soc 100 quiz (ch 4 and ch5 )

The story of Sister Pauline Quinn and the prisoners who train dogs is an example of which sociological concepts?

Correct Answer(s) total institutions resocialization achieved status Incorrect Answer(s) nature versus nurture debate

a category

all of the people watching SNL on television last Saturday

Which of the following terms apply to this scenario? An employee works to appease customers and appears as if he cares but in reality does not feel the emotions he's expressing.

surface acting

an aggregate

the audience at a taping of SNL

a secondary group

the cast members of SNL

The location, time period, and family into which individuals are born affect their set of meanings about how the world works.

true

Which of the following are examples of socialization?

Examples of Socialization A parent teaches a child not to burp at the dinner table. Someone acts visibly uncomfortable when a coworker tells a sexist joke. A child shows a parent how to check email using a smartphone. Not Example(s) of Socialization A passenger sits down on a subway car.

Consider how changes in the importance of different agents of socialization might occur over time within a society. For each of the major agents of socialization, decide whether it is more or less important to adolescents now than it was in the late 1800s.

More Important Now schools the mass media peers Less Important Now the family

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Power is the ability to (control) the actions of others and if legitimated, provides (authority). Power can be (coercive) when it is backed by the threat of force, or (influential) when it is supported by persuasion.

Choose the term or phrase that best completes the sentence: Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, has a rule that if a team cannot be fed by two pizzas, the team is too large. The "two pizza" rule exemplifies the concept of ____________.

social loafing

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The differences between a group and a (crowd) is whether the members identify with one another and whether interaction is temporary or permanent. A primary group consists of people such as (family members), whereas a secondary group might consist of people such as (students taking this course).

Identify the main agents of socialization.

Main Agents of Socialization peers the family schools the mass media Not Main Agents of Socialization businesses hospitals churches

status

a position in a social hierarchy that carries a particular set of expectations

role conflict

experienced when we occupy two or more roles with contradictory expectations

Place the following stages on the timeline based on when the developing child engages in them, according to George Herbert Mead.

preparatory, play, game stage

role

the set of behaviors expected of someone because of his or her status

role strain

experienced when there are contradictory expectations within one role

Identify the following as either a primary or secondary group.

Primary Group a married couple a close-knit group of adult friends who have been together since middle school Secondary Group a professional football team a tailoring shop that makes bespoke (fully custom) suits for men

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The difference between role strain and role conflict is that role strain is about the competing demands imposed by (a single status), while role conflict is about competing demands imposed by (different statuses). A worker struggling to decide what task to get done first is experiencing role (strain). A worker having to leave work early to care for a sick child is experiencing role (conflict).

Identify the true and false statements about social media engagement and our social connections.

True Statement(s) Americans are no more or less lonely or detached from one another than they have ever been. Users of social media are more connected than nonusers. False Statement(s) No quantitative research has been conducted to examine how social media engagement influences social connections. Facebook users have fewer close relationships and higher levels of social support than users of other social media and nonusers.

Louwanda Evans's book on emotional labor and flight attendants adds which dimension to Arlie Hochschild's original conception of emotional labor?

race

a primary group

a group of close friends and family members who get together tow watch SNL on television each week

Which statements correctly describe "the strength of weak ties"?

Correct Statement(s) Weak ties provide access to valuable information. Weak ties provide benefits that strong ties do not. Incorrect Statement(s) People tend to have more weak ties than strong ones. Weak ties reinforce strong ties. Weak ties eventually turn into strong ones.

Classify each statement as supporting either the nature or nurture side of the nature versus nurture debate.

Nature High levels of testosterone contribute to stereotypically masculine traits such as aggressiveness and competitiveness. By adulthood, the IQs of adopted siblings are no more similar to one another than to those of strangers. Nurture Facing a competitive challenge causes testosterone levels to rise. At the age of 12 months, both boys and girls prefer dolls over cars.

Someone who believes that humans do not have much free will and are deeply constrained by the social circumstances and system they are born into is not a big believer in which sociological concept?

agency

How did Stanley Milgram test participants' obedience to authority?

he had "experimenters" coax "teachers" into shocking "learners"

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Sociobiology is a branch of science that uses biology and evolution to explain (social behavior). The basic nature versus nurture debate has been tweaked by sociobiologists who suggest that genes and environment (interact) to influence behavior. The latest work in this area suggests that (social and environmental context) can significantly alter the way a gene expresses itself.

Jennifer's soccer league is quite large. It includes twelve teams, and each team has approximately fifteen members. Jennifer is very popular and has the most ties with individuals throughout the league. Which social network concept best describes Jennifer's situation?

centrality

Place each major study of social networks in order of its publication from first to last.

1. Mark Granovetter's "The Strength of Weak Ties" 2. Matt Hoffman and Lisa Torres's article on gender, networks and employment 3. Duncan Watt's Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age 4. Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler's article on networks and sexual health

What is the definition of "socialization"?

the process through which individuals fit into a society and internalize its values, beliefs, and norms, and learn to function as its members

Which of the following are kinds of conformity produced by social influence and which are not?

Produced by social influence internalization identification compliance Not Produced by Social Influence obedience

Match each quality to the correct group category based on Robert Merton's theory of group classification.

in-group: classy, precise out-group: snobbish, nit-picking

Emotion work or emotional labor is the process of helping to manage the emotions of others in order to neutralize emotionally charged situations.

false

Social media has the potential to increase the number of points of view we are exposed to and socialize us in ways never conceived of before. Someone who has been influenced and "pieced together" through whatever sources available, is an example of which of the following sociological concepts?

saturated self

Match each example to one of the three kinds of conformity.

internalization: attending class because you think that the material in the class is worth learning compliance: attending class so that you can pass and get a degree indentification: attending a class because you think your professor and classmates are smart and have interesting ideas

An employee at the local Department of Motor Vehicles puts in an eight-hour shift and then goes to a local bar and grill to celebrate a co-worker's birthday. What aspect of bureaucracy does this situation highlight?

interpersonal interactions help humanize bureaucracies