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

Need help with your exam preparation?

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

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here