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Soc/Psych Chap 3 Rvw
Sociology & Psychology Chapter Three Review Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 2 major components of social structure? | Status and role. |
| Why do we need social structure? | To guide human interaction. |
| Give an example of a status that Katy Perry holds and is that status ascribed or achieved? | A singer, a songwriter, etc. | Achieved |
| What role(s) might be associated with this status that Katy Perry holds? | Dressing up when she goes to red carpet events and being careful with her actions just in case the paparazzi are around |
| Why might ones master status change over time? | It may change depending on ones dreams/aspirations, occupation, age and maturity level. |
| What is a reciprocal role? | Corresponding roles that define the patterns of interaction between related statuses. |
| How do role expectations and role performance differ? | A role expectation is what someone is supposed to do and a role performance is what they actually end up doing. |
| What role set might be attached to the occupation of a pro baseball player? | Husband, father, athlete, charity worker/volunteer, spokesperson |
| Why might Kanye experience role conflict related to his occupation and or his lifestyle? | Kanye might experience role conflict whenever his son North gets a little older and starts to notice that his dad is gone quite a bit on tour and other job-related endeavors. |
| Explain how you experience role strain. | I might experience role strain when I have to be a good student but I have 13 million quarter tests in one week and it stresses me out. |
| Why do social institutions exist? | To satisfy one or more of the basic needs of a society |
| What is the basis of the exchange theory? | People are motivated by self-interest in their interactions with other people. |
| List the 5 universal types of interaction. | 1. Exchange 2. Competition 3. Conflict 4. Cooperation 5. Accommodation |
| In what aspect can conflict be positive? | If it reinforced group boundaries and strengthens group loyalty by focusing attention on an outside threat. |
| Give an example of a social category that applies to your mom. | Advocate and lobbyist for the Missouri Nurses Association |
| What are the 4 major features of a group? | 1. Must consist of two or more people 2. Must be interaction among members 3. Group members must have shared expectations 4. Members must possess some sense of common identity |
| Is decision making easier in a dyad or a triad? | Triad |
| Could an example of an aggregate be a mass of youth at an ecstasy rave? Explain why or why not. | No because all of the youth would be at the same place at the same time and they would not lack organization because they all know what they are coming there to do. |
| Would talking on facebook over the Internet on a regular basis be an example of participating in an “e-network”? Explain. | Yes, because you would be regularly interacting with someone else through the use of the Internet. |
| Would Narcotics Anonymous be an example of an informal group? Explain. | No because NA is structured and well organized. |
| Can members of a reference group have differing attitudes and values? | No, because to be in a reference group all members’ attitudes and values must match up. |
| In what type of group does each member have total control over the group’s existence? | In a dyad |
| Why does a small community like Senath-Hornersville still display many aspects of mechanical solidarity or Gemeinschaft? | Because relationships are close, and activities center on the family and on the community. Some people in this group feel a strong sense of group solidarity. |
| What type of society is the U.S. and why? | Gesellschaft because most social relationships are based on need rather than emotion. |
| What is the underlying theory of the Peter Principal? | Employees in a bureaucracy often are promoted to positions for which they have little ability. |
| For what reasons did Deborah Tannen assert the U.S. is dominated by an argument culture? | She believed that through their culture, Americans learn to approach human interaction as a duel of wills in which all issues have only two sides. This approach is based on that contention is the best way to get things done. |
| How might hiring a 2nd business teacher be an example of new technology forcing the concept of Parkinson’s law? | Now the two business teachers must plan their work around the fact there is less work to do and more time to do it. |
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