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
, Type: P
7. Which term is used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a
large group or society?
A.status
B. culture
C. social structure
D. Gemeinschaft
Type: D
8. Firas, Randy, and Teresa are science majors, and when they graduate from college, they find jobs as a nurse,
a midwife, and a hospital administrator, respectively. These new positions are examples of A.ascribed
status.
B. social roles.
C. achieved status.
D. social networks.
Type: C
9. Ascribed status is a social position
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
, Type: P
7. Which term is used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a
large group or society?
A.status
B. culture
C. social structure
D. Gemeinschaft
Type: D
8. Firas, Randy, and Teresa are science majors, and when they graduate from college, they find jobs as a nurse,
a midwife, and a hospital administrator, respectively. These new positions are examples of A.ascribed
status.
B. social roles.
C. achieved status.
D. social networks.
Type: C
9. Ascribed status is a social position
