According to _____, society sorts people into occupations, with the more qualified people having the more prestigious occupations.
a. functionalists
b. symbolic interactionists
c. conflict theorists
d. feminists
Question 2Thomas Pettigrew's summary of research on attribution theory found that
a. individuals are accurate in their perception of the motives of other people's acts, regardless of their in-group or out-group membership.
b. attribution error is much less common than people think.
c. individuals commonly distort the motives and acts of people whom they see as out-group members.
d. when provided with information about out-groups that disproves negative perceptions of them, people quickly alter their perceptions.
Question 3Which of the following is not included in the sociological concept of the state?
a. Organized power and authority in society
b. The military
c. The court system
d. An ecclesia.
Question 4According to attribution theory, when an out-group member's behavior is unclear
a. it will be interpreted in a neutral way by in-group members.
b. it will be interpreted in a negative manner by in-group members.
c. it will be interpreted as positive by in-group members.
d. in-group members will not pay attention to it.
Question 5The state
a. is made up of government, the police, the military, and the legal system.
b. is an individual unit, separate from the police and the military.
c. is only made up of government and the legal system.
d. cannot be described.
Question 6An out-group is all of these except:
a. created by the existence of an in-group.
b. the opposite of an in-group.
c. is an attribute of society
d. is always a secondary group.
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