System Requirements

Chapter 5 : Social Interaction and Everyday Life

Thinking Sociologically Exercise

1. Give three reasons sociologists study what at first seem minor and uninteresting types of everyday social interaction.

2. Explain what it means to claim that, "reality is socially constructed."

3. Make an argument meant to convince your reader about either the simplicity or complexity of small talk. Your argument should contain at least three reasons you are claiming small talk is either simple or complex.

4. Describe a way you have demonstrated controlled alertness.

5. Describe an action you engaged in that had the effect of impression management.

6. Provide an example of direct versus indirect contact that you have experienced in daily life.

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