)
stagnation
b)
bureacracy
c)
helplessness
d)
alienation
20.

sociologist who developed a model of bureaucracies still in use today

a)

Max Weber

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Emile Durkheim

21.

the deliberate attempt to control someone

a)

competition

b)

compromise

c)

Conflict

d)

accommodation

22.

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

a)

triad

b)

dyad

c)

unopoly

d)

reference

23.

Retiring or divorce would be examples of

a)

Role strain

b)

Role conflict

c)

Master Status

d)

Role Exit

24.

How can one's status/role influence social interaction

a)

One's role determines their status in life which may dictate how they interact with others

b)

One's status determines the roles they play which may dictate how they interact with others

c)

Conflict and competition are encouraged by those with a lower social status

d)

Most social interactions determine the status and role a person has

25.

Which is correct?

a)

One's roles create a status which influences social interaction

b)

Social interaction creates roles which influence one's status

c)

One's status creates roles which influence social interaction

d)

Social Interaction creates one's status and roles

26.

Expected behaviors of a person's status

a)

Role

b)

Strain

c)

Conflict

d)

Social interaction

27.

Wearing a group uniform sets you apart from people NOT in your group. What function of a group is that?

a)

Define boundaries

b)

Control Behavior

c)

Select Leaders

d)

Set purpose/goals

28.

Having to wear pink on Wednesdays because of the group you are in is an example of what function of a group?

a)

Select leaders

b)

Make decisions

c)

Control behavior

d)

Define boundaries

29.

The fact that you belong to "the plastics" and that you wear certain clothes, sit in a certain area with only other plastics, and can only eat carbs on Mondays is an example of.....

a)

How group membership can influence social interactions with others as well as one's status/role.

b)

How group membership helps people connect with outside groups

c)

How status/role influence groups

d)

How social interaction influences groups