Suppose a clerk tries to appear busier than he or she actually is when a supervisor happens to be watching. Erving Goffman would study this behavior from what approach?
a. functionalist
b. conflict
c. psychological
d. interactionist
Ans: d. interactionist
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a. exclude the cases that contained the missing data from the analysis. b. assign the middle value to cases with missing data. c. analyze the cases that had missing data to interpret their meaning. d. assign values at random. e. give up and start over again.
Sociological theories are different from our personal theories in that they
A. are based on the insights of people who have special analytical abilities. B. don't allow us to make predictions. C. are developed by using systematic research and logic. D. combine the observations of men and women and old and young.
Which of the following is NOT one of the functions Herbert Gans aruges the poor perform for society
What will be an ideal response?
The Soviet response to the formation of NATO was the creation of
a. the Warsaw Pact. b. the United Nations. c. the Comintern. d. S.E.A.T.O.