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

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? 

“Look What You Made Me Do” was a contemporary song by Taylor Swift enjoyed by some large segment of the public. This is a material example of:”

Robert enters boot camp. Over the course of boot camp, he is told that most of the social rules that he uses to navigate daily life are wrong. In their place are new rules that he adopts, which affects how he socially interacts. This is most likely an example of: 

“Joe the sociologist wants to understand how likely people are to be nice. He decides that as the temperature goes down, the more likely people are to be nice. He also decides that the later in the year it gets, the more likely people are to be nice. Finally, he decides that the closer to the weekend it is, the more likely people are to be nice. Which was the dependent variable?”

Lisa is playing a board game with her little brother. While her brother is able to understand the rules, he doesn’t really seem to understand that Lisa is trying to have fun, too. So, he insists that she takes moves that only benefit him. When something in the game doesn’t benefit him, he insists that they change it. In the end, when he loses, he insists that Lisa was playing the game wrong. While Lisa’s brother was able to play the game, his play was completely self-centered. He isn’t quite able to see that his role exists within a social context. He is only just beginning to be able to think of other people and cannot do it well. According to Mead’s stages of development, which stage is this child most likely in?

When comparing sociology to other social sciences, such as psychology or economics,

Which of these is not one of Mead’s stages of development? 

Extra Credit .1 (No partial Credit) – Define Sociology.

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