Author Question: Jordan received an A on her sociology exam, and Zach received a D. When the Professors smiled at ... (Read 133 times)

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Jordan received an A on her sociology exam,

and Zach received a D. When the Professors smiled at Jordan, she saw it as a positive recognition of a good student. When the Professor smiled at Zach, he saw it as a pity smile, with a You could do better message. These different interpretations of the same behavior are examples of:
a. gender bias in higher education.
b. the hidden curriculum.
c. the Pygmalion effect.
d. the social construction of reality.

Question 2

According to symbolic interactionists, society, its institutions and its social structure exist:

a. as a result of the functions that each part of the social structure perform.
b. only through the outcome of the conflicts between competing interests in the social structure.
c. only through human interaction.
d. as a result of the interaction caused by the coming together of basic social institutions.