The human social process most important for social interaction is_______________?

A. Conflict
B. Competition
C. Cooperation
D. None of the above

Symbolic interaction ?

A. Excludes written language
B. Is entirely nonverbal
C. Includes gestures speech and music
D. None of the above

Social organization________________?

A. May be analyzed at the microsocial and the macrosocial levels
B. Is a fixed set of rules?
C. Is sometimes used interchangeably with social structure
D. Is microsocial macrosocial and interchangeable with social structure

The earliest and least complex society was___________?

A. Agrarian
B. Pastoral
C. Hunting and gathering
D. Horticultural

Utilitarian organizations include_____________?

A. The military prisons and mental hospitals
B. Businesses and industries of all types
C. Professional and religious organizations
D. All of the above

Critiques of bureaucratic forms of business administration argue that_____________?

A. Explicit standards of quality control must be imposed by management
B. Employees are given too much discretion
C. Small organization inevitably become bureaucracies
D. Vertical hierarchies of power are too sluggish

Social life is organized and structured through____________?

A. Rules and regulations
B. Group situations and the positions of individuals
C. Patterns of actions
D. All of the above

Another way of saying that position in a group are value-rated by group members is_______________?

A. Statuses are ascribed
B. Authority is hierarchical
C. Statuses are ranked
D. Roles are scripted

Societies in which ascribed statuses have been prevalent include______________?

A. Estate systems in feudal europe
B. Industrial societies like the united states
C. Occupationally-based caste systems as in pre-modern india
D. A and c only

Role strain___________?

A. May occur within the confines of a single role
B. May result from faulty role performance
C. May occur when entrenched statuses become altered
D. All of the above