Soc Test 2

Question 1

Dramaturgical Metaphor

Answer 1

• individuals are actors, performing roles
• audience is who or whatever you are performing for
• stage is your setting (front stage, backstage)
• performance techniques can be learned through observation or other actors

Question 2

Impression Management is _____________.

Answer 2

How we adjust our presentation of self

Question 3

First impressions give us a _______.

Answer 3

Base Outline

Question 4

Frontstage

Answer 4

area where your present yourself to society and the world

Question 5

Front stage tends to be ___________ (3 things)

Answer 5

superficial, stressful, poor representation of self

Question 6

Backstage

Answer 6

area where you go to prepare for performances

Question 7

Performance of Self

Answer 7

• we are merely actors performing role after role

- trying to ‘find yourself’ is futile

Question 8

Frame Analysis

Answer 8

every situation is set into a frame, and we perform our role based on this frame

Question 9

Modern society is _______ (Four Things)

Answer 9

Urban, Industrial, Bureaucratic, Pluralistic

Question 10

3 great revolutions

Answer 10

Political, Scientific, Industrial

Question 11

Political Revolution destroyed ______ and ______.

Answer 11

great monarchies and feudalism

Question 12

Political revolution caused rise of _______.

Answer 12

democratic societies

Question 13

Scientific revolution was the _______.

Answer 13

rise of scientific method (reason)

Question 14

Two key consequences of Scientific Revolution

Answer 14

1. Technological innovations –> industrial revolution

2. Declining significance of a religious world view

Question 15

Industrial Revolution

Answer 15

specialized, machine based production

Question 16

Industrial Revolution caused the birth of the _______.

Answer 16

middle class

Question 17

Industrialization definition

Answer 17

Replacement of living energy sources with non-living energy sources

Question 18

Social Differentiation

Answer 18

the process by which different social categories energy and by which people come to fill those categories

Question 19

Specialization

Answer 19

one type of social differentiation, “the transformation from single, multiple purpose statuses/roles to multiple, single purpose statuses/roles.”

Question 20

Consequences of Specialization (Optimistic Prediction)

Answer 20

• Adam Smith
• dramatically increases productivity
• creates new jobs
• mechanism for social organization

Question 21

Economic interdependence

Answer 21

exchange relationships

Question 22

Consequences of Specialization (Cautiously Optimistic)

Answer 22

• Emile Durkheim
• is specialization really a viable form of social organization?
• Industrial societies could produce solidarity

Question 23

Solidarity

Answer 23

“commonality of purpose and social identity”

Question 24

Pre industrial societies had _______ solidarity

Answer 24

mechanical

Question 25

economy determines _______.

Answer 25

solidarity

Question 26

simple division of labor by _____ and ______.

Answer 26

gender and age

Question 27

organic solidarity

Answer 27

economic interdependence

Question 28

Specialization could produce ________.

Answer 28

anomie

Question 29

anomie

Answer 29

a condition of societal normlessness

Question 30

Consequences of Specialization (Pessimistic)

Answer 30

- Karl Marx | - concerned about the types of work in an industrial economy

Question 31

Alienation definition

Answer 31

separation/estrangement from: - production process itself - finished products of our labor - our fellow workers - ourselves

Question 32

stratification

Answer 32

vertical ranking of members of a society, based upon their access to and control over scarce resources

Question 33

According to Max Weber, we rank people according to:

Answer 33

wealth, honor, power

Question 34

class stratification

Answer 34

rank according to wealth

Question 35

status stratification

Answer 35

rank according to honor

Question 36

party stratification

Answer 36

rank according to power

Question 37

Household Economy

Answer 37

- produced subsistence - work was performed in and for the household - money was used as a unit of account - barter/trade for items they did not produce - orientation AWAY from the market

Question 38

Capitalism

Answer 38

a set of social practices and a way of thinking about organizing economic activities

Question 39

3 Distinct Features of Capitalism

Answer 39

1. the Market 2. Distinct Economic Institutions 3. Profit Orientation

Question 40

The Market

Answer 40

impersonal buying and selling of commodities | -goods produced with expressed intent of selling them for more than it cost to produce them

Question 41

Distinct Economic Institutions

Answer 41

organizations specializing in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of specific problems

Question 42

"Double dependence"

Answer 42

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Question 43

Profit Orientation

Answer 43

Marx- commondity production circuit: M-C-M' (Money, Commodities, More Money)

Question 44

2 Predictions about Stratification

Answer 44

Marx: 2 Class Society | Adam Smith: Generally Higher Standard of Living for Most

Question 45

Bourgeoisie and Proletariat

Answer 45

owners and workers

Question 46

Poverty Line

Answer 46

$22,050/family of 4 | research shows that a family needs twice the poverty level income to meet basic needs

Question 47

Feminization of Poverty

Answer 47

female headed poverty houses has increased to 50%; there is an increasing number of females in poverty

Question 48

_____% of US has Bachelor's degree or higher

Answer 48

30

Question 49

Unemployment rate:

Answer 49

7.7% (4.2 among college students)

Question 50

Three types of labor

Answer 50

1. extractive (primary) 2. manufacturing (secondary) 3. services (tertiary)

Question 51

5 functional (occupational) groups

Answer 51

1. Extractive Production 2. Industrial Production 3. Low Skilled Services 4. High Skilled Services 5. Administration

Question 52

Post industrial

Answer 52

most jobs don't work in factories

Question 53

2 fastest growing services

Answer 53

correctional and healthcare

Question 54

Income

Answer 54

what you are paid

Question 55

Wealth

Answer 55

everything you have

Question 56

____% of wealth goes to top ____% of population

Answer 56

93, 20

Question 57

___% of America has ____% of nation's wealth

Answer 57

1, 40