Suppose you are on an overseas trip with friends and prefer homestays to hotel rooms. At one homestay, the hosts invite you to dinner, serving up a meal of couscous, steamed vegetables, and roast dog. You are uncomfortable with the inclusion of dog meat on the menu, in large part because you grew up with a dog as a beloved pet. You recognize that these disparate understandings of dog as meat versus dog as pet are a case of differences in
a.) assigned meanings.
b.) economic disparities.
c.) performance types.
d.) face.
Ans: a.) assigned meanings.
FEEDBACK: Symbolic interactionism is a micro-level theory that suggests that we interact using words and behaviors that have symbolic meanings. Assigned meanings vary widely across cultures, such as beliefs about the relationship between dogs and humans.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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