Question 1

When collectivist selves have Mead's "I-Me" dialogues the "Me" side will win most of the time.

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In collectivist cultures, the "Me" side represents the socially desired behavior, which is highly valued. Therefore, in most cases, the "Me" side will win over the "I" side during Mead's "I-Me" dialogues.

Question 2

In individualist selves the agents of socialization most likely give the individual conflicting messages about his aspirations.

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In individualist cultures, socialization agents like family, peers, and media may emphasize personal goals and self-reliance, which can lead to conflicting messages about balancing personal aspirations with social expectations.

Question 3

Memberships in different social classes are equally likely to produce collectivist or individualist selves.

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Social class can influence individualist or collectivist tendencies, with higher social classes more likely to promote individualist values and lower social classes more likely to promote collectivist values.

Question 4

The spatial scale of interaction networks get smaller as nomadic foragers reduce the size of their yearly migration routes.

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Nomadic foragers have to move across large spatial scales to find resources. Therefore, their interaction networks have a larger spatial scale as they interact with a larger number of groups or individuals. However, as they reduce the size of their yearly migration routes, the number of groups or individuals they interact with also reduces, resulting in a smaller spatial scale of interaction networks.

Question 5

What are relationships between the parenting styles and forms of attachment? a) Is authoritarian parenting more likely to produce anxious-ambivalent or anxious-avoidant behavior? Explain why. b) Is permissive parenting more likely to produce anxious-ambivalent or anxious-avoidant behavior? Explain why.

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Question 6

Identify a role that you have played for at least a year. It could be a musician, a position on a sports team, an actor or actress in plays or a job you have had. a) Go through each of the agents of socialization and explain how each has influenced how well or badly you play this role. Be sure to give each agent of socialization a percentage out of 100%, b) Make a pie chart that shows the distribution of the influence of the agents for your performance in the role you have picked.

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Question 7

In his book The Politics of Entertainment, Michael Parenti identifies eight of the most common assumptions of most television programs. a) Pick one of your favorite television programs and watch four half-hour episodes taking notes on the story line b) How many of Parenti's assumptions about television applied to your show? Explain. c) How many of Parenti's assumptions didn't apply to your show? Explain.

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Question 8

Compare nationalistic socialization to religious socialization. Wilbur Zelinsky identifies five processes that socialize people into becoming nationalistic. a) Pick the religion you are most familiar with and identify which of the processes of political socialization of nationalism are also present in this religion. b) Which processes of socialization processes of nationalism are not operating in the religion? Explain why you think that is? c) What different processes does religion use that are absent in nationalism? Why do you think that is?

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Question 9

Define an "I-me dialogue" and describe a real life simulation of an I-me dialogue in which the dialogue has at least three back and forth exchanges. Be sure to label which is "I" and which is "me" as you go.

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Question 10

Describe a situation not in the textbook in which you went from a routine situation to a mild-problematic and then to a crisis situation. This needs to be in a group setting. For each change in the type of situation describe which of the dimensions of the situation were called into question.

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Question 11

Describe a situation in which you wanted to exit from a role that you had been attached to but other people insisted you stay in the role. a) Describe why you were attached to the role and why you wanted to leave it. b) Describe the resistance of other people to your giving up the role.

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Question 12

Which role conflict is the hardest to navigate: inter-role, intra-role, role vagueness, or role lag? Give three reasons for your answer. Consider things like:
 -The emotional work you have to do.
 -How frequently the situation comes up.
 -The expectations of others.
 -The confusion it produces.

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Question 13

Describe a situation at work when the back stage area was invaded by a customer. a) Describe your role and the back stage area. b) Describe which of the back stage behaviors you used. c) Describe the invasion of the area by the customer. d) Describe the form of repair you used to smooth things over.

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Question 14

Embarrassment is the feeling we experience when the public identity we claim in an encounter is discredited. Describe an example of when you were embarrassed in this way. Please say: a) What your public identity was; b) How it was discredited-lack of skills in a role; lack of poise. etc.; c) What aligning actions or repair tools you chose---disclaimers, accounts, etc. d) Other people's responses

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Question 15

Compare and contrast the contributions of George Herbert Mead with those of Erving Goffman to micro-sociology. How are they similar? How are they different?

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Quiz 4: Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems