Question 1

Even when they did things like following celebrities from staged events to airports or restaurants, the fans Ferris interviewed for her study of fan-celebrity encounters did not define themselves as:

Accepted Answer

A) bored 
B) good detectives 
C) hardcore fans 
D) socially integrated 
E) stalkers

Question 2

Mead's "I" represents:

Accepted Answer

A) actions that are geared toward increasing rewards and minimizing punishments 
B) conscious thought and other higher-level mental processes 
C) humans' tendencies to behave in a selfish or self-interested manner 
D) our spontaneous, impulsive reactions to our environment 
E) the capacity for empathy and sympathy

Question 3

People high in public self-consciousness are aware of and concerned about the impressions they convey to others across social situations. Public self-consciousness, which is measured using a series of survey questions, is within the realm of psychological social psychology because:

Accepted Answer

A) it is a psychological trait 
B) it is measured using a survey rather than participant observation 
C) it pertains only to public settings 
D) it reflects differences between groups that are biological based 
E) it varies across interactive encounters

Question 4

According to G. H. Mead, the most influential contributor to the theoretical perspective now called symbolic interactionism, the extent to which the "me" shapes behavior is primarily a function of:

Accepted Answer

A) an ongoing interaction between the "I" and the "my" 
B) people's past experiences and their desire to impress others 
C) the social context in which action occurs 
D) the status characteristics of the actor 
E) unconscious physiological processes

Question 5

Identity theory was developed within:

Accepted Answer

A) the Chicago school of SI 
B) the Iowa/Indiana school of SI 
C) ethnomethodology 
D) psychological social psychology 
E) the dramaturgical framework

Question 6

Goffman described the "back region" as:

Accepted Answer

A) areas of our true selves we seek to avoid 
B) environments most people would define as chaotic 
C) situations within which we stage performances for others 
D) the part of the brain inaccessible to conscious thought 
E) the places where we let our guard down

Question 7

Chicago school symbolic interactionists study how people construct meanings through their face-to-face interactions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Compare your classroom experiences to the patterns identified by Karp and Yoels in the 1970s. What would you say has changed, and what hasn't changed, in the past thirty to forty years? What is the consolidation of responsibility? To what extent do Karp and Yoels' arguments about the consolidation of responsibility apply to contemporary college students?

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The answer of Compare your classroom experiences to the patterns...

Question 9

What happens to students who don't fulfill normative expectations pertaining to the revelation of good exam grades? Use this situation to illustrate the focus of Goffman's dramaturgical approach.

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The answer of What happens to students who don't fulfill...

Question 10

Referencing the last question, describe the different situational definitions that were constructed, and the ways in which the individuals' perceptions might have been influenced by their social characteristics (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, level of education, occupation, or marital status), goals, or previous experiences. What impact did these varying situational definitions have on people's behavior?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Referencing the last question, describe the different...

Question 11

According to Goffman, the key contributor to the dramaturgical perspective, ______________________ is often contagious.

Accepted Answer

A) anger 
B) embarrassment 
C) fear 
D) guilt 
E) happiness

Question 12

Discuss the strategies that college students use to reveal good grades to peers without appearing conceited. Which, if any, of these responses have you used or observed among others? Are high school students likely to use similar tactics to let others know they did well on a test? Why do you think there is likely to be this consistency or lack of consistency between high school and college students when it comes to the implementation of classroom impression management strategies?

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Question 13

In their classic symbolic interactionist study of student participation in college classes, Karp and Yoels found that:

Accepted Answer

A) both students and professors recognize that many students don't participate in class because they haven't done the assigned reading 
B) males participate in class more when the professor is male than when the professor is female 
C) professors believe that smaller classes (seminars) attract better students than larger classes 
D) students and professors have different beliefs about what constitutes an appropriate level of contribution to the class discussion on the part of students 
E) the amount of student participation that occurs in classroom settings is unrelated to class size

Question 14

Iowa/Indiana school social psychologists typically collect their data using ________________.

Accepted Answer

A) experiments 
B) historical methods 
C) in-depth interviews 
D) participant observation 
E) surveys

Question 15

Suppose that a professor is ten minutes late for class. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, the meaning of this behavior is a function of:

Accepted Answer

A) the content of the role expectations she violated 
B) the initial cause of her action 
C) the quality of her excuse for being late 
D) the school's written guidelines for faculty conduct 
E) the students' responses to her tardiness

Question 16

What is microsociology? List the theoretical frameworks considered to be within the realm of microsociology and indicate why they belong in this category.

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Question 17

Women are more likely than men to list their gender on the Twenty Statements Test.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Given their design, the breaching experiments used by ethnomethodologists to study how people construct coherent and meaningful realities can be considered true experiments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is agency? Discuss the main strengths and weaknesses of the symbolic interactionist face of sociological social psychology with reference to the concept of agency.

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is agency? Discuss the main strengths...

Question 20

Iowa/Indiana school symbolic interactionists typically collect their data using ________________.

Accepted Answer

A) experiments 
B) historical methods 
C) in-depth interviews 
D) participant observation 
E) surveys

Exam 3: Symbolic Interactionism and Related Perspectives

Even when they did things like following celebrities from staged events to airports or restaurants, the fans Ferris interviewed for her study of fan-celebrity encounters did not define themselves as:

Mead's "I" represents:

People high in public self-consciousness are aware of and concerned about the impressions they convey to others across social situations. Public self-consciousness, which is measured using a series of survey questions, is within the realm of psychological social psychology because:

According to G. H. Mead, the most influential contributor to the theoretical perspective now called symbolic interactionism, the extent to which the "me" shapes behavior is primarily a function of:

Identity theory was developed within:

Goffman described the "back region" as:

Chicago school symbolic interactionists study how people construct meanings through their face-to-face interactions.

What happens to students who don't fulfill normative expectations pertaining to the revelation of good exam grades? Use this situation to illustrate the focus of Goffman's dramaturgical approach.

According to Goffman, the key contributor to the dramaturgical perspective, ______________________ is often contagious.

In their classic symbolic interactionist study of student participation in college classes, Karp and Yoels found that:

Iowa/Indiana school social psychologists typically collect their data using ________________.

Suppose that a professor is ten minutes late for class. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, the meaning of this behavior is a function of:

What is microsociology? List the theoretical frameworks considered to be within the realm of microsociology and indicate why they belong in this category.

Women are more likely than men to list their gender on the Twenty Statements Test.

Given their design, the breaching experiments used by ethnomethodologists to study how people construct coherent and meaningful realities can be considered true experiments.

What is agency? Discuss the main strengths and weaknesses of the symbolic interactionist face of sociological social psychology with reference to the concept of agency.

Iowa/Indiana school symbolic interactionists typically collect their data using ________________.