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37545 Intro to Sociology Online

Unit 3 Assignment

Question 1

Jane is a nurse, wife and mother. This would be an example of _______________.

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her ascribed statuses

her achieved statuses

her roles

status inconsistency

Question 2

The primary difference between an ascribed status and an achieved status is:

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achieved statuses have roles attached to them but ascribed statuses do not

ascribed statuses never change while achieved statuses do

ascribed statuses are involuntary while acdhieved statuses are voluntary

ascribed statuses can also be a master status but achieved statuses cannot

Question 3

Which of the following WOULD BE a status symbol for a police officer?

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the car used to drive to work

personal residence

personal gun collection

badge on uniform

Question 4

According to Erving Goffman, when you close your bedroom door to achieve privacy so that you can view pornography on the internet, you are engaging in:

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front stage behavior

back stage behavior

role strain

role conflict

Question 5

As a student, you learn that your mother is in the hospital and you feel obligated to visit her but you also have an important exam to study for. In this situation, you are likely to experience:

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role strain

role conflict

role reversal

status inconsistency

Question 6

With respect to social institutions, what is the main difference between industrial and developing societies?

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institutions in developing societies are less formal than in industrial societies

institutions in developing societies are matriarchal

institutions in developing societies are morally superior to those in industrial societies

institutions in developing societies have a higher degree of equality

Question 7

You and two of your friends are taking the same class and have formed a study group to prepare for exams. As the course progresses, you discover that you tend to earn much higher exam grades than your two friends. You want to do well in the class but don’t want to make your friends look bad. It is likely that you are experiencing:

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role conflict

role strain

role reversal

role confusion

Question 8

Holly’s parents are important influences on Holly’s life. Mead would use the term ________________to refer to Holly’s parents.

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generalized others

significant others

familial group

reference group

Question 9

Alan is a worker, a student, and the quarterback on the football team. Sociologists would consider this his ____________.

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status set

social class

ascribed status

achieved status

Question 10

Susan is graduating from college this spring. She has purchased a class ring. This ring is an example of a ________________.

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status symbol

status emblem

master status sign

status object

Question 11

Edwin is a 19 year-old college sophomore and is dating a 40-year old woman. His friends may experience status _______________________when they are with Edwin and his date.

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incongruity

integration

inconsistency

conflict

Question 12

Being a son or daughter is your ________, but your parents expectation that you show respect to them is your __________.

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role; status

status; choice

status; role

rule; position

Question 13

Alice is getting ready for an interview with a potential employer. She has picked out a blazer and skirt and has had her hair done at the beauty shop. Alice is relying on her manner and her appearance to communicate to the employer that she would be an excellent employee. According to Goffman, Alice would be engaged in ___________________.

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face-saving behavior

impression management

role management

impression control

Question 14

According to Charles Horton Cooley, we develop_____________ when we interact with others.

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our personality

self-discipline

our biological potential

our sense of self

Question 15

George Herbert Mead believed that we acquire a sense of self ___________________.

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through the looking-glass process

when we evaluate ourselves in a positive way

when we can think abstractly

when we learn to take the role of the other

Question 16

If three year old girls are dressing up and pretending to be the parents, which of Mead’s stages in “Taking on the Role of the Other” would they be in?

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operational

imitation

play

game

Question 17

According to Charles Horton Cooley’s the “Looking Glass Self”, we develop a self-concept:

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by inheriting genetic charcteristics from our parents

by learning self-discipline

by interpreting our feelings about ourselves

by interpreting how others think about us

Question 18

Tony is five years of age. He loves to dress up like Batman and pretend to save Gotham City from the Penguin. According to Mead’s theory, he is in the _________stage.

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imitation

game

play

generalized

Question 19

Which of the following statements is least true of an ascribed status?

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an ascribed status in involuntary

race, ethnicity, and social class at birth are examples of ascribed status

ascribed statuses provide guidelines for how we are to act and feel

certain ascribed statuses can be chosen

Question 20

A college diploma would be an example of a(n):

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social contract to educate others

status set

status symbol

role indicator

Question 21

Which of the following statements concerning collective behavior is true?

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it usually involves a small number of people

it is often spontaneous

it is never controversial

it is always safe

Question 22

A mob differs from a riot in that the mob:

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typically has a clear objective

is not violent

does not involve people with intense emotion

lasts a long time

Question 23

Deprivation theory explains that social movements arise among people who:

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feel adrift in society

are poor and feel they have little left to lose

believe that they lack rights, income, or something else that they think they should have

are moved to action by particular cultural symbols

Question 24

View the video below on Civil Disobedience. After viewing the video, list the five individuals or groups provided as examples of civil disobedience.

If you are having trouble seeing the video, then go to the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=elrTpoY6AYQ

Question 25

View the video below from the movie “The Matrix”. After viewing the video, which concept from unit 3 best describes the scene from the movie. (there is a hint inside the online text)

If you are having trouble seeing the video, then go to the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=AGZiLMGdCE0