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