A Study Showing That Overweight People Are Significantly Less Happy

question 102

Multiple Choice

A study showing that overweight people are significantly less happy if they live in a society that stigmatizes obesity than if they live in a society in which obesity is common and accepted testifies BEST to which concept from symbolic interactionism?

• A) social role theory
• B) downward comparison
• C) the generalized other
• D) the looking glass self

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Definitions:

Hemisphere

Half of the earth, usually divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.

Majority

A term referring to the greater part or number; in a group, the majority is more than half of its members.

Minority

A subgroup within a population that differs from the majority in cultural, ethnic, racial, social, or political characteristics.

Genome

All the genes or genetic content located in an organism or one of its cells.