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Worksheet for the movie lab

 

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Created at the Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies in Sociology

Directions:  Fill in the correct answer on the Scantron Provided:  1 point each.      Use #2 pencil

1.  Which social relationship began as the Sociology of Fraud and ended as Social Fact:
    a.  That between David and Sabrina.     c.  that between Linus and Sabrina.
    b.  that between Linus and Tyson.         d.  all of the above.

2.  At the very beginning of the movie, which symbol set was used to define the class status of the Larabee Family:
    a.  Architecture of house and grounds      c.  clothing of David, Linus and Ms. Larabee
    c.  speech patterns of Ms. Larabee           d.  behavioral patterns of Linus and David
                                           e.  all of the above

3.  David Larabee enlisted Linus to help with his Impression Management with Elizabeth Tyson because:
    a. David did not have the advantage of class status he had with other women.
    b. David had to deal with the built-in gender advantage women have over men.
    c. Linus wanted a corporate merger with Tysons and he needed David for that.

4.  Who treated Sabrina as a Non-Person for the first half of the movie:
    a. Linus             b. Ms. Larabee         c. David         d. Sabrina's father

5.  Linus tried to control the new romance between David and Sabrina...which kind
of power did he try to use on Sabrina in the Solarium?
    a. social power    b. physical force     c. economic power    d. moral power

6. When Sabrina refused to respond to Linus' social control efforts, Linus resorted to:
    a. threat to her father     b. bribery         c. a romantic definition of the Situation.

7. In order to create the dramaturgical impression of a 'ordinary man,'  Linus used
    which symbol set the most:
    a. clothing    b. voice    c. behavior    d. body talk.

8.  In order to create the dramaturgical impression of a 'lonely man,' which symbol set
    did Linus rely on the most:
    a. clothing    b. voice    c. behavior    d. body talk.

9.  In order to create the dramaturgical impression of a 'man in love,'   which symbol
    set
did Linus most often use:
    a.  Words...he told Sabrina how much he loved her.
    b.  Costume...he took special care to dress up for her.
    c.  body talk...he used eye contact, body posture and hand motions to signal his involvement in the relationship.

10. In terms of Marxian class analysis, which social class strata did Linus and the Larabees belong:
    a. Bourgeoisie        b. Petite Bourgeoisie     c. Proletariat

11.  In terms of Marxian class analysis, which social class strata did Sabrina and her father belong:
    a. Bourgeoisie        b. Petite Bourgeoisie     c. Proletariat

12. What physical prop in the movie most clearly marked the social boundaries between Sabrina and the Larabees:
    a.  the tree from which Sabrina watched parties
    b.  the kitchen in which the Larabees were excluded
    c.  the solarium to which David took women for sexual purpose.

13.  Which character in the movie had the greatest social and economic resources for the Social Construction of Reality:
   a.  Mr. Tyson: he was owner of Tyson Industries
   b.  Elizabeth Tyson: she was doctor and a millionaire.
    c.  Linus Larabee: he had social and economic influence over Sabrina and David.

14.  Which social process marked the relationship between the Larabees and Sabrina for most of the movie:
    a.  the Self-fulfilling Prophecy...they all defined Sabrina as a competent and acceptable woman.
    b.  Mystification: both David and Linus were using symbol interaction to create false consciousness with Sabrina.
    c.  Sanctification:  all the kitchen staff worked to celebrate Sabrina as a whole person with full social status

15.  Which symbol set most clearly marked the transformation of Sabrina into a whole person during her year in Paris:
   a.  her clothing        b.  her body talk        c.  her use of cosmetics and hair style

16. Symbolic Interaction theory states that mind, self and society are twinborn.  What is the truth value of that principle for most of the interaction between Linus and Sabrina:
    a.  It is true.         b.  it is false         c.  it begins as falsehood and becomes true

17.  Linus worked hardest to disrupt the symbol interaction process between:
    a. Sabrina and David         b. Sabrina and the Stewardess     c.  David and Elizabeth

18.  According to Freudian Theory, which character had the strongest Super-ego:
a.  David who enjoyed life and acted on his sexuality without restraint by mores.
b.  Sabrina who enjoyed life in Paris without restraint.
c.  Linus who channeled all his sexual impulses into work and making money.

19.  In which
system of inequality did Linus have the greatest advantage over Sabrina:
    a.  Class         b.  gender         c.  age         d. all of the above

20.  When Sabrina refused to accept the $200,000 dollars Linus offered, Sabrina was responding most clearly to:
    a. economic incentives    b. social sanctions     c. moral values    d. social norms.

21.  The division of labor at the Larabee Mansion was along:
        a. gender lines        b. class lines            c. based on merit alone

22. What event triggered the moral development of David:
    a.  The use of physical force by Linus: he punched David out.
    b.  The love of a good woman:  Sabrina helped David become a mature adult
    c.  Involvement in a valued social role: David took over the company so Linus could leave home.

23.  Which character embodied the most adult moral development:
     a.  Linus: he used ethical principles to guide his action    
       b.   Ms. Larabee: she sacrificed for her children.
     c.  Sabrina's father: he based his choices in life on caring for and sharing with Sabrina

24.  Which characters were treated as 'non-persons' at some time in the film:
        a. Sabrina
        b. Sabrina's father
        c.  the staff at the Larabee Mansion
        d.  the employees at the Larabee Office
        e.  the flight attendant
        f.   all of the above

25.  Which theory/theorist did the producer and director of the movie most closely approximate:    
        a.  Parsons...all characters were mutually interdependent and all shared values.
        b.  Marx...the story line was about the ways in which big business controls the market and the alienation of most
                of the characters from praxis and the human project.
        c.  Freud...the story line was mostly about alienated sexuality and the distorted social relations emerging from
            fixation at early stages of psycho-sexual development.
        d.  You may choose another theorist/theory or explain you answer above.