Introduction to Sociology (17th edition)
Chapter 3-6 Quizzes Study Guide with
Accurate Answers.
Which of the following statuses is an example of an achieved status?
-widow
-Cuban
-daughter
-honor roll student - Answer honor roll student
Achieved status is typically based on _______.
-gender
-race
-personal effort
-kinship - Answer personal effort
A(n) ____________ status, which can be a matter of race, extreme poverty or wealth, or
physical disability, often shapes a person's entire life in terms of identity.
-ascribed
-master
-strained
-achieved - Answer master
Which of the following is not likely to operate as a master status?
-being pretty average in relation to others around you
-being the only Asian student in an elementary school classroom
-being the only girl on a Little League team
-being poor on a campus in which almost all students are well off financially - Answer being
pretty average in relation to others around you
Which of the following is the most likely to experience role conflict?
,-a business manager who is dating her employee
-a lawyer who wants to practice tort law
-a college professor who wants to take a sabbatical to Italy
-a teenage mother who is still attending high school - Answer a teenage mother who is still
attending high school
The behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status is called ___________.
-a role
-role conflict
-master status
-status set - Answer a role
Tim is interested in ethnomethodology and decides to investigate people's understanding of
their social reality. He visits a local bookstore, buys a few paperbacks, and heads to the
checkout line. When the clerk asks if he found everything he was looking for, Tim replies in all
seriousness that his watch has been missing for several days, and he thinks that he left it in a
friend's car. He asks the clerk to help him find the watch. He then observes the clerk's response.
How is the clerk likely to react to Tim's behavior?
-with anger and aggression
-with sadness and concern
-with confusion and perhaps some irritation
-with humor and friendliness - Answer with confusion and perhaps some irritation
The text explains that increasing use of social media in the United States has resulted in which
of the following transformations?
-People are less curious about the world.
-Technology connect people in new ways and over distances but sometimes weakens ties
among those who share physical space.
-Technology isolates people from everyone else by focusing attention on programming rather
than relationships.
-People no longer have as many friends. - Answer Technology connect people in new ways and
over distances but sometimes weakens ties among those who share physical space.
, Piri Thomas's clever and courageous effort to gain social acceptance by fighting gang leader
Waneko demonstrates the validity of the Thomas Theorem, because _______.
-he could not believe in himself
-he ended up in jail
-he acted in a worthy way and so he became worthy in the eyes of the other boys
-he was unable to shape social reality - Answer he he acted in a worthy way and so he became
worthy in the eyes of the other boys
Erving Goffman's concept of dramaturgical analysis involves studying __________ in terms of
theatrical performance.
-culture
-social interaction
-social status
-social inequality - Answer social interaction
We commonly make use of tact in everyday life because _______.
-children pay little attention to their parents
-human behavior is completely spontaneous
-it reduces embarrassment, which is a source of discomfort for everyone
-it is a universal emotion - Answer it reduces embarrassment, which is a source of discomfort
for everyone
The text explores the roots of emotions and concludes that emotions have both a ________ and
a _____________ basis.
-familial; biological
-spiritual; social
-biological; cultural
-random; social - Answer biological; cultural
When people's partners and friends define situations in specific ways and encourage them to
experience specific feelings, they are providing people in these situations with what sociologists
call _____________.
Chapter 3-6 Quizzes Study Guide with
Accurate Answers.
Which of the following statuses is an example of an achieved status?
-widow
-Cuban
-daughter
-honor roll student - Answer honor roll student
Achieved status is typically based on _______.
-gender
-race
-personal effort
-kinship - Answer personal effort
A(n) ____________ status, which can be a matter of race, extreme poverty or wealth, or
physical disability, often shapes a person's entire life in terms of identity.
-ascribed
-master
-strained
-achieved - Answer master
Which of the following is not likely to operate as a master status?
-being pretty average in relation to others around you
-being the only Asian student in an elementary school classroom
-being the only girl on a Little League team
-being poor on a campus in which almost all students are well off financially - Answer being
pretty average in relation to others around you
Which of the following is the most likely to experience role conflict?
,-a business manager who is dating her employee
-a lawyer who wants to practice tort law
-a college professor who wants to take a sabbatical to Italy
-a teenage mother who is still attending high school - Answer a teenage mother who is still
attending high school
The behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status is called ___________.
-a role
-role conflict
-master status
-status set - Answer a role
Tim is interested in ethnomethodology and decides to investigate people's understanding of
their social reality. He visits a local bookstore, buys a few paperbacks, and heads to the
checkout line. When the clerk asks if he found everything he was looking for, Tim replies in all
seriousness that his watch has been missing for several days, and he thinks that he left it in a
friend's car. He asks the clerk to help him find the watch. He then observes the clerk's response.
How is the clerk likely to react to Tim's behavior?
-with anger and aggression
-with sadness and concern
-with confusion and perhaps some irritation
-with humor and friendliness - Answer with confusion and perhaps some irritation
The text explains that increasing use of social media in the United States has resulted in which
of the following transformations?
-People are less curious about the world.
-Technology connect people in new ways and over distances but sometimes weakens ties
among those who share physical space.
-Technology isolates people from everyone else by focusing attention on programming rather
than relationships.
-People no longer have as many friends. - Answer Technology connect people in new ways and
over distances but sometimes weakens ties among those who share physical space.
, Piri Thomas's clever and courageous effort to gain social acceptance by fighting gang leader
Waneko demonstrates the validity of the Thomas Theorem, because _______.
-he could not believe in himself
-he ended up in jail
-he acted in a worthy way and so he became worthy in the eyes of the other boys
-he was unable to shape social reality - Answer he he acted in a worthy way and so he became
worthy in the eyes of the other boys
Erving Goffman's concept of dramaturgical analysis involves studying __________ in terms of
theatrical performance.
-culture
-social interaction
-social status
-social inequality - Answer social interaction
We commonly make use of tact in everyday life because _______.
-children pay little attention to their parents
-human behavior is completely spontaneous
-it reduces embarrassment, which is a source of discomfort for everyone
-it is a universal emotion - Answer it reduces embarrassment, which is a source of discomfort
for everyone
The text explores the roots of emotions and concludes that emotions have both a ________ and
a _____________ basis.
-familial; biological
-spiritual; social
-biological; cultural
-random; social - Answer biological; cultural
When people's partners and friends define situations in specific ways and encourage them to
experience specific feelings, they are providing people in these situations with what sociologists
call _____________.
