Deck 10: The Sociology of Emotions and Relationships

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According to Randall Collins's theory of interaction ritual chains,what role does emotion play in the maintenance of society?

A)Emotional energies provide the reason for maintaining interactions in society.
B)Emotional scripts provide information about how to behave in society.
C)Emotions give us cues as to whether we are performing our roles in society adequately.
D)Emotions exist within a series of "feeling rules" about how to behave in society.
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Which of the following jobs is most likely to have an extensive set of feeling rules?

A)a cashier at McDonald's
B)a stay-at-home mother
C)a plumber
D)a farmer
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Match the term to its definition by filling in the letter or letters before the term in the appropriate blank.
Match the term to its definition by filling in the letter or letters before the term in the appropriate blank.   ____ A heightened sense of excitement produced by a feeling of belonging in society. ____ Exchange-based theory in which exchange relationships are thought to produce emotions which are used as an internal source of rewards and punishments for developing cohesion among individuals and groups. ____ Thrill seeking behaviors designed to produce intense emotions. ____ Attributing secondary (i.e. ,human)emotions to our in-groups and not our out-groups. ____ The process of hyperrationality of the service workforce,applying assembly-line techniques to interpersonal work. ____ A diffuse emotional state that lasts a relatively long period of time. ____ Element of emotion referring to the changes in our body that reflect the emotion in a given situation. ____ Element of emotion referring to the terms we use to label our feelings. ____ Expectations about when and how to act excited or angry or any other emotion. ____ Feelings that incorporate situational cues,physiological changes,expressive gestures,and an emotion label. ____ Our ability to control and employ emotions in our social environments. ____ An evaluative component of an emotion. ____ The study of emotion that assumes that social conditions shape our emotions and,in turn,that our emotions act to maintain social structures. ____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of what people get. ____ A society's expectation about how to experience different emotions. ____ The generation of prescribed emotion in order to meet the demands of a job. ____ Information about when and what emotions are appropriate in a given social setting. ____ Societies in which relationships are based on family and kinship. ____ Element of an emotion referring to the indications we give of the emotion we are experiencing. ____ Rules that tell us how we should feel in different social interactions. ____ Internal states associated with a particular emotion. ____ Societies in which relationships are based on self-interest. ____ The exchange of symbols and emotion between individuals essential to maintaining society. ____ The study of emotions based on the idea that human emotions result from real,anticipated,imagined,or recollected outcomes of social relations. ____ The tendency to be attracted to others who have similar characteristics,such as being from the same ethnic,religious,or social class background. ____ Physiologically grounded emotions that we inherit through evolutionary processes,including anger,fear,depression,and satisfaction. ____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of the methods used to make distributions. ____ Emotions that derive from primary emotions when we attach varying meanings to primary emotions. ____ A system for regulating emotional resources among people. ____ The amount of sympathy that a person can expect from other people. ____ Theory that emphasizes the role of emotions in maintaining macrosociological institutions. ____ Those emotions that compel us to follow the rules of society. ____ A feeling that has been given meaning by society. ____ Element of emotion that tells when and what emotion is appropriate in a given social interaction. ____ Theory that argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from social instruction,primarily through family,friends,and schooling.<div style=padding-top: 35px> ____ A heightened sense of excitement produced by a feeling of belonging in society.
____ Exchange-based theory in which exchange relationships are thought to produce emotions which are used as an internal source of rewards and punishments for developing cohesion among individuals and groups.
____ Thrill seeking behaviors designed to produce intense emotions.
____ Attributing secondary (i.e. ,human)emotions to our in-groups and not our out-groups.
____ The process of hyperrationality of the service workforce,applying assembly-line techniques to interpersonal work.
____ A diffuse emotional state that lasts a relatively long period of time.
____ Element of emotion referring to the changes in our body that reflect the emotion in a given situation.
____ Element of emotion referring to the terms we use to label our feelings.
____ Expectations about when and how to act excited or angry or any other emotion.
____ Feelings that incorporate situational cues,physiological changes,expressive gestures,and an emotion label.
____ Our ability to control and employ emotions in our social environments.
____ An evaluative component of an emotion.
____ The study of emotion that assumes that social conditions shape our emotions and,in turn,that our emotions act to maintain social structures.
____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of what people get.
____ A society's expectation about how to experience different emotions.
____ The generation of prescribed emotion in order to meet the demands of a job.
____ Information about when and what emotions are appropriate in a given social setting.
____ Societies in which relationships are based on family and kinship.
____ Element of an emotion referring to the indications we give of the emotion we are experiencing.
____ Rules that tell us how we should feel in different social interactions.
____ Internal states associated with a particular emotion.
____ Societies in which relationships are based on self-interest.
____ The exchange of symbols and emotion between individuals essential to maintaining society.
____ The study of emotions based on the idea that human emotions result from real,anticipated,imagined,or recollected outcomes of social relations.
____ The tendency to be attracted to others who have similar characteristics,such as being from the same ethnic,religious,or social class background.
____ Physiologically grounded emotions that we inherit through evolutionary processes,including anger,fear,depression,and satisfaction.
____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of the methods used to make distributions.
____ Emotions that derive from primary emotions when we attach varying meanings to primary emotions.
____ A system for regulating emotional resources among people.
____ The amount of sympathy that a person can expect from other people.
____ Theory that emphasizes the role of emotions in maintaining macrosociological institutions.
____ Those emotions that compel us to follow the rules of society.
____ A feeling that has been given meaning by society.
____ Element of emotion that tells when and what emotion is appropriate in a given social interaction.
____ Theory that argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from social instruction,primarily through family,friends,and schooling.
Question
What emotion did wheelchair users employ when managing interactions with "stand-up" people,in Cahill and Eggleston's study of people with handicaps?

