Timothy and Kiley were asked to violate a norm by their sociology professor. They chose to go to the mall and use the up escalator to go down and the down escalator to go up. They watched the reactions of others and wrote a paper describing the experience. Which of the following methodological tools were Timothy and Kiley using?
A) Dramaturgical analysis
B) Participant observation
C) Frame analysis
D) Autoethnography
E) Ethnomethodology

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Timothy and Kiley were using ethnomethodology, which involves disrupting social norms to observe how people react, thereby uncovering the rules and structures governing social interactions.

Timothy and Kiley Were Asked to Violate a Norm by Their