Deck 4: Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

Question 1

The discussion of the relationship between human biological and socio-cultural nature in Chapter 4 is closest to which position:

A) anatomy is destiny
B) individuals are blank slates
C) biological predispositions make some things easier to learn than others
D) none of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Chapter 4, obesity can best be understood as:

A) a product of the fast food industry
B) an indicator that poor people do not have the self-discipline to eat healthy foods
C) an indictor of Durkheim's anomie
D) an evolutionary mismatch.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What does the following metaphor from a game of poker mean in terms of the discussion in Chapter 4? "The cards we are dealt place certain limits on what we can do. If we hope to do well, we had better look at the cards. We can win at poker with any hand, but winning is unlikely to happen without looking at the cards."

A) humans are biologically determined
B) strategies allow us to create whatever social world we want
C) if we face our biological constraints we have more choice in how to deal with them socially
D) none of the above.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of Bowlby's four stages of attachment did Ainsworth claim was the time in which her three forms of attachment were formed?

A) pre-attachment
B) attachment in the making
C) clear-cut attachment
D) reciprocal relationship

Question 5

According to Thomas Kemper rooting for a sports team is:

A) a Freudian sublimation of sexual desires
B) corresponds to a capitalist mythological version of the Garden of Eden
C) a Marxian opiate of the masses
D) an example of Durkheimian anomie

Question 6

When teachers divide students into groups of three in order to work together to solve a problem followed by a paper they write individually for homework this is an example of:

A) Pavlov's classical conditioning
B) Skinner's operant conditioning
C) Bandura's observational learning
D) Vygotsky's zone of proximal development learning
E) none of the above.

Question 7

The layer of identity with which we are most concerned in sociology is

A) temperament
B) personality
C) self
D) character

Question 8

If a child is not encouraged to play "let's pretend", the ramifications for participation in groups later on is:

A) they will not be good at managing role conflicts
B) they will not be good at managing crisis situations
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 9

In the play stage of the formation of the self children:

A) imagine only their own role
B) imagine the viewpoints of several others at the same time
C) imagine the shared or common perspective of all others
D) take the roles of others one at a time
E) none of the above

Question 10

Intentionally walking into an elevator and facing the wall or waiting in line and deliberately standing too close to the next person in line are examples of:

A) moving from a mild problematic situation to a crisis
B) moving from a crises situation to a mild problematic situation
C) moving into an inter-role conflict
D) moving from a routine situation to a mild problematic situation

Question 11

When a group is in a routine situation, which of the nine dimensions of situations is operating in the minds of the participants?

A) what is happening?
B) why is it happening?
C) who is making it happen?
D) none of the above. In routine situations all the dimensions are part of the "group unconscious."

Question 12

The conditions most likely to produce a hyper-individualist self are:

A) living in a coastal city
B) being working class
C) being a woman
D) living on a farm

Question 13

The social-psychological skill most needed for effective participation in social movements is:

A) learning to master problematic situations
B) learning to manage intra and inter-role conflict
C) time-place displacement
D) a, b, c
E) none of the above

Question 14

In the United States most individuals have an "atomist" understanding of the relationship between the individual and society.

Question 15

Evolutionary psychology can explain why men are more promiscuous than women, but it cannot explain, from a bioevolutionary perspective, why men agree to enter into monogamous marriages.

Question 16

Learning designed play of organized games is likely to be supported by authoritarian parenting more than permissive parenting.

Question 17

A child has a biographical identity from birth.

Question 18

Unlike focused occasions, diffused occasions do not require playing roles.

Question 19

Without the socialization of the self that George Herbert Mead describes, it would not be possible for an individual to participate in either of Erving Goffman's focused or unfocused occasions?

Question 20

The collectivist self is more likely to get along with strangers than the individualist self because for collectivists the group comes before the individual.

Question 21

When collectivist selves have Mead's "I-Me" dialogues the "Me" side will win most of the time.

Question 22

In individualist selves the agents of socialization most likely give the individual conflicting messages about his aspirations.

Question 23

Memberships in different social classes are equally likely to produce collectivist or individualist selves.

Question 24

The spatial scale of interaction networks get smaller as nomadic foragers reduce the size of their yearly migration routes.

Question 25

What are relationships between the parenting styles and forms of attachment? a) Is authoritarian parenting more likely to produce anxious-ambivalent or anxious-avoidant behavior? Explain why. b) Is permissive parenting more likely to produce anxious-ambivalent or anxious-avoidant behavior? Explain why.

Question 26

Identify a role that you have played for at least a year. It could be a musician, a position on a sports team, an actor or actress in plays or a job you have had. a) Go through each of the agents of socialization and explain how each has influenced how well or badly you play this role. Be sure to give each agent of socialization a percentage out of 100%, b) Make a pie chart that shows the distribution of the influence of the agents for your performance in the role you have picked.

Question 27

In his book The Politics of Entertainment, Michael Parenti identifies eight of the most common assumptions of most television programs. a) Pick one of your favorite television programs and watch four half-hour episodes taking notes on the story line b) How many of Parenti's assumptions about television applied to your show? Explain. c) How many of Parenti's assumptions didn't apply to your show? Explain.

Question 28

Compare nationalistic socialization to religious socialization. Wilbur Zelinsky identifies five processes that socialize people into becoming nationalistic. a) Pick the religion you are most familiar with and identify which of the processes of political socialization of nationalism are also present in this religion. b) Which processes of socialization processes of nationalism are not operating in the religion? Explain why you think that is? c) What different processes does religion use that are absent in nationalism? Why do you think that is?

Question 29

Define an "I-me dialogue" and describe a real life simulation of an I-me dialogue in which the dialogue has at least three back and forth exchanges. Be sure to label which is "I" and which is "me" as you go.

Question 30

Describe a situation not in the textbook in which you went from a routine situation to a mild-problematic and then to a crisis situation. This needs to be in a group setting. For each change in the type of situation describe which of the dimensions of the situation were called into question.

Question 31

Describe a situation in which you wanted to exit from a role that you had been attached to but other people insisted you stay in the role. a) Describe why you were attached to the role and why you wanted to leave it. b) Describe the resistance of other people to your giving up the role.

Question 32

Which role conflict is the hardest to navigate: inter-role, intra-role, role vagueness, or role lag? Give three reasons for your answer. Consider things like:
-The emotional work you have to do.
-How frequently the situation comes up.
-The expectations of others.
-The confusion it produces.

Question 33

Describe a situation at work when the back stage area was invaded by a customer. a) Describe your role and the back stage area. b) Describe which of the back stage behaviors you used. c) Describe the invasion of the area by the customer. d) Describe the form of repair you used to smooth things over.

Question 34

Embarrassment is the feeling we experience when the public identity we claim in an encounter is discredited. Describe an example of when you were embarrassed in this way. Please say: a) What your public identity was; b) How it was discredited-lack of skills in a role; lack of poise. etc.; c) What aligning actions or repair tools you chose---disclaimers, accounts, etc. d) Other people's responses

Question 35

Compare and contrast the contributions of George Herbert Mead with those of Erving Goffman to micro-sociology. How are they similar? How are they different?