Introduction to Sociology - Milestone 3

Which of the following is one of Max Weber's characteristics of bureaucracy? • Formal communications • Rules and regulations • Specialization • All of the answer choices are correct. Being someone's nephew is an example of which of the following types of status? • Achieved status • Status set • Ascribed status Which of the following is a potential advantage of modern reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilization? • They may help to reduce serious birth defects. • They provide couples who cannot conceive the opportunity to have a child. • They may increase the odds of couples having a healthy baby. • All of the answer choices are correct. Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between total institutions and resocialization? • Resocialization occurs within a total institution. • Total institutions cannot exist without resocialization. • Resocialization gives people their identities, and total institutions break those identities down. • The only reason that total institutions exist is to promote resocialization. Select the true statement about structural-functional theory's approach to the family. • According to this theory, the family is a means to consolidate property and wealth. • According to this theory, the family helps to ensure that society runs smoothly. • According to this theory, relationships are a series of complex negotiations for an equal trade. • According to this theory, reality is something that people create through their interactions. According to George Ritzer, which of the following lists the four principles associated with the McDonaldization of society? • Flexibility, competition, creativity, and control • Efficiency, predictability, uniformity, and control • Efficiency, unpredictability, diversity, and control • Specialization, hierarchy, impersonality, and clear rules The tendency for people to behave in social settings as if they were actors in a play is called which of the following? • Thomas Theorem • Dramaturgical analysis • Looking-glass self • Ethnomethodology Abigail enrolls in a large university that is several hours away from the small town in which she grew up. There were only 50 students per grade in her high school, but more than 40,000 students attend the university. As Abigail prepares to pledge to a sorority, she conforms to the attitudes and behavior of sorority members. The process in which Abigail learns the social behaviors of the group to which she wants to belong is called __________ socialization. • intrapersonal • anticipatory • cultural