SOCIOLOGY EXAM 5 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ organizations, groups, statuses and roles, cultural beliefs and
institutions
Answer: what does the social structure include
◉ examples of organizations
Answer: national education association, local school boards,
school districts
◉ examples of groups
Answer: faculty, administrators, classes, clubs, teams
◉ examples of statuses
Answer: teacher, student, president
◉ social dilema
Answer: the experience of each person in a group pursuing their
own interest regardless of the potential ruin for everyone
, ◉ tragedy of commons
Answer: when indispensable but finite sources are applied to
everyone
◉ hierarchy of authority
Answer: division of tasks with ranked levels of power
◉ oligarchy
Answer: a system in which many people are are ruled by a
privileged few
◉ McDonaldization
Answer: the process by which the principles of the fast food
restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of
American society as well as of the rest of the world
◉ George Ritzer
Answer: who came up with McDonaldization
◉ upper echelons
Answer: people at the top of large organizations, fewest in
number, and get the most out of their position
◉ middle ground
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ organizations, groups, statuses and roles, cultural beliefs and
institutions
Answer: what does the social structure include
◉ examples of organizations
Answer: national education association, local school boards,
school districts
◉ examples of groups
Answer: faculty, administrators, classes, clubs, teams
◉ examples of statuses
Answer: teacher, student, president
◉ social dilema
Answer: the experience of each person in a group pursuing their
own interest regardless of the potential ruin for everyone
, ◉ tragedy of commons
Answer: when indispensable but finite sources are applied to
everyone
◉ hierarchy of authority
Answer: division of tasks with ranked levels of power
◉ oligarchy
Answer: a system in which many people are are ruled by a
privileged few
◉ McDonaldization
Answer: the process by which the principles of the fast food
restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of
American society as well as of the rest of the world
◉ George Ritzer
Answer: who came up with McDonaldization
◉ upper echelons
Answer: people at the top of large organizations, fewest in
number, and get the most out of their position
◉ middle ground
