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Introduction to Sociology (Final Exam) Already Passed Norms are ✔✔Social rules that specify appropriate behavior in a given situation Achieved status is a social position ✔✔That individuals... secure on the basis of choice and competition A subculture is ✔✔A group whose members participate in the main culture of a society, while simultaneously sharing a number of unique values, norms, traditions, and lifestyles Any violation of norms, whether good or bad is called ✔✔Deviance A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is called ✔✔Social inequality Some elements of our society are socially constructed such as the social institutions, formal organizations, and bureaucracies. Which of the following is not a social construction? ✔✔Ethnic groups Gender groups Racial groups All of the above are social constructions A society is ✔✔A group of people who live within the same territory and share a common culture Sociologists such as George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, and Charles Horton Cooley believed that the development of the self - what makes us unique - is a result of ✔✔Our interaction with others If a person refuses to hire members of a particular ethnic group not because of a personal dislike of that ethnic group, but because he or she fear business clients will go elsewhere, this is ✔✔Discrimination without prejudice Mores are ✔✔Norms to which people attach a good deal of importance and expect strict conformity Which of the following is NOT, by sociologists, regarded as a characteristic of a minority group? ✔✔There are fewer of them than there are members of the dominant group Ethnocentrism refers to ✔✔Belief that one's culture is "the best"; therefore, will tend to judge the behaviors of other groups by the standards of one's own culture Socialization is the process ✔✔Of social interaction by wh [Show More]

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