Sociology Chapter 5

Today, the United States would best be described as

a postindustrial society

According to the text, social organization

brings predictability to human behavior

According to the text, functionalist theorists contend that one purpose social institutions serve is to

ensure the stability and continuance of society

Anne is a college student, a full-time employee, and a mother of two young children. Anne may experience role conflict because

it is likely to be impossible for her to fully satisfy the expectations associated with all of those roles

Sociologists use the term ______ to refer to the organized pattern of social relationships and social institutions that together make up society.

social structure

In postindustrial societies

the economy is dependent on the production and distribution of services and knowledge

Which of the following is not an example of a social group?

Fans of The Handmaid's Tale

Which of these would interest a sociologist who prefers macroanalysis of social interaction?

How laws governing family leave affect families in the United States

According to the text, which of these is not a characteristic of most industrial societies as they exist today?

Increased death rates and a lowered life expectancy

_____ is an established position in a social structure that carries with it a degree of social rank or value.

Status

From a sociological perspective, what is the relationship between culture and society?

The members of a society share a culture to some extent.

In which of the following is Durkheim most interested?

The ways society is held together

Which of these is an example of something a sociologist would consider from the micro-level analysis of social interaction?

Describing day-to-day life in a sorority house

A status that is earned is referred to as an _____ status.

achieved

In contemporary societies, division of labor is most likely to be based on

age, gender, race, and class distinctions

As soon as it drops on Netflix, Zorah binge-watches the new season of Orange Is the New Black. Like the others watching it, Zorah is part of a(n)

audience

According to Emile Durkheim, _____ gives groups social solidarity because members of a group feel they are part of one society.

collective consciousness