Question 1

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how our thinking is refined through the interactions we have which in a way, serve as a form of socialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Capacity for Thought 
B)  Thinking and Interaction 
C)  Action and Interaction 
D)  Making Choices 
A)  Capacity for Thought 
B)  Thinking and Interaction 
C)  Action and Interaction 
D)  Making Choices

Question 2

Emotion work can only evoke socially appropriate feelings; it cannot be utilized to suppress socially inappropriate emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Herbert Blumer differentiates between what types of objects? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Physical objects 
B)  Social objects 
C)  Abstract objects 
D)  Symbolic objects 
A)  Physical objects 
B)  Social objects 
C)  Abstract objects 
D)  Symbolic objects

Question 4

A basic principle of symbolic interaction is that unlike animals, humans have a capacity for thought.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Radical behaviorists focus on covert behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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 accept they cannot control the conditions that arouse feelings. 
C)  People forget past emotions. 
D)  People deeply feel socially appropriate emotions. 
A)  People experience appropriate emotions even when unaware of what those socially expected feelings are. 
B)  People accept they cannot control the conditions that arouse feelings. 
C)  People forget past emotions. 
D)  People deeply feel socially appropriate emotions.

Question 7

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ignoring of observable behaviors 
B)  overly-active conceptualization of actors 
C)  inability to explain individual responses to stimuli 
D)  assumption that human and animal behaviors are largely the same 
A)  ignoring of observable behaviors 
B)  overly-active conceptualization of actors 
C)  inability to explain individual responses to stimuli 
D)  assumption that human and animal behaviors are largely the same

Question 8

Which of the following dramaturgical concepts did Ervin Goffman use to describe the demeanor actor use to show others why type of role they are playing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Front 
B)  Setting 
C)  Appearance 
D)  Manner 
E)  Backstage 
A)  Front 
B)  Setting 
C)  Appearance 
D)  Manner 
E)  Backstage

Question 9

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  focus on observable behaviors 
B)  overly-active conceptualization of actors 
C)  inability to explain individual responses to stimuli 
D)  assumption that human and animal behaviors are largely different 
A)  focus on observable behaviors 
B)  overly-active conceptualization of actors 
C)  inability to explain individual responses to stimuli 
D)  assumption that human and animal behaviors are largely different

Question 10

Which of the following principle(s) did Sheldon Stryker develop to better orient symbolic interaction with macro-level sociology? Select all, but only those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  During interactions our definitions of situations, other participants and themselves organize behavior 
B)  Social behavior is not determined by meaning as we can partially make social roles; although the meaning of social roles does constrain social behavior 
C)  The social structure limits how much social roles can be made 
D)  Social change occurs through the making and remaking of social roles 
A)  During interactions our definitions of situations, other participants and themselves organize behavior 
B)  Social behavior is not determined by meaning as we can partially make social roles; although the meaning of social roles does constrain social behavior 
C)  The social structure limits how much social roles can be made 
D)  Social change occurs through the making and remaking of social roles

Question 11

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbolic interactionists have too readily given up on conventional social science techniques 
B)  Symbolic interactionists' overly specific concepts cannot explain our abstract reality. 
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 have too readily given up on conventional social science techniques 
B)  Symbolic interactionists' overly specific concepts cannot explain our abstract reality. 
C)  Symbolic Interactionist ignore the micro level 
D)  Symbolic Interactionists are overly focused on the psychological or the intrapersonal aspects of people.

Question 12

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how we can only learn the abstract meaning of symbols through our interactions with others?

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 13

Compare and contrast the theories of the self that was put forward by Charles Horton Cooley, George Hebert Mead and Erving Goffman.

Accepted Answer

-With his concept of the looking class s

Question 14

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ignoring of observable behaviors 
B)  overly-active conceptualization of actors 
C)  focus on stimuli and response 
D)  assumption that human and animal behaviors are largely different 
A)  ignoring of observable behaviors 
B)  overly-active conceptualization of actors 
C)  focus on stimuli and response 
D)  assumption that human and animal behaviors are largely different

Question 15

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how people create macro-level structures through their joint actions with each other?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thinking and Interaction 
B)  Groups and Societies 
C)  Action and Interaction 
D)  Making Choices 
A)  Thinking and Interaction 
B)  Groups and Societies 
C)  Action and Interaction 
D)  Making Choices

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

An interactional model sees people as actively engaging their emotions with a set of social and cultural rules.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A basic principle of symbolic interaction is the meanings of symbols are uniquely human.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ignoring of observable behaviors 
B)  passive conceptualization of actors 
C)  inability to explain individual responses to stimuli 
D)  assumption that human and animal behaviors are largely different 
A)  ignoring of observable behaviors 
B)  passive conceptualization of actors 
C)  inability to explain individual responses to stimuli 
D)  assumption that human and animal behaviors are largely different

Question 20

Ervin Goffman used the concept of _____ to describe the distance between who a person is and what a person ought to be.

Accepted Answer

A)  impression management 
B)  stigma 
C)  dramaturgy 
D)  frame analysis 
A)  impression management 
B)  stigma 
C)  dramaturgy 
D)  frame analysis

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how our thinking is refined through the interactions we have which in a way, serve as a form of socialization?

Emotion work can only evoke socially appropriate feelings; it cannot be utilized to suppress socially inappropriate emotions.

Herbert Blumer differentiates between what types of objects? Select all, but only those that apply.

A basic principle of symbolic interaction is that unlike animals, humans have a capacity for thought.

Radical behaviorists focus on covert behaviors.

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

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Which of the following dramaturgical concepts did Ervin Goffman use to describe the demeanor actor use to show others why type of role they are playing?

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Which of the following principle(s) did Sheldon Stryker develop to better orient symbolic interaction with macro-level sociology? Select all, but only those that apply.

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how we can only learn the abstract meaning of symbols through our interactions with others?

Compare and contrast the theories of the self that was put forward by Charles Horton Cooley, George Hebert Mead and Erving Goffman.

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how people create macro-level structures through their joint actions with each other?

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

An interactional model sees people as actively engaging their emotions with a set of social and cultural rules.

A basic principle of symbolic interaction is the meanings of symbols are uniquely human.

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Ervin Goffman used the concept of _____ to describe the distance between who a person is and what a person ought to be.

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

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how our thinking is refined through the interactions we have which in a way, serve as a form of socialization?

Emotion work can only evoke socially appropriate feelings; it cannot be utilized to suppress socially inappropriate emotions.

Herbert Blumer differentiates between what types of objects? Select all, but only those that apply.

A basic principle of symbolic interaction is that unlike animals, humans have a capacity for thought.

Radical behaviorists focus on covert behaviors.

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

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Which of the following dramaturgical concepts did Ervin Goffman use to describe the demeanor actor use to show others why type of role they are playing?

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Which of the following principle(s) did Sheldon Stryker develop to better orient symbolic interaction with macro-level sociology? Select all, but only those that apply.

What is a critique levied at symbolic interaction?

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how we can only learn the abstract meaning of symbols through our interactions with others?

Compare and contrast the theories of the self that was put forward by Charles Horton Cooley, George Hebert Mead and Erving Goffman.

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Which basic principle of symbolic interaction outlines how people create macro-level structures through their joint actions with each other?

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

An interactional model sees people as actively engaging their emotions with a set of social and cultural rules.

A basic principle of symbolic interaction is the meanings of symbols are uniquely human.

Social behaviorists like George Herbert Mead challenge the ways radical behaviorists' _____.

Ervin Goffman used the concept of _____ to describe the distance between who a person is and what a person ought to be.

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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