Garfinkel's research, an approach called ethnomethodology, involves ________

a. studying the way people make sense of their everyday surroundings.
b. tracking people's roles over the life course.
c. the study of interaction in terms of theatrical performance.
d. studying unfamiliar cultural systems.


Answer: a

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