Question 1

The human ability to think is developed early in childhood socialization and is refined during adult socialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbolic interactionists are overly committed to positivistic social science. 
B)  Symbolic interactionists' overly specific concepts cannot explain our abstract reality. 
C)  Symbolic Interactionist ignore the macro level. 
D)  Symbolic Interactionists are overly focused on the psychological or the intrapersonal aspects of people. 
A)  Symbolic interactionists are overly committed to positivistic social science. 
B)  Symbolic interactionists' overly specific concepts cannot explain our abstract reality. 
C)  Symbolic Interactionist ignore the macro level. 
D)  Symbolic Interactionists are overly focused on the psychological or the intrapersonal aspects of people.

Question 3

How does the emotion of shame mediate social bonds? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Shame moderates the biological response. 
B)  Shame forces people to both recognize and experience their transgressions. 
C)  Shame indicates how troubled relationships are in need of repair. 
D)  Shame regulates the expression of other emotion including fear, anger and love 
A)  Shame moderates the biological response. 
B)  Shame forces people to both recognize and experience their transgressions. 
C)  Shame indicates how troubled relationships are in need of repair. 
D)  Shame regulates the expression of other emotion including fear, anger and love

Question 4

According to Erving Goffman's dramaturgy, actor assumes discredited stigmas are not known by audience members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Ervin Goffman used the concept of _____ to describe how social life unfolds much like a staged play.

Accepted Answer

A)  impression management 
B)  role distancing 
C)  frame analysis 
D)  dramaturgy 
A)  impression management 
B)  role distancing 
C)  frame analysis 
D)  dramaturgy

Question 6

A basic principle of symbolic interaction that groups and even entire societies are primarily made of actions and interactions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to George Herbert Mead, the _____ is the active and creative part of the self.

Accepted Answer

A)  the generalized other 
B)  the I 
C)  the me 
D)  the looking-glass self 
A)  the generalized other 
B)  the I 
C)  the me 
D)  the looking-glass self

Question 8

According to Arlie Hochschild, which of the following is entailed in emotion management?

Accepted Answer

A)  People experience appropriate emotions even when unaware of what those socially expected feelings are. 
B)  People create the social conditions that arouse feelings. 
C)  People forget past emotions. 
D)  People surface act even when they do not deeply feel appropriate emotions. 
A)  People experience appropriate emotions even when unaware of what those socially expected feelings are. 
B)  People create the social conditions that arouse feelings. 
C)  People forget past emotions. 
D)  People surface act even when they do not deeply feel appropriate emotions.

Question 9

Which emotion does Thomas Scheff claim is essential to social interaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Love 
B)  Trust 
C)  Shame 
D)  Anger 
A)  Love 
B)  Trust 
C)  Shame 
D)  Anger

Question 10

According to Herbert Blumer, which of the following require thinking?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestures 
B)  Unit Acts 
C)  Nonsymbolic Interaction 
D)  Symbolic Interaction 
A)  Gestures 
B)  Unit Acts 
C)  Nonsymbolic Interaction 
D)  Symbolic Interaction

Question 11

Herbert Blumer thought _____ incorrectly reduced behavior to nothing more than responses to external stimulus, including large-scale structures and forces. Select all, but only those apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  social behavioralists 
B)  racial behavioralists 
C)  structuralists 
D)  Sigmund Freud 
A)  social behavioralists 
B)  racial behavioralists 
C)  structuralists 
D)  Sigmund Freud

Question 12

Irving Goffman's frames enable individuals to _____, or bring clarity towards what is and is not important in the surroundings.

Accepted Answer

A)  analyze frames 
B)  focus attention 
C)  articulate mechanisms 
D)  transform functions 
A)  analyze frames 
B)  focus attention 
C)  articulate mechanisms 
D)  transform functions

Question 13

According to Erving Goffman's dramaturgy, actor assumes discreditable stigmas are not known by audience members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

According to George Herbert Mead, _____ is a social process that is often thought to be an intracranial part of people, but in actuality is more oriented towards community.

Accepted Answer

A)  intelligence 
B)  consciousness 
C)  the mind 
D)  the self 
A)  intelligence 
B)  consciousness 
C)  the mind 
D)  the self

Question 15

Irving Goffman's frames enable individuals to _____, or link highlighted elements of our surroundings in order to tell a story.

Accepted Answer

A)  analyze frames 
B)  focus attention 
C)  articulate mechanisms 
D)  transform functions 
A)  analyze frames 
B)  focus attention 
C)  articulate mechanisms 
D)  transform functions

Question 16

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how meaning exchanges and interpretation gives social action and interaction its distinctly human character?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thinking and Interaction 
B)  Learning Meanings and Symbols 
C)  Action and Interaction 
D)  Making Choices 
A)  Thinking and Interaction 
B)  Learning Meanings and Symbols 
C)  Action and Interaction 
D)  Making Choices

Question 17

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbolic interactionists are overly committed to positivistic social science. 
B)  Symbolic interaction is fraught with ambiguous concepts. 
C)  Symbolic Interactionist ignore the micro level. 
D)  Symbolic Interactionists are overly focused on the psychological or the intrapersonal aspects of people. 
A)  Symbolic interactionists are overly committed to positivistic social science. 
B)  Symbolic interaction is fraught with ambiguous concepts. 
C)  Symbolic Interactionist ignore the micro level. 
D)  Symbolic Interactionists are overly focused on the psychological or the intrapersonal aspects of people.

