Which of the following theories of relationship communication most likely considers that the definition of the situation, the looking-glass self, and taking the role of the other are all relevant to understanding how partners communicate?

A) Conflict theory
B) Symbolic interactionism
C) Social exchange theory
D) Functionalism


B

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A couple marries young and has a baby right away. These actions are encouraged by their families who also got married and had children early in life. This is because intimate relationships are

a)  products of cultural context. b)  based on the choices made by partners. c)  founded on egalitarianism. d)  structured around two people of the same sex.

Sociology

In 2011, couples dedicated approximately ____ hours weekly to housework

a. 21 b. 28 c. 45 d. 52

Sociology

Matching

1) Gemeinschaft 2) Gesellschaft 3) geopolitics 4) unilinear theory 5) multilinear theory 6) dialectical process 7) invention 8) discovery 9) diffusion 10) alienation 11) distance learning 12) acid rain 13) global warming 14) environmental sociology 15) ecosabotage A) theories that assume all societies follow the same path of development from the simple to the more complex B) Marx's term for workers' lack of connection to the product of their labor C) actions taken to sabotage the efforts of people who are thought to be legally harming the environment D) modern, large, more urbanized societies that are fast changing E) a new way of seeing reality F) rain containing sulfuric and nitric acids (burning fossil fuels release sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide that become sulfuric and nitric acids when they react with moisture in the air) G) a specialty within sociology whose focus is how humans affect the environment and how the environment affects humans H) traditional societies that are small, rural, and slow changing I) the belief that each thesis contains its own contradiction or antithesis that must be resolved forming a synthesis J) theories that society can follow different routes to achieve the same stage of development K) the spread of an invention or discovery from one area to another L) an increase in the earth's temperature due to the greenhouse effect M) the realignment of the world's powers since World War II N) courses taught to students who are not physically present with their instructor O) the combination of existing elements and materials to form new ones

Sociology

Race ______________ occurred in Los Angeles in 1992 after police officers, charged with beating black motorist Rodney King, were acquitted.

a. rampages b. debaucheries c. fights d. riots

Sociology