Quiz 2

1.  A student at a university explains that he doesn’t want to join a fraternity because he believes they create negative in-group and out-group dynamics. What perspective best describes his views?            
    
2.   A high school decides that its band needs to wear uniforms. To be more efficient, the school only buys uniforms in three sizes and forces each student to pick the size that comes closest to fitting. What does this exemplify?            

3.  A person arrived at a company party dressed in a bunny costume only to discover that the party was not a costume party. Although he had been tricked by a co-worker, from then on everyone saw him as crazy and eccentric and eventually he came to think of himself in this way too. The initial mistake at the party is an example of      

4.  According to Erving Goffman, stigmatized individuals who do not believe that they should have to change or conceal their identities to make “normal” people more comfortable have          

5.  A reporter who covers the police beat at a newspaper changes careers. She becomes an editor of nonfiction books and is paid the same salary as she was at the newspaper. What has she experienced?

6.  A small child asks his babysitter if he can play “tag.” The child means the simple outdoor game wherein one player chases the other players until he or she can “tag” one of them with his or her hand to trade roles. However, the babysitter is confused and goes to the entertainment center to look for a DVD or a video game named “Tag.” What phenomenon could be responsible for this confusion?            

7.  A typical media conglomerate is MOST likely to include which of the following?            
    
8.  Although “like usually marries like,” when class boundaries are crossed in marriage, ________ is more common for heterosexual women, whereas ________ is more common for heterosexual men.    

9.   A man arrested for driving under the influence must attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in accordance with a court order. He attends the meetings so as to avoid a jail sentence and a hefty fine, but not because he wants to. What do sociologists call this kind of conformity?

10.   According to Max Weber’s typology of power, what type of authority does a king wield?