A)fear
B)anger
C)love
D)humor
Question
According to Scheff,which of the following emotions is essential to making people follow the rules of society?

A)anger
B)excitement
C)happiness
D)shame
Question
Which of the following emotions is an example of a moral emotion?

A)arrogance
B)shame
C)love
D)conceit
Question
What did Swidler's research on love in American culture reveal?

A)that Americans find it hard to fall in love
B)that Americans initiate relationships based on a mythical view of emotional bonding between lovers
C)that Americans use the ideal of perfect love to sustain relationships on a day-to-day basis.
D)that Americans see love as involuntary and uncontrollable
Question
Based on Thoit's treatment of emotions,which of the following are dimensions of emotion?

A)situational cues
B)moods
C)arousals
D)values
Question
According to group processes research and theory,how does power in relationships affect our emotions?

A)Relationships characterized as having equal power engender positive emotion.
B)Power makes us feel guilty in social exchanges.
C)Relationships characterized as having unequal power engender positive emotion.
D)Power gives us a positive feeling only when we deserve it.
Question
The application of the symbolic interaction perspective on the role of emotions in the interaction process would focus on __________,the exchange of symbols and emotions between individuals,as the unit of analysis.

A)the interaction ritual
B)emotional energy
C)the sociocentric model
D)emotional scripts
Question
Zurcher's concept of emotional scripts most closely resembles what other concept reviewed in this chapter?

A)emotion rules
B)emotional energy
C)feeling rules
D)sentiment
Question
At a college basketball game,Joe finds himself doing the wave and yelling more than he has ever done in his life.According to Louis Zurcher's work on emotions in society,why is Joe acting like this at a game when he never does such things in his home life?

A)Joe probably drank too much alcohol at the game.
B)Joe lost control of himself because of the excitement around him.
C)Joe is probably following the emotional script present at most games.
D)Joe is waiting for an opportunity to break societal rules about emotions present at most games.
Question
According to the exchange theory,what sentiment is expected when you get more out of an exchange than you give?

