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Test: Social Structures - Question 1

Which of these would describe a research question viewed from a microsociology perspective?

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  • A macrosociological perspective would describe the big picture interactions between social structures.
  • A microsociological approach would investigate the interactions between individuals or small groups of individuals.
  • Functionalism and conflict theory are normally viewed as macrosociological perspectives, while symbolic interactionism is often viewed as a microsociological perspective.
  • What role do people who self-identify as locavores play in their community?
Test: Social Structures - Question 2

During reading time, students are required to sit quietly and listen attentively to the story the teacher is reading. The children who are able to do this are rewarded at the end of the week with a prize. How would the functionalist perspective describe this interaction?

Detailed Solution for Test: Social Structures - Question 2
  • Latent functions of education are the consequences of a lesson that was not explicitly stated.
  • Manifest functions of education are the consequences of a lesson that has been intentionally taught, with an intended purpose.
  • These children are being openly socialized to prepare for later roles in adult life. This is a manifest function of education.
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Test: Social Structures - Question 3

Which of these theorists is NOT associated with conflict theory?

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  • Marx is most often associated with conflict theory and the Communist Manifesto that he coauthored with Fredrick Engles.
  • Marx and Weber agreed that a source of conflict in the capitalist system is economic inequality. They disagreed regarding the outcomes of conflict, however.
  • Gumplowicz expanded on Marx by asserting that civilizations are shaped by war and conquest.
  • Although Durkheim wrote on conflict, he is most closely associated with the functionalist perspective.
Test: Social Structures - Question 4

How could a symbolic interactionist phrase a research question to investigate the relationship between medicine and education?

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  • Feminist theory investigates and seeks to understand the mechanisms involved with gender inequity.
  • Functionalism focuses on social structures and how they interact.
  • Conflict theory seeks to describe the relationship between unequal access and social tension.
  • A symbolic interactionist would be interested in the various ways that symbols impact interpretation.
  • How do the labels a patient applies to the level of education differ between nurse practitioners and doctors?
Test: Social Structures - Question 5

Which of these accurately describes the perspective of strong social constructionism?

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  • Strong social constructionism rejects brute facts, believing that everything can be explained as an interaction between social constructs.
  • A criticism of strong social constructionism is the lack of brute facts makes it difficult to explain certain social phenomena, such as acts of nature.
  • A strong social constructionist would view money as socially constructed, but not as an institutional fact.
  • Knowledge and language both depend on socially constructed understanding.
Test: Social Structures - Question 6

Which of these best describes an assumption of exchange theory perspective?

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  • Individuals making rational, self-interested choices is an assumption of exchange theory.
  • Exchange theory believes that social interactions change over time.
  • Exchange theory assumes that rewarding actions will be repeated, but the reward diminishes over time.
  • If a person receives social approval from an action, that action will be repeated.
Test: Social Structures - Question 7

Sonja’s teacher asked each student his or her favorite color. When Sonja replied that her favorite color was red, her teacher told her that pink was a more appropriate color for a girl to like. What is the term for this form of social reinforcement?

Detailed Solution for Test: Social Structures - Question 7
  • Formal education is the learning of facts and ideas that are intentionally taught.
  • Gentrification is the forced movement of less affluent members of neighborhoods due to price pressures from urban renovations.
  • Gender stratification is the unequal access to aspects of society because of gender-based socioeconomic rankings.
  • The hidden curriculum is the expected social and cultural norms that are taught informally.
Test: Social Structures - Question 8

Which of these terms describes a couple that lives with or close by to the wife’s family after marriage?

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  • A patrilocal family lives with or near the husband’s family or tribe.
  • A neolocal family lives away from both of the couples’ families or tribes.
  • Ambilocality is the custom that the post-marital couple can reside with or near either of the couples’ families or tribes.
  • A matrilocal family lives near the wife’s family or tribe; matrilocality is the custom of living with or near the wife’s family or tribe.
Test: Social Structures - Question 9

Which of these would be considered the least socially accepted type of religious organization?

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  • A denomination is a non-state sponsored, large, mainstream religious organization
  • A sect breaks away from a denomination, often due to doctrinal issues, such as a return to a pure or fundamental version of the denomination.
  • An ecclesia is religious group that includes most members of a society and is closely affiliated with or holds state or secular power.
  • A cult is the least socially accepted type of religious organization.
Test: Social Structures - Question 10

How are the medicalization of deviance and demedicalization related?

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  • Both the medicalization of deviance and demedicalization are processes within the theory of symbolic interactionism.
  • Demedicalization assigns new meanings to a behavior, which was judged to be ‘sick’ or related to the appropriate behavior for someone who is sick, but is now judged to be normal.
  • An example of the medicalization of deviance is the treatment of cocaine addiction. Early in the 20th century, cocaine addiction was defined as a deviant behavior. Today, addiction is viewed as a mental disorder and a disease.
  • The medicalization of deviance is the process of changing a ‘bad’ behavior into a ‘sick’ behavior. Conversely, demedicalization is the normalization of a ‘sick’ behavior.
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