Question: In Gerhard Lenski,s theory of sociocultural evolution a society’s level of __________ is critical to the way it is organized?

• 1. agriculture
• 2. health care
• 3. technology
• 4. all of the above

Question: Which sociological perspective emphasizes that the performance of major social institutions is generally efficient and desirable ?

• 1. functionalist perspective
• 2. conflict perspective
• 3. interactionist perspective
• 4. each of the above

Question: Which sociological perspective emphasizes that in comparison with women men can drw on larger social networks that are useful in locating employment opportunities ?

• 1. functionalist perspective
• 2. conflict perspective
• 3. interactionist perspective
• 4. clinical perspective

Question: Which of the following would experience role exit ?

• 1. retired person
• 2. a recovering alcoholic
• 3. nun who leaves her religious order
• 4. each of the above

Question: 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____________?

• 1. cultural universalism
• 2. role strain
• 3. functional prerequisites
• 4. role conflict

Question: Which of the following is an achieved status ?

• 1. senior citizen
• 2. member of the female sex
• 3. bank robber
• 4. Native American

Question: Which of the following is an ascribed status ?

• 1. daughter
• 2. long-distance runner
• 3. doctor
• 4. each of the above

Question: Which sociologist saw that the “definition of the situation “could mold the thinking and personality of the individual ?

• 1. Philip Zimbardo
• 2. Herbert Blumer
• 3. William I. Thomas
• 4. Erving Goggman

Question: which of the following is NOT a feature of all socially stratified systems ?

• 1. people share characteristics without necessarily identifying with each other
• 2. people’s life-chances and experiences depend heavily on their social ranking
• 3. the ranks of different social categories tend to change very slowly over time
• 4. stratification occurs because of inequalities in assets or property

Question: The term inter-generational mobility refers to______________?

• 1. movement into a different occupational category over a person’s lifetime
• 2. movement into different occupational categories between generations
• 3. movement into a higher occupational category
• 4. movement into an occupation that generates a lower income