Question 1

Individuals occupy:

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A) only one social role at a time 
B) many social roles at a time 
C) one social role at home and one social role at work or school 
D) only one social role their whole life 
E) one social role when they are children and one social role when they are adults 
A) only one social role at a time 
B) many social roles at a time 
C) one social role at home and one social role at work or school 
D) only one social role their whole life 
E) one social role when they are children and one social role when they are adults

Question 2

As of July 2011,Facebook had 750 million active users.Explain how electronic technology such as Facebook affects audience segregation.Be sure to define audience segregation.

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Question 3

Ethnomethodology is the study of __________,which every person uses in day-to-day life to make sense of what others do.

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A) the nonintrusive recognition of others 
B) interviews 
C) ethnic clothing 
D) social management 
E) ethnomethods 
A) the nonintrusive recognition of others 
B) interviews 
C) ethnic clothing 
D) social management 
E) ethnomethods

Question 4

The measuring of time by clocks is standard around the world today.World standard time was first introduced in:

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A) the 1900s 
B) the early 2000s 
C) the 1600s 
D) the 1800s 
E) none of the above; there is no standard world time 
A) the 1900s 
B) the early 2000s 
C) the 1600s 
D) the 1800s 
E) none of the above; there is no standard world time

Question 5

Infants have facial expressions similar to those of:

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A) adults 
B) primates 
C) children under three years old 
D) older people over eighty 
E) all baby mammals 
A) adults 
B) primates 
C) children under three years old 
D) older people over eighty 
E) all baby mammals

Question 6

What is the compulsion of proximity? Explain how the increase in electronic communication affects the compulsion of proximity.Use examples.

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Question 7

According to Erving Goffman,one of the reasons it is important to study subtle day-to-day interactions is because:

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A) it helps with national security 
B) it makes us informed voters 
C) we can learn a great deal about ourselves as human beings 
D) it can inform us about political and military strategy 
E) we can learn how to make more money 
A) it helps with national security 
B) it makes us informed voters 
C) we can learn a great deal about ourselves as human beings 
D) it can inform us about political and military strategy 
E) we can learn how to make more money

Question 8

What is interactional vandalism? Give an example.Why does interactional vandalism create problems in everyday interaction and conversation?

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Question 9

While grocery shopping,you run into your sociology professor.This creates an awkward interaction since you are not used to seeing her outside of class and you are not sure how to behave.The interaction is awkward because it violated your:

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A) audience segregation 
B) status position 
C) sense of self 
D) stress-free space 
E) unfocused interaction 
A) audience segregation 
B) status position 
C) sense of self 
D) stress-free space 
E) unfocused interaction

Question 10

Social positions can be both general and specific.Which of the following is an example of a general social position in American society?

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A) politician 
B) doctor 
C) gender 
D) father 
E) student 
A) politician 
B) doctor 
C) gender 
D) father 
E) student

Question 11

Use an example from your own experience to explain how our day-to-day social interactions are shaped by gender and racial hierarchies and in turn reinforce those same hierarchies.

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Question 12

Using the concept of regionalization,explain how time and space shaped your social activities and interactions in the last 24 hours.

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Question 13

The scenario in which a young woman sleeps from midnight to 5a.m.in her apartment bedroom,eats breakfast in her kitchen from 6 to 6:30a.m.,works in her law office from 8:30a.m.to 5 p.m.,has dinner with her friends from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.,and then returns to her apartment to watch TV illustrates the sociological concept of:

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A) work-time 
B) regionalization 
C) time maximization 
D) spatial-social movement 
E) constructionism 
A) work-time 
B) regionalization 
C) time maximization 
D) spatial-social movement 
E) constructionism

Question 14

Ethnomethodology is the study of:

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A) how people sustain meaningful interactions with each other 
B) how people learn language 
C) the methods sociologists use 
D) extraordinary social events that occur over space and time 
E) different culture 
A) how people sustain meaningful interactions with each other 
B) how people learn language 
C) the methods sociologists use 
D) extraordinary social events that occur over space and time 
E) different culture

Question 15

Acceptable personal space is determined by which of the following?

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A) what is normal in our culture 
B) the degree of familiarity you have with the person 
C) whether the relationship with the person is a formal or informal one 
D) the goal of the social interaction 
E) all of the above 
A) what is normal in our culture 
B) the degree of familiarity you have with the person 
C) whether the relationship with the person is a formal or informal one 
D) the goal of the social interaction 
E) all of the above

Question 16

A street vendor tries to sell products to people by walking next to them and putting the products in people's line of vision.As he does so,people ignore him and avert their eyes.This is an example of:

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A) rudeness 
B) ethnomethodology 
C) civil inattention 
D) social avoidance 
E) interactional vandalism 
A) rudeness 
B) ethnomethodology 
C) civil inattention 
D) social avoidance 
E) interactional vandalism

Question 17

Two people are standing together in an elevator,but they do not speak to each other or look each other in the eye.Erving Goffman called this type of interaction:

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A) sociological interaction 
B) social attention 
C) civil inattention 
D) uncivil behavior 
E) social recognition 
A) sociological interaction 
B) social attention 
C) civil inattention 
D) uncivil behavior 
E) social recognition

