Thinking Critically About Society An Introduction to Sociology 1st

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05

Student: ___________________________________________________________________________

1. A person's age is an example of what kind of status?

A. Ascribed
B. Achieved
C. Master
D. Role

2. Having AIDS is an example of which kind of status?

A. Ascribed
B. Achieved
C. Master
D. Role

3. With each distinctive __________, whether ascribed or achieved, come particular status expectations.
However, actual performance varies from individual to individual.
A. social role position
B. master status position
C. social relationship position
D. social status position
4. Prime minister, fruit picker, daughter, resident of Nunavut, dental technician, and neighbour are all examples
of which of the following?
A. Role status
B. Status
C. Ascribed status
D. Achieved status

5. Many people with disabilities find that their status as "disabled" functions as a(n) __________ that
overshadows their actual ability to perform successfully in meaningful employment.
A. Master status
B. Achieved status
C. Ascribed status
D. Social status

6. Understanding how patterns of male dominance are reinforced in many societies around the world can be
accomplished by using which of the following concepts?
A. Mores
B. Role strain
C. Folkways
D. Social status

7. What is the relationship between social status and social role?

A. A person performs a collection of social roles which affects their social status
B. A person holds a social status and performs a social role
C. A person performs a collection of social statuses which affects their social role
D. A person holds a social role and performs a social status

8. An instructor who is unfriendly with some of her students is an example of _________, while a woman who
puts off having children while she establishes her career is an example of __________.
A. role conflict; folkway
B. socialization; role strain
C. role strain; role conflict
D. mores; role strain

9. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. A status set is to a social status position as social norms are to a social role
B. Social roles are to social norms as social roles are to a status set
C. Social status positions are to social norms as social norms are to social roles
D. A social status position is to a social role as social norms are to a status set
10. In Canadian society how might we explain the privileged situation of a middle-aged, white, male, medical
doctor?
A. A person's master status affects their social status in society
B. A person's achieved status affects their ascribed status in society
C. A person's status set affects their social role in society
D. A person's ascribed status affects their achieved status in society

11. Which sociological perspective would focus on understanding individuals' views of folkways and mores
through a qualitative analysis?
A. Conflict
B. Symbolic interactionist
C. Feminist
D. Structural functionalist

12. What occurs when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same
person?
A. Role conflict
B. Role strain
C. Role status
D. Role fulfillment

13. A male nurse working in his occupation, which is not common for his ascribed status may experience which
of the following?
A. Role strain
B. Role fulfillment
C. Role conflict
D. Role status

14. The participants who acted as "teachers" in Milgram's classic social control experiment obeying the
experimenter's orders to shock the "learner" were described by Milgram as acting obediently, because they were
accustomed to submitting to impersonal authority figures in the social world. Which sociological perspective
explains the organization of North American society in this way?
A. Symbolic interactionist
B. Conflict
C. Feminist
D. Structural functionalist
15. In his study of obedience Stanley Milgram used the term authority to mean which of the following?
A. Going along with others of our own status who have no right to direct our behaviour
B. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure
C. The techniques and strategies used to prevent deviant behaviour in any society
D. The penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm

16. Which sociological perspective would agree with the results of Milgram's study, which argued that one's
obedience in a social situation may be affected by the influence of social status positions such as authority?
A. Structural functionalist
B. Feminist
C. Symbolic interactionist
D. Conflict

17. Which of the following situations describes the concept of obedience as described by Stanley Milgram in his
research?
A. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure such as a recruit following the orders of his
superior officer.
B. A person's decision on how to act is affected by the value s/he places on those whom the behaviour affects.
C. Connection to other members of society leads someone to conform systematically to society's norms.
D. Obedience allows people to decide whether they want to follow rules.

18. A student in your intro sociology class is asked by your instructor to answer the following question:
"How does the idea of a social relationship further our understanding of the sociological imagination?"
How would you judge this answer?
"Because the concept of social status position allows us to add important detail to our understanding of social
context, the idea of a social relationship furthers our understanding of the sociological imagination by thinking
about social relationships as being representative of those public issues which shape our day-to-day private
troubles."
A. Excellent (the statement is correct, with a clear and correct assumption about the concept)
B. Good (the statement is correct, but the assumption about the concept is incorrect)
C. Mediocre (the statement is correct, and the assumption about the concept is irrelevant)
D. Unacceptable (the statement is incorrect and the explanation is unclear and irrelevant)

19. Which sociological perspective would understand and support the view that the social status position of an
instructor might include the norm of curving grades in order to meet the expectations of the larger educational
institution?
A. Symbolic interactionist
B. Feminist
C. Structural functionalist
D. Conflict
20. Match the examples below to the following concepts:

Social status position; ascribed status; achieved status; master status.

