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People sometimes use jokes to "put down" others-a basic form of social conflict.

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Which concept refers to the tension among roles connected to a single status?

A) role conflict
B) role strain
C) role ambiguity
D) role exit

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Looking at humour from a structural-functional viewpoint, jokes

Disadvantaged people make fun of the powerful discreetly.

Explain Erving Goffman's ideas on the presentation of self. What are the elements of "presentations?" How, for example, does a college professor engage in a scripted presentation of self to a class? What about a professor's office? What features of the office are used to convey information to an observer?

The process by which people disengage from important social roles is termed "role exit."

Hand gestures vary widely from culture to culture.

Which of the following phrases was used by Erving Goffman to refer to being embarrassed in a social situation?

Rebuilding relationships with people who knew you in an earlier period of life is a common experience for those who are undergoing which of the following?

Which sociologist developed the approach called dramaturgical analysis?

From a social-conflict point of view, jokes

"Role conflict" refers to the conflict or incompatibility among the roles linked to two or more statuses.

Based on research around the world, Paul Ekman concludes that people everywhere have how many basic emotions?

In Canada, people stand farther away from one another when speaking than do people in a Middle Eastern nation. This pattern reveals differences in meaning attached to

What is the Thomas theorem? Provide an illustration of how it works.

Non-verbal communication is communication using, not speech, but body movements, gestures, and facial expressions.

Ethnomethodology is the study of how people present themselves to others.

The weaker the perceived incongruity between conventional and unconventional social definitions of reality, the greater the potential for humour.

The process by which people act and react in relation to others is called

Because emotions are biologically based, it is incorrect to say they are "socially constructed."