The semiperipheral countries
a. are more technologically and economically advanced than the peripheral countries, but less so than the core countries
b. are stronger politically and militarily than the peripheral countries, but less so than the core countries
c. have historically combined wage labor with certain types of forced labor
d. all of the above
Question 2Forms of talk involve the use of:
a. response cues
b. verbal fillers
c. modulation of voice
d. clearance cues
e. all of the above
Question 3A focused encounter is distinguished from an unfocused encounter by virtue of:
a. mutual awareness of others in the encounter
b. face-to-face eye contact
c. mutual avoidance of eye contact
d. a and c
e. none of the above
Question 4Forms of talk are norms about:
a. the correct form of speech in an encounter
b. the correct tone of talk in an encounter
c. the correct formality or intimacy of speech
d. a and c above
e. all of the above
Question 5world-system is defined by Wallerstein as any relatively large social system having
a. a high degree of interdependence with other social systems, an extensive
division of labor, and a plurality of cultures
b. a high degree of autonomy, a simple division of labor, and a plurality of cultures
c. a high degree of autonomy, a complex division of labor, and a plurality of societies and cultures
d. a high degree of autonomy, a complex division of labor, and a single unified culture
Question 6The sociological imagination enables its possessor to
a. understand scientific phenomena that are unintelligible to non- social scientists.
b. understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals.
c. understand one's own experience without locating oneself within the period.
d. know the limits of man's capacities for every type of human behavior.
Question 7The person who first proposed the notion of focused and unfocused encounters is:
a. George Herbert Mead
b. Charles Horton Cooley
c. Erving Goffman
d. Harold Garfinkel
e. None of the above
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