_______ are rules of conduct that specify appropriate behavior in a range of social situations.
A.) beliefs
B.) norms
C.) values
D.) sanctions
Answer: B.) norms
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A significant contributor to inequality in the American education system is explained by __________.
A) gender differences in educational attainment B) lack of parental commitment to children’s education C) differences in student subcultures D) the funding structure of schools
Applying Milgram's research on conformity to the torture of prisoners by American soldiers that took place at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq demonstrates that a. the torture of prisoners by American soldiers must have been the act of a few cruel and deranged people
b. the reasons that prisoners were tortured by soldiers lay within the social structure and the group pressure of the situation. c. the American soldiers are in no way responsible for their actions. d. only PICKUP recruits with little experience would conform to authority if told to intentionally harm another person.
In our society, social identity includes the importance of ________________________.
a. personality b. thought processes c. desires d. race
Nicotine acts in the brain by:
A. first stimulating and then blocking cholinergic receptors. B. reducing blood flow to the cerebral cortex. C. enhancing GABA's inhibitory effects. D. increasing serotonin reuptake.