Exam 5: Society,social Structure,and Interaction in Everyday Life

Our perceptions about the meaning of a situation vary widely based on the statuses we occupy and our unique personal experiences.In her study of women's reactions to street encounters,sociologist Carol Brooks Gardner determined that women:

The process by which our perception of reality is largely shaped by the subjective meaning that we give to an experience is referred to as the:

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.

Division of labor increases in______________.As the food supply grows,not everyone needs to be engaged in food production.Some people can pursue activities such as weaving cloth or carpets,crafting jewelry,or creating the tools needed for building the society's structure.

To determine who you are,you must think about your social identity,which is derived from the statuses you occupy.A(n)______________is comprised of all the statuses that a person occupies at a given time.

In what ways can an understanding of groups and organizations help us to make sense of the difficulties homeless people face in acquiring housing and stable jobs?

Wearing a wedding ring,owning a Rolls-Royce,or a homeless person carrying a bulging shopping bag are all examples of:

While Eric is working in the fast­food restaurant,he does not want people to think of him as a "loser in a dead­end job." He wants them to view him as a college student who is working there just to "pick up a few bucks" until he graduates.When customers from the college come in,Eric talks to them about college-related topics rather than fast-food.In this scenario,Eric is engaging in:

Based on sociologist Erving Goffman's perspectives,______________is the study of social interaction that compares everyday life to a theatrical presentation.

According to sociologist Erving Goffman,______________refers to the strategies we use to rescue our performance when we experience a potential or actual embarrassing situation.

In a capitalistic society,social structure helps create a system of domination and subordination that affects certain categories of people,including owners and workers,landlords and tenants,and rich celebrities and poor "nobodies." This view would be representative of which perspective?

According to sociologist Erving Goffman,______________is the symbolic means by which subordinates give a required permissive response to those in power;it confirms the existence of inequality and reaffirms each person's relationship to the other.

In a participant observation study of domestic (household)workers and their employers,sociologist Judith Rollins found that domestics were expected to show______________by averting their eyes when they talked to their employers and by standing less erect and walking tentatively.

At the______________,the social structure of a society has several essential elements: social institutions,groups,statuses,roles,and norms.

A(n)______________is a larger,more specialized group in which members engage in more impersonal,goal-oriented relationships for a limited period of time.

Discuss the influence of status symbols as a component of social structure.

The fact that people engage in civil inattention demonstrates that interaction does have a pattern,or______________,which regulates the form and processes (but not the content)of social interaction.

Joe is a student,a father,a son,a husband,a Baptist,and a Scout leader.All of these socially defined positions constitute a:

Women are less likely to maintain prolonged eye contact during conversations,but are more likely to stare at other people (especially men)in order to challenge them and assert their own status.

Define hunting and gathering societies,horticultural societies,agrarian societies,industrial societies,and postindustrial societies.