Exam 5: Society, social Structure, and Interaction

Explain how emotional labour can produce feelings of estrangement from one's "true" self.

Emile Durkheim believed that people in preindustrial societies felt a more-or-less automatic sense of belonging.What did he name this condition?

What kind of group would be formed if a community wanted to get involved in developing a park and playground on the site of a new school?

Women's work tends to involve less money,less prestige,fewer job openings,and more career roadblocks.What is one implication of many women holding jobs that are less satisfying and more stressful than men's jobs?

Emile Durkheim asserted that preindustrial societies were held together by strong traditions and by the members' shared moral beliefs and values.

Use the concept of "feeling rules" to discuss the emotional labour involved in a specific situation.Use an example.

Suppose an employee disagrees with a supervisor's order but goes along with it anyway.What is the term for the employee's behaviour?

What term did sociologist Erving Goffman use to refer to the area where a player is not required to perform a specific role because it is out of view of a given audience?

Which of the following statements best describes one of the conclusions reached in Gardner's (1989)research on street encounters?

What are gestures,tone of voice,and use of space examples of?

Which term best describes the postsecondary institution you are currently attending?

Which of the following statements best describes one of the conclusions reached in Hall's (1966)research on personal space?

What is the term for a set of organized beliefs and rules that establish how a society will attempt to meet its basic social needs?

Primary groups are more specialized than secondary ones.

Robert retires after three decades as an administrator and educator.What process is Robert undergoing?

In what perspective are both the ethnomethodological and dramaturgical approaches strongly rooted?

Emotional labour is a feature of service-oriented occupations.

Among homeless people,breaking ties with street families is one of the most difficult aspects of what?

Which of the following sociologists used the terms Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft to characterize the degree of social solidarity and social control found in societies?

The need for impression management is most intense when role players have widely divergent or devalued statuses.