The expectations for being a college student include attending class, completing assignments, and ...

The expectations for being a college student include attending class, completing assignments, and being involved in campus activities. These expectations are an example of a __________.
 
  a. status symbol
 b. role
 c. social status
 d. status conflict

Question 2

Based on the death rates in the year of birth, life expectancy shows the average length of life of a(n) __________a group of people born within a specified period of time.
 
  a. associate b. consociate
 c. cohort d. partisan

Question 3

Based on sociologist Emile Durkheim's study, an example of __________ suicide is when military leaders kill themselves after defeat in battle because they have so strongly identified themselves with their cause that they believe they cannot live with defeat.
 
  a. fatalistic
  b. egoistic
  c. anomic
  d. altruistic

Question 4

A __________ is a set of behavioral expectations associated with a given status.
 
  a. position
 b. character
 c. value
 d. role

Question 5

If we say that all Americans who were born in the year 1954 will, on average, live to the age of 75, we are using a criterion called:
 
  a. life chances.b. life opportunities.
 c. life projection. d. life expectancy.

Question 6

According to sociologist Emile Durkheim, __________ suicide occurs among individuals who are excessively integrated into society.
 
  a. egoistic
  b. anomic
  c. altruistic
  d. fatalistic

Question 7

Wearing a wedding ring proclaims that a person is married, owning a Rolls-Royce announces that one has made it, and pushing a shopping cart is an indicator that one is homeless. These are examples of __________.
 
  a. status symbols
 b. conspicuous consumption
 c. social capital
 d. cultural capital

Question 8

Life ______ is/are the average number of years that a group of people born in the same year could expect to live.
 
  a. cohort b. chronology
 c. expectancy d. stabilization