Question 1

Define the following concepts and explain the relationships among them: status,achieved status,ascribed status,and role.

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Question 2

What is the difference between a gemeinschaft and a gesellschaft society?

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Question 3

What is a frame?

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Question 4

Develop an example of how identity issues may become a hidden agenda,particularly in situations where one is trying to establish oneself as superior to others.

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What are spoiled identities?

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Question 6

Discuss the historical role played by economic surplus in the change from hunting-and-gathering societies to industrial societies.

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Question 7

Discuss the reasons that more Americans are defining themselves as multiracial,and how the way we report racial identities influences people's self-definitions.

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Question 8

What is the difference between industrial and postindustrial society?

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Question 9

What is meant by dramaturgy?

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Question 10

You stayed out late partying and as a result overslept and missed a midterm exam on Heidegger in your philosophy seminar.What will you tell your professor? Use one example each of the following: excuse and justification.

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Question 11

List the five basic social institutions and describe the important social needs that each is designed to meet.

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Question 12

Define spoiled identity and describe the strategies homeless teens use to maintain their self-esteem.Give an example of each strategy.

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Question 13

Describe how people employ impression management using social networking like Facebook or Twitter.What are common ways people try to improve their impression in these online realms?

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Question 14

From the perspective of the sociology of everyday life,every social encounter is potentially problematic.Explain why this is and how the potential problems are resolved.

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Question 15

Describe a situation using the perspective of dramaturgy.Give examples of how actors might manipulate the impression given to the audience using the concepts of front and back region behavior.

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Quiz 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction