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Multiple ChoiceIdentify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.____ 1. Symbols, values, norms and beliefs are examples ofa. cultural boundaries.b. nonmaterial culture. (nonphysical parts of the culture) c. material culture. (physical parts of the culture)d. primitive culture.e. subversive culture.____ 2. Raising your hand in class is an example of aa. norm. (social rules)b. more. (moral behaviors)c. folkway. (norms for interaction)d. sanction. (rewards/punishments for (dis)obeying norms)e. none of these____ 3. Which of the following is not an accurate sociological statement about culture?a. Culture is learned.b. Culture is similar across cultures.c. Culture is transmitted from one generation to the next.d. Culture is shared.e. Culture is adaptive and always changing.____ 4. ____ studies how people construct and learn to share definitions of reality.a. Thomas theorem (subjective interpretation of situation causes action) b. Social construction of reality (reciprocal interactions become institutionalized, making reality socially constructed)c. Ethnomethodology (studies procedures by which social order is produced and shared)d. Dramaturgical analysis (social interaction as a stage with people playing different roles)e. A self-fulfilling prophecy____ 5. According to your text and lecture, what are the three strategies to overcome opposition and gain compliance. a. Persuade c. Coerce (threaten/force)b. Reward d. Terrorism____ 6. Which of the following is not one of the bases of power in small groups and organizations?a. Reward Power (rewards for support) c. Legitimate Power (voluntarily accepted power)b. Referent Power (support in respect) d. Empowerment (seizing own power)____ 7. ____ suggests that any social interaction between two people is based on each person's trying to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs.a. Dramaturgical analysisb. Symbolic interactionism (people act towards things based on the meanings they’ve assigned to those things, derived from social interaction and modified through interpretation)c. Feminist theoryd. Social exchange theory (parties have something of value to each other, and they must decide whether and what exactly to exchange)e. Ethnomethodology____ 8. ____ examines social interaction as if it were a stage where people play different roles.a. Ethnomethodologyb. Social interactionc. Dramaturgical analysisd. Stage analysise. Impression management____ 9. Keri is a mother, a parole officer, and a softball player. These positions make up Keri'sa. role set.b. status set.c. master statusesd. achieved statuses.e. ascribed statuses.____ 10. Dr. Miller, a college professor, prepares lectures, grades papers and holds office hours (among many other things). These activities reflect Dr. Miller'sa. statuses. (a position one holds)b. symbols. (something that stands for something else)c. inconsistencies.d. roles. (things done as a responsibility of x status)e. busywork.____ 11. While we occupy a status, we ____ a role.a. make-upb. distributec. playd. engage ine. participate in____ 12. Symbolic interactionists typically use two methodological tools in understanding everyday interaction:a. ethnomethodology and dramaturgical analysis.b. ethnomethodology and surveys.c. dramaturgical analysis and surveys.d. dramaturgical analysis and experiments.e. surveys and experiments.____ 13. Progress, equality and democracy are examples ofa. Norms (“normal” behaviors)b. Language (shared communication)c. Values (matters of importance to a culture)d. Symbols (something that stands for something else)e. culture____ 14. The term "____" is often used by Americans to refer to activities such as reading Shakespeare's sonnets, gourmet dining, and attending the opera.a. valuesb. societyc. cultured. refinede. customs____ 15. ____ is the process of creating new things; ____ is turning inventions into mass-market products.a. Invention; innovationb. Invention; diffusionc. Invention; discoveryd. Diffusion; innovatione. Discovery; diffusion____ 16. This phenomenon exists when those in power have successfully spread their ideas--and marginalized alternative viewpoints--so that their perspective and interests are accepted widely as being universal and true. a. Legitimacy c. Terrorismb. Hegemony d. Social closure____ 17. Connie visited her new in-laws in rural China. Her in-laws' house had dirt floors and the family slept on torn cots in the front room. The water was dirty and there were no windows in the house. Connie spent the first night crying, confused about the new environment. Connie was experiencinga. a counterculture.b. a subculture.c. culture shock.d. culture adaptation.e. culture confusion.____ 18. College students represent aa. counterculture.b. common culture.c. metaculture.d. subculture.e. transculture.____ 19. Norms that members of a society consider very important because they maintain moral and ethical behavior are calleda. folkways.b. sanctions.c. mores.d. law.e. cultures.____ 20. Survivor, Big Brother, American Idol, and other reality television shows are examples ofa. techno-culture.b. popular culture.c. common culture.d. media culture.e. marketing culture.____ 21. Which of the following is not one of the three strategies of empowerment according to your reading and lecture?a. Organization c. Educationb. Manipulation d. Networking____ 22. A popular colleague in the workplace might have this type of power because others look up to the person and view them as a model. a. Coercive c. Referentb. Legitimate d. Reward____ 23. "Secretary," "teacher," and "conductor" are examples ofa. statusesb. rolesc. sectsd. institutionse. groups____ 24. When you get people to comply with you by convincing them of the correctness of your position and goals constitutes which strategy to overcome opposition?a. Persuade c. Coerceb. Reward d. Inform____ 25. Timothy and Kiley were asked to break a norm by their sociology professor. They choose to go to the mall and use the up-escalator to go down and the down-escalator to go up. They watched the reactions of others and wrote a paper describing the experience. Which methodological tool were Timothy and Kiley using?a. dramaturgical analysisb. field studyc. case studyd. experimente. ethnomethodology____ 26. Forms of communication, such as the Internet, encouragea. delivery.b. diffusion.c. discovery.d. dimensions.e. all of these____ 27. The most rigid norms are ____, formal rules about behavior.a. folkwaysb.


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