Intro to Sociology Chapter 3 & 4
achieved status - correct answer-one we have earned through individual effort or that is
imposed by others.
advertisements - correct answer-Media _________play a large role in the maintenence of
consumerism
Agents of Socialization or socializing agents - correct answer-Families, school, peers, the
media, and total institutions are all important ____________________
Ascribed status - correct answer-is one we are born with that is unlikely to change
Biological factors - correct answer-these factors can also be changed due to the environment
(food we eat)
cannot explain - correct answer-socialization _________________ everything about a
person's development and personality.
Charles Horton Cooley - correct answer-"Self" emerges from our ability to assume the pov of
others and imagine how those others see us;self image from others' pov
Consumerism - correct answer-the belief that happiness and fulfillment can be achieved
through acquisition of material possessions; Companies sell a lifestyle
Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, News Corporation, CBS and Comcast - correct answer-The 6
US companies that affect the information and messages communicated to the public; own
more than 90% of media
Erving Goffman's dramaturgical theory - correct answer-views social life as a theatrical
performance in which we are all actors on metaphysical stages with roles, scripts, costumes,
and sets.
Ethnomethodology - correct answer-an approach to studying human interaction that focuses
on the ways in which we make sense of our world, convey this understanding to others, and
produce a mutually shared social order.
Harold Garfinkel's term for the study of the way people make sense of their everyday
surroundings
Timothy and Kiley were asked to violate 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
Gender theorists - correct answer-argue that gender roles can be more powerful and
influential than other roles that people fill.
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