Exam 5: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

The technique used by Mitch Duneier and Harvey Molotch to compare interactions between street people and passersby in New York City was:

In a total institution, as detailed in Erving Goffman's ethnographic account of a mental hospital in Washington, D.C., humans have very limited:

What do your textbook authors mean when they state that the Internet rearranges space?

Elijah Anderson's study (1990) of everyday life in two adjacent urban neighborhoods showed that tensions in social interaction are often based on the:

MATCHING -Impression management

What is the "compulsion of proximity," and how is it affected by technologies such as the Internet? What do you think will be the future trends in terms of the compulsion of proximity? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

According to Erving Goffman, what is the purpose of response cries? Describe a scenario where a response cry performs an alternative function. Discuss this alternative function. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

Which of the following statements is true?

Jane likes to log on anonymously to a Taylor Swift fan site and post deliberately provocative items. This behavior is known as:

What kind of methodology did Harold Garfinkel's experiments involve? What would be one example in which sociologists might use this method? Discuss why this method is useful in your example. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

Paul Ekman and colleagues devised a method for studying nonverbal communication called:

Erving Goffman and other theorists who focus on social interaction often use the analogy of:

When we look at the micro and macro connections that shape social issues such as the harassment of women on the street, we see that the:

Research by Duneier and Molotch shows that a fundamental requirement for urban civility is:

Interactional vandalism can be defined as a situation in which a:

According to urban sociologist Jeffrey Lane, what gender difference exists among teenagers in Harlem?

A college campus is a total institution.

The research by Deirdre Boden and Harvey Molotch (1994) concludes that copresence fosters intimacy and trust in part because people:

According to urban sociologist Jeffrey Lane, what was a characteristic of interaction among teenagers in Harlem?

Helga and Enid talk every day on the phone; send letters, e-mails, and gifts; and often chat online. Lately, they have been planning their next vacation together; despite their daily contact, they still miss each other. This is an example of which concept?