A)sadness
B)guilt
C)happiness
D)joy
Question
Clem has been feeling sad all day long.What term best describes his emotional state?

A)sentiment
B)feeling
C)mood
D)affect
Question
Which of the following emotions is considered a primary emotion?

A)guilt
B)pride
C)conceit
D)anger
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Milan was a little perturbed when his boss refused to accept some flowers that he had purchased as a sign of his sadness over the loss of her sister.Which sympathy rule did Milan's boss break?

A)Do not make false claims of sympathy.
B)Do not claim too much sympathy.
C)Claim some sympathy.
D)Reciprocate positive emotions.
Question
The moment that society gives meaning to an emotion it becomes a __________.

A)sentiment
B)feeling
C)mood
D)affect
Question
Based on Lofland's analysis of the role of culture in the expression of grief in society,which of the following places would have the hardest time coping with the loss of a child?

A)modern-day America
B)historic Europe
C)modern-day Ethiopia
D)historic America
Question
According to exchange theory and research,which of the following situations is most likely to produce a positive emotion?

A)an exchange in which what you get is commensurate to your social position in the group
B)an exchange in which you get as much as you give
C)an exchange in which you get less than you give
D)an exchange in which you get more than you give
Question
Secondary emotions are __________.

A)learned through socialization
B)similar to non-attitudes
C)strong,never weak
D)unperceptive
Question
Which of the following jobs demands high levels of emotion work?

A)plumber
B)teacher
C)ballet dancer
D)factory worker
Question
The meanings of emotions __________ over the life course

A)remain the same
B)change in both direction and strength
C)change only in direction
D)change only in strength
Question
The sociocentric model of emotional socialization argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from __________.

A)physiological cues
B)social instruction
C)cybernetic conditions
D)observation without interpretation
Question
Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
When Janet started taking notes for her boss,Fred,she just knew that there was something wrong.She decided that she should stay quiet and let him cool off a bit.However,the moment she made a mistake with the dictation,Fred blew up at her,throwing his arms in the air in disgust.Janet did not say anything,figuring that he just needed to blow off steam.This interaction made her a bit angry,but she has learned to let things like that go,thinking "he is just like that." He later apologized for the outburst and they both felt much better after the apology.

Which theory or concept best explains the need for the two in this story to come to some conclusion about the emotional outburst?

A)dramaturgy
B)emotion work
C)affect control theory
D)interaction ritual chains
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__________is one of the four pillars of attraction used in social psychology to understand how we make friendship choices.

A)Similarity
B)Diversity
C)Status
D)Power
Question
Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
When Janet started taking notes for her boss,Fred,she just knew that there was something wrong.She decided that she should stay quiet and let him cool off a bit.However,the moment she made a mistake with the dictation,Fred blew up at her,throwing his arms in the air in disgust.Janet did not say anything,figuring that he just needed to blow off steam.This interaction made her a bit angry,but she has learned to let things like that go,thinking "he is just like that." He later apologized for the outburst and they both felt much better after the apology.

Which dimension of emotion is expressed by Fred throwing his hands up in the air as a result of his anger?

A)situational cues
B)physiological changes
C)expressive gestures
D)an emotion label
Question
Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
When Janet started taking notes for her boss,Fred,she just knew that there was something wrong.She decided that she should stay quiet and let him cool off a bit.However,the moment she made a mistake with the dictation,Fred blew up at her,throwing his arms in the air in disgust.Janet did not say anything,figuring that he just needed to blow off steam.This interaction made her a bit angry,but she has learned to let things like that go,thinking "he is just like that." He later apologized for the outburst and they both felt much better after the apology.
Which of the following theories or concepts best explains why Fred is able to blow up at his secretary but she is not able to respond to his outbursts?

