Impression Management and Social Control Quiz

Impression management has no influence on public opinion of a particular person.

Conformity involves the rejection of the cultural goals and means of attaining those goals.

Ritualism is the practice of going through the motions of daily life even though one does not accept the goals or values that align with those practices.

Rebellion involves the rejection of both the cultural goals and traditional means of achieving them, but the individual does not attempt to replace both elements of the society with different goals and means.

Innovation involves the rejection of the goals of a culture and the traditional and/or legitimate means of attaining those goals.

Retreatism is the attitude of being resigned to the abandonment of an original goal or the means of attaining it.

Social control involves teaching, persuading, or forcing members to comply with group norms and expectations.

Criminal behavior is not learned through association with deviant groups.

Gossip can be a means of social control by isolating and punishing those who deviate from group norms.

Social ostracism, or the act of ignoring and excluding individuals, does not influence their behavior.

Rules of conduct and good manners are not part of social control mechanisms.

A member of the Mafia who values wealth but employs illegal means to attain it is considered deviant.

Normative refers to beliefs that are expressed as directives or value judgments.

Social sanctions are consequences we face if we conform to social norms.

An achieved status is a social position that a person voluntarily takes on, reflecting their personal effort and identity.

Role strain occurs when there is conflict between the demands of two or more roles a person occupies.

Role manipulation refers to the process of socialization where our behavior is controlled by assigning us certain statuses.

Values are culturally defined standards that guide people's judgments of what is desirable and good.