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WorksheetsSocial Structure and Social Interaction
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 4hrs 25mins
What is a social group?
A number of people gathered together
A group with two or more people who meet regularly and interact
Two or more people
Which of the following can be classified as a social group?
persons at a bus stop
a football team
persons waiting at a concert
True or false. A social group share a sense of unity recognising that they form a unit.
True
False
A _________________ is a socially defined position in a group or in a society.
status
role
norm
value
People occupy a status, but they play a _____________________.
norm
value
symbol
role
All of the following are ascribed statuses except:
teenager
father
mother
captain
What type of status is based on your own direct efforts because of special skills, knowledge, or abilities?
ascribed status
achieved status
master status
reality status
________________________________ are the socially determined behaviors expected of a person performing a role.
Role expectation
Role performance
Role establishment
Role reversal
What are the different roles attached to a particular status called?
status set
role set
type set
social set
Steven had to make a decision of whether to be the best on the team or not making the teammates on the team look bad, this is an example of ___________________________.
role performance
role reversal
role conflict
role strain
Suzie has many issues going on. The first issue is that she has practice for soccer. She has been given a huge project in Sociology that is due tomorrow and her grandmother has been in the hospital because of a fall. Suzie is experiencing ______________________________.
role performance
role reversal
role conflict
role strain
When statuses and roles are organized to satisfy one or more of the basic needs of society, the group is called ____________________________________.
social interaction
social institution
social performance
social participation
____________________ occurs when two or more people or groups oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain.
conflict
competition
cooperation
accommodation
What type of social interaction is the deliberate attempt to control a person by force, oppose someone, or harm another person?
accommodation
exchange
cooperation
conflict
What type of social interaction occurs when two or more people or groups work together to achieve a goal that will benefit more than one person?
conflict
cooperation
competition
exchange
the process by which we act with and react to those around us
microsociology
civil inattention
social interaction
structure
preparing for the presentation of ones social role
social position
status
social roles
impression management
the physical space someone maintains between themselves and others.
cultural norms
personal space
self control
contact
The underlying pattern of a group’s social relationships
socialism
social structure
status
society
A position a person occupies within a social structure
socialism
social structure
status
society
a status that is neither earned nor chosen, but it is assigned to us.
ascribed
ascertain
attained
achieved
a status that is earned or chosen.
ascribed
ascertain
attained
achieved
all the statuses that a person occupies at any particular time.
status set
social network
master status
status grouping
a status that is important because they influence most other aspects of a person’s life.
status set
social network
master status
status grouping
in industrial societies, these become master statuses.
Family
Careers
Land
Education
An expected behavior associated with a particular status
obligations
job
rights
role
he actual conduct or behavior involved in performing a role.
role conflict
role performance
role strain
social interaction
the process of influencing each other as people relate.
role conflict
role performance
role strain
social interaction
survive by hunting animals and gathering edible foods such as wild fruits and vegetables
Horticultural Societies
Agricultural Societies
Hunter Gatherer Societies
Pastoral Societies
solve the subsistence (food) problem primarily through the growing of plants.
Horticultural Societies
Agricultural Societies
Hunter Gatherer Societies
Pastoral Societies
solve for subsistence problem by raising and taking care of animals.
Horticultural Societies
Agricultural Societies
Hunter Gatherer Societies
Pastoral Societies
grow food but use plows and animals to do the manual labor.
Horticultural Societies
Agricultural Societies
Hunter Gatherer Societies
Pastoral Societies
A society that is dependent upon science and technology to produce its basic goods and services
Horticultural Societies
Agricultural Societies
Hunter Gatherer Societies
Industrial Society
when animal and human labor is replaced by power driving machines.
Urbanization
Mechanization
Mechanical Solidarity
Social Solidarity
What is social stratification?
The division of society into categories, ranks or classes.
A social structure in which classes are determined by ascribed status.
The unequal sharing of scarce resources, and social rewards.
A social structure in which classes are determined by achieved status.
Which is an example of an ascribed status?
Getting married
Having a child
Becoming a football player
Being a son
Which is an example of an achieved status?
Being a son
Being a brother
Having a child
Being a sister
What situation is described? A mother is expected to take care of her children
role
role strain
role conflict
social interaction
What situation is described? A corporate chief executive officer has to terminate employees who are his friends?
role
role strain
role conflict
social interaction
What type of status is this : President of the United States.
ascribed status
status set
achieved status
master status
Being a teenager is an
ascribed status
status set
achieved status
active status
Being a high school graduate is an
ascribed status
status set
achieved status
active status
A set of behaviors for people who occupy a given status
Class
Role exit
Master status
Role
Which of the following are examples of achieved status?
actor
all of these
musician
basketball player
Which status plays the greatest role in shaping a person’s life and determining his or her social identity?
achieved status
master status
ascribed status
none of these
The socially determined behaviors expected of a person performing a role are
role performances
role strains.
reciprocal roles.
role expectations.
Which of the following is illustrated by the graphic?
role strain
role set
role conflict
role exit
Which of the following is not an example of ascribed status?
race
knowledge
age
gender
Which of the following is an example of a role conflict?
An employee must stay home to take care of their sick child
A person goes through a divorce and starts dating again.
A boss must make employees work harder and maintain good morale.
Which of the following is a deliberate attempt to control or harm someone with few or no rules of conduct?
cooperation
competition
conflict
reciprocity
Which of the following terms describes people working together?
all of these
competition
conflict
cooperation
Which is not an example of accommodation?
cooperation
truce
compromise
mediation
____________________ statuses are not based on an individual’s abilities, efforts, or accomplishments.
Ascribed
Achieved
