Becker and Geer, Two Well-Known Chicago School Symbolic Interactionists, Argue

Multiple Choice

Becker and Geer, two well-known Chicago school symbolic interactionists, argue that participant observation yields more valid data than in-depth interviews. As they note, data gathered using in-depth interviews may lack validity because people:

A) are often unaware of what they do or why they do it
B) get nervous during interviews, which impairs their ability to answer questions accurately
C) often lie to researchers to make themselves look better
D) tend to withhold information they view as unimportant from the interviewer
E) both a and d