Exam 4: Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life

Which of these is not generally considered a component of the social structure?

A__________ is a highly structured group formed for the purpose of completing certain tasks or achieving specific goals.

Sociologist Erving Goffman noted that people consciously participate in__________ , a face-saving technique in which one role player ignores the flaws in another's performance to avoid embarrassment for everyone involved.

Which of these is not true about postindustrial society?

All jobs place some burden on our feelings; however, the term emotional labor refers only to jobs that__________

Describe and compare the technoeconomic bases of various societies (e.g., hunting and gathering, horticultural and pastoral, agrarian, industrial, and postindustrial).

Jorge is a male born to Mexican American parents; he was assigned these positions at birth. He is an adult and-if he lives long enough-will someday become an "older adult," later in life. All of these are considered__________ statuses.

Jane defines herself first and foremost as a student. For Jane, being a student is considered her __________ status.

__________ occurs when the expectations associated with a role are unclear.

According to both Durkheim and Tӧnnies, social solidarity is impossible within industrialized societies.

Sociologist Erving Goffman's term__________ refers to the ways in which an individual shows awareness that another is present without making this person the object of particular attention.

Define social structure, and explain why it is important for individuals and society.

Social structure consists of all of these, except__________ .

Schools, churches, and corporations are examples of __________ groups.

Which of these is not considered to be a social institution?

Which of these statements about social structure is false?

Erving Goffman coined the term __________ for the strategies we use to rescue our performance when we experience a potentially or actually embarrassing situation.

__________ theorists emphasize that social structure is essential because it creates order and predictability in a society.

Conflict and functionalist theorists are in agreement that__________ .

Charles has a final exam in the evening at a time when he is supposed to be working. That same evening, Stephanie (his girlfriend) wants him to take her to a movie. To top it off, his mother calls, asking him to fly home because his father is going to have emergency surgery. Sociologists would say that Charles is very likely experiencing__________ .