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If you were a male nurse, what aspects of role conflict might you experience? Now imagine you are a professional boxer and a woman. What conflicting role expectations might that involve? In both cases, how well do you think you would handle role conflict?
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Try putting yourself in the shoes of an out-group member. What does your in-group look like from that perspective?
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If you were deaf, what impact might instant messaging, or texting, have on you?
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Would social networks be more important to a migrant worker in California than to someone with political and social clout? Why or why not?
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If your first full-time job after college involved telecommuting, what do you think would be the advantages and disadvantages of working out of a home office? Do you think you would be satisfied as a telecommuter? Why or why not?







Schaefer, Sociology Brief, 7eOnline Learning Center

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