Question 18

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how unlike animals, because people are socialized they have the ability to critical reflect before acting.

Accepted Answer

A)  Capacity for Thought 
B)  Learning Meanings and Symbols 
C)  Action and Interaction 
D)  Making Choices 
A)  Capacity for Thought 
B)  Learning Meanings and Symbols 
C)  Action and Interaction 
D)  Making Choices

Question 19

Watch a few minutes of movie or television show where people are interacting. Then, use Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis to asses this interaction.

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Pragmatists claim _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  individuals mostly remember things that are useful to them 
B)  reality exist in our minds, it is not "out there" or external to individuals 
C)  society as opposed to people define social and physical objects 
D)  actors can only be understood through their thoughts 
A)  individuals mostly remember things that are useful to them 
B)  reality exist in our minds, it is not "out there" or external to individuals 
C)  society as opposed to people define social and physical objects 
D)  actors can only be understood through their thoughts

The human ability to think is developed early in childhood socialization and is refined during adult socialization.

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

How does the emotion of shame mediate social bonds? Select all, but only those that apply.

According to Erving Goffman's dramaturgy, actor assumes discredited stigmas are not known by audience members.

Ervin Goffman used the concept of _____ to describe how social life unfolds much like a staged play.

A basic principle of symbolic interaction that groups and even entire societies are primarily made of actions and interactions.

According to George Herbert Mead, the _____ is the active and creative part of the self.

According to Arlie Hochschild, which of the following is entailed in emotion management?

Which emotion does Thomas Scheff claim is essential to social interaction?

According to Herbert Blumer, which of the following require thinking?

Herbert Blumer thought _____ incorrectly reduced behavior to nothing more than responses to external stimulus, including large-scale structures and forces. Select all, but only those apply.

Irving Goffman's frames enable individuals to _____, or bring clarity towards what is and is not important in the surroundings.

According to Erving Goffman's dramaturgy, actor assumes discreditable stigmas are not known by audience members.

According to George Herbert Mead, _____ is a social process that is often thought to be an intracranial part of people, but in actuality is more oriented towards community.

Irving Goffman's frames enable individuals to _____, or link highlighted elements of our surroundings in order to tell a story.

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how meaning exchanges and interpretation gives social action and interaction its distinctly human character?

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how unlike animals, because people are socialized they have the ability to critical reflect before acting.

Watch a few minutes of movie or television show where people are interacting. Then, use Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis to asses this interaction.

Pragmatists claim _____.

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Early Years

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

George Simmel

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Later Years

Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory

Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory

Ethnomethodology

Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories

Contemporary Feminist Theory

Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration

Contemporary Theories of Modernity

Theories of Race and Colonialism

Globalization Theory

Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory

Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century

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Exam 9: Symbolic Interactionism

The human ability to think is developed early in childhood socialization and is refined during adult socialization.

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

How does the emotion of shame mediate social bonds? Select all, but only those that apply.

According to Erving Goffman's dramaturgy, actor assumes discredited stigmas are not known by audience members.

Ervin Goffman used the concept of _____ to describe how social life unfolds much like a staged play.

A basic principle of symbolic interaction that groups and even entire societies are primarily made of actions and interactions.

According to George Herbert Mead, the _____ is the active and creative part of the self.

According to Arlie Hochschild, which of the following is entailed in emotion management?

Which emotion does Thomas Scheff claim is essential to social interaction?

According to Herbert Blumer, which of the following require thinking?

Herbert Blumer thought _____ incorrectly reduced behavior to nothing more than responses to external stimulus, including large-scale structures and forces. Select all, but only those apply.

Irving Goffman's frames enable individuals to _____, or bring clarity towards what is and is not important in the surroundings.

According to Erving Goffman's dramaturgy, actor assumes discreditable stigmas are not known by audience members.

According to George Herbert Mead, _____ is a social process that is often thought to be an intracranial part of people, but in actuality is more oriented towards community.

Irving Goffman's frames enable individuals to _____, or link highlighted elements of our surroundings in order to tell a story.

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how meaning exchanges and interpretation gives social action and interaction its distinctly human character?

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how unlike animals, because people are socialized they have the ability to critical reflect before acting.

Watch a few minutes of movie or television show where people are interacting. Then, use Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis to asses this interaction.

Pragmatists claim _____.

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Early Years

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

George Simmel

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: the Later Years

Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory

Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory

Ethnomethodology

Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories

Contemporary Feminist Theory

Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration

Contemporary Theories of Modernity

Theories of Race and Colonialism

Globalization Theory

Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory

Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century

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