Question 1

An "opening" is necessary for the type of focused interaction that Erving Goffman calls a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  actor opening 
B)  civil attention 
C)  impression role 
D)  encounter 
E)  dramaturgical initiation 
A)  actor opening 
B)  civil attention 
C)  impression role 
D)  encounter 
E)  dramaturgical initiation

Question 2

How are gender and racial hierarchies sustained in interaction? Give two examples for each.

Accepted Answer

Gender and racial hierarchies are sustai

Question 3

Harold Garfinkel developed "ethnomethodology," which is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  nonintrusive recognition of others, done more or less unconsciously 
B)  process by which we act and react to others around us 
C)  study of folk or lay methods people use to make sense of what others say and do 
D)  manner of communication that uses only gestures, no words 
E)  study of ethnic and racial difference in verbal and nonverbal conversational expressions 
A)  nonintrusive recognition of others, done more or less unconsciously 
B)  process by which we act and react to others around us 
C)  study of folk or lay methods people use to make sense of what others say and do 
D)  manner of communication that uses only gestures, no words 
E)  study of ethnic and racial difference in verbal and nonverbal conversational expressions

Question 4

An ethnomethodologist would be more likely to study the conversations among roommates in a college dormitory than ethnic and racial differences in patterns of communication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Students vandalizing campus property following a victorious football game is an example of interactional vandalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A college campus is a total institution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

James Henslin and Mae Biggs explored impression management using the situation of medical pelvic exams.Each part of the pelvic exam was divided into distinct:

Accepted Answer

A)  roles 
B)  statuses 
C)  scenes 
D)  acts 
E)  regions 
A)  roles 
B)  statuses 
C)  scenes 
D)  acts 
E)  regions

Question 8

Erving Goffman describes the more private area of our lives as the back region.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Because of the micro- and macro-level forces that shape interactional vandalism,the text points out that interactional vandalism becomes part of a self-reinforcing system of mutual suspicion and incivility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Communicating through plain,everyday language requires:

Accepted Answer

A)  conscious attention to the rules of formal grammar 
B)  an array of complex, shared background understandings 
C)  an intimate knowledge of the personalities involved in the conversation 
D)  an ability to avoid overstating a problem 
E)  an explicit exchange of ethnomethodological signals 
A)  conscious attention to the rules of formal grammar 
B)  an array of complex, shared background understandings 
C)  an intimate knowledge of the personalities involved in the conversation 
D)  an ability to avoid overstating a problem 
E)  an explicit exchange of ethnomethodological signals

Question 11

Elijah Anderson argues that many whites are not streetwise.Which of the following is NOT evidence of being streetwise according to Anderson?

Accepted Answer

A)  being able to recognize a middle-class black youth 
B)  being able to recognize a black gang member 
C)  knowing how many paces to walk behind a suspicious person 
D)  knowing which blocks avoid 
E)  knowing not to talk to any strangers 
A)  being able to recognize a middle-class black youth 
B)  being able to recognize a black gang member 
C)  knowing how many paces to walk behind a suspicious person 
D)  knowing which blocks avoid 
E)  knowing not to talk to any strangers

Question 12

Conversations are critical to the maintenance of stability in everyday social life.Research suggests that we are most comfortable when one person takes charge of the conversation and interaction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

When a student texts his friends with familiar abbreviations and acronyms but e-mails his professors with carefully written and edited messages e-mails,he is using the media for interactional staging.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)  privacy and must adapt to the fact that their private spheres are limited 
B)  exposure to intimate sexual relationships and must explore these relationships publicly 
C)  interaction with their peers 
D)  time in public and must learn to create rich private lives 
E)  interaction with professional doctors and nurses and spend much of their time working with people outside the institution 
A)  privacy and must adapt to the fact that their private spheres are limited 
B)  exposure to intimate sexual relationships and must explore these relationships publicly 
C)  interaction with their peers 
D)  time in public and must learn to create rich private lives 
E)  interaction with professional doctors and nurses and spend much of their time working with people outside the institution

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  theater and drama 
B)  football and stadiums 
C)  swimming and pools 
D)  basketball and gyms 
E)  drinking and bars 
A)  theater and drama 
B)  football and stadiums 
C)  swimming and pools 
D)  basketball and gyms 
E)  drinking and bars

Question 16

One way that sociologists analyze the contexts of social interaction is to examine people's movements across time-space.Discuss and briefly illustrate how regionalization helps us to understand how social life is zoned in time-space.What are three ways that time and space are altered by the Internet?

