DrSollie Has Members of Her Sociology Class Go into an Elevator

question 139

Multiple Choice

Dr.Sollie has members of her sociology class go into an elevator and stand facing the rest of the occupants on the elevator,or walk into the cafeteria and begin singing and dancing.Other students then note people's reactions to these behaviors.Dr.Sollie is having her students break a(n)

• A) superordinate goal.
• B) ascribed role.
• C) attribution.
• D) norm.

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