Exam 4: From Social Interaction to Social Organizations

Interactions among high school cliques provide excellent examples of boundary creation processes among in-groups and out-groups.

Emotions are an important part of all social interactions. Emotions are both universal and constant.

What does symbolic interactionism identify as the basis of social interaction?

Explain how status cues are useful and how stereotypes are damaging.

Prior to the mid-1990s, most researchers agreed that facial expressions were a reflection of six emotions. It was held that these expressions were the same across all cultures. According to the textbook, which of the following is a concern that critics of this view have raised?

Which of the following best describes groupthink?

Observe a sports team. Identify all the actions, symbols, and beliefs the team uses to build its competitive edge. Explain how the team's in-group/out-group behaviour plays a role in its self-esteem building and boundary making.

Laughter is not as spontaneous as people might think. What does a sociological analysis of laughter show?

What is the term used for the three building blocks of social interaction?

What is the basis for the expectation that people should mourn a parent's death?

Explain the meaning of the following statement: "Facial expressions are not the readout of emotions; they are displays that serve social motives and that are mostly determined by the presence of an audience."

Compare the conflict and symbolic interactionist accounts of social interaction and communication. Which of the two do you think is more accurate? Do people tend more toward conflict or cooperation?

As passengers board the aircraft upon which Damien is employed as a flight attendant, he smiles and greets them. Every time an elderly person passes him, he looks at his co-workers and rolls his eyes. What is his eye rolling an example of?

Describe the role of class clown. How does this help us understand the difference between performing a role and occupying a status?

If Larry distinguishes between a public persona and a view of his true self, which of the following is Larry engaged in?

Describe what has been learned about social interaction from studies of gender differences in laughing.

Dramaturgical analysis organizes the study of social interaction on the model of actors occupying roles in a theatrical production.

Which of the following factors contributed to the Nazi regime's practice of genocide being operated so efficiently?

Which of the following is characterized by a permanent, salaried staff of qualified experts and written goals, rules, and procedures?

What is the term for the people that an individual evaluates his/her situation or conduct against?