Which of the following topics would be of interest to a sociologist?
a. understanding how people are influenced by their social locations
b. understanding the relationship between the natural environment and the economy
c. how politicians get elected
d. understanding how we make individual choices
Ans: a. understanding how people are influenced by their social locations
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a. True b. False
What are the two antithetical forces at work within us?
a. Heart and mind b. Heart and soul c. Logic and creativity d. Head and gut
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. “Merchants of morality” is Goffman’s term for leaders of traditional religious sects. 2. According to Goffman, the self is realized only in and through the social arrangements that alone create the conditions for its expression. 3. Hochschild’s emotion management focuses on deep acting – inner efforts to produce a real feeling. 4. Emotion work is engaged in primarily for the purposes of deceit or manipulation.
Massive layoffs by major corporations, so-called downsizing, were commonplace during which decades?
A. 1960s and 1970s B. 1970s and 1980s C. 1980s and 1990s D. 1990s and 2000s