Soc 101 - Introduction to Sociology » Spring 2022 » Chapter 4

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Question #1
What is the concept that refers to the conflict among roles corresponding to two or more statuses?
A.   role strain
B.   role conflict
C.   role exit
D.   role set
Question #2
Which concept refers to the tension among roles connected to a single status?
A.   role conflict
B.   role exit
C.   role strain
D.   role ambiguity
Question #3
What is the term for the process by which people disengage from important social roles?
A.   role exit
B.   role reversal
C.   role loss
D.   role rejection
Question #4
Which concept is used to designate the process by which people creatively shape reality as they interact?
A.   social construction of reality
B.   status interaction
C.   role reality
D.   interactive reality
Question #5
The Goffman's Dramaturgical Approach states that the Presentation of Self is
A.   interaction that is highly formal
B.   trying to take attention away from others
C.   being very self-conscious
D.   the efforts to create impressions in the minds of others
Question #6
According to Erving Goffman, we engage in a _____ when we use costumes, props, tone of voice, and gestures to convey information to others.
A.   role
B.   role performance
C.   self
D.   status
Question #7
Nonverbal communication refers to
A.   beliefs assumed to be true by everyone.
B.   body movements, gestures, and facial expressions.
C.   instant messaging and other e-communication.
D.   written language.
Question #8
An important element of nonverbal communication is
A.   the back region.
B.   idealization
C.   tone of voice.
D.   body language.
Question #9
“Personal space” refers to
A.   owned property, such as a house or land.
B.   unowned space in a public place.
C.   a feeling of needing isolation from others.
D.   the surrounding area over which an individual makes some claim to privacy.
Question #10
Garfinkel’s research, an approach called ethnomethodology, involves
A.   studying the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings.
B.   tracking people’s roles over the life course.
C.   the study of interaction in terms of theatrical performance.
D.   studying unfamiliar cultural systems.

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