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

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