Men and women tend to use minimal responses such as "yeah" or "umm" for different purposes: _______________

a. men use such responses to indicate lack of interest, while women use such responses to keep the conversation going and to indicate interest in the other speaker's topic
b. women use such responses to indicate lack of interest, while men use such responses to keep the conversation going and to indicate interest in the other speaker's topic
c. men use such responses to encourage the other speaker to continue
d. working-class men use such responses to indicate lack of interest, while women and middle-class men use such responses to keep the conversation going and to indicate interest in the other speaker's topic


a

Sociology

You might also like to view...

Robert Weiss observed three common sources of strain experienced by single parents. These were __________

a. financial, emotional, and economic overload b. time, energy, and devotion overload c. responsibility, emotional, and task overload d. economic, familial, and educational overload e. school, transportation, and athletic overload

Sociology

All of the following are factors that lead to more rape-prone campuses, except for

a) mandatory membership in fraternities. b) a tradition of heavy drinking. c) not seriously dealing with sexual assault. d) rampant homophobia.

Sociology

Inadequate food, in amount of type is known as __________

A. subsidy B. homelessness C. poverty D. malnutrition

Sociology

What action, taken by Scottish scientists in 1997, reignited the debate on genetic engineering?

A. the cloning of a sheep B. growing tomatoes without soil C. Both answers are true. D. Neither answer is true.

Sociology