Theoretical Perspective

Multiple Choice

Using e-mail has decreased the number of hand-written letters that people send to their friends and relatives.

This is a __________ function of e-mail.

• static

• dynamic

• latent

• manifest

Multiple Choice

___________ emphasize that people can communicate because they share words, gestures, and physical objects that have similar meanings to all of them.

• Symbolic interactionists

• Functionalists

• Conflict theorists

• Positivists