The Most Basic Form of Social Interaction, According to Sociologist

question 101

Multiple Choice

The most basic form of social interaction, according to sociologist Peter Blau, is __________, in which people give to others after, or expecting, a gift from others.

• A) Exchange
• B) Cooperation
• C) Competition
• D) Communication

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Definitions:

Adult Deviance

Nonconformity to established adult norms and values, often resulting in negative societal reactions.

Retreatist Subculture

A social group that rejects both the societal goals and the means to achieve them, retreating from society's expectations.

Double Failures

Situations or instances where two simultaneous shortcomings or losses occur.

Positivists

Positivists believe in the empirical observation and scientific approach to knowledge, emphasizing that information derived from sensory experience and interpreted through reason and logic forms the exclusive source of all authoritative truth.