Section Quiz

Which of the following occupations is a person of power most likely to have in an information society?

1. Software engineer
2. Coal miner
3. Children’s book author
4. Sharecropper

Organic solidarity is most likely to exist in which of the following types of societies?

1. Hunter-gatherer
2. Industrial
3. Agricultural
4. Feudal

Which of the following best depicts Marx’s concept of alienation from the process of one’s labor?

1. A supermarket cashier always scans store coupons before company coupons because she was taught to do it that way.
2. A businessman feels that he deserves a raise, but is nervous to ask his manager for one; instead, he comforts himself with the idea that hard work is its own reward.
3. An associate professor is afraid that she won’t be given tenure and starts spreading rumors about one of her associates to make herself look better.
4. A construction worker is laid off and takes a job at a fast food restaurant temporarily, although he has never had an interest in preparing food before.

The concept of the iron cage was popularized by which of the following sociological thinkers?

1. Max Weber
2. Karl Marx
3. Émile Durkheim
4. Friedrich Engels

Mary works full-time at an office downtown while her young children stay at a neighbor’s house. She’s just learned that the childcare provider is leaving the country. Mary has succumbed to pressure to volunteer at her church, plus her ailing mother-in-law will be moving in with her next month. Which of the following is likely to occur as Mary tries to balance her existing and new responsibilities?

1. Role conflict
2. Self-fulfilling prophecy
3. Status conflict
4. Status strain

Paco knows that women find him attractive, and he’s never found it hard to get a date. But as he ages, he dyes his hair to hide the gray and wears clothes that camouflage the weight he has put on. Paco’s behavior can be best explained by the concept of ___________.

1. role strain
2. the looking-glass self
3. role performance
4. habitualization