A)dramaturgy
B)power-status approach to emotions
C)affect control theory
D)structural functionalism
Question
Your friend Chloe goes through a bad break-up and loses her cat all in the same week.When you and Chloe are out to dinner one night you run into Sarah,a good friend of yours from school.Chloe expresses the tragedies that have befallen her the past week to Sarah,who proceeds to listen and then change the conversation.Once back to your dinner,Chloe expresses her dismay that Sarah did not seem concerned about her break-up or about loss of her cat.Chloe is upset because her __________ were not met?

A)social scripts
B)emotional scripts
C)sentiments
D)emotions
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Deck 10: The Sociology of Emotions and Relationships
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According to Randall Collins's theory of interaction ritual chains,what role does emotion play in the maintenance of society?

A)Emotional energies provide the reason for maintaining interactions in society.
B)Emotional scripts provide information about how to behave in society.
C)Emotions give us cues as to whether we are performing our roles in society adequately.
D)Emotions exist within a series of "feeling rules" about how to behave in society.
Emotional energies provide the reason for maintaining interactions in society.
2
Which of the following jobs is most likely to have an extensive set of feeling rules?

A)a cashier at McDonald's
B)a stay-at-home mother
C)a plumber
D)a farmer
a cashier at McDonald's
3
Match the term to its definition by filling in the letter or letters before the term in the appropriate blank.
Match the term to its definition by filling in the letter or letters before the term in the appropriate blank.   ____ A heightened sense of excitement produced by a feeling of belonging in society. ____ Exchange-based theory in which exchange relationships are thought to produce emotions which are used as an internal source of rewards and punishments for developing cohesion among individuals and groups. ____ Thrill seeking behaviors designed to produce intense emotions. ____ Attributing secondary (i.e. ,human)emotions to our in-groups and not our out-groups. ____ The process of hyperrationality of the service workforce,applying assembly-line techniques to interpersonal work. ____ A diffuse emotional state that lasts a relatively long period of time. ____ Element of emotion referring to the changes in our body that reflect the emotion in a given situation. ____ Element of emotion referring to the terms we use to label our feelings. ____ Expectations about when and how to act excited or angry or any other emotion. ____ Feelings that incorporate situational cues,physiological changes,expressive gestures,and an emotion label. ____ Our ability to control and employ emotions in our social environments. ____ An evaluative component of an emotion. ____ The study of emotion that assumes that social conditions shape our emotions and,in turn,that our emotions act to maintain social structures. ____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of what people get. ____ A society's expectation about how to experience different emotions. ____ The generation of prescribed emotion in order to meet the demands of a job. ____ Information about when and what emotions are appropriate in a given social setting. ____ Societies in which relationships are based on family and kinship. ____ Element of an emotion referring to the indications we give of the emotion we are experiencing. ____ Rules that tell us how we should feel in different social interactions. ____ Internal states associated with a particular emotion. ____ Societies in which relationships are based on self-interest. ____ The exchange of symbols and emotion between individuals essential to maintaining society. ____ The study of emotions based on the idea that human emotions result from real,anticipated,imagined,or recollected outcomes of social relations. ____ The tendency to be attracted to others who have similar characteristics,such as being from the same ethnic,religious,or social class background. ____ Physiologically grounded emotions that we inherit through evolutionary processes,including anger,fear,depression,and satisfaction. ____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of the methods used to make distributions. ____ Emotions that derive from primary emotions when we attach varying meanings to primary emotions. ____ A system for regulating emotional resources among people. ____ The amount of sympathy that a person can expect from other people. ____ Theory that emphasizes the role of emotions in maintaining macrosociological institutions. ____ Those emotions that compel us to follow the rules of society. ____ A feeling that has been given meaning by society. ____ Element of emotion that tells when and what emotion is appropriate in a given social interaction. ____ Theory that argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from social instruction,primarily through family,friends,and schooling. ____ A heightened sense of excitement produced by a feeling of belonging in society.
____ Exchange-based theory in which exchange relationships are thought to produce emotions which are used as an internal source of rewards and punishments for developing cohesion among individuals and groups.
____ Thrill seeking behaviors designed to produce intense emotions.
____ Attributing secondary (i.e. ,human)emotions to our in-groups and not our out-groups.
____ The process of hyperrationality of the service workforce,applying assembly-line techniques to interpersonal work.
____ A diffuse emotional state that lasts a relatively long period of time.
____ Element of emotion referring to the changes in our body that reflect the emotion in a given situation.
____ Element of emotion referring to the terms we use to label our feelings.
____ Expectations about when and how to act excited or angry or any other emotion.
____ Feelings that incorporate situational cues,physiological changes,expressive gestures,and an emotion label.
