Sociology True or False Quiz Chapter 4

"Role strain" refers to differences between the same roles when performed by two different people.

false

A "role set" refers to all the roles a person has over the course of a lifetime.

false

Ethnomethodology is the study of how people present themselves to others.

false

People around the world construct the same realities in their everyday interactions.

false

Sociologists use the concept "status" to refer to someone's importance.

false

The idea that reality is socially constructed means that, to most people, nothing seems real at all.

false

The reality people build in their interaction depends only on the actors themselves, not on the larger culture in which they live.

false

The term "master status" refers to being the best in one's occupational field.

false

A persons racial or ethnic identity is largely an ascribed status

true

A status set refers to the roles people have over the course of their lifetime

true

Erving Goffman is the sociologist who developed the approach known as dramaturgical analysis.

true

The Thomas theorem states that situations that are defined as real become real in their consequences.

true

The process by which people disengage from important social roles is termed "role exit."

true

Through their social interaction, people create the reality they experience.

true