Sierra, an 8-Year-Old, Is Primarily Interested in Developing Friendships with Girls

question 11

Multiple Choice

Sierra, an 8-year-old, is primarily interested in developing friendships with girls her own age.In the next phase of her psychosexual development, what will become her primary interest, according to Freud?

• A)pleasing authority figures, such as teachers
• B)developing romantic relationships with boys
• C)finding one or more role models in her group of female peers
• D)overcoming the Oedipal relationship with her father

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Definitions:

Ethnography of Communication

The study of communication practices within specific cultural contexts, exploring how communication shapes and reflects social life.

Communicative Act

In Hymes’s ethnography of communication, the smaller units of speech within a speech event—for example, asking a question or telling a joke.

Speech Event

In Hymes’s ethnography of communication, a specific speech activity—for example, an awards speech.

Speech Event

A specific instance in which communication occurs, structured by conventions and expectations of the participants and the context.