According to George Herbert Mead, the term significant other refers to individuals __________

a. we look up to but with whom we have little personal experience
b. who are part of both our primary and secondary groups
c. close enough to us to have a strong capacity to motivate our behavior
d. we know but do not care about


c

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Harold is a restaurant server who is friendly to his customers, but he complains endlessly to the cook about how picky the customers are with their orders. Erving Goffman would refer to Harold's behavior to the customers as ______ behavior, and his actions in the kitchen as ______ behavior.

A. frontstage; backstage B. backstage; game stage C. game stage; dramaturgical D. dramaturgical; frontstage

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Which "cause for war" is best described by the attacking country believing there will be monetary gain in going to war?

a. easy victory b. optimism c. first Strike d. profit

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White gay men almost always determined that interracial violence was based on their:

a. race b. sexuality c. gender d. class

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The household division of labor being set up such that a woman has to come home from her job and also take care of the household upkeep and childcare is known as the:

a. gendered division b. patriarchal reward c. second shift d. reduction of needs

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