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1
The theorist most commonly associated with symbolic interactionism is
A)Mead.
B)Burke.
C)Burgoon.
D)Cronen.
2
______________ describes the inner conversation that accompanies thinking.
A)Looking-glass self
B)Language
C)Minding
D)Transacting
3
________________ describes how we construct our sense of self by imagining how we look to another person.
A)Looking-glass self
B)Minding
C)Language
D)Transacting
4
Mead suggests that the self is an ongoing process that combines the "I" and the "me." The "I" refers to
A)the spontaneous force that fosters unpredictable behavior.
B)the image we have of how other people react to us.
C)a and b
D)None of the above is correct.
5
Mead suggests that the self is an ongoing process that combines the "I" and the "me." The "me" refers to
A)the spontaneous force that fosters unpredictable behavior.
B)the image we have of how other people react to us.
C)a and b
D)None of the above is correct.
6
Mead named the composite set of information that an individual has of his or her self based on community expectations and responses
A)minding.
B)looking glass self.
C)generalized other.
D)exaggerating.
7
According to Mead, the self
A)is a function of language.
B)comes only when we are part of a community.
C)is always in flux.
D)All the above are correct.
8
Mead believed that meaning, language, and ________ were tightly interconnected.
A)action
B)impulses
C)instinct
D)thought
9
According to Mead, ___________ is the tendency for our expectations to evoke responses in others that confirm what we originally anticipated.
A)naming
B)the generalized other
C)self-fulfilling prophecy
D)symbolic manipulation
10
Based on Mead's discussion of the generalized other,
A)there is no "me" at birth, it is formed through continual symbolic interaction.
B)the "I" is more important than the "me" in forming our sense of self.
C)the generalized other is who we are in reality.
D)societal expectations have little impact on who we think we are.
11
Mead suggests symbolic interactionists become participant observer by
A)staying as far away as possible from their subjects.
B)trying to change a subject's behavior that is foreign to their own as quickly as possible.
C)understanding that reality is constructed by society.
D)adopting the stance of an interested but ignorant visitor in order to understand how people interpret their world.
12
Mead put forth the idea that humans have a unique capacity to
A)show affection to other humans.
B)take the role of the other.
C)be proactive and not reactive.
D)All the above are correct.
13
Symbolic naming is important to symbolic interactionists because
A)we only understand things we have a name for.
B)words can confine us by how many we know.
C)words have default assumptions that influence how we interpret the world.
D)All the above are correct.
14
Griffin uses the movie ________ to explain his concept of symbolic interaction?
A)Forrest Gump
B)Nell
C)The Horse Whisperer
D)None of the above is correct.
15
Based on your understanding of Mead's theory, which of the following statements is accurate?
A)There isn't really much difference between the way that animals and humans think.
B)Once people define a situation as real, its consequences become real.
C)The act of naming something has little impact on how we behave toward it.
D)All the above are correct.





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