Question 1

People around the world create the same realities in their everyday interaction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Garfinkel's research, called ethnomethodology, involves

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A)   studying the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings.
B)   tracking people's roles over the life course.
C)   the study of interaction in terms of theatrical performance.
D)   studying unfamiliar cultural systems.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 3

How does culture play a role in guiding human emotions?

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A)   It doesn't; emotions are biological imperatives.
B)   Culture unifies everyone in the world in defining how humans express emotion.
C)   Culture tells us how emotional we expect people to be.
D)   It doesn't; culture is constructed when groups agree on how to express emotions.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Which of the following is FALSE regarding the functions of humour?

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A)   Humour works as a safety valve for potentially disruptive sentiments.
B)   Humour expresses common identity.
C)   Humour relieves tension in uncomfortable situations.
D)   Humour acts as a mechanism to bond people from many different cultures all at once.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

Social structure, including status and role, provides a guide for everyday living.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In which province is there a law requiring women to keep their birth names upon marriage?

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A)   B.C.
B)   Alberta
C)   New Brunswick
D)   QuebecE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

At a given time you occupy a number of statuses. These statuses make up your

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A)   master status.
B)   role set.
C)   achieved statuses.
D)   status set.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Which of the following might be part of the classroom performance of a professor?

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A)   notes and PowerPoint projections
B)   hairstyle and clothing
C)   camaraderie with students
D)   make and model of vehicleE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Identify several ways in which gender affects personal performances.

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Question 10

Quick Quiz:
-Typically, each status is linked to several roles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following concepts defines a social position that a person holds?

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A)   role
B)   status
C)   role set
D)   cultureE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Being an Olympic athlete is mostly an achieved status.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Only a few statuses we hold figure into our social identity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Only those who retire from their occupation experience role exit.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Tact is a common response in potentially embarrassing situations because

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A)   we like most people with whom we interact.
B)   our cultural norms demand looking out for others.
C)   everyone feels discomfort when a constructed reality breaks down.
D)   most people are unsure how to act in most situations.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In everyday conversation, men tend to maintain more eye contact than women do.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Sociologists use what concept to refer to behaviour people expect of someone who holds a particular status?

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A)   role
B)   master status
C)   status set
D)   role setE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Social Interaction in Everyday Life

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Social structure, including status and role, provides a guide for everyday living.

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At a given time you occupy a number of statuses. These statuses make up your

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Only those who retire from their occupation experience role exit.

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

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