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 set
B.   role conflict
C.   role exit
D.   role strain
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 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.   status interaction
B.   role reality
C.   social construction of reality
D.   interactive 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.   the efforts to create impressions in the minds of others
D.   interaction that is highly formal
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.   status
B.   self
C.   role
D.   role performance
Question #7
Nonverbal communication refers to
A.   beliefs assumed to be true by everyone.
B.   instant messaging and other e-communication.
C.   body movements, gestures, and facial expressions.
D.   written language.
Question #8
An important element of nonverbal communication is
A.   tone of voice.
B.   idealization
C.   body language.
D.   the back region.
Question #9
“Personal space” refers to
A.   owned property, such as a house or land.
B.   the surrounding area over which an individual makes some claim to privacy.
C.   a feeling of needing isolation from others.
D.   unowned space in a public place.
Question #10
Garfinkel’s research, an approach called ethnomethodology, involves
A.   studying unfamiliar cultural systems.
B.   studying the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings.
C.   the study of interaction in terms of theatrical performance.
D.   tracking people’s roles over the life course.

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