Higher Education

Foundations of Sociology: Chapter 6

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Question 1:

Which of the following is a characteristic of status?
a) The recognized social position that an individual occupies
b) Contributes to the individual
c) A role an individual performs
d) Both A and B

Question 2:

In Canadian society, status hierarchy ranks which of the following?
a) Male over female
b) White over black or brown
c) Elite over middle and working class
d) All of the above

Question 3:

The quote "situations we define as real become real in their consequences" is known as which of the following?
a) The Martineau Measure
b) The Thomas Theorem
c) The Ritzer Rationalization
d) The Situation Effect

Question 4:

Which of the following characterizes the team approach?
a) The idea that workers could be involved in several stages of the manufacturing process
b) A greater sense of product ownership
c) Incorporation of worker input
d) All of the above

Question 5:

Which of the following forms of feminist organizations requires large commitments in terms of loyalty, time, and resources from its members?
a) Service-provider organizations
b) Formal social movement organizations
c) Collectives
d) McDonaldized organizations

Question 6:

According to scholarly literature discussed in the text, a person who marries heterosexually but primarily fantasizes about same-sex relations is which of the following?
a) Heterosexual
b) Bisexual
c) Homosexual
d) Asexual

Question 7:

Which of the following is a description of role exit?
a) Disengaging from a central role and attempting to establish a new one
b) A conflict between roles
c) Trying to reconcile expectations from two different roles
d) Managing strain from within a specific role

Question 8:

Bureaucracies first arose approximately how many years ago?
a) 50 years ago
b) 150 years ago
c) 500 years ago
d) 5000 years ago

Question 9:

Which of the following statuses can be said to dominate all other statuses?
a) Ascribed
b) Achieved
c) Master
d) Sachem

Question 10:

"Master status" is another term for the phrase "master of the house."
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 11:

The strategies we employ when presenting ourselves to others publicly are known as impression management.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 12:

A culture based on egalitarianism is one based on the hierarchal ranking of individuals.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 13:

Organizational principles are based on our knowledge of the world, which is informed by our cosmology.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 14:

The rationalizing principles of McDonald's restaurants are coming to dominate more sectors of society.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 15:

Trying to adapt Japanese organizational strategies in North America failed because of the high level of individualism Japanese strategies rested upon.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 16:

The literature on organizational theory and behaviour has been revamped today to include racism and sexism as central components of analysis.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 17:

Feminist organizations generally follow the same types of principles with regard to structure and internal organization as other mainstream organizations.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 18:

A chartered accountant is an ascribed status.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE