SACR 1100- Final Exam questions with verified
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1. social interaction involves communication among people acting and reacting to one
another
2. social structure the network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction
depending on status, everyone behaves ditterently
-Equal: You --> Friend
-Inferior: You as a leader --> Teammates (Teammates are inferior to you)
-Superior: You --> Professor (Professor is superior to you)
3. social status a socially defined position in society, for most people, one status often
ranks above all others
4. ascribed status assigned according to qualities beyond a person's control (what we
are); children have more than adults, lack of control
-ex. Female, 20-years-old, Daughter, Latina, Sister
-ex. 2: Born into Royal Family, named Prince or Princess
5. achieved status acquired through a person's direct ettorts (what we do or
become)
-ex. Classmate, Roommate, Employee, Friend, Teammate, Student
6. earned status status acquired later in life through achievements
-ex. Making an Olympic team after being homeschooled and working for
years
7. master status plays the greatest role in shaping a person's life and determining his
or her social identity
-many deviant statuses become master statuses
-other people may choose for us when reacting to our actions and
behaviours
-can bleed into judgmental negative stereotypes, race, gender, sexuality,
religion, etc.
8. group interact and share characteristics
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9. category do not interact, but shared characteristics
-ex. All the students who have red hair at the University of Windsor
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10. social roles the set of expectations attached to a status
11. role expectations the socially defined behaviours appropriate for a particular status, a set
of how
instructions about how to act and interact in social situations
12. role how a person actually plays a role, when this is far from the role, we call it
perfor- deviance
mance
-through socialization and social interaction, we're aware of what
these role expectations are, which can anxiety-inducing when others don't
interact the same way
13. role conflict occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status interferes with a
second status
-trying to fulfill role expectations
14. role strain occurs when a person has diflculty fulfilling the role of one status
-ex. your sociology and psychology exams are scheduled for the same
day. You know that preparing for both exams at the same time is
going to be a little stressful. The stress you experience as you try to fulfill
your responsibilities as a student is an example of this.
15. social institution a system of statuses and roles organized to satisfy one or more of
society's basic needs
16. verbal expres- sions
communi-
cation
17. non-verbal
com-
munication
18. facial
,SACR 1100- Final Exam questions with verified
solutions already passed
the social and cultural context -ex. facial expressions, touch, body movements and posture, eye contact,
in which language is used is gestures
important in interaction
-among the most universal forms of non-verbal communication
-the expressions used to convey fear, anger, sadness, and happiness
sending or receiving of are similar throughout the world
wordless messages or signals
solutions already passed
1. social interaction involves communication among people acting and reacting to one
another
2. social structure the network of interrelated statuses and roles that guide human interaction
depending on status, everyone behaves ditterently
-Equal: You --> Friend
-Inferior: You as a leader --> Teammates (Teammates are inferior to you)
-Superior: You --> Professor (Professor is superior to you)
3. social status a socially defined position in society, for most people, one status often
ranks above all others
4. ascribed status assigned according to qualities beyond a person's control (what we
are); children have more than adults, lack of control
-ex. Female, 20-years-old, Daughter, Latina, Sister
-ex. 2: Born into Royal Family, named Prince or Princess
5. achieved status acquired through a person's direct ettorts (what we do or
become)
-ex. Classmate, Roommate, Employee, Friend, Teammate, Student
6. earned status status acquired later in life through achievements
-ex. Making an Olympic team after being homeschooled and working for
years
7. master status plays the greatest role in shaping a person's life and determining his
or her social identity
-many deviant statuses become master statuses
-other people may choose for us when reacting to our actions and
behaviours
-can bleed into judgmental negative stereotypes, race, gender, sexuality,
religion, etc.
8. group interact and share characteristics
,SACR 1100- Final Exam questions with verified
solutions already passed
9. category do not interact, but shared characteristics
-ex. All the students who have red hair at the University of Windsor
,SACR 1100- Final Exam questions with verified
solutions already passed
10. social roles the set of expectations attached to a status
11. role expectations the socially defined behaviours appropriate for a particular status, a set
of how
instructions about how to act and interact in social situations
12. role how a person actually plays a role, when this is far from the role, we call it
perfor- deviance
mance
-through socialization and social interaction, we're aware of what
these role expectations are, which can anxiety-inducing when others don't
interact the same way
13. role conflict occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status interferes with a
second status
-trying to fulfill role expectations
14. role strain occurs when a person has diflculty fulfilling the role of one status
-ex. your sociology and psychology exams are scheduled for the same
day. You know that preparing for both exams at the same time is
going to be a little stressful. The stress you experience as you try to fulfill
your responsibilities as a student is an example of this.
15. social institution a system of statuses and roles organized to satisfy one or more of
society's basic needs
16. verbal expres- sions
communi-
cation
17. non-verbal
com-
munication
18. facial
,SACR 1100- Final Exam questions with verified
solutions already passed
the social and cultural context -ex. facial expressions, touch, body movements and posture, eye contact,
in which language is used is gestures
important in interaction
-among the most universal forms of non-verbal communication
-the expressions used to convey fear, anger, sadness, and happiness
sending or receiving of are similar throughout the world
wordless messages or signals
