SOC-100 Short-Answer Quiz 2

Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz. The answer to each question must be 100-125 words.

Topic 2

1. What Life Course stage are you currently in, according to the textbook? Analyze the stage based on your own experience. What are the similarities and the differences?

2. Use the concepts of dramaturgy to analyze an everyday situation at work, school, or family. Include the concepts of impressions management, sign-vehicles, team-work, or face-saving behaviors.

3. From the symbolic interactionist perspective discuss how you engage in your “personal bubble” using the four “distance zones.”

4. Give a brief discussion of three of the main agents of socialization in your life. Which one was the most influential and why?