![]() Worksheet for the movie lab
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MOVIE LABS 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.