According to Denise Copleton, author of "Eating for Two: How Pregnant Women
Neutralize Nutritional Deviance," justifications and excuses are:
a. Techniques of neutralization
b. Techniques of gaining sympathy
c. "Turning-the-tables" techniques
d. All of the above
A
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The communication predicament model refers to
a. the need for older adults to be spoken to as if they were young children. b. older adults' increased tip of the tongue phenomenon. c. patronizing speech that can lead to cognitive deficits in older adults. d. secondary baby talk.
The example of the Mbuti African tribe in which men and women hunt and gather together demonstrates:
a. the social construction of the sexual division of labor b. a biological basis for the gendered division of labor c. an institutional approach to gendered relations within the marriage d. the importance of the interactional approach
Which of the following illustrates Arlie Hochschild's concept of the second shift?
A. A man has a career as an accountant. When he gets home, he helps his wife pick up the house and make dinner for the two of them and their children. B. A woman works during the day as a nurse and then has a second job working as a waitress at a local diner during the night. C. A woman has a career as a stockbroker, and she is also responsible for cleaning her home, doing the shopping, and cooking for herself and her husband. D. None of the answers is correct.
A person leaves a singles' bar alone and later tells a friend, "There wasn't anyone interesting in the entire crowd." This is an example of
A. impression management. B. face-work. C. reverse socialization. D. anticipatory socialization.