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.