Sociology Exam 4 Randell's
This is a multiple choice test to help me study. I believe if you take this test till you score a 100, you will pass Randell's test. Good luck
- 1.Different Social positions that make-up Society
- A.
Statuses
- B.
Roles
- C.
Stratification
- D.
Social Structure
- 2.Duties, rights, expectations attached to different Social
- A.
Statuses
- B.
Roles
- C.
Stratification
- D.
Social Structure
- 3.Differential Social rewards (money, power, respect) attached to different Social positions
- A.
Statuses
- B.
Roles
- C.
Stratification
- D.
Social Structure
- 4.Task or Functional Differentiation Hospital examples: o Pharmacist o Physicians o Dietician o Nurses
- A.
Principle of Division of Labor
- B.
Principle of Stratification
- 5.Rank or Status Differentiation 1. More difficult 2. More essential 3. More costly to train
- A.
Principle of Division of Labor
- B.
Principle of Stratification
- 6.Position within Social Structure distinct from person occupying it
- A.
Status
- B.
Ascribed Status
- C.
Achieved Status
- D.
Prestige
- E.
Esteem
- 7.Position one holds/occupies regardless of role performance
- A.
Status
- B.
Ascribed Status
- C.
Achieved Status
- D.
Prestige
- E.
Esteem
- 8.Position given to us whether we want it or not Example: race, gender, kinship
- A.
Status
- B.
Ascribed Status
- C.
Achieved Status
- D.
Prestige
- E.
Esteem
- 9.Position one holds/occupies as the result of successful competition for it
- A.
Status
- B.
Ascribed Status
- C.
Achieved Status
- D.
Prestige
- E.
Esteem
- 10.Evaluation of a Status
- A.
Status
- B.
Ascribed Status
- C.
Achieved Status
- D.
Prestige
- E.
Esteem
- 11.Evaluation of role performance within a status
- A.
Status
- B.
Ascribed Status
- C.
Achieved Status
- D.
Prestige
- E.
Esteem
- 12.Pertains to the manner or ways in which people associate/interact/relate to each other
- A.
Statuses
- B.
Roles
- C.
Stratification
- D.
Social Structure
- 13.Pertains to how society is organized/arranged/constructed/made up
- A.
Statuses
- B.
Roles
- C.
Stratification
- D.
Social Structure
- 14.Actions others can legitimately insist that we perform
- A.
Duties
- B.
Rights
- C.
Role Conflict
- D.
Role Strain
- E.
Role Ambiguity
- 15.Actions we can legitimately insist others perform
- A.
Duties
- B.
Rights
- C.
Role Conflict
- D.
Role Strain
- E.
Role Ambiguity
- 16.Conflicting/incompatible expectations between two or more roles Example: Student vs. Employee
- A.
Duties
- B.
Rights
- C.
Role Conflict
- D.
Role Strain
- E.
Role Ambiguity
- 17.Conflicting/incompatible expectations built into same role Example: President, Single Parent, etc.
- A.
Duties
- B.
Rights
- C.
Role Conflict
- D.
Role Strain
- E.
Role Ambiguity
- 18.Unclear/ill-defined expectations associated with a role Example: Ex-Spouse, Surrogate Mother, etc.
- A.
Duties
- B.
Rights
- C.
Role Conflict
- D.
Role Strain
- E.
Role Ambiguity
- 19.Set of duties/rights/expectations attached to different Social positions
- A.
Status
- B.
Roles
- C.
Groups
- 20.Position within Social Structure distinct from person occupying it
- A.
Status
- B.
Roles
- C.
Groups
- 21.Social Aggregates, Social categories, Two basic types
- A.
Status
- B.
Roles
- C.
Groups
- 22.Means of attaching people’s energies to task which must be completed if both individuals and Society are to survive
- A.
Mechanism of Social control
- B.
Enhances Group cohesion/social solidarity
- C.
Cultural Transmission
- 23.Binds/ties societal members together Makes us need/dependent upon others
- A.
Mechanism of Social control
- B.
Enhances Group cohesion/social solidarity
- C.
Cultural Transmission
- 24.Means of passing on knowledge from generation to generation
- A.
Mechanism of Social control
- B.
Enhances Group cohesion/social solidarity
- C.
Cultural Transmission
- 25.Collectivity of people occupying same physical space at same time with little else in common
- A.
Social aggregates
- B.
Social categories
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