Question 1

Kenneth Gergen coined the term "the saturated self" to describe the type of self that results from:

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A)  exposure to more and more points of view and sources of information. 
B)  having multiple responsibilities and serious role strain. 
C)  repeated incidents of role conflict. 
D)  being an active agent, not just a passive receiver of influence.

Question 2

Here is a quote from freud,describing a part of the mind as he theorized it: It is the dark,inaccessible part of our personality,what little we know of it we have learnt from our study of the dream-work and of the construction of neurotic symptoms.. . .We all approach [it] with analogies: we call it a chaos,a cauldron full of seething excitations.
Which part of the mind was he talking about?

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A)  The id 
B)  The ego 
C)  The superego 
D)  The conscience

Question 3

A traffic cop pulls over a speeder,only to discover that the driver is a close friend.The police officer is torn,because her professional obligations demand that she punish the speeder but her personal obligations suggest that she should give a friend a break.This is an example of:

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A)  Ego strain 
B)  An expression of behavior 
C)  Role conflict 
D)  Role strain

Question 4

Our sense of self is largely created through social processes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Describe the process of impression management as defined by Erving Goffman.

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Question 6

What did Charles Cooley mean by the phrase "the looking-glass self"? How does his concept apply to your status as a student?

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Question 7

Because impression management relies so much on strategies of performance,scholars have called Erving Goffman's ideas:

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A)  Psychoanalysis 
B)  The dual self 
C)  Self-centered society 
D)  Dramaturgy

Question 8

A person who leaves her job of twenty years to retire is undergoing what process?

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A)  Role conflict 
B)  Adult socialization 
C)  Role exit 
D)  Role strain

Question 9

According to the symbolic interactionist George Herbert Mead,the generalized other is:

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A)  the inability of very young children to differentiate between themselves and others. 
B)  the guidelines and expectations that are associated with a particular role in society. 
C)  an understanding of the rules that govern a network of different players in related roles. 
D)  the role toddlers take on when they graduate from the meaningless imitation of infancy to the play stage of young childhood.

Question 10

Sociologists examine financial collapses,such as those of the 1930s,in which rumors of insolvency,when believed by enough depositors,resulted in real bank failures.What sociological concept describes this phenomenon?

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A)  Expressions given off 
B)  The Thomas theorem 
C)  Dramaturgy 
D)  The generalized other

Question 11

Agents of socialization are mutually exclusive and do not overlap.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following agents of socialization has the most enduring,lifelong impact on the individual?

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A)  The family 
B)  Peers 
C)  The media 
D)  School

Question 13

How do sociologists define the self?

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A)  The part of an individual that is displayed to other members of a society 
B)  Only the private innermost parts of the mind that are not usually shown to others 
C)  The experience of an individual's personal identity, distinct from other people 
D)  The parts of the human mind that are created through interactions with parents or guardians

Question 14

In Chapter 4,the Thomas theorem is discussed in the section about Erving Goffman.Why do you think this is? How does the Thomas theorem help introduce Goffman and his theory of dramaturgy?

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Question 15

Many people are afraid of picking up hitchhikers.Imagine that to get a ride,a hitchhiker makes a suitcase out of a gasoline can so that he looks like he's a stranded motorist rather than a hitchhiker.A sociologist would say that the hitchhiker was working on:

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A)  expressions of behavior. 
B)  impression management. 
C)  expressions given off. 
D)  expressions given.

Question 16

Sigmund freud once said that the id was like a wild horse and that the ________ was like a rider astride the horse,struggling to keep it under control.

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A)  id 
B)  ego 
C)  superego 
D)  libido

Question 17

Imagine a child who consistently gets mediocre grades and is often picked last for a team when games are played at recess.However,he likes to make silly jokes and play pranks,and he notices that people laugh when he does those things.The child starts to think that others are laughing with him,not at him.This is part of the process that Charles Cooley called:

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A)  backstage. 
B)  the preparatory stage. 
C)  the looking-glass self. 
D)  impression management.

Question 18

According to the symbolic interactionist George Herbert Mead,young children develop a distinct sense of self through the process of taking the role of the particular or significant other.Describe how children engage in this role-taking process.

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Question 19

What was Sigmund freud's greatest contribution to the understanding of the self?

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A)  His use of the terms "generalized other" and "significant other" 
B)  His theory of the unconscious mind 
C)  His theory of the looking-glass self 
D)  His research on feral children

Question 20

Which of the following is one of the most important lessons we learn from the family?

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A)  How to develop our own interests 
B)  Gender roles 
C)  Emotion work 
D)  Perceptions of body shape

Exam 4: Socialization,Interaction,and the Self