Chapter One (Symbolic Interactionist Perspective)

Question 1

Generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction:

Answer 1

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

Question 2

A sociological framework for viewing human beings as living in a world of meaningful objects:

Answer 2

Symbolic Interactionism

Question 3

Symbolic interactionists see _______ as an especially important part of human communication:

Answer 3

Symbols

Question 4

Anything that meaningfully represents something else:

Answer 4

Symbol

Question 5

These are shared and understood by members of a society:

Answer 5

Symbols

Question 6

Focusing on _____ _________ allows interactionists to better understand the larger society:

Answer 6

Everyday Behavior

Question 7

Father of the Dramaturgical Approach:

Answer 7

Erving Goffman

Question 8

Method of analyzing social interaction as though the participants were actors on a stage:

Answer 8

Dramaturgy

Question 9

This approach focuses on the way we play out various social parts and scenes, following the script where we can, and improvising when the script is unclear or incomplete:

Answer 9

The Dramaturgical Approach

Question 10

Social life is made possible by the ________ ______ or _______ _____ of social interaction:

Answer 10

Unwritten Scripts; Unspoken Rules

Question 11

We behave in a way that shows we are aware of the strangers’ presence, but we avoid eye contact with them at close quarters. In effect, we politely ignore them:

Answer 11

Civil Inattention

Question 12

A major focus of dramaturgy is on how we _____ ourselves to the world:

Answer 12

Present

Question 13

They attempt to control the impressions they make on others by presenting themselves in the most favorable light:

Answer 13

Impression Management

Question 14

We may have a ____ and _____ stage:

Answer 14

Back; Front

Question 15

An implicit bargain among actors to help one another “keep face” by not questioning the performances they offer:

Answer 15

Studied Nonobservance

Question 16

Father of Ethnomethodology:

Answer 16

Harold Garfinkle

Question 17

Ethos =

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People/folk

Question 18

Refers to a method for studying folk understanding of the social world:

Answer 18

Ethnomethodology

Question 19

Shared understanding of how social life is conducted:

Answer 19

Ethnomethodology

Question 20

The study of how people construct and share their definitions of reality in their everyday interactions:

Answer 20

Ethnomethodology

Question 21

Implies an attempt to scrape below the surface of social behavior to find out how people create and share their understanding of social life, and how they base their actions on those understandings:

Answer 21

Ethnomethodology

Question 22

Rules are exposed by ______ _______:

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Being broken

Question 23

Functionalist Perspective + Conflict Perspective + Interactionist Perspective =

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Sociological Perspective

Question 24

The objective of learning sociology but not doing anything with it:

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Basic Sociology

Question 25

The use of sociology with the intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations:

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Applied Sociology

Question 26

The goal is to assist in resolving a social problem:

Answer 26

Applied Sociology

Question 27

Expertise is applied to study social issues:

Answer 27

Applied Sociology

Question 28

Left to others to act on their evaluations:

Answer 28

Applied Sociology

Question 29

Employs a variety of techniques to facilitate change and is similar to applied sociology:

Answer 29

Clinical Sociology

Question 30

Dedicated to altering social relationships or reconstructing social institutions:

Answer 30

Clinical Sociology

Question 31

They bear direct responsibility for implementation and view those with whom they work as their clients:

Answer 31

Clinical Sociology