Social Interaction in Everyday Life Chapter 6
Humor is most common among people with roughly the same social standing. a. Yes b. No
It is proper for people to follow the traditional practices of using masculine pronouns (he and him) when not only males are involved. a. Yes b. No
You can usually accurately tell when someone is lying. a. Yes b. No
Role strain is a. conflict between roles of two statuses. b. incompatible roles connected with a single status. c. multiple roles. d. disengaging from a role.
Role strain is The correct answer is incompatible roles connected with a single status.
An ascribed status is what comes a. through achievement. b. to be the most important status. c. at birth. d. as an expression of status.
An ascribed status is what comes The correct answer is at birth.
The Thomas Theorem is a. a theatrical performance. b. communication using body movements. c. the way people make sense of their lives. d. situations defined as real become real in their consequences.
The Thomas Theorem is The correct answer is situations defined as real become real in their consequences.
The presentation of self is a. impression management. b. the privacy of the area. c. losing face. d. helping someone save face.
The presentation of self is The correct answer is impression management.
The conflict analysis of humor is its a. use as a safety valve. b. expression of a subculture. c. use in oppression. d. use in asserting our freedom.
The conflict analysis of humor is its The correct answer is use in oppression.
A status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person s entire life, is a. a status set. b. a real status. c. an achieved status. d. a master status.
A status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person s entire life, is The correct answer is a master status.
The sociologist who explained that men typically define most everyday encounters as competitive is. a. Deborah Tannen b. Christie Davies c. Jennifer Keys d. Paul Ekman
The sociologist who explained that men typically define most everyday encounters as competitive is. The correct answer is Deborah Tannen.
Paul Ekman states that the clues to deception are found in four elements: words, voice, body language, and. a. touching b. use of space c. demeanor d. facial expressions
Paul Ekman states that the clues to deception are found in four elements: words, voice, body language, and. The correct answer is facial expressions.
A person s efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others is. a. dramaturgical analysis b. ethnomethodology c. the presentation of self d. street smarts
A person s efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others is. The correct answer is the presentation of self.
Joni excels at volleyball at her university, but she does not have enough time to study as much as she wants to. This is an example of role. a. exit b. set c. strain d. conflict
Joni excels at volleyball at her university, but she does not have enough time to study as much as she wants to. This is an example of role. The correct answer is conflict.
In terms of dramaturgical analysis, tact is best understood as a. negotiating a situation to get your own way. b. making it hard for someone to perform a role. c. helping someone take on a new role. d. helping another person save face.
In terms of dramaturgical analysis, tact is best understood as The correct answer is helping another person save face.
People are most likely to understand a joke when they a. know why someone wants to tell a joke. b. have a different social background than the joke teller. c. understand the two different realities being presented. d. know something about more than one culture.
People are most likely to understand a joke when they The correct answer is understand the two different realities being presented.
Arlie Hochschild explains that companies usually a. profit from making customers more emotional. b. try to regulate the emotions of workers. c. want workers to be unemotional. d. encourage people to express their true emotions.
Arlie Hochschild explains that companies usually The correct answer is try to regulate the emotions of workers.
Smiling and making polite remarks to people we do not like is an example of a. losing face. b. exercising power over another. c. making another feel embarrassment. d. idealizing a personal performance.
Smiling and making polite remarks to people we do not like is an example of The correct answer is idealizing a personal performance.
Flirting is one good example of an everyday experience involving a. role exit. b. role interaction. c. status interaction. d. social construction of reality.
Flirting is one good example of an everyday experience involving The correct answer is social construction of reality.