Question 1

Discuss the social exchange theory.

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Women are socialized to be more comfortable talking about their feelings, whereas men are socialized to be dominant and take charge, especially in the workplace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A greater percentage of males than females report being cyberbullied during the school year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true about gendered touching?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men are more likely than women to initiate hugs. 
B)  Men are more likely than women to use touching to express support. 
C)  Women are more likely than men to initiate touches that assert power. 
D)  Men are more likely than women to use touching to express comfort. 
E)  Men are more likely than women to use touching to show sexual interest.

Question 5

Discuss the social purposes of eye contact.

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Question 6

According to the social exchange theory, any of a person's resources can be traded for more, better, or different resources that another person possesses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is status? Illustrate with examples.

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Question 8

Which of the following statements is true about roles?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are always rigid. 
B)  They are always flexible. 
C)  They are always unique. 
D)  They are based on choices. 
E)  They are based on mutual obligations.

Question 9

In an interview for a job, Karen displays herself as being smart and funny and hides her rude and self-centered temperament. Karen is using _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  autoethnography 
B)  social construction of reality 
C)  dramaturgical analysis 
D)  impression management 
E)  ethnomethodology

Question 10

According to the social exchange theory, relationships involve trading a variety of resources, such as money, youth, and good looks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Emails, text messages, and Snapchat photos do not disappear after being deleted but may last indefinitely in cyberspace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

_____ is the study of how people construct and learn to share definitions of reality that make everyday interactions possible.

Accepted Answer

A)  Dramaturgical analysis 
B)  Ethnomethodology 
C)  Ethnography 
D)  Frame analysis 
E)  Autoethnography

Question 13

Amanda is a relationship therapist and usually indulges in gossip with her secretary after lunch. After meeting with her new clients, Amanda calls her secretary into her personal cabin to have an informal chat. She tells her secretary that her new clients are the most ignorant people she has ever met. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, Amanda is in the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  black box 
B)  back stage 
C)  front zone 
D)  red zone 
E)  staging area

Question 14

Which of the following is considered the dynamic aspect of a status?

Accepted Answer

A)  A society 
B)  An occupation 
C)  An economy 
D)  A position 
E)  A role

Question 15

Which of the following is a similarity between statuses and roles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Like statuses, roles are relational. 
B)  Like statuses, roles are static. 
C)  Like all statuses, roles are ascribed. 
D)  Like all statuses, roles are achieved. 
E)  Like all statuses, roles are independent.

Question 16

Status inconsistency is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a social position that a person attains through personal effort 
B)  the actual behavior of a person who occupies a status 
C)  the behavior expected of a person who has a particular status 
D)  a shifting communication pattern that governs people's interpersonal relationships 
E)  the conflict that arises from occupying social positions that are ranked differently

Question 17

Doctor, teacher, and brother are examples of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  institutions 
B)  sects 
C)  statuses 
D)  groups 
E)  organizations

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of an achieved status?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mother 
B)  Brother 
C)  Latino 
D)  Teenager 
E)  Woman

Question 19

The _____ argues that people create and define their reality through social exchanges.

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist theory 
B)  feminist theory 
C)  psychosocial theory 
D)  symbolic interaction theory 
E)  social learning theory

Question 20

Which of the following is true of a status set?

Accepted Answer

A)  It changes only with significant effort. 
B)  It changes only during childhood. 
C)  It is achieved during adulthood. 
D)  It changes throughout a person's life course. 
E)  It is set at birth and cannot be changed.

Exam 5: Social Interaction and Social Structure

Discuss the social exchange theory.

Women are socialized to be more comfortable talking about their feelings, whereas men are socialized to be dominant and take charge, especially in the workplace.

A greater percentage of males than females report being cyberbullied during the school year.

Which of the following statements is true about gendered touching?

Discuss the social purposes of eye contact.

According to the social exchange theory, any of a person's resources can be traded for more, better, or different resources that another person possesses.

What is status? Illustrate with examples.

Which of the following statements is true about roles?

In an interview for a job, Karen displays herself as being smart and funny and hides her rude and self-centered temperament. Karen is using _____.

According to the social exchange theory, relationships involve trading a variety of resources, such as money, youth, and good looks.

Emails, text messages, and Snapchat photos do not disappear after being deleted but may last indefinitely in cyberspace.

_____ is the study of how people construct and learn to share definitions of reality that make everyday interactions possible.

Which of the following is considered the dynamic aspect of a status?

Which of the following is a similarity between statuses and roles?

Status inconsistency is _____.

Doctor, teacher, and brother are examples of _____.

Which of the following is an example of an achieved status?

The _____ argues that people create and define their reality through social exchanges.

Which of the following is true of a status set?