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Tom works as an agent for a large insurance company. At his work station, he has taped pictures of his wife and granddaughter and of last year's Caribbean vacation. Sociologists would see these pictures as an attempt by Tom to ________.
 
  A) resist alienation
  B) bond with his supervisor, who is also a grandparent
  C) promote his all-American status to his colleagues
  D) simply decorate his office

Question 2

Sociologically, what is the meaning of symbols?
 
  What will be an ideal response


Bigfoot1984

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

the things to which we attach meaning, the key to understanding how we view the world and communicate with one another


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