A sociologist decides to study how students go about their daily routines and how they learn what they are supposed to do. For example, how do students know to go to class when the bell rings and why do students call teachers by their last names? A sociologist from which of the following backgrounds would be interested in this study?
A. a gender scholar
B. a conversational analyst
C. a functionalist
D. an ethnomethodologist
Answer: D
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a) economic abundance. b) economic depression. c) absolute deprivation. d) cutbacks in police and government services.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.