Discuss ethnomethodology.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Ethnomethodology is the study of how people construct and learn to share definitions of reality that make everyday interactions possible. That is, people base their interactions on common assumptions about what makes sense in specific situations. People make sense of their everyday lives in two ways. First, by observing conversations, people discover the general rules that are used by all to interact. Second, people can understand interaction rules by breaking them.
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a) Tomatoes were transferred from the New World to Europe. b) Potatoes were transferred from the New World to Europe. c) Soybeans were transferred from Europe to the New World. d) Corn was transferred from Europe to the New World.
The period from 1839 through the 1960's in the United States is labeled as the "separate but equal" period in marriage history. What does this mean?
a. Women were no longer under the control of their husbands. b. Women and men had the same rights and responsibilities in marriage. c. Women and men had different rights and responsibilities in marriage. d. If a couple divorced, they became legally separate and each received an equal share of their property.
Midwives are professionals used to:
a. prescribe anesthesia. b. assist in childbirth. c. help pregnant women with housework. d. perform second trimester abortions.
One way to change the relationship between media and social problems is to incentivize media to self-regulate. This would be most closely associated with which aspect of media-related social change?
A. media reform B. media literacy C. media competency D. media commercialization