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

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