MyLab Sociology Chapter 4 PreTest

Why might blindness sometimes be classified as a master status?

Blindness can become the trait that others respond to more than any other.

__________ is the study of how people use commonsense understandings to make sense of life.

Ethnomethodology

__________ are the behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a status.

Roles

__________ divides people according to income, education, and occupation.

Social class

Microsociology focuses on social interaction while macrosociology focuses on __________.

broad features of society

Image consultants are career coaches who assist individuals with their __________.

impression management

What term is used to describe the idea that people try to control what others think about them?

impression management

The social construction of reality is based on __________.

interactions with others

Original solidarity places greater importance on __________ than does mechanical solidarity.

performing similar tasks

North Americans tend to expect more __________ than South Americans during face-to-face conversations.

personal space

Which of the following is a functional requisite of each society?

preserving order

Functionalists would probably conclude that the mass media in a democratic nation ___________.

represent the varied interests of the many groups that make up that nation

Even if two groups of teenagers engage in similar delinquent behaviors, their __________ will greatly affect their futures.

reputations

To communicate information about the self, we use three types of __________: the social setting, our appearance, and our manner.

sign-vehicles

_____________ is based on income, education, and occupational prestige.

social class

Sociologists use the term __________ to refer to all the statuses or positions that you occupy.

status set

Assumptions about a person based on their physical characteristics are usually a product of __________.

stereotypes

Regardless of our feelings at any particular moment, social __________ guides our actions and behaviors.

structure

Sarah has never seen germs, but she is concerned about them. She will not eat any food that has fallen on the floor, even in her mother's home, which is spotless. Which of the following best explains this situation?

the Thomas theorem

A role is __________.

the behavior expected of someone who holds a particular status