Exam 4: Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

Embarrassment is the feeling we experience when the public identity we claim in an encounter is discredited. Describe an example of when you were embarrassed in this way. Please say: a) What your public identity was; b) How it was discredited-lack of skills in a role; lack of poise. etc.; c) What aligning actions or repair tools you chose---disclaimers, accounts, etc. d) Other people's responses

When collectivist selves have Mead's "I-Me" dialogues the "Me" side will win most of the time.

In the play stage of the formation of the self children:

The layer of identity with which we are most concerned in sociology is

When a group is in a routine situation, which of the nine dimensions of situations is operating in the minds of the participants?

Describe a situation in which you wanted to exit from a role that you had been attached to but other people insisted you stay in the role. a) Describe why you were attached to the role and why you wanted to leave it. b) Describe the resistance of other people to your giving up the role.

Identify a role that you have played for at least a year. It could be a musician, a position on a sports team, an actor or actress in plays or a job you have had. a) Go through each of the agents of socialization and explain how each has influenced how well or badly you play this role. Be sure to give each agent of socialization a percentage out of 100%, b) Make a pie chart that shows the distribution of the influence of the agents for your performance in the role you have picked.

Which of Bowlby's four stages of attachment did Ainsworth claim was the time in which her three forms of attachment were formed?

Intentionally walking into an elevator and facing the wall or waiting in line and deliberately standing too close to the next person in line are examples of:

In his book The Politics of Entertainment, Michael Parenti identifies eight of the most common assumptions of most television programs. a) Pick one of your favorite television programs and watch four half-hour episodes taking notes on the story line b) How many of Parenti's assumptions about television applied to your show? Explain. c) How many of Parenti's assumptions didn't apply to your show? Explain.

If a child is not encouraged to play "let's pretend", the ramifications for participation in groups later on is:

What does the following metaphor from a game of poker mean in terms of the discussion in Chapter 4? "The cards we are dealt place certain limits on what we can do. If we hope to do well, we had better look at the cards. We can win at poker with any hand, but winning is unlikely to happen without looking at the cards."

Define an "I-me dialogue" and describe a real life simulation of an I-me dialogue in which the dialogue has at least three back and forth exchanges. Be sure to label which is "I" and which is "me" as you go.

A child has a biographical identity from birth.

In the United States most individuals have an "atomist" understanding of the relationship between the individual and society.