Accepted Answer

Regionalization helps us understand how

Question 17

Research by Mitch Duneier and Harvey Molotch (1999)shows that a fundamental requirement for urban civility is time-space regionalization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In examining social interaction in everyday life,Erving Goffman believed that sociologists can see the importance of verbal exchange and the relative unimportance of nonverbal communication in creating social reality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Internet is an exciting tool that facilitates communication between people and has the latent advantage of masking a person's membership in a traditionally disadvantaged group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  focused interaction 
B)  compulsion of proximity 
C)  impression management 
D)  social status 
E)  social interaction 
A)  focused interaction 
B)  compulsion of proximity 
C)  impression management 
D)  social status 
E)  social interaction

An "opening" is necessary for the type of focused interaction that Erving Goffman calls a(n):

How are gender and racial hierarchies sustained in interaction? Give two examples for each.

Harold Garfinkel developed "ethnomethodology," which is the:

An ethnomethodologist would be more likely to study the conversations among roommates in a college dormitory than ethnic and racial differences in patterns of communication.

Students vandalizing campus property following a victorious football game is an example of interactional vandalism.

A college campus is a total institution.

James Henslin and Mae Biggs explored impression management using the situation of medical pelvic exams.Each part of the pelvic exam was divided into distinct:

Erving Goffman describes the more private area of our lives as the back region.

Because of the micro- and macro-level forces that shape interactional vandalism,the text points out that interactional vandalism becomes part of a self-reinforcing system of mutual suspicion and incivility.

Communicating through plain,everyday language requires:

Elijah Anderson argues that many whites are not streetwise.Which of the following is NOT evidence of being streetwise according to Anderson?

Conversations are critical to the maintenance of stability in everyday social life.Research suggests that we are most comfortable when one person takes charge of the conversation and interaction.

When a student texts his friends with familiar abbreviations and acronyms but e-mails his professors with carefully written and edited messages e-mails,he is using the media for interactional staging.

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

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

Research by Mitch Duneier and Harvey Molotch (1999)shows that a fundamental requirement for urban civility is time-space regionalization.

In examining social interaction in everyday life,Erving Goffman believed that sociologists can see the importance of verbal exchange and the relative unimportance of nonverbal communication in creating social reality.

The Internet is an exciting tool that facilitates communication between people and has the latent advantage of masking a person's membership in a traditionally disadvantaged group.

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?

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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

An "opening" is necessary for the type of focused interaction that Erving Goffman calls a(n):

How are gender and racial hierarchies sustained in interaction? Give two examples for each.

Harold Garfinkel developed "ethnomethodology," which is the:

An ethnomethodologist would be more likely to study the conversations among roommates in a college dormitory than ethnic and racial differences in patterns of communication.

Students vandalizing campus property following a victorious football game is an example of interactional vandalism.

A college campus is a total institution.

James Henslin and Mae Biggs explored impression management using the situation of medical pelvic exams.Each part of the pelvic exam was divided into distinct:

Erving Goffman describes the more private area of our lives as the back region.

Because of the micro- and macro-level forces that shape interactional vandalism,the text points out that interactional vandalism becomes part of a self-reinforcing system of mutual suspicion and incivility.

Communicating through plain,everyday language requires:

Elijah Anderson argues that many whites are not streetwise.Which of the following is NOT evidence of being streetwise according to Anderson?

Conversations are critical to the maintenance of stability in everyday social life.Research suggests that we are most comfortable when one person takes charge of the conversation and interaction.

When a student texts his friends with familiar abbreviations and acronyms but e-mails his professors with carefully written and edited messages e-mails,he is using the media for interactional staging.

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

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

Research by Mitch Duneier and Harvey Molotch (1999)shows that a fundamental requirement for urban civility is time-space regionalization.

In examining social interaction in everyday life,Erving Goffman believed that sociologists can see the importance of verbal exchange and the relative unimportance of nonverbal communication in creating social reality.

The Internet is an exciting tool that facilitates communication between people and has the latent advantage of masking a person's membership in a traditionally disadvantaged group.

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?

What Is Sociology?

Asking And Answering Sociological Questions

Culture And Society

Socialization And The Life Cycle

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 Relations

Education

Religion In Modern Society

The Sociology Of The Body: Health,illness,and Sexuality

Urbanization, population, and The Environment

Globalization In A Changing World

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