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Quiz 7 Social Structure

Terms in this set (20)

Sociologists use the words social status to mean a
position in a social structure.
Which characteristic applies to institutions?
Institutions continually change.
Theoretically, in a bureaucracy,
personnel treat clients as cases.
The McDonaldization of society involves four principles. These principles are
efficiency, quantification, predictability, and control.
When sociologists focus on large, complex social structures such as how the institution of medicine is structured to affect access to healthcare, that level of analysis is​
macro.
A danger of __________ is that those who make decisions may not have the necessary background to understand the full implications of their decisions.
oligarchy
The ________________ level of social structure places emphasis on how an individual's identity, thought, behavior, and interaction are shaped by the status they occupy.
micro
The capacity of individuals to resist the constraining pressure of social structures is known as​
​human agency.
A fast-food service restaurant keeps statistics on the number of milkshakes sold per gallon of shake mix as a way of monitoring worker performance. This recordkeeping focuses on
performance measures.
When sociologists focus on middle sized social structures such as neighborhoods, prisons, or corporations they are working at the __________ level.
meso
Which of the following is NOT one of the principles of McDonaldization?
Automation
Sarah travels from her home in New Jersey to a vacation condo in New Mexico and is relieved to find that she can enjoy the same juicy burger at her favorite hamburger chain so far away from home. Which concept of McDonaldization is at work?
Predictability
Which of the following best describes the concept of the "McDonaldization of society"?
More and more organizations in society are managed using similar techniques to McDonald's restaurants.
Facets of social structure operates daily to maintain social order and function.
True
A state of being in which human beings lose control over the social environment in which they have developed and are dominated by the forces of those developments.
Alienation
The fast-food industry has followed the standardized and assembly line model of __________________.
the automobile industry
Fast-food restaurants cater to a society that is active, mobile, and comprised of individuals that spend significant time away from home. The lifestyle and characteristics of a society is the ________________________ of that society.
nonmaterial culture
Social structure consists of all except:
values
Social interaction is the process by which people act toward or respond to other people and is the foundation for all relationships and groups in society.
True
At the micro-level, the social structure of a society has several essential elements: social institutions, groups, statuses, roles, and norms.
False
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