Exam 5: Understanding Social Interaction

Statuses and roles help to define our social interactions and provide predictability.

When the crowd saw the gunman they started running from the perceived threat. This is called mass hysteria.

Norms guide us in how we present ourselves to others.

___________ is anything people are conscious of doing because of other people.

Define and discuss exchange, cooperation, conflict, and competition as types of social interaction. Provide examples of each.

Outline and discuss Erving Goffman s concept of dramaturgy and apply it to one of the settings in which you hold a position and play roles. How do you make yourself convincing in your performance?

Hard-to-believe rumors usually disappear quickly and have little influence.

People come together in the context of specific environments, with specific purposes and with specific social characteristics.

A form of conflict in which individuals or groups confine their conflict within agreed-upon rules is called exploitation.

The relationship between roles and statuses is that:

The DMV clerk passed a civil service examination and a vocational placement test and was eligible to be bonded. Which of the following describes his social status?

Culturally defined rules for proper behavior that are associated with various statuses are called:

Scientists discovered that social interaction via the Internet reproduces the same distance and space rules as interactions in person.

In order to understand other people, you have to walk in their shoes. This approach reflects Max Weber s notion of:

The girls started cleaning out their closets and laughed at the hair styles and sweaters they wore ten years ago. This shows us that transitory changes in clothing are just:

Making direct eye contact in a conversation is one of the universals of social interaction.

For five positions, draw a satellite diagram of a status you hold with its role set. Can you identify the master statuses? Achieved and ascribed statuses? How do you perform all of these roles successfully? Do you experience role conflict or role strain? Why?

The status of mayor is dependent on who occupies that position.

In sociological terms, the context of a social interaction includes:

A public opinion maker has less influence than a riot.