You Are Taking Your First Sociology Course in the Fall

question 5

Multiple Choice

You are taking your first sociology course in the fall. About halfway through the semester, you go home for Thanksgiving. At Thanksgiving dinner, you plan to conduct an impromptu sociological experiment by violating some social norms. Which of following actions could you potentially take?

• A) You eat your dinner and make polite dinner conversation with your family.
• B) You help to make dinner and serve the guests as well.
• C) You eat your dinner with your hands, even the mashed potatoes.
• D) You excuse yourself from the table after dessert to answer your cell phone.

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Definitions:

Propositions

Assertions or statements that present an idea or opinion for consideration or debate.

Opposition

In logic and philosophy, the relation between two propositions that have corresponding subject and predicate but differ in quality, such as one being affirmative and the other negative.

Non-categorical

Pertaining to concepts or items not organized according to a specific category or class.

Proposition

A note that communicates a viewpoint or opinion.