7. What do you understand to be the distinction which Simmel makes between attitudes of appreciation and comprehension?
8. "The interaction of individuals based upon mutual glances is perhaps the most direct and purest reciprocity which exists." Explain.
9. Explain the sociology of the act of looking down to avoid the glance of the other.
10. In what way does Simmel's distinction between the reactions to other persons of the blind and the deaf-mute afford an explanation of the difference between the social life of the village and of the large city?
11. In what sense are emotions expressive? To whom are they expressive?
12. What is the relation of emotional expression to communication?
13. Why would you say Darwin states that "blushing is the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions"?
14. Does a person ever blush in isolation?
15. What in your opinion is the bearing of the phenomenon of blushing upon interaction and communication?
16. What is the difference between the function of blushing and of laughing in social life?