Question 1

Who is more likely to own a smartphone in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  someone with less than a high school education 
B)  a high school graduate 
C)  someone with some college education 
D)  a college graduate 
A)  someone with less than a high school education 
B)  a high school graduate 
C)  someone with some college education 
D)  a college graduate

Question 2

Women are more likely than men to make the first move on online dating sites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to Elijah Anderson, the sight of "public mothering" is a cue that indicates a space is what?

Accepted Answer

A)  feminist 
B)  civil 
C)  diverse 
D)  poor 
A)  feminist 
B)  civil 
C)  diverse 
D)  poor

Question 4

Research conducted by Kevin Lewis found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  white men received the most initial messages 
B)  the tendency to initiate contact within one's own race was strongest among whites 
C)  women tended to show greatest interest in men with a college education-"no more and no less" 
D)  men tended to show greatest interest in women with more than a college education 
A)  white men received the most initial messages 
B)  the tendency to initiate contact within one's own race was strongest among whites 
C)  women tended to show greatest interest in men with a college education-"no more and no less" 
D)  men tended to show greatest interest in women with more than a college education

Question 5

How have encounters in low-income urban areas been reshaped by social media? Do people have more
or even control over the people around them and their potential meetings? Or are people newly vulnerable online? What does the research conducted by urban sociologist Jeffrey Lane suggest? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 6

What are two ways that time and space are altered by the Internet? Provide examples that illustrate these points. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Why do people use impression management?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are unaware of personal space. 
B)  They are sensitive about how others see them. 
C)  They are unaware they are social actors. 
D)  They want to avoid civil inattention. 
A)  They are unaware of personal space. 
B)  They are sensitive about how others see them. 
C)  They are unaware they are social actors. 
D)  They want to avoid civil inattention.

Question 8

Which of the following statements concerning microsociology is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social behavior is not constrained by forces such as roles, norms, and shared expectations. 
B)  Individuals have agency. 
C)  Reality is fixed and static. 
D)  A person's background, interests, or motivations do not shape their perception of reality. 
A)  Social behavior is not constrained by forces such as roles, norms, and shared expectations. 
B)  Individuals have agency. 
C)  Reality is fixed and static. 
D)  A person's background, interests, or motivations do not shape their perception of reality.

Question 9

In studying social interaction, when an "opening" occurs:

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A)  civil inattention is discarded 
B)  action moves from back to front regions 
C)  roles shift to allow for status expansion 
D)  civil attention replaces regionalization 
A)  civil inattention is discarded 
B)  action moves from back to front regions 
C)  roles shift to allow for status expansion 
D)  civil attention replaces regionalization

Question 10

What is the definition of interactional vandalism? Give an example. Discuss how this example illustrates interactional vandalism. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

MATCHING
-Social position

Accepted Answer

A) Preparing for the presentation of one's social role 
B) Communication between individuals based on facial expression or bodily gesture rather than on language 
C) The social identity an individual has in a given group or society 
D) The process whereby individuals in the same physical setting glance at each other and quickly look away to indicate awareness of each other but not intrusiveness 
E) The social honor or prestige that a particular group is accorded by other members of a society
F)The expected behaviors of people occupying particular social positions 
A) Preparing for the presentation of one's social role 
B) Communication between individuals based on facial expression or bodily gesture rather than on language 
C) The social identity an individual has in a given group or society 
D) The process whereby individuals in the same physical setting glance at each other and quickly look away to indicate awareness of each other but not intrusiveness 
E) The social honor or prestige that a particular group is accorded by other members of a society
F)The expected behaviors of people occupying particular social positions

Question 12

What did Elijah Anderson's study of everyday life in two adjacent urban neighborhoods show? Your answer should be two to three sentences in length.

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Question 13

Maria has two e-mail accounts, two cell phone numbers, and two social media accounts. One set of accounts she uses just for communication with her employer and her professors. By doing this, Maria is using the different media accounts to help to demarcate:

Accepted Answer

A)  different scenes 
B)  front and back regions 
C)  zones of personal space 
D)  civil inattention 
A)  different scenes 
B)  front and back regions 
C)  zones of personal space 
D)  civil inattention

Question 14

A sex worker repeatedly tries to initiate conversation with a businessman despite his obvious unwillingness to respond. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnomethodology 
B)  civil inattention 
C)  response cries 
D)  interactional vandalism 
A)  ethnomethodology 
B)  civil inattention 
C)  response cries 
D)  interactional vandalism

Question 15

A status message allows people who are participating in unfocused interaction to:

Accepted Answer

A)  have less control over their unfocused interaction 
B)  have more control over how they are perceived 
C)  demonstrate how they perceive others 
D)  be distanced from how others perceive them 
A)  have less control over their unfocused interaction 
B)  have more control over how they are perceived 
C)  demonstrate how they perceive others 
D)  be distanced from how others perceive them

Who is more likely to own a smartphone in the United States?

Women are more likely than men to make the first move on online dating sites.

According to Elijah Anderson, the sight of "public mothering" is a cue that indicates a space is what?

Research conducted by Kevin Lewis found that:

What are two ways that time and space are altered by the Internet? Provide examples that illustrate these points. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Why do people use impression management?

Which of the following statements concerning microsociology is true?

In studying social interaction, when an "opening" occurs:

What is the definition of interactional vandalism? Give an example. Discuss how this example illustrates interactional vandalism. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

MATCHING -Social position

What did Elijah Anderson's study of everyday life in two adjacent urban neighborhoods show? Your answer should be two to three sentences in length.

Maria has two e-mail accounts, two cell phone numbers, and two social media accounts. One set of accounts she uses just for communication with her employer and her professors. By doing this, Maria is using the different media accounts to help to demarcate:

A sex worker repeatedly tries to initiate conversation with a businessman despite his obvious unwillingness to respond. This is an example of:

A status message allows people who are participating in unfocused interaction to:

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Gender Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Aging

Government, Political Power, and Social Movements

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

Who is more likely to own a smartphone in the United States?

Women are more likely than men to make the first move on online dating sites.

According to Elijah Anderson, the sight of "public mothering" is a cue that indicates a space is what?

Research conducted by Kevin Lewis found that:

What are two ways that time and space are altered by the Internet? Provide examples that illustrate these points. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Why do people use impression management?

Which of the following statements concerning microsociology is true?

In studying social interaction, when an "opening" occurs:

What is the definition of interactional vandalism? Give an example. Discuss how this example illustrates interactional vandalism. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

MATCHING -Social position

What did Elijah Anderson's study of everyday life in two adjacent urban neighborhoods show? Your answer should be two to three sentences in length.

Maria has two e-mail accounts, two cell phone numbers, and two social media accounts. One set of accounts she uses just for communication with her employer and her professors. By doing this, Maria is using the different media accounts to help to demarcate:

A sex worker repeatedly tries to initiate conversation with a businessman despite his obvious unwillingness to respond. This is an example of:

A status message allows people who are participating in unfocused interaction to:

What Is Sociology

Asking and Answering Sociological Questions

Culture and Society

Socialization and the Life Course

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Aging

Government, Political Power, and Social Movements

Work and Economic Life

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education

Religion in Modern Society

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

Filters