Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Use Sociological Models That

question 60

Multiple Choice

Why is it increasingly difficult to use sociological models that assume that interaction involves copresence?

• A) Increasingly, interactions are characterized by conflict.
• B) The family has taken on more importance in recent years.
• C) Increasing geographic mobility means that individuals today meet more and more people.
• D) Copresence requires cooperation, which is increasingly rare in the polarized political and cultural climate.
• E) New technology makes it much more common to interact with someone without being physically in the same place.

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Expands

To increase in size, volume, quantity, or scope.

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