Pearson Revel // Chapter 4: Social Interaction (PART 2: BUILDING BLOCKS OF SOCIETIES)

People use the word "love" to express their preferences for different foods as well as their feelings toward their children, but it is safe to say that the word means something different in each of these situations. This is an example of the way ______ give(s) meaning to words and situations. (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

Context

Which of the following statements best explains the differences between formal and informal rules? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

Informal rules include norms and expectations and allow for exceptions in social behavior, whereas formal rules are official.

Which of the following statements best describes the concept of the self? (Quiz: 4.1 How Do We Develop a Sense of Self?)

It is the identity and social position of a person, made and reformulated through interaction.

Jace is known among his friends as a loud-mouthed practical joker, but his family sees him as a quiet, responsible young man. Which of the following would happen if Jace were to invite his friends over to meet his family? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

Jace would likely experience role conflict.

Jose decides to go to the same college as his best friend Ken, relying on Ken's advice as he often does. Which of the following terms best describes the role that Ken plays in Jose's life? (Quiz: 4.1 How Do We Develop a Sense of Self?)

Ken is a significant other.

Which of the following best illustrates the impact of the generalized other? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

Kerry knows she will be expected to wear black whenever she attends a funeral.

Which of the following have sociologists observed about laughter? (Quiz: 4.2 How Do We Make Sense of Our Worlds?)

Laughter is different than conversation because everyone can get in on the action all at once.

Which of the following is an example of what Erving Goffman described as the "presentation of self"? (Quiz: 4.2 How Do We Make Sense of Our Worlds?)

People attend to the details of their social media profiles.

Which of the following observations have ethnomethodologists made about emotion? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

People can exercise control over their emotions, and the way they express emotion differs from society to society.

In what sociological sense are individuals unique despite the fact that they may share common identities based on gender, class, and ethnicity? (Quiz: 4.1 How Do We Develop a Sense of Self?)

People inevitably experience a unique array of social interactions that shape their identities.

Which of the following statements best explains why people sometimes follow informal rules, even when they contradict formal rules? (Quiz: 4.3 What Challenges Do We Face as We Move from One Social Context to Another?)

People interpret situations and apply informal rules so that the social world runs more smoothly.

Which of the following statements best describes why some people use emojis in their digital communications? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

People use emojis and other little signs to clarify how they want their words to be understood.

Which of the following observations comes from analyzing people's methods during conversations? (Quiz: 4.2 How Do We Make Sense of Our Worlds?)

People who have more power and status often interrupt those who have less.

Which of the following statements pertaining to role change is true? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

Role change can result in role conflict.

Which social psychologist conducted a famous conformity experiment in the early 1960s in which people believed they were being asked to administer painful electric shocks to others? (Quiz: 4.3 What Challenges Do We Face as We Move from One Social Context to Another?)

Stanley Milgram

Tannistha stood up to a classmate who was bullying another classmate. In the language of the sociology, which of the following describes what Tannistha did? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

Tannistha "took the role of the other."

A worker at a local grocery store is unhappy with the company's sick leave policy. The worker wants to start a petition to present to upper management. According to what sociologists know about social conformity, which of the following situations would result in the worker actually starting the petition? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

The worker has at least one other ally to support their petition.

According to labeling theory, people become deviant when ______. (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

a person or institution labels a person or group as deviant, and that label sticks

From a very young age, a child is told by her parents that she is good at sports. As she gets older, she tries out for many different sporting teams, spends time practicing, and eventually becomes an excellent athlete. This scenario illustrates the ______. (Quiz: 4.3 What Challenges Do We Face as We Move from One Social Context to Another?)

concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy

People sometimes signal with a long pause that they do not want to engage in a conversation. These types of signals are referred to as ______. (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

disaffiliative gestures

The study of the methods people use during everyday interactions is referred to as ______. (Quiz: 4.2 How Do We Make Sense of Our Worlds?)

ethnomethodology

Which concept emphasizes the extent to which our own self-understandings depend on how others view us? (Quiz: 4.1 How Do We Develop a Sense of Self?)

looking-glass self

Consider a situation in which an influential political leader told an outright lie, and no member of the leader's political party was willing to challenge them. From the standpoint of what we know sociologically about this situation, we can say it is ______. (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

not surprising, given the results of some conformity experiments

Conversational precision refers to the ______. (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

often subtle physical and verbal cues people deploy to converse successfully with others

Individuals associate themselves with ______, people whose social positions and preferences makes them relevant to their sense of worth. (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

reference groups

When meeting the expectations of one role precludes a person's ability to meet the expectations of another role, the person is experiencing ______. (Quiz: 4.3 What Challenges Do We Face as We Move from One Social Context to Another?)

role conflict

Which of the following refers to individuals who have a powerful impact on how we behave because they are so close? (Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction)

significant others

The term "generalized other" refers to ______. (Quiz: 4.1 How Do We Develop a Sense of Self?)

social control exercised by commonsense understandings of what is appropriate in a specific time and place

A(n) ______ is a distinct social category that has associated with it a set of expected behaviors and roles for individuals to assume. (Quiz: 4.3 What Challenges Do We Face as We Move from One Social Context to Another?)

status

Civil inattention is defined as ______. (Quiz: 4.2 How Do We Make Sense of Our Worlds?)

the act of ignoring other people to an appropriate degree even when you notice they are present.