Sociology in Our Times 6th Canadian Edition by Murray – Test Bank
Chapter 5–Society, Social Structure, and Interaction
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the process by which people act toward or respond to other people?
a. | social structure |
b. | social interaction |
c. | psychological behavior |
d. | group interaction |
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2. What is the stable pattern of social relationships that exist within a particular group or society?
a. | social interaction |
b. | structurally patterned behavior |
c. | social structure |
d. | group interaction |
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3. What would a sociological perspective attribute homelessness to?
a. | personal problems of the homeless person |
b. | the growth of affordable housing |
c. | poverty |
d. | employment |
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4. What do most Canadians who have never experienced homelessness tend to take for granted?
a. | happiness |
b. | love and acceptance |
c. | economic and social resources to meet their human needs |
d. | good health and medical care |
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5. Jeff feels like both an insider and an outsider in his rural community. What term would Robert Park (1928) use to refer to Jeff’s experience?
a. | alienation |
b. | being stigmatized |
c. | social marginality |
d. | anomie |
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6. What name did Erving Goffman give to “any physical or social attribute or sign that so devalues a person’s social identity that it disqualifies that person from full acceptance?”
a. | deviant quality |
b. | stigma |
c. | negative identity |
d. | derogatory label |
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7. Which of the following is the best example of a stigma?
a. | owning an expensive suit |
b. | wearing a psychiatric hospital uniform |
c. | carrying a sociology textbook |
d. | being right-handed |
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8. Ramandeep is a student, a daughter, a niece, a friend and an employee. How would we refer to this list?
a. | social infrastructure |
b. | master statuses |
c. | status set |
d. | role set |
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