100 Chapter 2 Study Guide
1.
This is a social position that is acquired at birth or taken on involuntarily later in life.
A)
role
B)
status
C)
ascribed status
D)
achieved status
2.
This is a social position taken on voluntarily or acquired through effort.
A)
role
B)
status
C)
ascribed status
D)
achieved status
3.
These are enduring patterns of expectations for how basic social needs will be addressed.
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
4.
These often have a hierarchical division of labor.
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
5.
The family, politics and law, religion and health care are each examples of this.
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
6.
This is a population sharing land, identity, and culture.
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
7.
This contains both “social statics” and “social dynamics.”
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
8.
According to this perspective, society is best viewed in terms of competition and struggle between groups.
A)
structural-functionalist
B)
feminist
C)
conflict
D)
symbolic-interactionist
9.
This perspective understands society and social structure through an examination of the personal day-to-day interaction of people in pairs and groups.
A)
structural-functionalist
B)
feminist
C)
conflict
D)
symbolic-interactionist
10.
This perspective focuses on social conflict and inequality based on gender.
A)
structural-functionalist
B)
feminist
C)
conflict
D)
symbolic-interactionist
11.
The 1994 ethnic violence that erupted in the small African nation of Rwanda was between which two ethnic groups?
A)
Hutu and Tutsi
B)
Congolese and Rwandan
C)
Armenian and Turk
D)
Rwandan and Jews
12.
The social psychologist who used electrical shock in his experiments in order to find out how far people would go in obeying the commands of an authority figure is:
A)
Philip Zimbardo
B)
Emile Durkheim
C)
Georg Simmel
D)
Stanley Milgram
13.
August Comte believed that all
This is a social position that is acquired at birth or taken on involuntarily later in life.
A)
role
B)
status
C)
ascribed status
D)
achieved status
2.
This is a social position taken on voluntarily or acquired through effort.
A)
role
B)
status
C)
ascribed status
D)
achieved status
3.
These are enduring patterns of expectations for how basic social needs will be addressed.
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
4.
These often have a hierarchical division of labor.
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
5.
The family, politics and law, religion and health care are each examples of this.
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
6.
This is a population sharing land, identity, and culture.
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
7.
This contains both “social statics” and “social dynamics.”
A)
group
B)
organization
C)
institution
D)
society
8.
According to this perspective, society is best viewed in terms of competition and struggle between groups.
A)
structural-functionalist
B)
feminist
C)
conflict
D)
symbolic-interactionist
9.
This perspective understands society and social structure through an examination of the personal day-to-day interaction of people in pairs and groups.
A)
structural-functionalist
B)
feminist
C)
conflict
D)
symbolic-interactionist
10.
This perspective focuses on social conflict and inequality based on gender.
A)
structural-functionalist
B)
feminist
C)
conflict
D)
symbolic-interactionist
11.
The 1994 ethnic violence that erupted in the small African nation of Rwanda was between which two ethnic groups?
A)
Hutu and Tutsi
B)
Congolese and Rwandan
C)
Armenian and Turk
D)
Rwandan and Jews
12.
The social psychologist who used electrical shock in his experiments in order to find out how far people would go in obeying the commands of an authority figure is:
A)
Philip Zimbardo
B)
Emile Durkheim
C)
Georg Simmel
D)
Stanley Milgram
13.
August Comte believed that all