Question 1

Which type of interaction can NOT be explained in terms of exchange or rational choice theory?

Accepted Answer

A) altruism 
B) heroic acts 
C) a conversation between individuals competing for attention 
D) All of the above. 
E) a and b 
A) altruism 
B) heroic acts 
C) a conversation between individuals competing for attention 
D) All of the above. 
E) a and b

Question 2

Status cues include:

Accepted Answer

A) skin color 
B) age 
C) gender 
D) clothing 
E) all of these choices 
A) skin color 
B) age 
C) gender 
D) clothing 
E) all of these choices

Question 3

Emotions:

Accepted Answer

A) form an important part of all social interactions 
B) are universal 
C) are constant 
D) all of these choices 
E) are universal and constant 
A) form an important part of all social interactions 
B) are universal 
C) are constant 
D) all of these choices 
E) are universal and constant

Question 4

Norms can:

Accepted Answer

A) be prescriptive 
B) be proscriptive 
C) change over time 
D) be universal 
E) all of these choices 
A) be prescriptive 
B) be proscriptive 
C) change over time 
D) be universal 
E) all of these choices

Question 5

If we think our job is "beneath us," we may engage in:

Accepted Answer

A) role distancing 
B) dramaturgical analysis 
C) ethnomethodology 
D) symbolic interactionism 
E) none of these choices 
A) role distancing 
B) dramaturgical analysis 
C) ethnomethodology 
D) symbolic interactionism 
E) none of these choices

Question 6

Define cooperation.

Accepted Answer

Cooperation is a basis for soc

Question 7

Randall Collins and others have shown that the most efficient workers are those who:

Accepted Answer

A) enjoy their work 
B) identify with their employer 
C) both of these choices 
D) none of these choices 
A) enjoy their work 
B) identify with their employer 
C) both of these choices 
D) none of these choices

Question 8

According to the textbook,the most fundamental sociological question that can be asked is:

Accepted Answer

A) Why do people use the same language? 
B) Why do people change? 
C) How do people understand each other? 
D) Why do people believe in authority? 
E) Why do people maintain stable patterns of interaction? 
A) Why do people use the same language? 
B) Why do people change? 
C) How do people understand each other? 
D) Why do people believe in authority? 
E) Why do people maintain stable patterns of interaction?

Question 9

Exchange theorists believe that when people interact,they exchange valued resources including

Accepted Answer

A) attention 
B) pleasure 
C) approval 
D) money 
E) all of these choices 
A) attention 
B) pleasure 
C) approval 
D) money 
E) all of these choices

Question 10

Role conflict occurs when:

Accepted Answer

A) two or more statuses held at the same time place contradictory role demands on an individual. 
B) incompatible role distancing is placed on a person in a single status. 
C) individuals have difficulty with frontstage behavior. 
D) individuals are incapable of role playing. 
E) All of the above. 
A) two or more statuses held at the same time place contradictory role demands on an individual. 
B) incompatible role distancing is placed on a person in a single status. 
C) individuals have difficulty with frontstage behavior. 
D) individuals are incapable of role playing. 
E) All of the above.

Question 11

Define domination.

Accepted Answer

Domination is a mode of intera

Question 12

People learn how to manipulate the way they present themselves so they can appear in the best possible light and be judged competent by others.This is the central insight of:

Accepted Answer

A) rational choice theory 
B) symbolic interactionism 
C) ethnomethodology 
D) exchange theory 
E) the analysis of impression management 
A) rational choice theory 
B) symbolic interactionism 
C) ethnomethodology 
D) exchange theory 
E) the analysis of impression management

Question 13

Body language communicates the degree to which people conform to widely shared expectations about how males or females are supposed to act.An example of such body language is:

Accepted Answer

A) how men and women are expected to sit in chairs 
B) how men and women look 
C) how men and women smile 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices 
A) how men and women are expected to sit in chairs 
B) how men and women look 
C) how men and women smile 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

Question 14

One's master status is the status that is most influential in shaping one's life at a given time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When people are communicating face-to-face,acting and reacting in relation to other people,they are said to be involved in ____.

Accepted Answer

A) bureaucracy 
B) group behavior 
C) collective behavior 
D) social interaction 
E) social arrangements 
A) bureaucracy 
B) group behavior 
C) collective behavior 
D) social interaction 
E) social arrangements

Question 16

According to Charles Derber,the typical conversation in the United States is a competition for affection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

____ is labor that is required to produce or prevent feeling to achieve one's task.

Accepted Answer

A) Emotion work 
B) Emotion management 
C) Dramaturgical analysis 
D) Ethnomethodology 
E) none of these choices 
A) Emotion work 
B) Emotion management 
C) Dramaturgical analysis 
D) Ethnomethodology 
E) none of these choices

Question 18

Maintaining an intimate interaction requires that the need of both parties for attention be met.This highlights which process of interaction?

Accepted Answer

A) solidarity 
B) domination 
C) competition 
D) cooperation 
E) all of these choices 
A) solidarity 
B) domination 
C) competition 
D) cooperation 
E) all of these choices

Question 19

If a student in a sociology class asks questions that she thinks will impress her teacher,the student is engaged in:

Accepted Answer

A) rational choice 
B) competition for attention 
C) ethnomethodology 
D) sociobiology 
E) impression management 
A) rational choice 
B) competition for attention 
C) ethnomethodology 
D) sociobiology 
E) impression management

Question 20

The contradictory roles of stewardesses to be suggestive on the one hand,yet polite on the other hand,is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) role management. 
B) role strain. 
C) status strain. 
D) role playing. 
E) role difficulty. 
A) role management. 
B) role strain. 
C) status strain. 
D) role playing. 
E) role difficulty.

Exam 5: Social Interaction

Which type of interaction can NOT be explained in terms of exchange or rational choice theory?

Status cues include:

Emotions:

Norms can:

If we think our job is "beneath us," we may engage in:

Define cooperation.

Randall Collins and others have shown that the most efficient workers are those who:

According to the textbook,the most fundamental sociological question that can be asked is:

Exchange theorists believe that when people interact,they exchange valued resources including

Role conflict occurs when:

Define domination.

People learn how to manipulate the way they present themselves so they can appear in the best possible light and be judged competent by others.This is the central insight of:

Body language communicates the degree to which people conform to widely shared expectations about how males or females are supposed to act.An example of such body language is:

One's master status is the status that is most influential in shaping one's life at a given time.

When people are communicating face-to-face,acting and reacting in relation to other people,they are said to be involved in ____.

According to Charles Derber,the typical conversation in the United States is a competition for affection.

____ is labor that is required to produce or prevent feeling to achieve one's task.

Maintaining an intimate interaction requires that the need of both parties for attention be met.This highlights which process of interaction?

If a student in a sociology class asks questions that she thinks will impress her teacher,the student is engaged in:

The contradictory roles of stewardesses to be suggestive on the one hand,yet polite on the other hand,is an example of:

A Sociological Compass

How Sociologists Do Research

Culture

Socialization

Social Collectivities: Groups to Societies

Deviance and Crime

Stratification: United States and Global Perspectives

Globalization, Inequality, and Development

Race and Ethnicity

Sexuality and Gender

Sociology of the Body: Disability, Aging, and Death

Work and the Economy

Politics

Families

Religion

Education

The Mass Media

Health and Medicine

Population and Urbanization

Collective Action and Social Movements

Technology and the Global Environment

Filters