In Reviewing the Detailed and Accurate Descriptions of the Stories

question 51

Multiple Choice

In reviewing the detailed and accurate descriptions of the stories told by battered women living in a shelter,an ethnomethodologist would say that the battered women in the shelter were

• A)describing their socially constructed reality.
• B)reporting their world as they made sense of it.
• C)describing their world "as it really is."
• D)telling us how and why the world made sense to them.
• E)describing their socially constructed reality and reporting their world as they made sense of it.

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Definitions:

Promissory Estoppel

A legal principle that prevents a party from withdrawing a promise if the other party has reasonably relied on that promise to their detriment.

Revocation

The act of withdrawing, repealing, or cancelling a right, permission, or contract.

Effective Acceptance

The expression of assent to the terms of an offer in a manner requested or authorized by the offeror, resulting in a binding contract.

Firm Offer

An offer in a contract that is expressed in a way that it cannot be revoked for a certain period of time.