A. Caucasian; gender; employee; famous singer
B. Gender; Caucasian; famous singer' employee
C. employee; Caucasian; famous singer; gender
D. famous singer; employee; gender; Caucasian
05 Key

1. (p. 80) A person's age is an example of what kind of status?

A. Ascribed
B. Achieved
C. Master
D. Role

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-01 Define "social status position" and describe some of its features.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #1

2. (p. 83) Having AIDS is an example of which kind of status?

A. Ascribed
B. Achieved
C. Master
D. Role

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-01 Define "social status position" and describe some of its features.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #2

3. (p. 80) With each distinctive __________, whether ascribed or achieved, come particular status expectations.
However, actual performance varies from individual to individual.
A. social role position
B. master status position
C. social relationship position
D. social status position

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-01 Define "social status position" and describe some of its features.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #3
4. (p. 80) Prime minister, fruit picker, daughter, resident of Nunavut, dental technician, and neighbour are all
examples of which of the following?
A. Role status
B. Status
C. Ascribed status
D. Achieved status

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-01 Define "social status position" and describe some of its features.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #4

5. (p. 83) Many people with disabilities find that their status as "disabled" functions as a(n) __________ that
overshadows their actual ability to perform successfully in meaningful employment.
A. Master status
B. Achieved status
C. Ascribed status
D. Social status

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-01 Define "social status position" and describe some of its features.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #5

6. (p. 84) Understanding how patterns of male dominance are reinforced in many societies around the world can
be accomplished by using which of the following concepts?
A. Mores
B. Role strain
C. Folkways
D. Social status

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-02 Define "social norms" and "social roles;" and explain how they influence action and thought.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #6

7. (p. 85) What is the relationship between social status and social role?
A. A person performs a collection of social roles which affects their social status
B. A person holds a social status and performs a social role
C. A person performs a collection of social statuses which affects their social role
D. A person holds a social role and performs a social status

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-02 Define "social norms" and "social roles;" and explain how they influence action and thought.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #7
8. (p. 88, 89) An instructor who is unfriendly with some of her students is an example of _________, while a
woman who puts off having children while she establishes her career is an example of __________.
A. role conflict; folkway
B. socialization; role strain
C. role strain; role conflict
D. mores; role strain

Bloom's: Evaluate
Learning Objective: 05-03 Explain the ambiguous and contradictory nature of social norms and social roles.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #8

9. (p. 86) Which of the following statements is correct?

A. A status set is to a social status position as social norms are to a social role
B. Social roles are to social norms as social roles are to a status set
C. Social status positions are to social norms as social norms are to social roles
D. A social status position is to a social role as social norms are to a status set

Bloom's: Analyze
Learning Objective: 05-02 Define "social norms" and "social roles;" and explain how they influence action and thought.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #9

10. (p. 80) In Canadian society how might we explain the privileged situation of a middle-aged, white, male,
medical doctor?
A. A person's master status affects their social status in society
B. A person's achieved status affects their ascribed status in society
C. A person's status set affects their social role in society
D. A person's ascribed status affects their achieved status in society

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-01 Define "social status position" and describe some of its features.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #10

11. (p. 84) Which sociological perspective would focus on understanding individuals' views of folkways and
mores through a qualitative analysis?
A. Conflict
B. Symbolic interactionist
C. Feminist
D. Structural functionalist

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-02 Define "social norms" and "social roles;" and explain how they influence action and thought.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #11
12. (p. 88) What occurs when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same
person?
A. Role conflict
B. Role strain
C. Role status
D. Role fulfillment

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-03 Explain the ambiguous and contradictory nature of social norms and social roles.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #12

13. (p. 88) A male nurse working in his occupation, which is not common for his ascribed status may experience
which of the following?
A. Role strain
B. Role fulfillment
C. Role conflict
D. Role status

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-03 Explain the ambiguous and contradictory nature of social norms and social roles.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #13

