Which of the following would experience role exit?
retired person
a recovering alcoholic
nun who leaves her religious order
each of the above
You are a student at XYZ College and you have your sociology and history final exams on the same morning. You know that preparing for both exams at the same time is going to lead to lower grades in one or both of the exams. The conflict that you are experiencing as you try to fulfill both of your responsibilities at the college is an example of:
role conflict
role exit
role strain
role dissonance
The native people of Tasmania, a large island just south of Australia, are now extinct because they failed to:
teach new recruits
preserve order
replace personnel
provide and maintain a sense of purpose
In Zimbardo's mock prison experiment at Stanford University:
The social interactions between the prisoners and the guards influenced the social structure of the prison.
The social structure of the prison influenced the social interactions between the prisoners and the guards.
There was no relationship between social interaction and social structure.
Zimbardo believed that social structure and social interaction influence each other.
During the Second World War, Christians living in Nazi Germany had to choose between trying to protect Jewish friends and associates and turning them in to the authorities. This is an example of:
cultural universalism
functional prerequisites
Which of the following is an ascribed status?
daughter
long-distance runner
doctor
Which sociologist saw that the "definition of the situation" could mold the thinking and personality of the individual?
Philip Zimbardo
Herbert Blumer
William I. Thomas
Erving Goffman
Which sociological perspective emphasizes that, in comparison with women, men can draw on larger social networks that are useful in locating employment opportunities?
functionalist perspective
conflict perspective
interactionist perspective
clinical perspective
Which of the following statements about small groups is correct?
All small groups are primary groups.
All small groups are secondary groups.
Many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships characteristic of primary groups
both b and c