Sociology Exam 2

Why might a sociologist not classify people who drive Mazda Miatas as a group?

they do not have ongoing social relations

What did Sigmund Freud suggest in his book The Interpretation of Dreams?

the conscious level of awareness is the tip of the iceberg, and just below the surface of the conscious and unconscious

One of the functions of symbolic culture is that

It enables people to communicate

________. is an example of something that would be part of an individual's or society's symbolic culture

belonging political party

Stealing avocados, or almost any other agricultural product, is a felony in California if the product is worth more than $100. Supporters of the law believe that it is the only way to protect farmers from vagrants and transients who can ruin the viability of small farms. However if you believe that such laws also target homeless people who are simply trying to eat, and that they are punished because they have almost no power within society, then you are probably a

conflict theorist

Obinze thinks that religion is used by powerful people and institutions to control the public. What perspective best describes Obinze's views?

conflict theory

the spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one group to another

cultural diffusion

Google has implemented employment policies like increasing the use of women interviewers for female job applicants and expanding maternity leave from three months to five in order to hire and retain more female employees. Which characteristic of bureaucracy is Google attempting to address with these changes?

impersonality

Robert Merton's typology of deviance outlines the strain that people experience as they attempt to access cultural goals through legitimate, institutionalized means. In which of the following categories would fraudsters and thieves be found

innovation

Jeff Bezos, the 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

A(n) _______ is a position in a social hierarchy that comes with a set of expectations

status