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Ethnomethodology
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1
According to ethnomethodologists, social actors use ____________ to accomplish their everyday lives.
A)
formal logic
B)
practical reasoning
C)
empirical research
D)
conscious processes
2
___________________ was the founder of ethnomethodology.
A)
Erving Goffman
B)
Max Weber
C)
Herbert Blumer
D)
Harold Garfinkel
3
Which of the following is the term that ethnomethodologists use to describe the ways in which social actors explain specific situations?
A)
accounts
B)
hermenuetics
C)
emotions
D)
rituals
4
Which of the following is NOT a working principle of conversation analysis?
A)
Nonverbal behaviors are inconsequential to accomplishing a conversation.
B)
The fundamental framework of a conversation is its sequential organization.
C)
The collection and analysis of detailed data is critical to studying a conversation fully.
D)
Conversations are managed on a turn-by-turn basis.
5
With which of the following statements would an ethnomethodologist agree?
A)
Gender is something that social actors are born with.
B)
Gender is something that social actors accomplish.
C)
Gender is not a significant variable to study, because it never changes.
D)
Gender can be studied only through analyses of verbal conversations.
6
Which of the following do conversation analysts consider most important to study?
A)
the relationship between speakers and hearers engaged in a conversation
B)
the social context of a conversation
C)
the relationships among utterances in a conversation
D)
the motives of speakers and hearers engaged in a conversation
7
How is laughter typically initiated in multiparty interactions?
A)
by the speaker at the end of her utterance
B)
by the speaker in the middle of one of her sentences
C)
by the speaker in the beginning of her utterance
D)
by someone other than the speaker
8
During a political speech, a politician argues that "too much time is devoted to international policy...too little is spent on domestic policy." This is an example of which of the following types of rhetorical devices used to generate applause?
A)
contrast
B)
list
C)
headline-punch line
D)
puzzle solution
9
Which of the following is the most common type of rhetorical device used to generate applause?
A)
pursuit
B)
position taking
C)
contrast
D)
list
10
Which of the following statements characterizes booing?
A)
Booing is a result of individual decision-making.
B)
Booing is an act to affiliate with the speaker.
C)
Booing typically occurs directly after the utterance of an objectionable statement.
D)
Booing is a result of mutual monitoring.
11
According to conversation analysts, which of the following is typically true of disagreements?
A)
They require no special explanation.
B)
They are delayed responses.
C)
They are produced in an unqualified manner.
D)
They are followed by an apology.
12
____________ are defined as part of a conversation used to describe that conversation.
A)
Accounts
B)
Puzzle solutions
C)
Setting-talks
D)
Formulations
13
Shy people tend to engage in _____________ more often than those who are self-confident.
A)
accounting
B)
formulating
C)
setting-talk
D)
contrasting
14
Which of the following is NOT something an interviewer would typically do to prevent an interviewee from returning to or correcting her question?
A)
indicate that the interview is over
B)
ask another question that moves the interview in an different direction
C)
assess the answer given in a way that prevents the interviewee from returning to the question
D)
engage in setting-talk
15
Negotiations among business executives are typically:
A)
impersonal.
B)
argumentative.
C)
a series of formulations.
D)
irrational.
16
Conversation analysts have found that mishaps encountered during emergency telephone calls are a result of:
A)
untrained dispatchers.
B)
the caller's irrational state of mind.
C)
static over the phone lines.
D)
the nature of the specific telephone conversation.
17
Ethnomethodologists are critical of traditional sociologists because the latter tend to:
A)
rely too much on statistical analysis of data.
B)
concentrate too much on everyday social practices.
C)
focus on the real world rather than on the constructed world.
D)
dismiss a respondent's description of social phenomena.
18
According to ethnomethodologists, conventional sociologists look at everyday speech as a(n):
A)
resource.
B)
formulation.
C)
topic.
D)
account.
19
Ethnomethodology has been subject to criticism because it:
A)
pays too much attention to the role of motives in social interaction.
B)
has become too focused on its phenomenological roots.
C)
has lost sight of its radical reflexivity.
D)
dismisses structural properties of speech acts.
20
In terms of the micro-macro debate, ethnomethodologists argue that:
A)
micro-level phenomena are more important to study than macro-level structures.
B)
micro and macro structures are generated simultaneously.
C)
macro structures determine micro-level social interactions.
D)
sociologists should stop attempting to make micro-macro linkages.
21
According to ethnomethodologists, institutional settings constrain the conversations that people have.
A)
true
B)
false
22
Conversation analysts argue that nonverbal behaviors are inconsequential to how individuals accomplish a conversation.
A)
true
B)
false
23
The reactions to breaching experiments have been so emotional that some ethnomethodologists have advised researchers against conducting them.
A)
true
B)
false
24
The most common rhetorical device used by politicians to generate applause is headline-punch line.
A)
true
B)
false
25
Collectively produced booing or disagreement is typically delayed, qualified, and accountable.
A)
true
B)
false
26
Conversation analysts believe that audience members are generally passive recipients of stories that they hear.
A)
true
B)
false
27
Shy people are more likely than self-confident people to engage in "setting-talk" during a conversation.
A)
true
B)
false
28
Traditional sociologists criticize ethnomethodologists for imposing their sense of social reality on the social world.
A)
true
B)
false
29
Ethnomethodologists usually look at everyday speech not as a topic in itself but as a resource.
A)
true
B)
false
30
The "radical thesis" of ethnomethodology is that micro and macro structures are generated simultaneously.
A)
true
B)
false
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