SOCY 3052 Test Questions & Answers 2023/2024
stress - ANSWER-heightened mind-body reaction to stimuli inducing fear or anxiety
- threatening/burdensome situation
- affects mental and physical health
- varies by age, sex, race/ethnicity
forms of stress:
life events
chronic strains...
- we see in our mind the other person's evaluation of us
- as a result, we experience self-feelings (satisfaction, pride, humiliation)
Thomas: symbolic interactionist - ANSWER-people cope based on how they were socialized
- different people respond to crisis differently
- people respond to crisis based on:
definition of situation
their past experience symbolic interactionist approach to human behavior
Goffman (Symbolic Interactionism) - ANSWER-people gain information through:
,- person's appearance
- past experience with similar people
- social setting
- impression management (information communicated through words and actions)
individuals present their "face"
- "work face" - activities consistent with projection
may quit rather than be fired
- self is sacred, shows who we are
others' challenges to our "self" can induce stress
Mead (Ch. 5) - ANSWER-individual as a creative, thinking organism who is able to choose his or her
behavior instead of reacting more or less mechanically to the influence of social processes.
people define situations they are in and respond on a basis of their definition.
forms of suicide (Durkheim) - ANSWER-1. egoistic: detachment from society creates stress
2. anomic: dislocation of norms, lack of regulation
3. altruistic: so strongly integrated with society's demands that suicide is the only escape
How do baboons handle stress? - ANSWER-unhealthy baboons have more stress and their systems are
compromised.
the baboons who handle stress best have strong social connections.
stress, zebras, and humans - ANSWER-zebras have a feeling of control, an outlet for frustration, a sense
of predictability, an optimistic outlook and social support.
physiological response to stress - ANSWER-- autonomic system
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