37545 Intro to Sociology Online
Unit 3 Assignment
Question 1
Jane is a nurse, wife and mother. This would be an example of _______________.
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her ascribed statuses
her achieved statuses
her roles
status inconsistency
Question 2
The primary difference between an ascribed status and an achieved status is:
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achieved statuses have roles attached to them but ascribed statuses do not
ascribed statuses never change while achieved statuses do
ascribed statuses are involuntary while acdhieved statuses are voluntary
ascribed statuses can also be a master status but achieved statuses cannot
Question 3
Which of the following WOULD BE a status symbol for a police officer?
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the car used to drive to work
personal residence
personal gun collection
badge on uniform
Question 4
According to Erving Goffman, when you close your bedroom door to achieve privacy so that you can view pornography on the internet, you are engaging in:
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front stage behavior
back stage behavior
role strain
role conflict
Question 5
As a student, you learn that your mother is in the hospital and you feel obligated to visit her but you also have an important exam to study for. In this situation, you are likely to experience:
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role strain
role conflict
role reversal
status inconsistency
Question 6
With respect to social institutions, what is the main difference between industrial and developing societies?
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institutions in developing societies are less formal than in industrial societies
institutions in developing societies are matriarchal
institutions in developing societies are morally superior to those in industrial societies
institutions in developing societies have a higher degree of equality
Question 7
You and two of your friends are taking the same class and have formed a study group to prepare for exams. As the course progresses, you discover that you tend to earn much higher exam grades than your two friends. You want to do well in the class but don’t want to make your friends look bad. It is likely that you are experiencing:
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role conflict
role strain
role reversal
role confusion
Question 8
Holly’s parents are important influences on Holly’s life. Mead would use the term ________________to refer to Holly’s parents.
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generalized others
significant others
familial group
reference group
Question 9
Alan is a worker, a student, and the quarterback on the football team. Sociologists would consider this his ____________.
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status set
social class
ascribed status
achieved status
Question 10
Susan is graduating from college this spring. She has purchased a class ring. This ring is an example of a ________________.
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status symbol
status emblem
master status sign
status object
Question 11
Edwin is a 19 year-old college sophomore and is dating a 40-year old woman. His friends may experience status _______________________when they are with Edwin and his date.
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incongruity
integration
inconsistency
conflict
Question 12
Being a son or daughter is your ________, but your parents expectation that you show respect to them is your __________.
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role; status
status; choice
status; role
rule; position
Question 13
Alice is getting ready for an interview with a potential employer. She has picked out a blazer and skirt and has had her hair done at the beauty shop. Alice is relying on her manner and her appearance to communicate to the employer that she would be an excellent employee. According to Goffman, Alice would be engaged in ___________________.
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face-saving behavior
impression management
role management
impression control
Question 14
According to Charles Horton Cooley, we develop_____________ when we interact with others.
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our personality
self-discipline
our biological potential
our sense of self
Question 15
George Herbert Mead believed that we acquire a sense of self ___________________.
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through the looking-glass process
when we evaluate ourselves in a positive way
when we can think abstractly
when we learn to take the role of the other
Question 16
If three year old girls are dressing up and pretending to be the parents, which of Mead’s stages in “Taking on the Role of the Other” would they be in?
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operational
imitation
play
game
Question 17
According to Charles Horton Cooley’s the “Looking Glass Self”, we develop a self-concept:
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by inheriting genetic charcteristics from our parents
by learning self-discipline
by interpreting our feelings about ourselves
by interpreting how others think about us
Question 18
Tony is five years of age. He loves to dress up like Batman and pretend to save Gotham City from the Penguin. According to Mead’s theory, he is in the _________stage.
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imitation
game
play
generalized
Question 19
Which of the following statements is least true of an ascribed status?
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an ascribed status in involuntary
race, ethnicity, and social class at birth are examples of ascribed status
ascribed statuses provide guidelines for how we are to act and feel
certain ascribed statuses can be chosen
Question 20
A college diploma would be an example of a(n):
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social contract to educate others
status set
status symbol
role indicator
Question 21
Which of the following statements concerning collective behavior is true?
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it usually involves a small number of people
it is often spontaneous
it is never controversial
it is always safe
Question 22
A mob differs from a riot in that the mob:
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typically has a clear objective
is not violent
does not involve people with intense emotion
lasts a long time
Question 23
Deprivation theory explains that social movements arise among people who:
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feel adrift in society
are poor and feel they have little left to lose
believe that they lack rights, income, or something else that they think they should have
are moved to action by particular cultural symbols
Question 24
View the video below on Civil Disobedience. After viewing the video, list the five individuals or groups provided as examples of civil disobedience.
If you are having trouble seeing the video, then go to the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=elrTpoY6AYQ
Question 25
View the video below from the movie “The Matrix”. After viewing the video, which concept from unit 3 best describes the scene from the movie. (there is a hint inside the online text)
If you are having trouble seeing the video, then go to the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=AGZiLMGdCE0
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