Exam 4: Social Interaction

Reggie wanted to ask Sharyl on a date. Rather than coming out directly and asking her, he went about it indirectly by asking her if she was busy on Saturday night. She indicated that she had plans. Through this exchange, Reggie has been gently rejected and Sharyl does not feel like a rude person. This social interaction allowed Reggie and Sharyl to __________.

According to sociologists, what part do audiences play in a performance?

In his orphanage study, what difference did Spitz find between babies who were properly socialized and those who were not?

Imagine you are interviewing teenagers in order to understand how they develop their sense of self. Which of the following statements can be classified as a statement of self that could be attributed to the concept of the looking-glass concept?

According to sociologists, why are certain people who question authority labeled as deviant?

What concept best describes what David Rosenhan and his research assistants found in their study of mental health institutions?

When we change statuses, what happens to our role sets?

You want to study status change and its associated role changes. Which of the following demographic groups would make the best research subject for studying these topics?

What do sociologists mean when they describe life as a stage?

According to Charles Horton Cooley, how do most people construct the way they view themselves?

According to George Herbert Mead, the term significant other refers to individuals __________.

Sociologists define __________ as a distinct social category that is set off from others and has associated with it a set of expected behaviors and roles for individuals to assume.

Which of the following statements regarding conversational interruptions is true?

Jeremy is a senior in high school. In this context, his status is __________ and his role is __________.

As a result of Sam's family recently moving across the country, she has to start at a new school in the fall. According to a sociologist who studies social interaction, who will Sam most likely become friends with in her new environment?

In Spitz's study of the differences between children in an orphanage and a nursery for incarcerated mothers, half of the children were denied __________.

In his controversial study in which he led subjects to believe they were delivering painful shocks to innocent people, what social phenomenon was Stanley Milgram trying to understand?

Why is it important to understand context when engaging in ethnomethodology?

Which of the following expectations are parts of the role set of traditional college students?

In terms of conversational precision, what do we call the act of bowing out of a conversation when two or more people are talking at once?