Question 1

The use of the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms, and social networking sites such as Facebook:

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A)  has not changed the way sociologists study interaction and everyday life 
B)  adds a new and different dimension to the study of everyday life 
C)  allows sociologists to study nonverbal cues in a technological environment 
D)  has had an unarguably negative effect on social interaction

Question 2

Erving Goffman refers to an instance of focused interaction as:

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A)  a response cry 
B)  unfocused interaction 
C)  civil inattention 
D)  an encounter

Question 3

MATCHING
-Nonverbal communication

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A) Preparing for the presentation of one's social role 
B) Communication between individuals based on facial expression or bodily gesture rather than on language 
C) The social identity an individual has in a given group or society 
D) The process whereby individuals in the same physical setting glance at each other and quickly look away to indicate awareness of each other but not intrusiveness 
E) The social honor or prestige that a particular group is accorded by other members of a society
F)The expected behaviors of people occupying particular social positions

Question 4

How does social media allow the user to employ audience segregation? Give an example. How does your example illustrate audience segregation? Your answer should be two to three sentences in length.

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Question 5

The purpose of response cries, according to Erving Goffman, is to:

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A)  express the person's unconscious motivations 
B)  show others one's continued competence in daily routines 
C)  get others to feel sorry for one's failures 
D)  draw attention to oneself

Question 6

Basic facial expressions of emotion-a smile when happy, a frown when sad, for example-are different depending on geographical location.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A student drops a spoon on the floor as she carries her dish to the kitchen. As the spoon clatters loudly on the tile floor, she exclaims, "Ooooooh, sorry!" This is an example of a:

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A)  facial expression 
B)  personal space 
C)  slip of the tongue 
D)  response cry

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of interactional vandalism?

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A)  Groups attack store owners following a false arrest of a local resident. 
B)  Police repeatedly hit a driver whose car had a broken taillight. 
C)  Students vandalize campus or community property following a football victory. 
D)  A man comments on the appearance of a woman passing by, and she ignores him.

Question 9

If your instructor were to ask if you cleaned up your room before leaving the house, she would be acting outside of her:

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A)  role 
B)  class status 
C)  personal space 
D)  marker

Question 10

Interactional vandalism illustrates the connection between micro-level interactions and the larger society because it:

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A)  removes traditional stigmas in social interaction 
B)  temporarily gives power to the person initiating the interaction 
C)  reflects larger race, class, and gender inequalities of power and status in society 
D)  counters traditional social power relationships

Question 11

MATCHING
-Status

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A) Preparing for the presentation of one's social role 
B) Communication between individuals based on facial expression or bodily gesture rather than on language 
C) The social identity an individual has in a given group or society 
D) The process whereby individuals in the same physical setting glance at each other and quickly look away to indicate awareness of each other but not intrusiveness 
E) The social honor or prestige that a particular group is accorded by other members of a society
F)The expected behaviors of people occupying particular social positions

Question 12

What do your textbook authors mean when they state that the Internet alters our experience of time?

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A)  We can buy recreational drugs online. 
B)  We lose track of time as we surf the Internet. 
C)  Electronic communication is almost immediate. 
D)  We no longer notice the slight delay when opening up web pages.

Question 13

According to Edward T. Hall, what are the four zones of personal space? What happens when the relationship or task does not match the zone? Provide an example. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

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Question 14

A student who sends a photograph of himself drinking with a suggestive message to his boss can be considered to be engaging in an electronic form of:

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A)  catfishing 
B)  regionalization 
C)  audience segregation 
D)  interactional vandalism

Question 15

What is focused and unfocused interaction? Describe a situation in which you have engaged in both unfocused and focused interaction with others. Discuss the encounter from beginning to end, making sure to employ the appropriate terms used by Erving Goffman and other sociologists to analyze such situations. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 16

Which country has the highest percentage of adults who own smartphones?

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A)  Germany 
B)  China 
C)  South Korea 
D)  United States

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

An ethnomethodologist would likely study the:

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A)  conversations among roommates in a college dormitory 
B)  connection between American dependence on foreign oil and the war in Iraq 
C)  voting patterns of urban and rural communities 
D)  bureaucratic structures in the education system

Question 19

Elijah Anderson would most likely characterize a _________ as a cosmopolitan canopy.

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A)  private school 
B)  state fair 
C)  corner store 
D)  courthouse

Question 20

What is the Facial Action Coding System? How has this system been used to study emotions? What evidence using this system suggests that the facial expression of emotions is innate? Is this evidence compelling? Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

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Exam 5: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet