Question 1

The identity control system is conceptualized as a ____________________, in which outputs are used as benchmarks for the control of inputs.

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive structure 
B) cybernetic model 
C) hierarchical model 
D) reciprocal process 
E) self-perpetuating structure 
A) cognitive structure 
B) cybernetic model 
C) hierarchical model 
D) reciprocal process 
E) self-perpetuating structure

Question 2

When don't people who are overbenefitting in an exchange relationship experience guilt?

Accepted Answer

A) when they have high self-esteem and believe that they have more to offer than their partners 
B) when they perceive the exchange to be fair 
C) when they don't really value the resource they're giving 
D) when they have other exchange alternatives and feel like they're doing their partner a favor by staying in the relationship 
E) both a and d 
A) when they have high self-esteem and believe that they have more to offer than their partners 
B) when they perceive the exchange to be fair 
C) when they don't really value the resource they're giving 
D) when they have other exchange alternatives and feel like they're doing their partner a favor by staying in the relationship 
E) both a and d

Question 3

Emotion norms include feeling rules and:

Accepted Answer

A) status scripts 
B) display rules 
C) interaction constraints 
D) play rules 
E) relational guides 
A) status scripts 
B) display rules 
C) interaction constraints 
D) play rules 
E) relational guides

Question 4

Which role-taking emotion applies mainly to public settings?

Accepted Answer

A) embarrassment 
B) envy 
C) guilt 
D) pride 
E) shame 
A) embarrassment 
B) envy 
C) guilt 
D) pride 
E) shame

Question 5

Experimental research guided by status characteristics theory suggests that:

Accepted Answer

A) emotions are unrelated to susceptibility to social influence 
B) people are easier to influence when they are experiencing negative emotions 
C) people are easier to influence when they are experiencing positive emotions 
D) negative emotions have a negative effect on susceptibility to influence mainly among low-status group members 
E) positive emotions have a positive effect on susceptibility to influence mainly among low-status group members 
A) emotions are unrelated to susceptibility to social influence 
B) people are easier to influence when they are experiencing negative emotions 
C) people are easier to influence when they are experiencing positive emotions 
D) negative emotions have a negative effect on susceptibility to influence mainly among low-status group members 
E) positive emotions have a positive effect on susceptibility to influence mainly among low-status group members

Question 6

ocially constructed patterns of sensations, cultural meanings, and expressive gestures that pertain to a social object, most often another individual (e.g., love, friendship, and loyalty) are called affective clusters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Shame arises as the result of a perceived:

Accepted Answer

A) interactional failure 
B) moral transgression 
C) public failure 
D) self-deficiency 
E) social slight 
A) interactional failure 
B) moral transgression 
C) public failure 
D) self-deficiency 
E) social slight

Question 8

Whereas people engage in emotion management across social settings, emotional labor occurs:

Accepted Answer

A) at home 
B) at work 
C) in impersonal public encounters 
D) in stressful situations 
E) in situations in which emotion management becomes conscious 
A) at home 
B) at work 
C) in impersonal public encounters 
D) in stressful situations 
E) in situations in which emotion management becomes conscious

Question 9

What concept have social psychologists used to explain the negative relationship between time spent on Facebook and happiness?

Accepted Answer

A) interpretive reproduction 
B) reference group 
C) role strain 
D) secondary socialization 
E) status belief 
A) interpretive reproduction 
B) reference group 
C) role strain 
D) secondary socialization 
E) status belief

Question 10

Embarrassability:

Accepted Answer

A) is a characteristic that varies in salience across social settings 
B) is a cognitive construct that has no effect on behavior 
C) is a dispositional characteristic 
D) is higher among men than among women 
E) is virtually impossible to measure 
A) is a characteristic that varies in salience across social settings 
B) is a cognitive construct that has no effect on behavior 
C) is a dispositional characteristic 
D) is higher among men than among women 
E) is virtually impossible to measure

Question 11

In a cybernetic model a single engine drives a complex machine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Primary emotions are:

Accepted Answer

A) shaped be situational and cultural factors 
B) similar across cultures 
C) the root of more complex secondary emotions 
D) socially constructed 
E) those emotions that serve the most important social functions 
A) shaped be situational and cultural factors 
B) similar across cultures 
C) the root of more complex secondary emotions 
D) socially constructed 
E) those emotions that serve the most important social functions

Question 13

Researchers interested in embarrassment and shame, including sociological social psychologist Thomas Scheff, have studied:

Accepted Answer

A) Howard Stern's radio show 
B) prison documentaries, including Lockup Raw 
C) talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Jerry Springer Show 
D) the television program Candid Camera 
E) the television show Desperate Housewives 
A) Howard Stern's radio show 
B) prison documentaries, including Lockup Raw 
C) talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Jerry Springer Show 
D) the television program Candid Camera 
E) the television show Desperate Housewives

Question 14

When are people likely to experience shame in a negotiated exchange?

