Question 1

How and why do interest groups tend to work to maintain social structure?

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Question 2

Ben works at a local hospital.Every day he takes the elevator to his office on the tenth floor.He has noticed that once he steps into the elevator,he looks straight ahead at the elevator door and does not make verbal or eye contact with others.This behaviour is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  institutionalization
B)  social movement
C)  path dependency
D)  a social norm

Question 3

When groups become more equal in size,competition between them for jobs,housing,romantic partners,and other resources __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  stabilizes
B)  decreases
C)  intensifies
D)  ends

Question 4

When did education and learning become institutionalized?

Accepted Answer

A)  when teachers began to think of themselves as professionals
B)  when taboos against teaching began to disappear
C)  when a curriculum was established
D)  when social elites began to send their children to schools

Question 5

How do sociologists define power?

Accepted Answer

A)  the ability to influence the behaviour of others
B)  the financial means to acquire resources
C)  membership in dominant hierarchies
D)  the ability to claim rewards

Question 6

What key components make up social structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  roles and social hierarchy;norms and institutions
B)  diversity and inequality;structuralism and conflict
C)  institutions and personalities;interactionism and social arrangements
D)  trends and traditions;determinism and flexibility

Question 7

What is social hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)  the status a person acquires as a result of merit
B)  social arrangements in which some groups or individuals are elevated above others
C)  a system of social arrangements that make society more egalitarian
D)  a group of people who control a given social institution

Question 8

What was the leading source of employment for people living in North America for most of the 19th Century until the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  jobs in agriculture
B)  jobs in manufacturing
C)  jobs in politics
D)  jobs in religious organizations

Question 9

How can path dependency impact the development of society?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is far easier to use preexisting social structures than to develop new ones.
B)  The paved means of production enhance opportunities for social change.
C)  Path dependency helps societies resist institutionalization.
D)  Governments cannot adequately respond to path dependency among the population.

Question 10

As we are socialized into our roles,we conform to the rules and norms imposed by our social structure.Consequently,we contribute to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  reproducing the current social structure
B)  the present path-dependency
C)  the resocialization of ourselves
D)  the rejection of our own free will

Question 11

What was the leading source of employment for people living in North America for most of the nineteenth century until the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  jobs in agriculture
B)  jobs in manufacturing
C)  jobs in politics
D)  jobs in religious organizations

Question 12

Your sociological research is examining the relationship between how governmental policies reinforce economic inequality.This research is investigating _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  social structure
B)  symbolic interaction
C)  agency and path dependence
D)  structuralism and cognition

Question 13

Your position in key social hierarchies is likely to have the least impact on __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  how well you do in school
B)  whether or not you attend university
C)  your eventual occupation
D)  your food preferences

Question 14

Institutionalization is best understood as when __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  groups try to formalize norms,rules,or practices that people were doing informally
B)  businesses progress from small to multinational corporations
C)  an organization resists social protest and refuses to adapt to social norms
D)  new social roles and formal organizations are established

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of individual free will being used against social structures?

Accepted Answer

A)  civil rights activism
B)  stopping at a stop sign
C)  marrying someone for love
D)  voting for a mayoral candidate

Question 16

How quickly does social structure tend to change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social structure is highly volatile and changes very quickly.
B)  Social structure is durable but changes moderately quickly.
C)  Social structure changes over time but tends to do so slowly.
D)  Social structure is incapable of change.

Question 17

Members of more powerful groups __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  work harder than others
B)  work less than others
C)  have advantages over others
D)  have no advantages over others

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