14. (p. 91) The participants who acted as "teachers" in Milgram's classic social control experiment obeying the
experimenter's orders to shock the "learner" were described by Milgram as acting obediently, because they were
accustomed to submitting to impersonal authority figures in the social world. Which sociological perspective
explains the organization of North American society in this way?
A. Symbolic interactionist
B. Conflict
C. Feminist
D. Structural functionalist

Bloom's: Evaluate
Learning Objective: 05-04 Describe Stanley Milgram's research and explain how it illustrates the influence of social status positions on what we do and what we think.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #14

15. (p. 93) In his study of obedience Stanley Milgram used the term authority to mean which of the following?
A. Going along with others of our own status who have no right to direct our behaviour
B. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure
C. The techniques and strategies used to prevent deviant behaviour in any society
D. The penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-04 Describe Stanley Milgram's research and explain how it illustrates the influence of social status positions on what we do and what we think.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #15
16. (p. 92) Which sociological perspective would agree with the results of Milgram's study, which argued that
one's obedience in a social situation may be affected by the influence of social status positions such as
authority?
A. Structural functionalist
B. Feminist
C. Symbolic interactionist
D. Conflict

Bloom's: Analyze
Learning Objective: 05-04 Describe Stanley Milgram's research and explain how it illustrates the influence of social status positions on what we do and what we think.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #16

17. (p. 93) Which of the following situations describes the concept of obedience as described by Stanley Milgram
in his research?
A. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure such as a recruit following the orders of his
superior officer.
B. A person's decision on how to act is affected by the value s/he places on those whom the behaviour affects.
C. Connection to other members of society leads someone to conform systematically to society's norms.
D. Obedience allows people to decide whether they want to follow rules.

Bloom's: Evaluate
Learning Objective: 05-04 Describe Stanley Milgram's research and explain how it illustrates the influence of social status positions on what we do and what we think.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #17

18. (p. 94) A student in your intro sociology class is asked by your instructor to answer the following question:
"How does the idea of a social relationship further our understanding of the sociological imagination?"
How would you judge this answer?
"Because the concept of social status position allows us to add important detail to our understanding of social
context, the idea of a social relationship furthers our understanding of the sociological imagination by thinking
about social relationships as being representative of those public issues which shape our day-to-day private
troubles."
A. Excellent (the statement is correct, with a clear and correct assumption about the concept)
B. Good (the statement is correct, but the assumption about the concept is incorrect)
C. Mediocre (the statement is correct, and the assumption about the concept is irrelevant)
D. Unacceptable (the statement is incorrect and the explanation is unclear and irrelevant)

Bloom's: Analyze
Learning Objective: 05-05 Describe how the idea of a social relationship furthers our understanding of the sociological imagination and explain the ways in which this
idea can be connected to the practice of critical thinking.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #18
19. (p. 98) Which sociological perspective would understand and support the view that the social status position of
an instructor might include the norm of curving grades in order to meet the expectations of the larger
educational institution?
A. Symbolic interactionist
B. Feminist
C. Structural functionalist
D. Conflict

Bloom's: Evaluate
Learning Objective: 05-05 Describe how the idea of a social relationship furthers our understanding of the sociological imagination and explain the ways in which this
idea can be connected to the practice of critical thinking.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #19

20. (p. 80) Match the examples below to the following concepts:

Social status position; ascribed status; achieved status; master status.

A. Caucasian; gender; employee; famous singer
B. Gender; Caucasian; famous singer' employee
C. employee; Caucasian; famous singer; gender
D. famous singer; employee; gender; Caucasian

Bloom's: Apply
Learning Objective: 05-01 Define "social status position" and describe some of its features.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 #20
05 Summary

Category # of Que
stions
Bloom's: Analyze 3
Bloom's: Apply 13
Bloom's: Evaluate 4
Learning Objective: 05-01 Define "social status position" and describe some of its features. 7
Learning Objective: 05-02 Define "social norms" and "social roles;" and explain how they influence action and thought. 4
Learning Objective: 05-03 Explain the ambiguous and contradictory nature of social norms and social roles. 3
Learning Objective: 05- 4
04 Describe Stanley Milgram's research and explain how it illustrates the influence of social status positions on what we do and what w
e think.
Learning Objective: 05- 2
05 Describe how the idea of a social relationship furthers our understanding of the sociological imagination and explain the ways in whi
ch this idea can be connected to the practice of critical thinking.
Westhaver - Chapter 05 20