SOC 100 Ch. 4
Which of the following scenarios are violations of feeling rules in the United States?
- laughing and expressing joy at a funeral - snorting and expressing disgust at the bride's dress at a wedding
Examples of Socialization
- someone acts visibly uncomfortable when a coworker tells a sexist joke. - a parent teaches a child not to burp at the dinner table - a child shows a parent how to check email using a smartphone
Public schools in the United States opened in the ______ and attendance was _______. Beyond the original goals of schooling, such as educating citizens and _________, schools now have greater roles, which include physical education and discipline.
1800s
status
a position in a social hierarchy that carries a particular set of expectations
achieved status
a status earned through individual effort or imposed by others
master status
a status that is always relevant and affects all other statuses we possess
ascribed status
a status that is inborn; usually difficult or impossible to change
Someone who believes that humans do not have much free will and are deeply constrained by the social circumstances and system they are born into is not a big believer in which sociological concept?
agency
embodied status
blind paraplegic
achieved status
doctor college grad ex-convict
role strain
experienced when there are contradictory expectations within one role
role conflict
experienced when we occupy two or more roles with contradictory expectations
Emotion work or emotional labor is the process of helping to manage the emotions of others in order to neutralize emotionally charged situations.
false
Arlie Hochschild's 1983 research on emotion work focused on people in two professions: bill collectors and ___________.
flight attendants
If adolescents share ___________ with others, they are most likely to form peer subcultures with them.
interests
Emotion work or emotional labor
is the process of evoking, suppressing, or otherwise managing your own feelings to create a publically observable display of emotion
The process of ______ is when adults go through a major life change, such as marriage, that requires learning new norms and values. Other examples might include ______, as researched by Erving Goffman in 1961.
resocialization total institutions
Main agents of socialization
schools peers mass media family
The story of Christopher Knight is an example of which sociological concept?
social isolation
embodied status
status generated by physical characteristics
Socialization
the process through which individuals fit into a society and internalize its value, beliefs, and norms, and learn to function as its members.
role
the set of behaviors expected of someone because of his or her status
On which side of the nature versus nurture debate do sociologists generally land?
they focus on nurture
The location, time period, and family into which individuals are born affect their set of meanings about how the world works.
true