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Humor is created when people
Question 1 options:

A) create and contrast two different realities
B) say things that have no meaning at all.

C) contradict cultural patterns.

D) say things that offend others.

A) create and contrast two different realities.

What concept refers to a social position that is received at birth or involuntarily assumed later in life?
Question 2 options:

A) passive role

B) master status

C) ascribed status

D) achieved status

C) ascribed status

Nonverbal communication refers to
Question 3 options:

A)body movements, gestures, and facial expressions.

B) instant messaging and other e-communication.

C) written language.

D) beliefs assumed to be true by everyone.

A) body movements, gestures, and facial expressions.

From a social-conflict point of view, jokes ________
Question 4 options:

A) tend to bring people together.

B) can be a way of making one category of people feel good at the expense of another.

C) are a good way of reducing conflict in society.

D) are often used to relieve tension -"lightening" a situation.

B) can be a way of making one category of people feel good at the expense of another.

Which concept refers to the tension among roles connected to a single status?
Question 5 options:

A) role conflict

B) role strain

C) role ambiguity

D) role exit

B) role strain

What is the concept that refers to the conflict among roles corresponding to two or more statuses?
Question 6 options:
A) role conflict

B) role strain

C) role set

D) role exit

A) role conflict

Garfinkel's research, an approach called ethnomethodology, involves ________
Question 7 options:

A) studying the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings.

B) tracking people's roles over the life course.

C) the study of interaction in terms of theatrical performance.

D) studying unfamiliar cultural systems.

A) studying the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings.

What is the term for the process by which people disengage from important social roles?
Question 8 options:

A) Role rejection

B) Role reversal

C) Role loss

D) Role exit

D) Role exit

The process by which people act and react in relation to others is called
Question 9 options:

A) social connectedness.

B) social construction.

C)social dynamics.

D) social interaction.

D) social interaction.

At any given time you hold a number of statuses. These statuses make up your
Question 10 options:

A) master status.

B) role set.

C) achieved statuses.

D) status set.

D) status set.

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Which concept refers to a status that has special importance for social identity often shaping a person's entire life?

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