Monday, November 1, 2010

Who Are the Europeans- Fligstein quiz question

According to Diez Medrano and Gutierrez what are NOT the mechanisms by which individuals are able to hold seemingly contradictory identities

A. In smaller groups, individuals will likely feel more control than in larger groups

B. In smaller groups, smaller groups are more desirable and therefore more common.

C. Larger groups, under the right conditions, will be able to provide positive identities for individuals.

D. Larger group’s identity comes into play under circumstances where it can prove useful

E. All of the above are true



The correct answer is B. This is a made up statement. All the others explain how it is that people can hold up different identities and therefore be used to explain hoe Europeans can handle so may different identities at once. Pg 173 of reader.

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