Question 18

The exchange of information about human emotion through facial expressions,gestures,and movements of the body is called:

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A) nonverbal communication 
B) harassment 
C) the compulsion of proximity 
D) civil inattention 
E) emoticon 
A) nonverbal communication 
B) harassment 
C) the compulsion of proximity 
D) civil inattention 
E) emoticon

Question 19

The sociologist who developed the field of microsociology and emphasized the importance of understanding the "seemingly trivial" was:

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A) Erving Goffman 
B) Max Weber 
C) Émile Durkheim 
D) Karl Marx 
E) Elijah Anderson 
A) Erving Goffman 
B) Max Weber 
C) Émile Durkheim 
D) Karl Marx 
E) Elijah Anderson

Question 20

When a CEO wears a suit and tie to a board meeting and later in the day changes into jeans and a T-shirt to attend a football event with friends,he is engaging in:

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A) social costuming 
B) impression management 
C) social positioning 
D) false impressions 
E) role management 
A) social costuming 
B) impression management 
C) social positioning 
D) false impressions 
E) role management

Individuals occupy:

As of July 2011,Facebook had 750 million active users.Explain how electronic technology such as Facebook affects audience segregation.Be sure to define audience segregation.

Ethnomethodology is the study of __________,which every person uses in day-to-day life to make sense of what others do.

The measuring of time by clocks is standard around the world today.World standard time was first introduced in:

Infants have facial expressions similar to those of:

What is the compulsion of proximity? Explain how the increase in electronic communication affects the compulsion of proximity.Use examples.

According to Erving Goffman,one of the reasons it is important to study subtle day-to-day interactions is because:

What is interactional vandalism? Give an example.Why does interactional vandalism create problems in everyday interaction and conversation?

While grocery shopping,you run into your sociology professor.This creates an awkward interaction since you are not used to seeing her outside of class and you are not sure how to behave.The interaction is awkward because it violated your:

Social positions can be both general and specific.Which of the following is an example of a general social position in American society?

Use an example from your own experience to explain how our day-to-day social interactions are shaped by gender and racial hierarchies and in turn reinforce those same hierarchies.

Using the concept of regionalization,explain how time and space shaped your social activities and interactions in the last 24 hours.

Ethnomethodology is the study of:

Acceptable personal space is determined by which of the following?

A street vendor tries to sell products to people by walking next to them and putting the products in people's line of vision.As he does so,people ignore him and avert their eyes.This is an example of:

Two people are standing together in an elevator,but they do not speak to each other or look each other in the eye.Erving Goffman called this type of interaction:

The exchange of information about human emotion through facial expressions,gestures,and movements of the body is called:

The sociologist who developed the field of microsociology and emphasized the importance of understanding the "seemingly trivial" was:

When a CEO wears a suit and tie to a board meeting and later in the day changes into jeans and a T-shirt to attend a football event with friends,he is engaging in:

Sociology: Theory and Method

Culture and Society

Socialization, the Life Course, and Aging

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education and Religion

Politics and Economic Life

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Urbanization, Population, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

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Exam 4: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Individuals occupy:

As of July 2011,Facebook had 750 million active users.Explain how electronic technology such as Facebook affects audience segregation.Be sure to define audience segregation.

Ethnomethodology is the study of __________,which every person uses in day-to-day life to make sense of what others do.

The measuring of time by clocks is standard around the world today.World standard time was first introduced in:

Infants have facial expressions similar to those of:

What is the compulsion of proximity? Explain how the increase in electronic communication affects the compulsion of proximity.Use examples.

According to Erving Goffman,one of the reasons it is important to study subtle day-to-day interactions is because:

What is interactional vandalism? Give an example.Why does interactional vandalism create problems in everyday interaction and conversation?

While grocery shopping,you run into your sociology professor.This creates an awkward interaction since you are not used to seeing her outside of class and you are not sure how to behave.The interaction is awkward because it violated your:

Social positions can be both general and specific.Which of the following is an example of a general social position in American society?

Use an example from your own experience to explain how our day-to-day social interactions are shaped by gender and racial hierarchies and in turn reinforce those same hierarchies.

Using the concept of regionalization,explain how time and space shaped your social activities and interactions in the last 24 hours.

Ethnomethodology is the study of:

Acceptable personal space is determined by which of the following?

A street vendor tries to sell products to people by walking next to them and putting the products in people's line of vision.As he does so,people ignore him and avert their eyes.This is an example of:

Two people are standing together in an elevator,but they do not speak to each other or look each other in the eye.Erving Goffman called this type of interaction:

The exchange of information about human emotion through facial expressions,gestures,and movements of the body is called:

The sociologist who developed the field of microsociology and emphasized the importance of understanding the "seemingly trivial" was:

When a CEO wears a suit and tie to a board meeting and later in the day changes into jeans and a T-shirt to attend a football event with friends,he is engaging in:

Sociology: Theory and Method

Culture and Society

Socialization, the Life Course, and Aging

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education and Religion

Politics and Economic Life

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Urbanization, Population, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

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