Question 1

Social structure, including status and role, provides a guide for everyday living.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following might be part of the classroom performance of a professor?

Accepted Answer

A)  notes and PowerPoint projections 
B)  hairstyle and clothing 
C)  camaraderie with students 
D)  make and model of vehicle 
A)  notes and PowerPoint projections 
B)  hairstyle and clothing 
C)  camaraderie with students 
D)  make and model of vehicle

Question 3

Quick Quiz:
-Typically, each status is linked to several roles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In which province is there a law requiring women to keep their birth names upon marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  B.C. 
B)  Alberta 
C)  New Brunswick 
D)  Quebec 
A)  B.C. 
B)  Alberta 
C)  New Brunswick 
D)  Quebec

Question 5

Identify several ways in which gender affects personal performances.

Accepted Answer

Gender can affect personal performance i

Question 6

In everyday conversation, men tend to maintain more eye contact than women do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Being an Olympic athlete is mostly an achieved status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Only a few statuses we hold figure into our social identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Sociologists use what concept to refer to behaviour people expect of someone who holds a particular status?

Accepted Answer

A)  role 
B)  master status 
C)  status set 
D)  role set 
A)  role 
B)  master status 
C)  status set 
D)  role set

Question 10

"Role strain" refers to differences between the same roles when performed by two different people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Erving Goffman is the sociologist who developed the approach known as dramaturgical analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The concept "master status" refers to being the best in one's occupational field.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following is FALSE regarding the functions of humour?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humour works as a safety valve for potentially disruptive sentiments. 
B)  Humour expresses common identity. 
C)  Humour relieves tension in uncomfortable situations. 
D)  Humour acts as a mechanism to bond people from many different cultures all at once. 
A)  Humour works as a safety valve for potentially disruptive sentiments. 
B)  Humour expresses common identity. 
C)  Humour relieves tension in uncomfortable situations. 
D)  Humour acts as a mechanism to bond people from many different cultures all at once.

Question 14

Which of the following concepts defines a social position that a person holds?

Accepted Answer

A)  role 
B)  status 
C)  role set 
D)  culture 
A)  role 
B)  status 
C)  role set 
D)  culture

Question 15

People around the world create the same realities in their everyday interaction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

How does culture play a role in guiding human emotions?

Accepted Answer

A)  It doesn't; emotions are biological imperatives. 
B)  Culture unifies everyone in the world in defining how humans express emotion. 
C)  Culture tells us how emotional we expect people to be. 
D)  It doesn't; culture is constructed when groups agree on how to express emotions. 
A)  It doesn't; emotions are biological imperatives. 
B)  Culture unifies everyone in the world in defining how humans express emotion. 
C)  Culture tells us how emotional we expect people to be. 
D)  It doesn't; culture is constructed when groups agree on how to express emotions.

Question 17

Tact is a common response in potentially embarrassing situations because

Accepted Answer

A)  we like most people with whom we interact. 
B)  our cultural norms demand looking out for others. 
C)  everyone feels discomfort when a constructed reality breaks down. 
D)  most people are unsure how to act in most situations. 
A)  we like most people with whom we interact. 
B)  our cultural norms demand looking out for others. 
C)  everyone feels discomfort when a constructed reality breaks down. 
D)  most people are unsure how to act in most situations.

Question 18

Garfinkel's research, called ethnomethodology, involves

Accepted Answer

A)  studying the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings. 
B)  tracking people's roles over the life course. 
C)  the study of interaction in terms of theatrical performance. 
D)  studying unfamiliar cultural systems. 
A)  studying the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings. 
B)  tracking people's roles over the life course. 
C)  the study of interaction in terms of theatrical performance. 
D)  studying unfamiliar cultural systems.

Question 19

At a given time you occupy a number of statuses. These statuses make up your

Accepted Answer

A)  master status. 
B)  role set. 
C)  achieved statuses. 
D)  status set. 
A)  master status. 
B)  role set. 
C)  achieved statuses. 
D)  status set.

Question 20

Only those who retire from their occupation experience role exit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Social structure, including status and role, provides a guide for everyday living.

Which of the following might be part of the classroom performance of a professor?

Quick Quiz: -Typically, each status is linked to several roles.

In which province is there a law requiring women to keep their birth names upon marriage?

Identify several ways in which gender affects personal performances.

In everyday conversation, men tend to maintain more eye contact than women do.

Being an Olympic athlete is mostly an achieved status.

Only a few statuses we hold figure into our social identity.

Sociologists use what concept to refer to behaviour people expect of someone who holds a particular status?

"Role strain" refers to differences between the same roles when performed by two different people.

Erving Goffman is the sociologist who developed the approach known as dramaturgical analysis.

The concept "master status" refers to being the best in one's occupational field.

Which of the following is FALSE regarding the functions of humour?

Which of the following concepts defines a social position that a person holds?

People around the world create the same realities in their everyday interaction.

How does culture play a role in guiding human emotions?

Tact is a common response in potentially embarrassing situations because

Garfinkel's research, called ethnomethodology, involves

At a given time you occupy a number of statuses. These statuses make up your

Only those who retire from their occupation experience role exit.

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