SOCI Quiz 3
Ascribed status
Ivanka Trump is the daughter of business mogul Donald Trump. Her role as heiress to the Trump fortune is an example of ______.
Conflict Theory
Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto is based on the ____ perspective.
An organization in which participants live a controlled lifestyle and in which total resocialization occurs.
A total institution can be defined as:
People base their images on how they think other people see them.
Charles Cooley's concept of the looking-glass self hypothesizes that:
Laissez-faire
Christine is president of her Improvisation Comedy Troupe. When making decisions about booking gigs, rehearsal spaces, and call-times, Christine leaves the troupe to decide for themselves. Christine is a(n) _____ leader.
Habitualization
______ describes how any action that is repeated frequently becomes cast into a pattern.
Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural
Please place the following societies in chronological order:
The group is better informed than they are.
Solomon Asch concluded that one reason people conform to a group is because they believe:
Cities and towns were established, and humans had more time for leisure activities.
The Agricultural Revolution is often referred to as "dawn of civilization" because:
Groups to which an individual compares himself or herself.
The concept "reference groups" can be defined as:
The act of implanting a convention or norm into society.
The term institutionalization can be defined as:
A bureaucracy where membership and advancement is based on proven and documented skills.
The term meritocracy is defined by the text as:
Reference group
When Michael starts high school, he joins the basketball team. He begins to look to his teammate friends for cues on how to behave at dances, in the hallways, and even in the classroom. Michael's basketball team is serving as Michael's _____.
Sending threatening letters to someone's home
Which of the following does NOT constitute cyberbullying?
A freelance artist creating a sculpture of Barack Obama
Which of the following is NOT an example of organic solidarity?
Alienation from one's religion
Which of the following is NOT one of Marx's four types of alienation?
Becca returns to work after giving birth to her daughter, finding it difficult to act as mother, wife, and executive.
Which of the following is an example of role strain?
Authoritarian
In the 2010 film, The Social Network, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was portrayed as a leader who was goal-oriented, issuing orders and assigning tasks. Which of the following leadership styles did Zuckerberg likely use?
Utilitarian organization
Justin enrolls in a local community college so he can one day become an engineer. Justin is about to become a member of a:
Aggregate
Sandy is standing in line for Kanye West tickets. The line wraps around the block, spilling into the streets and crowding store windows. Sandy is part of a(n):
