Exam 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction

Officer Friel has just pulled over a motorist exceeding the speed limit by 40 miles per hour. When he approached the vehicle, he recognizes the driver as his best friend's daughter. Officer Friel is aware that the young lady has had some money problems and the last thing she can afford is a $200 speeding ticket that will also raise her insurance rates. At this point, which of the following terms best describes the position facing Officer Friel?

Although social structure acts as a major control mechanism to preserve order, it has little to do with what we actually do, feel, or think.

Signs that identify a position in society that someone occupies are referred to as ________.

Sociologists use two levels of analysis. List the two and discuss the focus of each. What level of analysis accompanies the three theoretical perspectives?

Believing that all football players are academically challenged, that all African Americans are great athletes, and that all women can cook well are examples of ________.

Conflict theorists and functionalists would most likely focus on such things as social class and group relationships and would use the macrosociological approach.

Why do we lose rights to make certain decisions about our own behavior when we join a group?

What are the similarities and differences between role conflict and role strain?

What is the sociological significance of social structure?

What are the five functional requisites that social institutions provide?

What term does Durkheim use to describe the degree to which members of a society are united by shared values and other social bonds?

Based on Durkheim's classification of society, the Old Order Amish would fall into which category?

How are norms and status inconsistency related?

Ferdinand Tönnies' term for the type of society he referred to as the "intimate community" was ________. The term he used to describe the type of society characterized by "impersonal association" was ________.

When would a sociologist use the microsociological approach?

Roles are like fences - they allow a certain amount of freedom but that freedom does not go very far.

A position in society that cuts across other statuses a person holds, such as being a high-ranking Army officer, a college president, or a handicapped Olympian, would be considered that person's ________.

Bumper stickers such as "Proud Parent of an Honor Student" and "Warning: This Driver Convicted of DUI" are best described as being ________.

In Down-to-Earth Sociology: "College Football as Social Structure," the statuses and role expectations of football players are described. If you go back to your high school, why would you know how to behave in classes, at lunch, in the hallways, and in after-school activities? What may pose a problem for your actions?

The amount of personal space people require is a cultural universal that is consistent from one culture to the next.