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

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