Exam 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction

Erving Goffman introduced the idea that in everyday life we perform our assigned roles,and he maintained that our social life was like a drama enacted on a stage. Discuss his approach to the study of everyday life. Include in your discussion his ideas of front and back stage,as well as impression management.

Which of the following societies has the LEAST social inequality?

Why is dramaturgy aligned with the microsociological approach?

All master statuses are achieved statuses.

Signs that identify a position in society that someone occupies are referred to as ________.

A face-saving technique in which all parties involved in an embarrassing situation ignore it and continue their conversation or interaction as though the embarrassing situation never happened is referred to as ________.

What is face-saving behavior? Describe a situation in which face-saving behavior would be used.

In studied nonobservance,the individual in a compromised position is able to successfully rationalize the reason for his or her awkward behavior.

Mechanical solidarity and Gemeinschaft both describe the most intimate societies that are personal and have close kinship connections.

The social institution that is most recognized for allocating power,determining authority,and preventing chaos is ________.

Why did Durkheim use the term "mechanical" to describe the intimate community that shared values?

The typical patterns of a group,such as its usual relationships between men and women or students and teachers,are referred to as ________.

Which of the following is an example of social structure?

Why could biotech societies be considered an emerging type of society?