Becky Is Taking a Course at a University in Bombay

Multiple Choice

Becky is taking a course at a university in Bombay, India as a part of a student exchange program. She is having difficulty accepting many of the local customs including the status of cows, the caste system, and the apparent lack of respect women receive. Becky is making a sincere effort, however, to understand the Indian customs and to place this behavior within a broader social context. In view of this, Becky is engaging the __________.

A) self-fulfilling prophecy
B) bystander paradigm
C) sociological imagination
D) reality principle