Exam 5: Society, social Structure, and Interaction

According to the text,for which group are social networks typically ineffective?

Juan is a father who struggles to balance work commitments and family life.What is Juan most likely experiencing?

The text points out that people sometimes prioritize their roles or compartmentalize their lives.Why is such behaviour likely?

Which term refers to the uncertainties surrounding the provider-dependant aspect of the parent-child relationship?

Breaching experiments helps us understand how people manage back stage and front stage behaviour.

Compare and contrast role conflict and role strain.

Jeff feels like both an insider and an outsider in his rural community.What term would Robert Park (1928)use to refer to Jeff's experience?

After his mother remarries and his stepfather and two children move in to Andrew's home,he becomes confused about his place in this new blended family.What would a sociologist suggest is happening to Andrew?

Sandy is a university student who cleans houses for extra income on the weekend.She does not identify as a "house cleaner" and prefers to discuss university life with her clients.Which type of role is Sandy experiencing?

Emotional labour may produce feelings of estrangement from one's "true" self.

What kind of social cohesion involves a minimal division of labour and results in people who feel united by shared values and common social bonds?

Role strain always takes place within one specific status.

John is a computer programmer,a husband,a father,a resident of Ontario,and Italian.What do all these socially defined positions constitute?

What is civil inattention an example of?

What type of social group are family members,close friends,and peers examples of?

Mark works as a CEO for a global company and travels at least two weeks every month.Which of the following groups in Mark's life is likely to be most adversely affected by his employment?

Which term refers to behaviours such as starting a class on time,giving lectures,and answering questions that go along with the status of professor?

What is a series of social relationships that link an individual to others called?

Who argues that people acquire a set of "feeling rules" that shape the appropriate emotions for a given role?

Karen is a recently divorced single mother of three.After her landlord increased her rent she was forced to go to a homeless shelter.What is her master status?