____ Our ability to control and employ emotions in our social environments.
____ An evaluative component of an emotion.
____ The study of emotion that assumes that social conditions shape our emotions and,in turn,that our emotions act to maintain social structures.
____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of what people get.
____ A society's expectation about how to experience different emotions.
____ The generation of prescribed emotion in order to meet the demands of a job.
____ Information about when and what emotions are appropriate in a given social setting.
____ Societies in which relationships are based on family and kinship.
____ Element of an emotion referring to the indications we give of the emotion we are experiencing.
____ Rules that tell us how we should feel in different social interactions.
____ Internal states associated with a particular emotion.
____ Societies in which relationships are based on self-interest.
____ The exchange of symbols and emotion between individuals essential to maintaining society.
____ The study of emotions based on the idea that human emotions result from real,anticipated,imagined,or recollected outcomes of social relations.
____ The tendency to be attracted to others who have similar characteristics,such as being from the same ethnic,religious,or social class background.
____ Physiologically grounded emotions that we inherit through evolutionary processes,including anger,fear,depression,and satisfaction.
____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of the methods used to make distributions.
____ Emotions that derive from primary emotions when we attach varying meanings to primary emotions.
____ A system for regulating emotional resources among people.
____ The amount of sympathy that a person can expect from other people.
____ Theory that emphasizes the role of emotions in maintaining macrosociological institutions.
____ Those emotions that compel us to follow the rules of society.
____ A feeling that has been given meaning by society.
____ Element of emotion that tells when and what emotion is appropriate in a given social interaction.
____ Theory that argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from social instruction,primarily through family,friends,and schooling.
____ A heightened sense of excitement produced by a feeling of belonging in society.[Answer:T]
____ Exchange-based theory in which exchange relationships are thought to produce emotions which are used as an internal source of rewards and punishments for developing cohesion among individuals and groups.[Answer:GG]
____ Thrill seeking behaviors designed to produce intense emotions.[Answer:HH]
____ Attributing secondary (i.e. ,human)emotions to our in-groups and not our out-groups.[Answer:II]
____ The process of hyperrationality of the service workforce,applying assembly-line techniques to interpersonal work.[Answer:C]
____ A diffuse emotional state that lasts a relatively long period of time.[Answer:AA]
____ Element of emotion referring to the changes in our body that reflect the emotion in a given situation.[Answer:F]
____ Element of emotion referring to the terms we use to label our feelings.[Answer:H]
____ Expectations about when and how to act excited or angry or any other emotion.[Answer:S]
____ Feelings that incorporate situational cues,physiological changes,expressive gestures,and an emotion label.[Answer:DD]
____ Our ability to control and employ emotions in our social environments.[Answer:I]
____ An evaluative component of an emotion.[Answer:CC]
____ The study of emotion that assumes that social conditions shape our emotions and,in turn,that our emotions act to maintain social structures.[Answer:W]
____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of what people get.[Answer:P]
____ A society's expectation about how to experience different emotions.[Answer:L]
____ The generation of prescribed emotion in order to meet the demands of a job.[Answer:FF]
____ Information about when and what emotions are appropriate in a given social setting.[Answer:V]
____ Societies in which relationships are based on family and kinship.[Answer:J]
____ Element of an emotion referring to the indications we give of the emotion we are experiencing.[Answer:EE]
____ Rules that tell us how we should feel in different social interactions.[Answer:D]
____ Internal states associated with a particular emotion.[Answer:N]
____ Societies in which relationships are based on self-interest.[Answer:Z]
____ The exchange of symbols and emotion between individuals essential to maintaining society.[Answer:R]
____ The study of emotions based on the idea that human emotions result from real,anticipated,imagined,or recollected outcomes of social relations.[Answer:O]
____ The tendency to be attracted to others who have similar characteristics,such as being from the same ethnic,religious,or social class background.[Answer:K]
____ Physiologically grounded emotions that we inherit through evolutionary processes,including anger,fear,depression,and satisfaction.[Answer:A]
____ In exchange theory,it is the beliefs about the fairness of the methods used to make distributions.[Answer:Q]
____ Emotions that derive from primary emotions when we attach varying meanings to primary emotions.[Answer:B]
____ A system for regulating emotional resources among people.[Answer:E]
____ The amount of sympathy that a person can expect from other people.[Answer:M]
____ Theory that emphasizes the role of emotions in maintaining macrosociological institutions.[Answer:Y]
____ Those emotions that compel us to follow the rules of society.[Answer:G]
____ A feeling that has been given meaning by society.[Answer:BB]
____ Element of emotion that tells when and what emotion is appropriate in a given social interaction.[Answer:U]
____ Theory that argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from social instruction,primarily through family,friends,and schooling.[Answer:X]
4
What emotion did wheelchair users employ when managing interactions with "stand-up" people,in Cahill and Eggleston's study of people with handicaps?

