A. by studying whole body language
B. by studying the face
C. by studying sign language
D. by studying small tribal groups
Social Interaction and Everyday Life
What is ethnomethodology ?
A. the study of sociological research methods
B. the study of the methods people uses to make sense of the world
C. the study of language in everyday conversations
D. the use of experiments in sociological research
The most common master statuses are based on what ?
A. gender and race
B. class and income
C. education and occupation
D. family and peer groups
What is social role ?
A. an achieved occupational status
B. a persons overall social status within their family
C. a social position that becomes a master status for the person occupying it
D. socially defined expectations of people in a given social position
What is the compulsion of proximity ?
A. the dominance of spoken language in interactions
B. the need to meet each other face to face
C. the ability to read peoples body language
D. the desire for intimacy in personal relationships
The term ethnomethodology was coined by…………..?
A. Harold Garfinkel
B. Max Weber
C. Erving Goffman
D. Anthony Giddens
The socially defined expectations that a person in a given status follows are called…………..?
A. a position
B. a role
C. a performance
D. an impression
Social occasions in which individuals act out formal roles are called………….?
A. front regions
B. back regions
C. public regions
D. social regions
The compulsion of proximity describes……………?
A. wanting to meet face-to-face whenever possible
B. seeking experience of intimacy on the internet
C. travelling to see foreign locations for holidays
D. creating feelings of security in on-line settings
Which of these is not part of Judith Butlers theory of gender identity ?
A. gender is performative
B. people, s biological sex underpins their gendered identity
C. gender is about what we do not who we are
D. there is no essential or biological basis to gender