Accepted Answer

A) when the exchange is a group event and they're the last person chosen to participate 
B) when the rewards received exceed the costs of the exchange 
C) when they feel rejected because the lag between exchanges exceeds the normative time period 
D) when their romantic advances aren't reciprocated 
E) when they feel like they've been ripped off 
A) when the exchange is a group event and they're the last person chosen to participate 
B) when the rewards received exceed the costs of the exchange 
C) when they feel rejected because the lag between exchanges exceeds the normative time period 
D) when their romantic advances aren't reciprocated 
E) when they feel like they've been ripped off

Question 15

In Kemper's power and status model of emotion, satisfaction and happiness are associated with:

Accepted Answer

A) egalitarian social relations 
B) increases in power 
C) increases in status 
D) interaction among individuals with similar characteristics 
E) underbenefitting inequity 
A) egalitarian social relations 
B) increases in power 
C) increases in status 
D) interaction among individuals with similar characteristics 
E) underbenefitting inequity

Question 16

Moods are:

Accepted Answer

A) chronic affective states 
B) less intense than emotions 
C) of little interest to sociological social psychologists 
D) unrelated to situations and events 
E) all of the above 
A) chronic affective states 
B) less intense than emotions 
C) of little interest to sociological social psychologists 
D) unrelated to situations and events 
E) all of the above

Question 17

Experimental research guided by status characteristics theory suggests that negative emotions have a negative effect on susceptibility to influence mainly among low-status group members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In affect control theory, transient impressions are:

Accepted Answer

A) affective meanings about identities and behavior that vary across societies 
B) affective meanings tied to particular events or situations 
C) emotions and perceptions that serve as the basis for situational definitions 
D) perceptions of others based on prior experience 
E) perceptions of others based on cultural norms 
A) affective meanings about identities and behavior that vary across societies 
B) affective meanings tied to particular events or situations 
C) emotions and perceptions that serve as the basis for situational definitions 
D) perceptions of others based on prior experience 
E) perceptions of others based on cultural norms

Question 19

In ritual interaction theories, emotions are:

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive 
B) contagious 
C) individual 
D) manageable 
E) structural 
A) cognitive 
B) contagious 
C) individual 
D) manageable 
E) structural

Question 20

Identity control theorists argue that people experience negative feelings when an identity isn't verified. They will typically respond to this situation by changing their behavior or by:

Accepted Answer

A) changing their identity standard 
B) creating new situational meanings 
C) directing their attention to other identities 
D) dropping the unverified identity 
E) taking on new roles that are unrelated to the unverified identity 
A) changing their identity standard 
B) creating new situational meanings 
C) directing their attention to other identities 
D) dropping the unverified identity 
E) taking on new roles that are unrelated to the unverified identity

The identity control system is conceptualized as a ____________________, in which outputs are used as benchmarks for the control of inputs.

When don't people who are overbenefitting in an exchange relationship experience guilt?

Emotion norms include feeling rules and:

Which role-taking emotion applies mainly to public settings?

Experimental research guided by status characteristics theory suggests that:

ocially constructed patterns of sensations, cultural meanings, and expressive gestures that pertain to a social object, most often another individual (e.g., love, friendship, and loyalty) are called affective clusters.

Shame arises as the result of a perceived:

Whereas people engage in emotion management across social settings, emotional labor occurs:

What concept have social psychologists used to explain the negative relationship between time spent on Facebook and happiness?

Embarrassability:

In a cybernetic model a single engine drives a complex machine.

Primary emotions are:

Researchers interested in embarrassment and shame, including sociological social psychologist Thomas Scheff, have studied:

When are people likely to experience shame in a negotiated exchange?

In Kemper's power and status model of emotion, satisfaction and happiness are associated with:

Moods are:

Experimental research guided by status characteristics theory suggests that negative emotions have a negative effect on susceptibility to influence mainly among low-status group members.

In affect control theory, transient impressions are:

In ritual interaction theories, emotions are:

Identity control theorists argue that people experience negative feelings when an identity isn't verified. They will typically respond to this situation by changing their behavior or by:

What Is Sociological Social Psychology

Research Methods in Sociological Social Psychology

Symbolic Interactionism and Related Perspectives

The Social Structure and Personality Perspective

Group Processes and Structure

Socialization Throughout the Life Course

Self and Identity

Deviance and Social Control

Mental Health and Illness

Personal Relationships

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Social Influence, Social Constraint, and Social Change

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Exam 8: Emotions and Social Life

The identity control system is conceptualized as a ____________________, in which outputs are used as benchmarks for the control of inputs.

When don't people who are overbenefitting in an exchange relationship experience guilt?

Emotion norms include feeling rules and:

Which role-taking emotion applies mainly to public settings?

Experimental research guided by status characteristics theory suggests that:

ocially constructed patterns of sensations, cultural meanings, and expressive gestures that pertain to a social object, most often another individual (e.g., love, friendship, and loyalty) are called affective clusters.

Shame arises as the result of a perceived:

Whereas people engage in emotion management across social settings, emotional labor occurs:

What concept have social psychologists used to explain the negative relationship between time spent on Facebook and happiness?

Embarrassability:

In a cybernetic model a single engine drives a complex machine.

Primary emotions are:

Researchers interested in embarrassment and shame, including sociological social psychologist Thomas Scheff, have studied:

When are people likely to experience shame in a negotiated exchange?

In Kemper's power and status model of emotion, satisfaction and happiness are associated with:

Moods are:

Experimental research guided by status characteristics theory suggests that negative emotions have a negative effect on susceptibility to influence mainly among low-status group members.

In affect control theory, transient impressions are:

In ritual interaction theories, emotions are:

Identity control theorists argue that people experience negative feelings when an identity isn't verified. They will typically respond to this situation by changing their behavior or by:

What Is Sociological Social Psychology

Research Methods in Sociological Social Psychology

Symbolic Interactionism and Related Perspectives

The Social Structure and Personality Perspective

Group Processes and Structure

Socialization Throughout the Life Course

Self and Identity

Deviance and Social Control

Mental Health and Illness

Personal Relationships

Prejudice and Discrimination

Social Influence, Social Constraint, and Social Change

Filters