STATUS
ROLES
SOCIAL INTERACTION
INSTITUTIONS
KEY FIGURES
100

What is the term for the social position a person holds in society?

What is status?

100

What is the set of behaviors expected from someone with a specific status?

What is role?

100

What is the term for face-to-face or virtual exchanges between individuals?

What is social interaction?

100

What is the fundamental institution responsible for socializing children?

What is family?

100

Who is known as the "father of sociology" and developed the idea of positivism?

Who is Auguste Comte?

200

What is the difference between ascribed and achieved status?

What is ascribed status is assigned at birth, while achieved status is earned?

200

What is it called when an individual has difficulty fulfilling the demands of a single role?

What is role strain?

200

What is Erving Goffman’s theory on how people manage impressions in social interactions?

What is dramaturgy?

200

Which institution is responsible for maintaining law and order in society?

What is government?

200

Which sociologist focused on social facts and collective conscience in society?

Who is Emile Durkheim?

300

What is it called when someone has multiple statuses that can conflict with one another?

What is status inconsistency?

300

What occurs when there’s a clash between two or more roles associated with different statuses?

What is role conflict?

300

What type of interaction occurs when people act cooperatively to achieve shared goals?

What is collaboration?

300

What institution is responsible for religious and moral instruction?

What is religion?

300

Who developed the theory of social conflict, focusing on class struggles?

Who is Karl Marx?

400

What is a high-ranking or influential social position known as?

What is master status?

400

What is the process by which people learn the roles associated with their statuses?

What is socialization?

400

What is the term for social cues or gestures that help manage interaction flow?

What are social signals?

400

What is the institution responsible for educating members of society?

What is the institution responsible for educating members of society?

400

Which sociologist created the concept of verstehen to understand individual motives?

Who is Max Weber?

500

What do we call the social expectation or responsibility attached to a particular status?

What is role?

500

What term describes the temporary role of someone in a hospital or prison?

What term describes the temporary role of someone in a hospital or prison?

500

What is a spontaneous, unplanned interaction called?

What is informal interaction?

500

What is the term for institutions that promote and regulate economic production?

What is the term for institutions that promote and regulate economic production?

500

Which event had about as much chance of happening as Kamala Harris winning the election?

Which event had about as much chance of happening as Kamala Harris winning the election?