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(Extra Credit .1 – No Partial Credit) People that a person uses to compare themselves to, that help shape their specific behaviors, values, and attitudes in different social contexts are called what?

Erving Goffman believed that when we interacted with others, we provided information and cues to others to present ourselves in a favorable light while downplaying or concealing our less appealing characteristics. This was called what? 

Chip believes that society has a natural order. Men and women are supposed to act in specific ways in order to make sure that everything that society needs to get done gets done. Certain groups are more likely to succeed than others because they’re more important to the survival of society. The natural social order is best for everyone. This most closely reflects what kind of grand theoretical perspective?

The theorist who believed you should separate your personal values, opinions, ideology, and beliefs from the scientific research was:

The idea that you should be free to say what you want and not be punished by the government is most likely a:

Cultures vary in how much personal space is acceptable for a conversation, this would best be an example of a:

Which of these theorists is credited as being the founder of sociology, mainly because he came  up with the term sociology: 

Which of these are most likely to yield quantitative data?

Extra Credit .1 (No Partial Credit) – Are we having fun yet? No credit without a reason.

Despite the fact that most people no longer have phones with handsets that you suspend from a hook, we still say we, “hang up the phone.” when we end a phone call. This phrase still being passed down and used through generations, despite no longer matching up to our existing material world, is called: