Exam 5: Society, social Structure, and Interaction

Elliot Liebow noted that homelessness is rooted in poverty.

Which of the following is an example of a secondary group?

What do sociologists call the state of being part insider and part outsider in the social structure?

What name did Hall give to the immediate area surrounding us that we claim as private?

According to Goffman,what kind of behaviour is someone displaying when they show they are aware that others are present but do not make them the object of their attention?

Which term refers to the most important status a person occupies?

When are gender and power differences in tactile communication evident?

Compare and contrast a functionalist and a conflict perspective on the role of social institutions in society.

Ethnicity,gender,and social class have little effect on the meanings we give to our social interactions with others.

Which of the following argues that the organization of economic production is the most important structural aspect of society?

Emotional labour can produce a feeling of estrangement from oneself.

Eye contact can be a sign of domination or deference.

According to sociologist Arlie Hochschild,what shapes the appropriate emotions for a given role or specific situation,including how,where,when,and with whom an emotion should be expressed?

In order to uncover people's background expectancies,ethnomethodologists frequently "obey" the rules without exception so that they can observe people's responses to conformity.

According to symbolic interactionists,what strongly influences what we "see" and how we respond to situations?

According to the text,which of the following best defines the term "role ambiguity"?

Statuses exist independently of the specific people occupying them.

Students in primary school are expected to address their teachers as Mr.or Mrs.rather than by their first names.What are students consistently conforming to when they follow the rules and refer to their teacher as Mr.or Mrs.?

Who argues that how we behave is relative to social power?

Annie is born into a Chinese family.What kind of statuses are her gender and ethnicity?