MyLab Sociology Chapter 4 Exam
Which of the following is the best example of meeting our social goals through impression management?
A rowdy college student presents herself as calm and polite so that her new roommate will like her.
Which of the following statements about groups is correct?
Being a member of a group means a person must yield to others the right to make decisions and judgments about his or her behavior.
Sociologists would agree with which of the following statements?
By belonging to a group, we assume an obligation to affirm the group's values, interests, and norms.
According to Ferdinand Tönnies, individuals in the __________ way of life are unified by a desire to help improve the well-being of everyone.
Gemeinschaft
Which of the following statements describes German people's reactions to Walmart's policy that their employees smile at customers?
German customers were offended.
What is one advantage of having a higher social class that is seen through the combination of macrosociology and microsociology?
Individuals with higher social status can manipulate their good reputations to get away with socially unacceptable behaviors.
Which of the following sociologically explains why Amish female grocery clerks in Indiana refused to make eye contact with male customers?
Men in the United States interpreted their behavior in a way the women did not intend.
Which of the following statements explains the relationship between interactions and how we control our personal bubble?
We control eye contact with other people.
Which of the following statements best described the difference between a role and a status?
You occupy a status, but you play a role.
Using the macrosociological approach and the examples of the "Saints" and the "Roughnecks," who has the best chances of success in the United States?
a white boy born into a wealthy, prominent New England family
in the developed town of Midtern, some people mine gold, others turn it into jewelry, and still others sell it. This __________ disperses people into different interest groups where they develop different ideas about life.
division of labor
Cindy acts casually around her friends but formally around her coworkers. When she gets together with her in-laws, she is polite and reserved; however, when she is alone with her husband and children, she is extroverted and witty. Erving Goffman would present Cindy's behavior as an example of __________.
dramaturgical analysis
Marly has Asperger's syndrome. Symbolic interactionists would be particularly concerned about her ability to interpret __________.
facial expressions and gestures
Bernard is a sociologist focusing on macrosociology. What is he most likely to analyze?
parolees and where they fall within the U.S. social class system
According to the functionalist perspective, which of the following is a functional requisite that a society must meet in order to survive?
preserving order
Which of the following is an example of a value that is transmitted through the social institution of the economy?
producing efficiently
In order to remain in a group, people must do what?
show that they agree to share the group's values and interests
The author of your text writes that it is not the reality of a thing that impresses itself on us, but society that impresses the reality of that thing on us. This perspective is known as __________.
the definition of the situation (also known as the Thomas theorem)
The differences in people's behavior and attitudes are due to _______.
their location in the social structure
Without analyzing social life from a microsociological perspective, it will be difficult to do which of the following?
understand a person's everyday life
