Sociology Test questions

Which of the following concepts defines who we are in relation to others?

status

In U.S society, which of the following is typically a master status?

physical or mental disability

Role set refers to

a number of roles attached to a single status

Frank excels at football at his college, but with the time sports demands, he doesnt have enough time to study. He is experiencing the problem of

Role conflict

The Thomas theorem states that

situations defined as real are real in their consequences

Which of the following is the correct meaning of "presentation of self.

efforts to create impressions in the minds of others

Research supports the conclusion that people around the world

experience the same six basic emotions

In terms of dramaturgical analysis, tact is understood as

helping someone "save face.

In her study of human emotion, Arlie Hochschild explains that many companies

try to regulate the emotions of workers

People are likely to "get" a joke when they

understand the two different realities being presented

What is the term for humans who have some combinations of female and male genitalia?

Intersexual people

A global perspective on human sexuality shows us that

although sex involves our biology, it is also a cultural trait that varies from place to place

Why is the incest taboo found in every society

It limits sexual competition between members of families, it helps define peoples rights and obligations toward one another, it helps connect members of a family to others in the larger society

The sexual revolution came of age during the

1960's

Survey data show that the largest share of U.S adults reject which of the following sexual practices

extramarital sex

According to the Laumann study of sexuality in the United States,

there is great diversity in levels of sexual activity, so no one stereotype is correct

Which concept refers to sexual attraction to people of both sexes?

bisexuality

Compared to 1950, the U.S. rate of teenage pregnancy today is

lower

By what point in their lives do half of young people in the United States today experience sexual intercourse?

by the end of high school

If we look back in history, we see that once a society develops birth control technology

attitudes about sexuality become more permissibe

conformity

pursue goal by legitment ways

Innovations

pursue goals by illegitiment ways, by making money by selling drugs

ritualism

continue to go through the motions but dont pursue

retreatism

give up, drop outs

rebellion

has goals, but alternative goals

conflict theory

macro

symbolic interationist theory

micro

stigma

negative label, disgraced, or "spoiled" identity something few people "want

Stigmatized

when a person sees themselves as others see them

self-fulfilling prophecy

set of expectations, cause behavior fulfilling the expectations

primary deviance

normalized" deviance, no stigma applied

secondary deviance

labeled by others and accepts that they are that way

legitimate means

allowable ways to achieve the cultural goals. EXAMPLE: career, inheritance, lottery.

disjunction

goals and means dont fit together

absolute perspective

rule breaking behavior

relative perspective

rule making processes

deviance

the recognized violation of cultural norms

norms

rules and expectations by which society guides behaviors

crime-

the violation of a society's enacted criminal law

social control

attempts by society to regulate peoples thoughts and behaviors

folkways

minor norms. EXAMPLE: way you dress, greeting people, eating behavior

More

major norms

Laws

norms that matter and are important