Sociology Chapter 4
Status set
A person who is a parent, a student, and a waiter can said to have a(n) ____________
Nonverbal communication
A person's hands, face, and body are all used in the process of ______________
Ethnomethodology
One approach that allows us to study the way people understand everyday realities is called ____________
Embarrassment creates discomfort for everyone
Tact is commonly employed in everyday interaction because __________
Choices and tensions
Because many cultural systems are marked by cultural diversity, reality construction usually involves _____________
Requiring the audience to "fill in" the reality construction with their own knowledge
Comedians create an "inside" joke by ______________
The way people make sense of their everyday lives
Ethnomethodology is the study of
Universal emotions
Happiness, surprise, and fear are examples of ___________
An ascribed status is assigned or involuntary, while an achieved status is largely earned
How do ascribed status and achieved status compare?
By contrasting conventional and unconventional reality
How is humor created?
a "part" or a character
In a dramaturgical analysis, the concept of "status" is comparable to what theatrical elements?
Blindness can become the personal trait that others respond to more than any other
In the Thinking About Diversity box, "Physical Disability As Master Status," why is blindness sometimes classifies as a master status?
An emotional script provided by an employer
Janie works as a flight attendant. While on the job, she smiles and talks cheerfully with travelers. Janie's actions are an example of ___________
Asian American
Laura is an Asian American girl born to a young mother and adopted by a middle-aged African American couple. She is raised in relative wealth, attends college, and goes on to become a district attorney and now has a daughter of her own. Which of the following is an example of Laura's ascribed status?
Worker, aunt, student
Martha works part-time doing house cleaning and watches her ten-year-old niece in the mornings. At night she takes courses at the local community college in hopes of receiving her MA in business. Which of the following terms correctly describes Martha's status set?
Social structure
Members of every society rely continuously on _________ to make sense of all everyday situations
Begin to doubt their ability to continue in a certain role
The process of role exit typically begins as people __________
Level of economic development
The share of housework that is the responsibility of women decreases as a nation's ______________ increase(s)
"Street Smarts"
The story of Piri Thomas growing up in Spanish Harlem involves _____________ as a form of constructing social reality
A number of different roles attached to a single status
The term "role set refers to ____________
A role
Using dramaturgical analysis, __________ is like a script in a play, supplying dialogue and action
Role conflict
We experience ______ when we find ourselves pulled in various directions as we try to respond to the may statuses that we hold
Devalue the world
When added to a word, the suffixes -ette and -ess usually _____________
A parent attempts to be a best friend while maintaining discipline over a child
Which of the following examples illustrates the concepts of role strain?
It is the efforts of a person to convey information to others to control the impressions that other people have of him or her
Which of the following statements best describes Erving Goffman's concept called "presentation of self"?
"If you believe in yourself strongly enough, you will succeed"
Which of the following statements best expresses the main point of the Thomas Theorem?
Social interaction
_______________ is the process by which people act and react in relation to others
