A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status is called:

Related Mcqs:

1. Defensive Pessimists set low expectations and ruminate over the worst possible outcomes; however research has shown that they perform similarly in terms of academic performance compared to which group of people?

   A. Pessimists
   B. Optimists
   C. Neurotics
   D. Extraverts

2. Leyton suggested that members are symbolic of structural discontent – at different times in history a (social) class comes under treat from another (social) class under treat from another social class and feel dissatisfaction. What did he call this?

   A. Depressive
   B. Over- controlled repressors
   C. Paranoid- aggression
   D. Homicidal protest

3. Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as:

   A. endorphins
   B. serotonin
   C. axon terminal
   D. dendrite

4. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank is called________?

   A. Social change
   B. Vertical mobility
   C. Status group
   D. None of these

5. Social position in a group determines one’s _________?

   A. competence
   B. auto kinetic norms
   C. role
   D. usefulness

6. The phenomenon that refers to the ways in which an individual’s expectations influence perception is called _______________?

   A. perceptual set
   B. retinal disparity
   C. convergence
   D. visual capture

7. The patterned interaction of people in social relationships is called:

   A. sociological imagination
   B. sociological perspective
   C. social structure
   D. social dynamics

8. Which theory of social change would predict that all societies eventually experience the same kinds of social changes?

   A. functionalist
   B. conflict
   C. unilateral evolutionary
   D. evolutionary

9. Patients’ negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase their postoperative experience of pain. This best illustrate the importance of:

   A. transduction
   B. difference thresholds
   C. sensory adaption
   D. top-down processing

10. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society’s stratification system to another is called:

    A. Social change
    B. Social mobility
    C. Vertical mobility
    D. None of these