Author Question: From a symbolic interactionist perspective, the key to understanding behavior within the family lies ... (Read 35 times)

lindiwe · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

From a symbolic interactionist perspective, the key to understanding behavior within the family lies in

a. interaction among family members and the meanings they assign to interactions.
b. the conflict inherent within the economic division of labor.
c. the function that regulates sexual behavior.
d. the need for women's labor in the home, so that men may succeed outside the home.
e. the ways in which the family meets the needs of the individual and society.

Question 2

While teenage sexual behavior, and especially pregnancy, is frowned upon in the U.S., the sanctions against it are not very harsh. This is because

a. complex, industrialized societies do not have mores.
b. complex, industrialized societies do not have folkways.
c. the distinction between mores and folkways is nonexistent within complex societies.
d. the distinction between mores and folkways is not always clear within complex societies.
e. there are no norms for sexual behavior among teenagers.