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