Sociology Matters 6th Edition by Richard
Schaefer-Test Bank
Sample Test
Chapter 03
Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Social interaction is
, A. the process of learning norms, values, beliefs, and other requirements for effective
participation in social groups.
B.the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.
C. the ways in which people respond to one another.
D.a series of relationships that link a person directly to others, and therefore,
indirectly to still more people.
Type: D
2. Which term is used to refer to the way in which a society is organized into
predictable relationships?
A. socialization
B. social structure
, C. social interaction
D.culture
Type: D
3. Philip Zimbardo’s study of a simulated prison environment that used college
students as prisoners and prison guards
A. indicated that it is impossible to replicate a “real life” situation in a laboratory.
B. demonstrated that a social structure can influence the type of social interactions
that occur.
C. indicated that social interactions are not influenced by social structure
characteristics.
D.all of these
Type: I
4. Which social scientist created a simulation of prison conditions that
illustrated the relationship between social structure and social interaction?
A. Erving Goffman
B. Philip Zimbardo
C. Raymond Mack
, D.Gary Huang
Type: S
5. The analysis of how the “definition of the situation” can mold the thinking and
personality of the individual is associated with the
A. functionalist perspective.
B.conflict perspective.
C. interactionist perspective.
D.feminist perspective.
Type: P
6. William I. Thomas notes that people respond not only to the objective features of a
person or situation but also to the meaning that the person or situation has for them.
This view represents which sociological perspective?
A. functionalist perspective
B.conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D.feminist perspective
Schaefer-Test Bank
Sample Test
Chapter 03
Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Social interaction is
, A. the process of learning norms, values, beliefs, and other requirements for effective
participation in social groups.
B.the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.
C. the ways in which people respond to one another.
D.a series of relationships that link a person directly to others, and therefore,
indirectly to still more people.
Type: D
2. Which term is used to refer to the way in which a society is organized into
predictable relationships?
A. socialization
B. social structure
, C. social interaction
D.culture
Type: D
3. Philip Zimbardo’s study of a simulated prison environment that used college
students as prisoners and prison guards
A. indicated that it is impossible to replicate a “real life” situation in a laboratory.
B. demonstrated that a social structure can influence the type of social interactions
that occur.
C. indicated that social interactions are not influenced by social structure
characteristics.
D.all of these
Type: I
4. Which social scientist created a simulation of prison conditions that
illustrated the relationship between social structure and social interaction?
A. Erving Goffman
B. Philip Zimbardo
C. Raymond Mack
, D.Gary Huang
Type: S
5. The analysis of how the “definition of the situation” can mold the thinking and
personality of the individual is associated with the
A. functionalist perspective.
B.conflict perspective.
C. interactionist perspective.
D.feminist perspective.
Type: P
6. William I. Thomas notes that people respond not only to the objective features of a
person or situation but also to the meaning that the person or situation has for them.
This view represents which sociological perspective?
A. functionalist perspective
B.conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D.feminist perspective
