Society and Social Structure

The expectation that I, as a teacher, will create and teach lessons is an example of 

• a role

• a status

• a master status

• a schema

Which of the following is most likely a master status?

• Sophomore

• Employee

• Driver

• President of the US

Which of the following is an ascribed status?

• Professor

• Woman

• Doctor

• Imam

______ occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status interferes with a second status

• Role Set

• Role strain

• Role Exit

• Role Conflict

Which of the following is NOT an example of a social institution?

• family

• political

• banks

• education

______ is the idea that if you do something for someone, that person owes you something in return.

• exchange

• reciprocity

• exchange theory

• helping

____________ is the deliberate attempt to control a person by force, to oppose someone, or to harm another person

• competition

• conflict

• hate

• reinforcement

Which of the following is NOT a form of accommodation?

• competition

• compromise

• truce

• mediation

In a preindustrial society, _____ is the  main economic activity.

• communication

• technology

• industry

• food production

Which of the following is NOT true about horticultural societies?

• grow fruit and vegetables

• move to a new plot when old one becomes barren

• economic and political systems more developed because of settled life

• marked by powerful armies and the construction of roads