By __________, Alfred Schutz meant that people

from the same social world mutually "know" the language, customs, beliefs, symbols, and everyday behavior patterns that the stranger usually does not.

Fill in the blank with correct word


Answer: intersubjective understanding

Sociology

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A large number of Japanese skinheads __________

a. buy drugs b. use drugs c. sell illegal drugs d. all of the above

Sociology

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Some case study researchers embrace the goal of generalizability while others do not.

Sociology

Anthropologist George Murdock sampled 565 societies and found that

A. over 90 percent of them were strictly monogamous. B. over 80 percent of them preferred polygamy to monogamy. C. over 30 percent of them had no formal procedures for obtaining a divorce. D. over 75 percent of them had some type of polyandry.

Sociology

The concept of "cultural lag" refers to the fact that ________

a. the rate of cultural change has been slowing. b. some societies advance faster than others do. c. some people are more cultured than others. d. some cultural elements change more quickly than others.

Sociology