The _____ proposes that individuals seek through their communication to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs.
A) functionalist theory
B) feminist theory
C) social exchange theory
D) symbolic interaction theory
E) social learning theory
Question 2Amanda is a relationship therapist and usually indulges in gossip with her secretary after lunch. After meeting with her new clients, Amanda calls her secretary into her personal cabin to have an informal chat. She tells her secretary that her new clients are the most ignorant people she has ever met. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, Amanda is in the _____.
A) black box
B) back stage
C) front zone
D) red zone
E) staging area
Question 3In an interview for a job, Karen displays herself as being smart and funny and hides her rude and self-centered temperament. Karen is using _____.
A) autoethnography
B) social construction of reality
C) dramaturgical analysis
D) impression management
E) ethnomethodology
Question 4_____ is a research approach that examines social interaction as if occurring on a stage where people play different roles and act out scenes for the audiences with whom they interact.
A) Frame analysis
B) Autoethnography
C) Ethnography
D) Dramaturgical analysis
E) Ethnomethodology
Question 5Timothy and Kiley were asked to violate a norm by their sociology professor. They chose 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 of the following methodological tools were Timothy and Kiley using?
A) Dramaturgical analysis
B) Participant observation
C) Frame analysis
D) Autoethnography
E) Ethnomethodology
Question 6_____ is the study of how people construct and learn to share definitions of reality that make everyday interactions possible.
A) Dramaturgical analysis
B) Ethnomethodology
C) Ethnography
D) Frame analysis
E) Autoethnography
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