A)fear
B)anger
C)love
D)humor
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According to Scheff,which of the following emotions is essential to making people follow the rules of society?

A)anger
B)excitement
C)happiness
D)shame
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Which of the following emotions is an example of a moral emotion?

A)arrogance
B)shame
C)love
D)conceit
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What did Swidler's research on love in American culture reveal?

A)that Americans find it hard to fall in love
B)that Americans initiate relationships based on a mythical view of emotional bonding between lovers
C)that Americans use the ideal of perfect love to sustain relationships on a day-to-day basis.
D)that Americans see love as involuntary and uncontrollable
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Based on Thoit's treatment of emotions,which of the following are dimensions of emotion?

A)situational cues
B)moods
C)arousals
D)values
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9
According to group processes research and theory,how does power in relationships affect our emotions?

A)Relationships characterized as having equal power engender positive emotion.
B)Power makes us feel guilty in social exchanges.
C)Relationships characterized as having unequal power engender positive emotion.
D)Power gives us a positive feeling only when we deserve it.
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The application of the symbolic interaction perspective on the role of emotions in the interaction process would focus on __________,the exchange of symbols and emotions between individuals,as the unit of analysis.

A)the interaction ritual
B)emotional energy
C)the sociocentric model
D)emotional scripts
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Zurcher's concept of emotional scripts most closely resembles what other concept reviewed in this chapter?

A)emotion rules
B)emotional energy
C)feeling rules
D)sentiment
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At a college basketball game,Joe finds himself doing the wave and yelling more than he has ever done in his life.According to Louis Zurcher's work on emotions in society,why is Joe acting like this at a game when he never does such things in his home life?

A)Joe probably drank too much alcohol at the game.
B)Joe lost control of himself because of the excitement around him.
C)Joe is probably following the emotional script present at most games.
D)Joe is waiting for an opportunity to break societal rules about emotions present at most games.
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According to the exchange theory,what sentiment is expected when you get more out of an exchange than you give?

A)sadness
B)guilt
C)happiness
D)joy
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Clem has been feeling sad all day long.What term best describes his emotional state?

A)sentiment
B)feeling
C)mood
D)affect
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Which of the following emotions is considered a primary emotion?

A)guilt
B)pride
C)conceit
D)anger
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Milan was a little perturbed when his boss refused to accept some flowers that he had purchased as a sign of his sadness over the loss of her sister.Which sympathy rule did Milan's boss break?

