Civil Inattention Appears to Be a Rather Unconscious Behavior and Has

question 112

Multiple Choice

Civil inattention appears to be a rather unconscious behavior and has several functions in our social world.Select the reason that sociologists argue it is an important concept to understand and study.

• A) If an individual implies to another person that he does not suspect the other's behavior, there is no reason to be hostile toward the other person whose social life is allowed to proceed in an orderly fashion.
• B) Allowing sociologists to see how people openly express their emotions toward others gives them vital information in nonverbal communication.
• C) Seeing individual unconscious behavior lends sociologists great insight into mob and riot mentality.
• D) Determining the function of civil inattention allows sociologists to understand the conforming nature of interaction.
• E) Because civil inattention is an unconscious behavior, understanding its patterns of use will help sociologists determine what in instinctual and what is socialization.

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