A)Do not make false claims of sympathy.
B)Do not claim too much sympathy.
C)Claim some sympathy.
D)Reciprocate positive emotions.
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The moment that society gives meaning to an emotion it becomes a __________.

A)sentiment
B)feeling
C)mood
D)affect
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Based on Lofland's analysis of the role of culture in the expression of grief in society,which of the following places would have the hardest time coping with the loss of a child?

A)modern-day America
B)historic Europe
C)modern-day Ethiopia
D)historic America
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According to exchange theory and research,which of the following situations is most likely to produce a positive emotion?

A)an exchange in which what you get is commensurate to your social position in the group
B)an exchange in which you get as much as you give
C)an exchange in which you get less than you give
D)an exchange in which you get more than you give
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Secondary emotions are __________.

A)learned through socialization
B)similar to non-attitudes
C)strong,never weak
D)unperceptive
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Which of the following jobs demands high levels of emotion work?

A)plumber
B)teacher
C)ballet dancer
D)factory worker
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The meanings of emotions __________ over the life course

A)remain the same
B)change in both direction and strength
C)change only in direction
D)change only in strength
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The sociocentric model of emotional socialization argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from __________.

A)physiological cues
B)social instruction
C)cybernetic conditions
D)observation without interpretation
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Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
When Janet started taking notes for her boss,Fred,she just knew that there was something wrong.She decided that she should stay quiet and let him cool off a bit.However,the moment she made a mistake with the dictation,Fred blew up at her,throwing his arms in the air in disgust.Janet did not say anything,figuring that he just needed to blow off steam.This interaction made her a bit angry,but she has learned to let things like that go,thinking "he is just like that." He later apologized for the outburst and they both felt much better after the apology.

Which theory or concept best explains the need for the two in this story to come to some conclusion about the emotional outburst?

A)dramaturgy
B)emotion work
C)affect control theory
D)interaction ritual chains
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__________is one of the four pillars of attraction used in social psychology to understand how we make friendship choices.

A)Similarity
B)Diversity
C)Status
D)Power
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Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
When Janet started taking notes for her boss,Fred,she just knew that there was something wrong.She decided that she should stay quiet and let him cool off a bit.However,the moment she made a mistake with the dictation,Fred blew up at her,throwing his arms in the air in disgust.Janet did not say anything,figuring that he just needed to blow off steam.This interaction made her a bit angry,but she has learned to let things like that go,thinking "he is just like that." He later apologized for the outburst and they both felt much better after the apology.

Which dimension of emotion is expressed by Fred throwing his hands up in the air as a result of his anger?

A)situational cues
B)physiological changes
C)expressive gestures
D)an emotion label
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Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
When Janet started taking notes for her boss,Fred,she just knew that there was something wrong.She decided that she should stay quiet and let him cool off a bit.However,the moment she made a mistake with the dictation,Fred blew up at her,throwing his arms in the air in disgust.Janet did not say anything,figuring that he just needed to blow off steam.This interaction made her a bit angry,but she has learned to let things like that go,thinking "he is just like that." He later apologized for the outburst and they both felt much better after the apology.
Which of the following theories or concepts best explains why Fred is able to blow up at his secretary but she is not able to respond to his outbursts?

A)dramaturgy
B)power-status approach to emotions
C)affect control theory
D)structural functionalism
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Your friend Chloe goes through a bad break-up and loses her cat all in the same week.When you and Chloe are out to dinner one night you run into Sarah,a good friend of yours from school.Chloe expresses the tragedies that have befallen her the past week to Sarah,who proceeds to listen and then change the conversation.Once back to your dinner,Chloe expresses her dismay that Sarah did not seem concerned about her break-up or about loss of her cat.Chloe is upset because her __________ were not met?

A)social scripts
B)emotional scripts
C)sentiments
D)emotions
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